diff --git a/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml b/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml
index 32aa1e67c2..d51e553d66 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/clas-io/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
       <artifactId>xmsg</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -45,7 +44,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
       <artifactId>et</artifactId>
-      <version>14.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml b/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
index d8c6659cf2..903c377da8 100644
--- a/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
+++ b/common-tools/coat-libs/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
       <artifactId>et</artifactId>
-      <version>14.0</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93a1bb8e70..8e177bea3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,9 +24,25 @@
       <url>https://code.jlab.org/api/v4/projects/919/packages/maven</url>
     </repository>
     <repository>
-      <id>clas12-clara-java</id>
+      <id>clas12-clara-java</id> <!-- `jclara` -->
       <url>https://code.jlab.org/api/v4/projects/243/packages/maven</url>
     </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>clas12-xmsg-java</id>
+      <url>https://code.jlab.org/api/v4/projects/959/packages/maven</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>clas12-ccdbrcdb-java</id>
+      <url>https://code.jlab.org/api/v4/projects/245/packages/maven</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>clas12-evio</id> <!-- `jevio` -->
+      <url>https://code.jlab.org/api/v4/projects/1038/packages/maven</url>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>clas12-et</id> <!-- `et` -->
+      <url>https://code.jlab.org/api/v4/projects/1044/packages/maven</url>
+    </repository>
     <repository>
       <id>clas12maven</id>
       <url>https://clasweb.jlab.org/.clas12maven</url>
@@ -127,7 +143,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jlab</groupId>
         <artifactId>groot</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.5</version>
+        <version>4.0.5</version> <!-- WARNING: if changed, check the `net.objecthunter:exp4j` version; see `docs/dependency_conflicts.md` -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -139,14 +155,20 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
         <artifactId>jclara</artifactId>
-        <version>4.3</version>
+        <version>6.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>xmsg</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
         <artifactId>jevio</artifactId>
         <classifier>jar-with-dependencies</classifier>
-        <version>6.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.2.1</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
@@ -167,6 +189,12 @@
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.jlab.coda</groupId>
+        <artifactId>et</artifactId>
+        <version>16.6.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jlab.jnp</groupId>
         <artifactId>jnp-hipo</artifactId>
@@ -200,7 +228,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jlab.ccdbrcdb</groupId>
         <artifactId>ccdbrcdb</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0</version>
+        <version>2.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -212,7 +240,7 @@
       <dependency> <!-- sets version number for all 'ai.djl' dependencies -->
         <groupId>ai.djl</groupId>
         <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-        <version>0.38.0</version> <!-- WARNING: if changed, check the `com.google.code.gson:gson` version; see `docs/dependency_conflicts.md` -->
+        <version>0.38.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -224,24 +252,17 @@
         - see `docs/dependency_conflicts.md` for more info
       -->
 
-      <!-- resolve conflict between `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo:jar:2.0-SNAPSHOT` and `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo4:jar:4.5`
-           by choosing the later version of their `net.objecthunter:exp4j` dependency -->
+      <!-- resolve conflicting `net.objecthunter:exp4j` by choosing the latest used by
+          - `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo`
+          - `org.jlab.jnp:jnp-hipo4`
+          - `org.jlab:groot`
+      -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>net.objecthunter</groupId>
         <artifactId>exp4j</artifactId>
         <version>0.4.8</version> <!-- WARNING: if changed, see `docs/dependency_conflicts.md` -->
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- resolve conflict between `org.jlab.coda:jclara` and `ai.djl:api`
-           by choosing the later version of their `com.google.code.gson:gson` dependency
-           - `djl`'s `gson` version is here: https://github.com/deepjavalibrary/djl/blob/master/gradle/libs.versions.toml
-      -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>2.13.1</version> <!-- WARNING: if changed, see `docs/dependency_conflicts.md` -->
-      </dependency>
-
       <!-- resolve conflict between `j4ml:j4ml-clas12` and `clas-tracking`
            by using the version of `org.ejml:ejml-simple` used by `j4ml:j4ml-clas12:jar:0.9-SNAPSHOT` -->
       <dependency>
diff --git a/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml b/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml
index c4baa62486..025d2aaa81 100644
--- a/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml
+++ b/reconstruction/alert/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/services</outputDirectory>
-              <includeGroupIds>ai.djl</includeGroupIds>
+              <includeGroupIds>ai.djl,com.google.code.gson</includeGroupIds>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>