diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ea62ee3..b91baaf 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
 -e git+https://osm.etsi.org/gerrit/osm/common.git@master#egg=osm-common
     # via -r requirements-dev.in
-aiokafka==0.8.1
+aiokafka==0.11.0
     # via -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
 async-timeout==4.0.3
     # via
@@ -26,35 +26,35 @@
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   aiokafka
     #   retrying-async
-bcrypt==4.0.1
+bcrypt==4.2.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   paramiko
-cachetools==5.3.1
+cachetools==5.4.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   google-auth
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
     #   requests
-cffi==1.16.0
+cffi==1.17.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   cryptography
     #   pynacl
-charset-normalizer==3.2.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   requests
-cryptography==41.0.4
+cryptography==43.0.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   paramiko
 dataclasses==0.6
     # via -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
-dnspython==2.4.2
+dnspython==2.6.1
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
-idna==3.4
+idna==3.7
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   requests
@@ -73,20 +73,16 @@
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   theblues
-kafka-python==2.0.2
-    # via
-    #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
-    #   aiokafka
-kubernetes==26.1.0
+kubernetes==30.1.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
-macaroonbakery==1.3.1
+macaroonbakery==1.3.4
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
     #   theblues
-motor==3.3.1
+motor==3.5.1
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
@@ -97,8 +93,9 @@
 oauthlib==3.2.2
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
+    #   kubernetes
     #   requests-oauthlib
-packaging==23.1
+packaging==24.1
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   aiokafka
@@ -110,27 +107,27 @@
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   macaroonbakery
-pyasn1==0.5.0
+pyasn1==0.6.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
     #   pyasn1-modules
     #   rsa
-pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
+pyasn1-modules==0.4.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   google-auth
-pycparser==2.21
+pycparser==2.22
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   cffi
-pycryptodome==3.19.0
+pycryptodome==3.20.0
     # via -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
 pymacaroons==0.13.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   macaroonbakery
-pymongo==4.5.0
+pymongo==4.8.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
@@ -146,29 +143,29 @@
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
     #   macaroonbakery
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
-pytz==2023.3.post1
+pytz==2024.1
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   pyrfc3339
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
     #   jujubundlelib
     #   kubernetes
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
     #   macaroonbakery
     #   requests-oauthlib
     #   theblues
-requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
+requests-oauthlib==2.0.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
@@ -195,27 +192,26 @@
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
-typing-extensions==4.8.0
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
+    #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/common.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
+    #   aiokafka
     #   typing-inspect
 typing-inspect==0.9.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
-urllib3==2.0.5
+urllib3==2.2.2
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
     #   requests
-websocket-client==1.6.3
+websocket-client==1.8.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   kubernetes
-websockets==11.0.3
+websockets==12.0
     # via
     #   -r https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm/N2VC.git;a=blob_plain;f=requirements.txt;hb=master
     #   juju
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index a2e1554..db0f0ed 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -14,27 +14,25 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #######################################################################################
