diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3b6f026f6..f480212b5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -115,5 +115,8 @@ githubRelease {
 }
 
 afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn ":githubRelease"
-afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn gitPublishPush
-gitPublishPush.dependsOn asciidoctor
+asciidoctor.shouldRunAfter clean
+build.dependsOn asciidoctor
+gitPublishPush.dependsOn build
+gitPublishPush.shouldRunAfter clean, build
+task deploy(dependsOn: [gitPublishPush]) { shouldRunAfter build }
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diff --git a/connectors/stream/build.gradle b/connectors/stream/build.gradle
index bf4964ea4..6e1fdf49d 100644
--- a/connectors/stream/build.gradle
+++ b/connectors/stream/build.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation project(':core')
     implementation 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka'
     implementation 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.10.2'
-    implementation 'io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:6.1.0'
-    implementation 'io.confluent:kafka-protobuf-serializer:6.1.0'
+    implementation 'io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:6.1.1'
+    implementation 'io.confluent:kafka-protobuf-serializer:6.1.1'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure'
     testImplementation project(':connectors:test')
     testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'kafka', version: testcontainers_version