diff --git a/native-image-tests/build.sbt b/native-image-tests/build.sbt
index 29bf7db86b..ffdf2f2f8d 100644
--- a/native-image-tests/build.sbt
+++ b/native-image-tests/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 lazy val akkaHttpVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.http.version", "10.6.3")
-lazy val akkaVersion    = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.version", "2.9.3")
+lazy val akkaVersion    = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.version", "2.10.0-M1")
 
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")
 
diff --git a/project/AkkaDependency.scala b/project/AkkaDependency.scala
index c5a71fbd0d..2079760b95 100644
--- a/project/AkkaDependency.scala
+++ b/project/AkkaDependency.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ object AkkaDependency {
   }
 
   // Default version updated only when needed, https://doc.akka.io//docs/akka/current/project/downstream-upgrade-strategy.html
-  val minimumExpectedAkkaVersion = "2.9.3"
+  val minimumExpectedAkkaVersion = "2.10.0-M1"
   val default = akkaDependency(defaultVersion = minimumExpectedAkkaVersion)
   val docs = akkaDependency(defaultVersion = minimumExpectedAkkaVersion)
 
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 9cee759cc9..0b37af8fcf 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     // For akka-http-testkit-java
     val junit       = "junit"                         % "junit"                        % junitVersion  // Common Public License 1.0
 
-    val caffeine    = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine" % "caffeine"                     % "2.9.3"
+    val caffeine    = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine" % "caffeine"                     % "2.10.0-M1"
 
     val scalafix    = "ch.epfl.scala"                 %% "scalafix-core"               % Dependencies.scalafixVersion // grab from plugin
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-http-quickstart-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-http-quickstart-java/pom.xml
index 67a1232981..b7a6033657 100644
--- a/samples/akka-http-quickstart-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-http-quickstart-java/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <version>1.0</version>
 
     <properties>
-        <akka.version>2.9.3</akka.version>
+        <akka.version>2.10.0-M1</akka.version>
         <akka-http.version>10.6.3</akka-http.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/samples/akka-http-quickstart-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-http-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
index 9ae635de66..07492d726c 100644
--- a/samples/akka-http-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-http-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 lazy val akkaHttpVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka-http.version", "10.6.3")
-lazy val akkaVersion    = "2.9.3"
+lazy val akkaVersion    = "2.10.0-M1"
 
 resolvers += "Akka library repository".at("https://repo.akka.io/maven")