diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index fd0930d773..2301680af4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # Test against the LTS Java versions. TODO: add JDK18 when it becomes available.
-        java: [ 8.0.x, 11.0.x, 17.0.x ]
-        os: [ macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest ]
+        java: [ 8.0.x ]
+        os: [ windows-latest, ubuntu-latest ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml b/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml
index c79a3dac9e..d641670dce 100644
--- a/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java-contrib/admissionreview/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
-    <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml b/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml
index 17b5aafd8f..163e05a96a 100644
--- a/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java-contrib/cert-manager/pom.xml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <!-- the version tracks the release version of the CRDs in the upstream cert-manager project -->
-    <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
diff --git a/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml b/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml
index c532ad1713..d8573d52ad 100644
--- a/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <artifactId>client-java-prometheus-operator-models</artifactId>
-    <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
diff --git a/e2e/pom.xml b/e2e/pom.xml
index 62632939d3..acf07a4e37 100644
--- a/e2e/pom.xml
+++ b/e2e/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-16/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-16/pom.xml
index b1ca75b720..e085d727f0 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-16/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-16/pom.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-<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 http://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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>client-java-examples-release-16</artifactId>
 	<name>client-java-examples-release-16</name>
+	<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-17/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-17/pom.xml
index 2cb2263f6f..4cdd7431e3 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-17/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-17/pom.xml
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
-<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 http://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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>client-java-examples-release-17</artifactId>
 	<name>client-java-examples-release-17</name>
+	<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-18/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-18/pom.xml
index 1fcfc36034..e79e786642 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-18/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-18/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>client-java-examples-release-18</artifactId>
 	<name>client-java-examples-release-18</name>
+	<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -17,16 +18,16 @@
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>simpleclient</artifactId>
-            <version>0.15.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>simpleclient_httpserver</artifactId>
-            <version>0.15.0</version>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>simpleclient</artifactId>
+			<version>0.15.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>simpleclient_httpserver</artifactId>
+			<version>0.15.0</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java-api</artifactId>
@@ -77,7 +78,8 @@
 			<artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<!--for spring controller example-->
+		<!--for
+		spring controller example-->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -93,14 +95,14 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-		    <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+				<configuration>
+					<skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -112,4 +114,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/examples-release-19/pom.xml b/examples/examples-release-19/pom.xml
index 8f013cd2c8..dd085092a6 100644
--- a/examples/examples-release-19/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/examples-release-19/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>..</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@
 			<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>simpleclient</artifactId>
-            <version>0.15.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>simpleclient_httpserver</artifactId>
-            <version>0.15.0</version>
-        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>simpleclient</artifactId>
+			<version>0.15.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
+			<artifactId>simpleclient_httpserver</artifactId>
+			<version>0.15.0</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 			<artifactId>client-java-api</artifactId>
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@
 			<artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<!--for spring controller example-->
+		<!--for
+		spring controller example-->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -93,6 +94,14 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+				<configuration>
+					<skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -104,4 +113,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 9c7bf3f945..385143f8a3 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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>
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
-	<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<artifactId>client-java-examples-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/extended/pom.xml b/extended/pom.xml
index e28b4a40bc..98c1491e97 100644
--- a/extended/pom.xml
+++ b/extended/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/fluent-gen/pom.xml b/fluent-gen/pom.xml
index ea8eeb17c5..c55285d216 100644
--- a/fluent-gen/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent-gen/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/fluent/pom.xml b/fluent/pom.xml
index e8985d5f56..e52909f171 100644
--- a/fluent/pom.xml
+++ b/fluent/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/pom.xml b/kubernetes/pom.xml
index 30bd3df149..834bb16d3e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/pom.xml
+++ b/kubernetes/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d968dc8a33..54a7231d6a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,13 +2,23 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
   <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-  <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Kubernetes Client API</name>
   <url>https://github.com/kubernetes-client/java</url>
   <description>Kubernetes Client Library</description>
 
   <modules>
+    <!-- These modules are not released -->
+    <module>e2e</module>
+    <module>examples</module>
+    <module>client-java-contrib/cert-manager</module>
+    <module>client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator</module>
+    <module>client-java-contrib/admissionreview</module>
+    <!-- Due to a bug NEXUS-19853 if skipped modules are at the end
+	 they block upload for all modules. So these are listed first -->
+
+    <!-- These modules are released -->
     <module>util</module>
     <module>kubernetes</module>
     <module>proto</module>
@@ -16,11 +26,6 @@
     <module>fluent</module>
     <module>spring</module>
     <module>spring-aot</module>
-    <module>e2e</module>
-    <module>examples</module>
-    <module>client-java-contrib/cert-manager</module>
-    <module>client-java-contrib/prometheus-operator</module>
-    <module>client-java-contrib/admissionreview</module>
   </modules>
 
