diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f31f245..d2db6e7e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 ### Changes, deprecations and removals
 
-* `KAFKA_BRIDGE_METRICS_ENABLED` has been deprecated.
-  The equivalent configuration is `bridge.metrics=jmxPrometheusExporter`.
+* `KAFKA_BRIDGE_METRICS_ENABLED` configuration has been deprecated.
+  In order to keep the current behaviour and use JMX Exporter, the `bridge.metrics` property has to be set to `jmxPrometheusExporter`.
 
 ## 0.31.1
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88dbfaaa..8d278848 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
 		<kafka-env-var-config-provider.version>1.1.0</kafka-env-var-config-provider.version>
 		<maven.checkstyle.version>3.3.0</maven.checkstyle.version>
 		<checkstyle.version>10.12.2</checkstyle.version>
-		<junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
 		<hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
+		<junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
 		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
 		<opentelemetry-semconv.version>1.21.0-alpha</opentelemetry-semconv.version>
 		<grpc-netty-shaded.version>1.61.0</grpc-netty-shaded.version>
 		<micrometer.version>1.12.3</micrometer.version>
-		<prometheus-client.version>1.3.4</prometheus-client.version>
 		<jmx-prometheus-collector.version>1.1.0</jmx-prometheus-collector.version>
+		<prometheus-client.version>1.3.4</prometheus-client.version>
 		<commons-cli.version>1.4</commons-cli.version>
 		<test-container.version>0.109.1</test-container.version>
 		<jakarta.version>2.3.2</jakarta.version>
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@
 			<artifactId>metrics-reporter</artifactId>
 			<version>${strimzi-metrics-reporter.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.prometheus.jmx</groupId>
+			<artifactId>collector</artifactId>
+			<version>${jmx-prometheus-collector.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
 			<artifactId>prometheus-metrics-model</artifactId>
@@ -322,11 +327,6 @@
 			<artifactId>prometheus-metrics-exposition-textformats</artifactId>
 			<version>${prometheus-client.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>io.prometheus.jmx</groupId>
-			<artifactId>collector</artifactId>
-			<version>${jmx-prometheus-collector.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>