diff --git a/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml b/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml
index eb934c238..4df00e32b 100644
--- a/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-            <version>42.4.0</version>
+            <version>42.4.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/driver-jms/pom.xml b/driver-jms/pom.xml
index a94c1c96e..7c779096f 100644
--- a/driver-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-jms/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.datastax.oss</groupId>
             <artifactId>pulsar-jms</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.1</version>
+            <version>2.4.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/driver-kafka/pom.xml b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
index a97ee2707..1a382e6ac 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.0</version>
+            <version>1.11.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.confluent/kafka-avro-serializer -->
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/pom.xml b/driver-pulsar/pom.xml
index 6f59e17c8..d6e7a3002 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-pulsar/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
             <artifactId>avro</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.0</version>
+            <version>1.11.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/ReadyPulsarOp.java b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/ReadyPulsarOp.java
index 9b25d479f..eefdd3f20 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/ReadyPulsarOp.java
+++ b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/ReadyPulsarOp.java
@@ -150,18 +150,18 @@ public class ReadyPulsarOp extends BaseOpDispenser<PulsarOp> {
         else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.MSG_READ.label)) {
             return resolveMsgRead(clientSpace, topicUriFunc, asyncApiFunc);
         }
-        // Regular/non-admin operation: batch message processing - batch start
-        else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.BATCH_MSG_SEND_START.label)) {
-            return resolveMsgBatchSendStart(clientSpace, topicUriFunc, asyncApiFunc);
-        }
-        // Regular/non-admin operation: batch message processing - message sending (producer)
-        else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.BATCH_MSG_SEND.label)) {
-            return resolveMsgBatchSend(clientSpace, asyncApiFunc);
-        }
-        // Regular/non-admin operation: batch message processing - batch send
-        else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.BATCH_MSG_SEND_END.label)) {
-            return resolveMsgBatchSendEnd(clientSpace, asyncApiFunc);
-        }
+//        // Regular/non-admin operation: batch message processing - batch start
+//        else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.BATCH_MSG_SEND_START.label)) {
+//            return resolveMsgBatchSendStart(clientSpace, topicUriFunc, asyncApiFunc);
+//        }
+//        // Regular/non-admin operation: batch message processing - message sending (producer)
+//        else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.BATCH_MSG_SEND.label)) {
+//            return resolveMsgBatchSend(clientSpace, asyncApiFunc);
+//        }
+//        // Regular/non-admin operation: batch message processing - batch send
+//        else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.BATCH_MSG_SEND_END.label)) {
+//            return resolveMsgBatchSendEnd(clientSpace, asyncApiFunc);
+//        }
         // Regular/non-admin operation: end-to-end message processing - sending message
         else if (StringUtils.equalsIgnoreCase(stmtOpType, PulsarActivityUtil.OP_TYPES.E2E_MSG_PROC_SEND.label)) {
             return resolveMsgSend(clientSpace, topicUriFunc, asyncApiFunc, useTransactionFunc, seqTrackingFunc);
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java
index d6b27bd08..6adb24f40 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java
+++ b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ public class PulsarActivityUtil {
         ADMIN_TENANT("admin-tenant"),
         ADMIN_NAMESPACE("admin-namespace"),
         ADMIN_TOPIC("admin-topic"),
-        E2E_MSG_PROC_SEND("ec2-msg-proc-send"),
-        E2E_MSG_PROC_CONSUME("ec2-msg-proc-consume"),
-        BATCH_MSG_SEND_START("batch-msg-send-start"),
-        BATCH_MSG_SEND("batch-msg-send"),
