diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index fa443e0ca..712689fe1 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.32</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-alpha5</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- snakeyaml is present in Bungee, Spigot, Cauldron and so we could use this independent implementation -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
             <artifactId>bungeecord-config</artifactId>
-            <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.16-R0.4</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>*</groupId>
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Bedrock player bridge -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.geysermc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>connector</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!--Common component for contacting the Mojang API-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.games647</groupId>
@@ -105,18 +113,53 @@
             <version>0.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- APIs we can use because they are available in all platforms (Spigot, Bungee) -->
+        <!-- APIs we can use because they are available in all platforms (Spigot, Bungee, Velocity) -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>17.0</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!-- Old version for velocity -->
+            <version>31.0.1-jre</version>
+            <!-- Exclude compile time deps not marked as such on upstream  -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>animal-sniffer-annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <version>2.8.9</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0-alpha5</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0-alpha5</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>