diff --git a/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-analytics-service/pom.xml b/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-analytics-service/pom.xml
index a5780af..0ac719f 100644
--- a/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-analytics-service/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-analytics-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>shopping-analytics-service</artifactId>
-    <groupId>com.lightbend.akka.samples</groupId>
+    <groupId>io.akka.samples</groupId>
     <version>1.0</version>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <akka.version>2.9.5</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.5</akka-projection.version>
-        <akka-management.version>1.5.1</akka-management.version>
-        <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
-        <akka-grpc.version>2.4.3</akka-grpc.version>
-        <akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>2.4.3</akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
+        <akka.version>2.10.0</akka.version>
+        <akka-persistence-dynamodb.version>2.0.4</akka-persistence-dynamodb.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.6.4</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
+        <akka-diagnostics.version>2.2.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
+        <akka-grpc.version>2.5.0</akka-grpc.version>
+        <akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>2.5.0</akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>
+        <logback.version>1.5.8</logback.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
         <!-- needs to be defined to allow for overriding through mvn exec:exec -DAPP_CONFIG=local1.conf -->
@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.lightbend.akka</groupId>
             <artifactId>akka-persistence-dynamodb_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>0.4.0</version>
+            <version>${akka-persistence-dynamodb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.lightbend.akka</groupId>
             <artifactId>akka-projection-dynamodb_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>0.4.0</version>
+            <version>${akka-projection.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.lightbend.akka</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-cart-service/pom.xml b/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-cart-service/pom.xml
index fb8f889..6b36030 100644
--- a/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-cart-service/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/guide/shopping-cart-java/shopping-cart-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>shopping-cart-service</artifactId>
-    <groupId>com.lightbend.akka.samples</groupId>
+    <groupId>io.akka.samples</groupId>
     <version>1.0</version>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <akka.version>2.9.5</akka.version>
-        <akka-projection.version>1.5.5</akka-projection.version>
-        <akka-management.version>1.5.1</akka-management.version>
-        <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
-        <akka-grpc.version>2.4.3</akka-grpc.version>
-        <akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>2.4.3</akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
+        <akka.version>2.10.0</akka.version>
+        <akka-persistence-dynamodb.version>2.0.4</akka-persistence-dynamodb.version>
+        <akka-projection.version>1.6.4</akka-projection.version>
+        <akka-management.version>1.5.0</akka-management.version>
+        <akka-diagnostics.version>2.2.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
+        <akka-grpc.version>2.5.0</akka-grpc.version>
+        <akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>2.5.0</akka-grpc-maven-plugin.version>
+        <logback.version>1.5.8</logback.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
         <!-- needs to be defined to allow for overriding through mvn exec:exec -DAPP_CONFIG=local1.conf -->
@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.lightbend.akka</groupId>
             <artifactId>akka-persistence-dynamodb_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>0.4.0</version>
+            <version>${akka-persistence-dynamodb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.lightbend.akka</groupId>
             <artifactId>akka-projection-dynamodb_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>0.4.0</version>
+            <version>${akka-projection.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.lightbend.akka</groupId>