diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 97ba4097860..60dab056ac6 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Business Source License 1.1
 Parameters
 
 Licensor:             Lightbend, Inc.
-Licensed Work:        Akka 2.10.11
+Licensed Work:        Akka 2.10.12
                       This license applies to all sub directories and files
                       UNLESS another license file is present in a sub
                       directory, then that other license applies to all files
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Additional Use Grant:
     Connecting to a Play Framework websocket and/or Play Framework
     request/response bodies for server and play-ws client.
 
-Change Date:          2028-10-28
+Change Date:          2028-11-18
 
 Change License:       Apache License, Version 2.0
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-quickstart-java/build.gradle b/samples/akka-quickstart-java/build.gradle
index abfad210aa6..788f11a31d3 100644
--- a/samples/akka-quickstart-java/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/akka-quickstart-java/build.gradle
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  implementation 'com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-typed_2.13:2.10.11'
+  implementation 'com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-typed_2.13:2.10.12'
   implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.13'
-  testImplementation 'com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-testkit-typed_2.13:2.10.11'
+  testImplementation 'com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-testkit-typed_2.13:2.10.12'
   testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.1'
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-quickstart-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-quickstart-java/pom.xml
index 2c3d836a82d..3c5d91198bc 100644
--- a/samples/akka-quickstart-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-quickstart-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <version>1.0</version>
 
     <properties>
-      <akka.version>2.10.11</akka.version>
+      <akka.version>2.10.12</akka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/akka-quickstart-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
index 6e99a0ff0d6..d2b5b9ce7d7 100644
--- a/samples/akka-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-quickstart-scala/build.sbt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version := "1.0"
 
 scalaVersion := "2.13.17"
 
-lazy val akkaVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.version", "2.10.11")
+lazy val akkaVersion = sys.props.getOrElse("akka.version", "2.10.12")
 
 // Run in a separate JVM, to make sure sbt waits until all threads have
 // finished before returning.
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
index 1046274ef3d..c3d276535bb 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 val LogbackClassicVersion = "1.2.11" 
 val ScalaTestVersion = "3.1.1"
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml
index b5f7116e417..3d635be2543 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-cluster-java/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <akka.version>2.10.11</akka.version>
+    <akka.version>2.10.12</akka.version>
     <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
index 79c69a0dc23..4ae0f194649 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-cluster-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.1"
 val LogbackClassicVersion = "1.5.18"
 val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.17"
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt
index 5cb21c3d73d..9d94dfe5c92 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.multiJvmSettings
 import com.typesafe.sbt.SbtMultiJvm.MultiJvmKeys.MultiJvm
 
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 val LogbackClassicVersion = "1.2.11" 
 val ScalaTestVersion = "3.1.1"
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/pom.xml
index edcfbc1e8b2..10557abf8b4 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-java/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <akka.version>2.10.11</akka.version>
+    <akka.version>2.10.12</akka.version>
     <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt
index 94d44c727c9..709203080be 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-distributed-data-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import com.typesafe.sbt.MultiJvmPlugin.multiJvmSettings
 
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.1"
 val LogbackClassicVersion = "1.5.18"
 val ScalaTestVersion = "3.2.17"
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml b/samples/akka-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml
index 3706105db9f..de57cb65446 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-fsm-java/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <akka.version>2.10.11</akka.version>
+    <akka.version>2.10.12</akka.version>
     <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt
index 99cea5739dc..8bd562670b8 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-fsm-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 organization := "com.lightbend.akka.samples"
 name := "akka-sample-fsm-scala"
 
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val LogbackClassicVersion = "1.5.1"
 val AkkaDiagnosticsVersion = "2.1.0"
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
index 1c9d3c5886e..d33698d6c4d 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-kafka-to-sharding-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AlpakkaKafkaVersion = "7.0.1"
 val AkkaManagementVersion = "1.6.0"
 val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.7.0"
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
index 3e59398bfd3..a4e07aba902 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/build.sbt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.7.0"
 val LogbackVersion = "1.2.11"
 
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
index 2632d9c60b2..9095ad92d7f 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather-fog/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <akka.version>2.10.11</akka.version>
+        <akka.version>2.10.12</akka.version>
         <akka-http.version>10.7.0</akka-http.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
index a118c98dc71..4ed18ee517c 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-java/killrweather/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <akka.version>2.10.11</akka.version>
+        <akka.version>2.10.12</akka.version>
         <akka-http.version>10.7.0</akka-http.version>
         <akka-diagnostics.version>2.1.0</akka-diagnostics.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
index abadf7d2e21..2d84b0da4a6 100644
--- a/samples/akka-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
+++ b/samples/akka-sample-sharding-scala/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-val AkkaVersion = "2.10.11"
+val AkkaVersion = "2.10.12"
 val AkkaHttpVersion = "10.7.1"
 val AkkaDiagnostics = "2.2.1"
 val LogbackVersion = "1.5.18"