   <scm>
@@ -42,19 +47,19 @@
     <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
     <caffeine.version>2.9.3</caffeine.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.24.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <bucket4j.version>7.6.0</bucket4j.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.76</bouncycastle.version>
-    <gson.version>2.10.1</gson.version>
+    <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
     <jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
-    <okhttp3.version>4.11.0</okhttp3.version>
+    <okhttp3.version>4.12.0</okhttp3.version>
     <swagger-core.version>1.6.11</swagger-core.version>
     <sundrio.version>0.101.0</sundrio.version>
     <gsonfire.version>1.8.5</gsonfire.version>
     <apache.commons.lang3.version>3.13.0</apache.commons.lang3.version>
     <apache.commons.collections4.version>4.4</apache.commons.collections4.version>
-    <apache.commons.compress>1.24.0</apache.commons.compress>
+    <apache.commons.compress>1.26.1</apache.commons.compress>
     <apache.commons.io>2.14.0</apache.commons.io>
     <common.codec.version>1.16.0</common.codec.version>
     <spring.boot.version>3.1.4</spring.boot.version>
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.bitbucket.b_c</groupId>
         <artifactId>jose4j</artifactId>
-        <version>0.9.3</version>
+        <version>0.9.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.github.vladimir-bukhtoyarov</groupId>
@@ -556,7 +561,7 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <requireMavenVersion>
                   <version>2.2.0</version>
                 </requireMavenVersion>
-              </rules>    
+              </rules>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/proto/pom.xml b/proto/pom.xml
index 70690c14b3..421fde5212 100644
--- a/proto/pom.xml
+++ b/proto/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
 		<artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-aot/pom.xml b/spring-aot/pom.xml
index 070c9898bc..9fa58c5e79 100644
--- a/spring-aot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-aot/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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 http://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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
     <artifactId>client-java-spring-aot-integration</artifactId>
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <properties>
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index 4db13dab63..e336929b05 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
-    <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index ecf29a1688..a53edfc334 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
         <artifactId>client-java-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>19.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>19.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ModelMapper.java b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ModelMapper.java
index 1271a60ccc..995b151e2d 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ModelMapper.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ModelMapper.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.JarURLConnection;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLDecoder;
@@ -485,14 +486,26 @@ private static List<String> getClassNamesFromPackage(ClassLoader classLoader, St
 
   private static void processJarPackage(URL packageURL, String packageName, String pkg, ArrayList<String> names) throws IOException {
     String jarFileName = URLDecoder.decode(packageURL.getFile(), "UTF-8");
-    jarFileName = jarFileName.substring(5, jarFileName.indexOf("!"));
+    JarFile jf = null;
+    // jar: client in repository; nested: client in a fat jar
+    if (jarFileName.startsWith("jar:") || jarFileName.startsWith("nested:")) {
+      jf = ((JarURLConnection) packageURL.openConnection()).getJarFile();
+    }
+    // file: client is a file in target (unit test)
+    if (jarFileName.startsWith("file:") ) {
+      jarFileName = jarFileName.substring(5, jarFileName.indexOf("!"));
+      jf = new JarFile(jarFileName);
+    }
+    if (jf == null) {
+      logger.error("Loading classes from jar with error packageURL: {}", jarFileName);
+      return;
+    }
     logger.info("Loading classes from jar {}", jarFileName);
-    try (JarFile jf = new JarFile(jarFileName)) {
-      Enumeration<JarEntry> jarEntries = jf.entries();
-      while (jarEntries.hasMoreElements()) {
-        processJarEntry(jarEntries.nextElement(), packageName, pkg, names);
-      }
+    Enumeration<JarEntry> jarEntries = jf.entries();
+    while (jarEntries.hasMoreElements()) {
+      processJarEntry(jarEntries.nextElement(), packageName, pkg, names);
     }
+    jf.close();
   }
 
   private static void processJarEntry(JarEntry jarEntry, String packageName, String pkg, ArrayList<String> names) {