diff --git a/SimpleAPI/pom.xml b/SimpleAPI/pom.xml
index 153fdb1..b65f0ed 100644
--- a/SimpleAPI/pom.xml
+++ b/SimpleAPI/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <build.number>NOTSET</build.number>
         <mysql.connector.test.group>com.mysql</mysql.connector.test.group>
         <mysql.connector.test.artifact>mysql-connector-j</mysql.connector.test.artifact>
-        <mysql.connector.test.version>9.5.0</mysql.connector.test.version>
+        <mysql.connector.test.version>26.7.0</mysql.connector.test.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>
             <artifactId>spigot-api</artifactId>
-            <version>26.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>26.3-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>6.1.2</version>
+            <version>6.1.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.23.0</version>
+            <version>5.24.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.4</version>
+                        <version>3.2.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <skip>true</skip>
                         </configuration>
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.1.4</version>
+                        <version>3.2.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <skip>true</skip>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/SimpleAPI/src/test/java/com/bencodez/simpleapi/tests/packaging/FullArtifactTest.java b/SimpleAPI/src/test/java/com/bencodez/simpleapi/tests/packaging/FullArtifactTest.java
index c28ac29..b06d88c 100644
--- a/SimpleAPI/src/test/java/com/bencodez/simpleapi/tests/packaging/FullArtifactTest.java
+++ b/SimpleAPI/src/test/java/com/bencodez/simpleapi/tests/packaging/FullArtifactTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@
 import java.util.jar.Attributes;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
+import javax.tools.ToolProvider;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
@@ -19,6 +23,55 @@
 public class FullArtifactTest {
     @TempDir Path temporary;
 
+    @Test void legacyRedisConsumerCompilesAndLinksAgainstOnlyTheFullJar() throws Exception {
+        Path full = fullJar();
+        Path source = temporary.resolve("LegacyRedisConsumer.java");
+        Files.writeString(source, """
+                import java.util.Set;
+                import redis.clients.jedis.HostAndPort;
+                import redis.clients.jedis.JedisClientConfig;
+                import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPooled;
+                import redis.clients.jedis.JedisSentineled;
+                import redis.clients.jedis.UnifiedJedis;
+
+                public final class LegacyRedisConsumer {
+                    // Compile the established constructor calls without opening a connection.
+                    public static Object[] construct(HostAndPort endpoint, JedisClientConfig config,
+                            Set<HostAndPort> sentinels) {
+                        return new Object[] {
+                            new JedisPooled(endpoint, config),
+                            new JedisSentineled("synthetic-master", config, sentinels, config),
+                            new UnifiedJedis(endpoint, config)
+                        };
+                    }
+
+                    public static int link() throws Exception {
+                        JedisPooled.class.getConstructor(HostAndPort.class, JedisClientConfig.class);
+                        JedisSentineled.class.getConstructor(String.class, JedisClientConfig.class,
+                                Set.class, JedisClientConfig.class);
+                        UnifiedJedis.class.getConstructor(HostAndPort.class, JedisClientConfig.class);
+                        return 3;
+                    }
+                }
+                """);
+        var compiler = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();
+        assertNotNull(compiler, "Packaged API verification requires the build JDK");
+        StringWriter diagnostics = new StringWriter();
+        try (var files = compiler.getStandardFileManager(null, null, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
+            boolean compiled = compiler.getTask(diagnostics, files, null,
+                    java.util.List.of("--release", "21", "-proc:none", "-classpath", full.toString(),
+                            "-d", temporary.toString()), null,
+                    files.getJavaFileObjects(source.toFile())).call();
+            assertTrue(compiled, "Legacy Redis consumer must compile using only the packaged JAR: " + diagnostics);
+        }
+        // Platform parent excludes every Maven dependency, including any older Jedis on the test classpath.
+        try (var loader = new URLClassLoader(new java.net.URL[] {
+                temporary.toUri().toURL(), full.toUri().toURL() }, ClassLoader.getPlatformClassLoader())) {
+            Class<?> consumer = Class.forName("LegacyRedisConsumer", true, loader);
+            assertEquals(3, consumer.getMethod("link").invoke(null));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test void omitsExternalCryptoProvider() throws Exception {
         Path full = fullJar();
         try (JarFile output = new JarFile(full.toFile())) {