diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 
 
 </div>
-
-
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->  #### 🚨 August 30, 2023: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics has been renamed to [Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink](https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink).
-
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+
+
+--------
+>  #### 🚨 August 30, 2023: Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics has been renamed to [Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink](https://aws.amazon.com/managed-service-apache-flink).
+
+--------
 
 
 <p>This Kinesis Data Analytics for Apache Flink Application reads from a Kinesis Data Stream, Serializes the records and then writes them to an Aurora Postgres Table (every 100 messages).
-    <br> 
+    <br>
 </p>
 
 ## 📝 Table of Contents
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your loc
 ### Prerequisites
 
 ```
-- Java 1.8
+- Java 11
 - Apache Flink
 - A Local or Remote Postgres Database
 - A Kinesis Data Stream
diff --git a/aws-kinesis-analytics-java-apps.iml b/aws-kinesis-analytics-java-apps.iml
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a90dc5..3ec0a36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
-        <kda.version>1.1.0</kda.version>
-        <flink.version>1.8.2</flink.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
+        <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
+        <kda.version>2.1.0</kda.version>
+        <flink.version>1.19.1</flink.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                 <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
                 <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-bom</artifactId>
                 <!-- Get the latest SDK version from https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.amazonaws/aws-java-sdk-bom -->
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+                <version>1.12.754</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-kinesisanalytics-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>${kda.version}</version>
+            <version>1.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-            <artifactId>flink-connector-kinesis_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${flink.version}</version>
+            <artifactId>flink-connector-kinesis</artifactId>
+            <version>4.3.0-1.19</version>
         </dependency>
 
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             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-            <artifactId>flink-streaming-java_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>flink-streaming-java</artifactId>
             <version>${flink.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
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             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-            <artifactId>flink-jdbc_2.11</artifactId>
-            <version>${flink.version}</version>
+            <artifactId>flink-jdbc_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>1.10.3</version>
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             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
             <artifactId>flink-table</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.2</version>
+            <version>${flink.version}</version>
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             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
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             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
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+            <version>42.7.3</version>
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         <!-- For flink web UI you need these -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-            <artifactId>flink-clients_2.11</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>flink-clients</artifactId>
             <version>${flink.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
-            <artifactId>flink-runtime-web_2.11</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>flink-runtime-web</artifactId>
             <version>${flink.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>