diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b230bbb69e..03c0887649 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-relational-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0-upgrade-versions-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Relational Parent</name>
@@ -23,19 +24,25 @@
 		<springdata.commons>2.5.0-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
 		<sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
 
-		<degraph-check.version>0.1.4</degraph-check.version>
+		<!-- dependency versions -->
+		<jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
+		<mybatis-spring.version>2.0.6</mybatis-spring.version>
+		<mybatis.version>3.5.6</mybatis.version>
 
-		<awaitility.version>4.0.2</awaitility.version>
-		<db2.version>11.5.0.0</db2.version>
+		<!-- databases and jdbc drivers -->
+		<!-- not that these currently do not control the versions of databases used via Testcontainers for testing -->
+		<db2.version>11.5.5.0</db2.version>
 		<h2.version>1.4.200</h2.version>
-		<hsqldb.version>2.2.8</hsqldb.version>
-		<mssql.version>7.0.0.jre8</mssql.version>
-		<mybatis.version>3.5.0</mybatis.version>
-		<mybatis-spring.version>2.0.0</mybatis-spring.version>
-		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.41</mysql-connector-java.version>
-		<postgresql.version>42.0.0</postgresql.version>
-		<mariadb-java-client.version>2.6.0</mariadb-java-client.version>
-		<jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
+		<hsqldb.version>2.5.2</hsqldb.version>
+		<mariadb-java-client.version>2.7.2</mariadb-java-client.version>
+		<mssql.version>9.2.1.jre8</mssql.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.23</mysql-connector-java.version>
+		<postgresql.version>42.2.19</postgresql.version>
+		<oracle.version>19.6.0.0</oracle.version>
+
+		<!-- test utilities-->
+		<awaitility.version>4.0.3</awaitility.version>
+		<degraph-check.version>0.1.4</degraph-check.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<inceptionYear>2017</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-jdbc-distribution/pom.xml
index a922ef00a2..c7827aca51 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-relational-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0-upgrade-versions-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml b/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
index d00f04e6e3..afaa428f61 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-data-jdbc</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0-upgrade-versions-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data JDBC</name>
 	<description>Spring Data module for JDBC repositories.</description>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-relational-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0-upgrade-versions-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>
@@ -196,14 +196,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jcc</artifactId>
-			<version>11.1.4.4</version>
+			<version>${db2.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.oracle.database.jdbc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ojdbc8</artifactId>
-			<version>19.6.0.0</version>
+			<version>${oracle.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/MySqlDataSourceConfiguration.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/MySqlDataSourceConfiguration.java
index c5427d3e7a..cde066512d 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/MySqlDataSourceConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/testing/MySqlDataSourceConfiguration.java
@@ -21,14 +21,13 @@
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
+import com.mysql.cj.jdbc.MysqlDataSource;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.ScriptUtils;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.MySQLContainer;
 
-import com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlDataSource;
-
 /**
  * {@link DataSource} setup for MySQL. Starts a docker container with a MySql database and sets up a database name
  * "test" in it.
diff --git a/spring-data-relational/pom.xml b/spring-data-relational/pom.xml
index 6b2507aabe..89915621da 100644
--- a/spring-data-relational/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-relational/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<artifactId>spring-data-relational</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.2.0-upgrade-versions-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Relational</name>
 	<description>Spring Data Relational support</description>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-relational-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.2.0-upgrade-versions-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<properties>