diff --git a/course-mw/course-actors-common/pom.xml b/course-mw/course-actors-common/pom.xml
index c4c2fd1a1..52f6134a4 100644
--- a/course-mw/course-actors-common/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/course-actors-common/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
diff --git a/course-mw/course-actors/pom.xml b/course-mw/course-actors/pom.xml
index b21c65b36..1d7fba76d 100644
--- a/course-mw/course-actors/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/course-actors/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.sunbird</groupId>
diff --git a/course-mw/pom.xml b/course-mw/pom.xml
index 607da703e..9d025a552 100644
--- a/course-mw/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
 		<scoverage.plugin.version>1.4.1</scoverage.plugin.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
+		<logstash-logback-encoder.version>7.3</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
 	</properties>
 	<modules>
 		<module>sunbird-util</module>
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/cache-utils/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/cache-utils/pom.xml
index 58f163a98..6fcde0753 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/cache-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/cache-utils/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-            <version>6.6</version>
+            <version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cache-utils/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cache-utils/pom.xml
index 8392dacbd..ad2bde2ff 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cache-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cache-utils/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
       <groupId>org.sunbird</groupId>
       <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
-   <groupId>org.sunbird</groupId>
    <artifactId>sunbird-cache-utils</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -21,6 +20,14 @@
                <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
                <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
             </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+               <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+               <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+               <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
          </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -36,7 +43,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
          <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-         <version>6.6</version>
+         <version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.sunbird</groupId>
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cassandra-utils/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cassandra-utils/pom.xml
index fc95a6fd6..5daec72d3 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cassandra-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-cassandra-utils/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-es-utils/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-es-utils/pom.xml
index cd4dc7f80..6eef4e088 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-es-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-es-utils/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.sunbird</groupId>
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml
index e794b00bf..000ca9914 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-core/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		<typesafe.akka.version>2.5.22</typesafe.akka.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.13.5</jackson.version>
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
+		<logstash-logback-encoder.version>7.3</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.sunbird</groupId>
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-util/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-util/pom.xml
index cca04dc36..30ff62b39 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-util/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/actor-util/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<typesafe.akka.version>2.5.22</typesafe.akka.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.13.5</jackson.version>
+		<logstash-logback-encoder.version>7.3</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/auth-verifier/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/auth-verifier/pom.xml
index 38720de13..396837fa2 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/auth-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/auth-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-            <version>6.6</version>
+            <version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/common-util/pom.xml b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/common-util/pom.xml
index 1f98bbc92..a5d1a4c18 100644
--- a/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/common-util/pom.xml
+++ b/course-mw/sunbird-util/sunbird-platform-core/common-util/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
         <scala.version>2.12.11</scala.version>
         <typesafe.akka.version>2.5.22</typesafe.akka.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.5</jackson.version>
+        <logstash-logback-encoder.version>7.3</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
         <powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <CLOUD_STORAGE_GROUP_ID>org.sunbird</CLOUD_STORAGE_GROUP_ID>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-            <version>6.6</version>
+            <version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
         <dependency>
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
-            <version>3.15</version>
+            <version>3.17</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index ebd919cc7..330c24fbb 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 		<scala.version>2.12.11</scala.version>
 		<typesafe.akka.version>2.5.22</typesafe.akka.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.13.5</jackson.version>
+		<logstash-logback-encoder.version>7.3</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
 		<powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
 	</properties>
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.logstash.logback</groupId>
 			<artifactId>logstash-logback-encoder</artifactId>
-			<version>6.6</version>
+			<version>${logstash-logback-encoder.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>