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements-test.in
     #   requests
-charset-normalizer==3.2.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements-test.in
     #   requests
-coverage==7.3.1
+coverage==7.6.1
     # via -r requirements-test.in
-idna==3.4
+idna==3.7
     # via requests
 mock==5.1.0
     # via -r requirements-test.in
-nose2==0.13.0
+nose2==0.15.1
     # via -r requirements-test.in
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via requests-mock
-requests-mock==1.11.0
+requests-mock==1.12.1
     # via -r requirements-test.in
-six==1.16.0
-    # via requests-mock
-urllib3==2.0.5
+urllib3==2.2.2
     # via requests
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index 1dd93f6..928eef8 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 gnocchiclient
 humanfriendly
 lxml
+kafka
 prometheus-api-client
 prometheus-client
 python-ceilometerclient
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a8c97d..47520fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,51 +14,48 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #######################################################################################
-aiokafka==0.8.1
+aiokafka==0.11.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-appdirs==1.4.4
-    # via openstacksdk
 async-timeout==4.0.3
     # via aiokafka
-attrs==23.1.0
+attrs==24.2.0
     # via cmd2
-autopage==0.5.1
+autopage==0.5.2
     # via cliff
-certifi==2023.7.22
+certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   requests
-cffi==1.16.0
+cffi==1.17.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   cryptography
-charset-normalizer==3.2.0
+charset-normalizer==3.3.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   requests
-cliff==4.3.0
+cliff==4.7.0
     # via
     #   gnocchiclient
     #   osc-lib
     #   python-neutronclient
 cmd2==2.4.3
     # via cliff
-contourpy==1.1.1
+contourpy==1.2.1
     # via matplotlib
-cryptography==41.0.4
+cryptography==43.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   openstacksdk
-cycler==0.12.0
+cycler==0.12.1
     # via matplotlib
-dateparser==1.1.8
+dateparser==1.2.0
     # via prometheus-api-client
-debtcollector==2.5.0
+debtcollector==3.0.0
     # via
     #   gnocchiclient
     #   oslo-config
     #   oslo-context
-    #   oslo-log
     #   oslo-utils
     #   python-keystoneclient
     #   python-neutronclient
@@ -66,11 +63,11 @@
     # via
     #   dogpile-cache
     #   openstacksdk
-dogpile-cache==1.2.2
+dogpile-cache==1.3.3
     # via openstacksdk
-fonttools==4.42.1
+fonttools==4.53.1
     # via matplotlib
-futurist==2.4.1
+futurist==3.0.0
     # via gnocchiclient
 gnocchiclient==7.0.8
     # via -r requirements.in
@@ -80,11 +77,9 @@
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pyvcloud
-idna==3.4
+idna==3.7
     # via requests
-importlib-metadata==6.8.0
-    # via cliff
-iso8601==2.0.0
+iso8601==2.1.0
     # via
     #   gnocchiclient
     #   keystoneauth1
@@ -97,11 +92,11 @@
     # via openstacksdk
 jsonpatch==1.33
     # via openstacksdk
-jsonpointer==2.4
+jsonpointer==3.0.0
     # via jsonpatch
-kafka-python==2.0.2
-    # via aiokafka
-keystoneauth1==5.3.0
+kafka==1.3.5
+    # via -r requirements.in
+keystoneauth1==5.7.0
     # via
     #   gnocchiclient
     #   openstacksdk
@@ -113,16 +108,16 @@
     #   python-novaclient
 kiwisolver==1.4.5
     # via matplotlib
-lxml==4.9.3
+lxml==5.2.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   pyvcloud
     #   unittest-xml-reporting
-matplotlib==3.8.0
+matplotlib==3.9.1.post1
     # via prometheus-api-client
-msgpack==1.0.7
+msgpack==1.0.8
     # via oslo-serialization
-netaddr==0.9.0
+netaddr==1.3.0
     # via
     #   oslo-config
     #   oslo-utils
@@ -131,13 +126,13 @@
     # via
     #   openstacksdk
     #   oslo-utils
-numpy==1.26.0
+numpy==2.0.1
     # via
     #   contourpy
     #   matplotlib
     #   pandas
     #   prometheus-api-client
-openstacksdk==1.5.0
+openstacksdk==3.3.0
     # via
     #   os-client-config
     #   osc-lib
@@ -148,15 +143,15 @@
     # via
     #   keystoneauth1
     #   openstacksdk
-osc-lib==2.8.1
+osc-lib==3.1.0
     # via python-neutronclient
-oslo-config==9.2.0
+oslo-config==9.5.0
     # via
     #   oslo-log
     #   python-keystoneclient
