diff --git a/.github/workflows/mavenCI.yml b/.github/workflows/mavenCI.yml
index 31fb90c7..f8e928b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mavenCI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mavenCI.yml
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up JDK 11
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
+        distribution: 'zulu'
         java-version: 11
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./src/docker/startup.ps1
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     - name: Upload JaCoCo coverage report
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: jacoco-report
         path: target/site/jacoco/
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a8bb663..327329e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ## Release History
+### 1.16.0 (2024-11-21)
+#### New Features
+* Updated `azure-cosmos` version to 4.65.0.
+
 ### 1.15.0 (2024-04-18)
 #### Key Bug Fixes
 * Fixed an issue where using `CosmosDBSinkConnector` in bulk mode failed to write items for container with nested partition key path - [PR 565](https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb/pull/565)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b921ee85..f1ab1089 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.azure.cosmos.kafka</groupId>
     <artifactId>kafka-connect-cosmos</artifactId>
-    <version>1.15.0</version>
+    <version>1.16.0</version>
 
     <name> kafka-connect-cosmos</name>
     <url>https://github.com/microsoft/kafka-connect-cosmosdb</url>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
             <artifactId>azure-cosmos</artifactId>
-            <version>4.58.0</version>
+            <version>4.65.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>