-oslo-context==5.2.0
+oslo-context==5.5.0
     # via oslo-log
-oslo-i18n==6.1.0
+oslo-i18n==6.3.0
     # via
     #   osc-lib
     #   oslo-config
@@ -167,16 +162,16 @@
     #   python-keystoneclient
     #   python-neutronclient
     #   python-novaclient
-oslo-log==5.3.0
+oslo-log==6.1.1
     # via python-neutronclient
-oslo-serialization==5.2.0
+oslo-serialization==5.4.0
     # via
     #   oslo-log
     #   python-ceilometerclient
     #   python-keystoneclient
     #   python-neutronclient
     #   python-novaclient
-oslo-utils==6.2.1
+oslo-utils==7.2.0
     # via
     #   osc-lib
     #   oslo-log
@@ -186,16 +181,16 @@
     #   python-keystoneclient
     #   python-neutronclient
     #   python-novaclient
-packaging==23.1
+packaging==24.1
     # via
     #   aiokafka
     #   matplotlib
     #   oslo-utils
     #   python-keystoneclient
     #   pyvcloud
-pandas==2.1.1
+pandas==2.2.2
     # via prometheus-api-client
-pbr==5.11.1
+pbr==6.0.0
     # via
     #   keystoneauth1
     #   openstacksdk
@@ -211,35 +206,35 @@
     #   python-neutronclient
     #   python-novaclient
     #   stevedore
-pillow==10.0.1
+pillow==10.4.0
     # via matplotlib
+platformdirs==4.2.2
+    # via openstacksdk
 prettytable==0.7.2
     # via
     #   cliff
     #   python-ceilometerclient
     #   python-cinderclient
     #   python-novaclient
-prometheus-api-client==0.5.4
+prometheus-api-client==0.5.5
     # via -r requirements.in
-prometheus-client==0.17.1
+prometheus-client==0.20.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-pycparser==2.21
+pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
-pygments==2.16.1
+pygments==2.18.0
     # via pyvcloud
-pyinotify==0.9.6
-    # via oslo-log
-pyparsing==3.1.1
+pyparsing==3.1.2
     # via
     #   matplotlib
     #   oslo-utils
-pyperclip==1.8.2
+pyperclip==1.9.0
     # via cmd2
 python-ceilometerclient==2.9.0
     # via -r requirements.in
 python-cinderclient==8.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-python-dateutil==2.8.2
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via
     #   dateparser
     #   gnocchiclient
@@ -247,36 +242,36 @@
     #   oslo-log
     #   pandas
     #   pyvcloud
-python-keystoneclient==5.2.0
+python-keystoneclient==5.4.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   python-neutronclient
-python-neutronclient==11.0.0
+python-neutronclient==11.3.1
     # via -r requirements.in
-python-novaclient==18.4.0
+python-novaclient==18.6.0
     # via -r requirements.in
-pytz==2023.3.post1
+pytz==2024.1
     # via
     #   dateparser
-    #   oslo-serialization
-    #   oslo-utils
     #   pandas
 pyvcloud==23.0.4
     # via -r requirements.in
-pyyaml==6.0.1
+pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   cliff
     #   openstacksdk
     #   oslo-config
+    #   oslo-utils
     #   pyvcloud
-regex==2023.8.8
+regex==2024.7.24
     # via dateparser
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   httmock
     #   keystoneauth1
+    #   osc-lib
     #   oslo-config
     #   prometheus-api-client
     #   python-ceilometerclient
@@ -288,19 +283,15 @@
     # via openstacksdk
 rfc3986==2.0.0
     # via oslo-config
-simplejson==3.19.1
-    # via
-    #   osc-lib
-    #   python-cinderclient
-    #   python-neutronclient
+simplejson==3.19.2
+    # via python-cinderclient
 six==1.16.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements.in
     #   gnocchiclient
     #   python-ceilometerclient
     #   python-dateutil
-    #   python-keystoneclient
-stevedore==5.1.0
+stevedore==5.2.0
     # via
     #   cliff
     #   dogpile-cache
@@ -311,26 +302,26 @@
     #   python-cinderclient
     #   python-keystoneclient
     #   python-novaclient
-typing-extensions==4.8.0
-    # via dogpile-cache
-tzdata==2023.3
+typing-extensions==4.12.2
+    # via
+    #   aiokafka
+    #   dogpile-cache
+tzdata==2024.1
     # via
     #   oslo-serialization
     #   oslo-utils
     #   pandas
-tzlocal==5.0.1
+tzlocal==5.2
     # via dateparser
-ujson==5.8.0
+ujson==5.10.0
     # via gnocchiclient
 unittest-xml-reporting==3.2.0
     # via pyvcloud
-urllib3==2.0.5
+urllib3==2.2.2
     # via requests
 vcd-api-schemas-type==10.3.0.dev72
     # via pyvcloud
-wcwidth==0.2.7
+wcwidth==0.2.13
     # via cmd2
-wrapt==1.15.0
+wrapt==1.16.0
     # via debtcollector
-zipp==3.17.0
-    # via importlib-metadata