-        BATCH_MSG_SEND_END("batch-msg-send-end"),
+        E2E_MSG_PROC_SEND("e22-msg-proc-send"),
+        E2E_MSG_PROC_CONSUME("e22-msg-proc-consume"),
+//        BATCH_MSG_SEND_START("batch-msg-send-start"),
+//        BATCH_MSG_SEND("batch-msg-send"),
+//        BATCH_MSG_SEND_END("batch-msg-send-end"),
         MSG_SEND("msg-send"),
         MSG_CONSUME("msg-consume"),
         MSG_READ("msg-read"),
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/src/main/resources/pulsar.md b/driver-pulsar/src/main/resources/pulsar.md
index 23a037a37..f202c23d4 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/src/main/resources/pulsar.md
+++ b/driver-pulsar/src/main/resources/pulsar.md
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
     - [5.1. Pulsar Admin API Statement Block - Create/Delete Tenants](#51-pulsar-admin-api-statement-block---createdelete-tenants)
     - [5.2. Pulsar Admin API Command Block - Create/Delete Namespaces](#52-pulsar-admin-api-command-block---createdelete-namespaces)
     - [5.3. Pulsar Admin API Command Block - Create/Delete Topics, Partitioned or Not](#53-pulsar-admin-api-command-block---createdelete-topics-partitioned-or-not)
-    - [5.4. Batch Producer Command Block (Only Applicable with Pulsar Synchronous API)](#54-batch-producer-command-block-only-applicable-with-pulsar-synchronous-api)
-    - [5.5. Producer Statement Block](#55-producer-statement-block)
-    - [5.6. Consumer Statement Block](#56-consumer-statement-block)
-    - [5.7. Reader Statement Block](#57-reader-statement-block)
-    - [5.8. Multi-topic Consumer Statement Block](#58-multi-topic-consumer-statement-block)
-    - [5.9. End-to-end Message Latency Statement Block](#59-end-to-end-message-latency-statement-block)
+    - [5.4. Producer Statement Block](#54-producer-statement-block)
+    - [5.5. Consumer Statement Block](#55-consumer-statement-block)
+    - [5.6. Reader Statement Block](#56-reader-statement-block)
+    - [5.7. Multi-topic Consumer Statement Block](#57-multi-topic-consumer-statement-block)
+    - [5.8. End-to-end Message Latency Statement Block](#58-end-to-end-message-latency-statement-block)
 - [6. Generate Message Content](#6-generate-message-content)
 - [7. Message Schema Support](#7-message-schema-support)
 - [8. Measure End-to-end Message Processing Latency](#8-measure-end-to-end-message-processing-latency)
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ At high level, Pulsar driver yaml file has the following structure:
     * (Pulsar Admin API)  **create-tenant-block**: create/delete tenants
     * (Pulsar Admin API)  **create-namespace-block**: create/delete namespaces
     * (Pulsar Admin API)  **create-topic-block**: create/delete topics
-    * (Pulsar Client API) **batch-producer-block**: batch producer
     * (Pulsar Client API) **producer-block**: producer
     * (Pulsar Client API) **consumer-block**: consumer (single topic)
     * (Pulsar Client API) **reader-block**: reader
@@ -140,9 +138,9 @@ Currently, the following configuration parameters are available at this level:
 * **admin_delop**: For Admin tasks, whether to execute delete operation instead of the default create operation. This can only be statically bound.
 * **seq_tracking**: Whether to do message sequence tracking. This is used for abnormal message processing error detection such as message loss, message duplication, or message out-of-order. This can only be statically bound.
 * **e2e_starting_time_source**: Starting timestamp for end-to-end operation. When specified, will update the `e2e_msg_latency` histogram with the calculated end-to-end latency. The latency is calculated by subtracting the starting time from the current time. The starting time is determined from a configured starting time source. The unit of the starting time is milliseconds since epoch.  The possible values for `e2e_starting_time_source`:
-  * `message_publish_time` - uses the message publishing timestamp as the starting time
-  * `message_event_time` - uses the message event timestamp as the starting time
-  * `message_property_e2e_starting_time` - uses a message property `e2e_starting_time` as the starting time.
+    * `message_publish_time` - uses the message publishing timestamp as the starting time
+    * `message_event_time` - uses the message event timestamp as the starting time
+    * `message_property_e2e_starting_time` - uses a message property `e2e_starting_time` as the starting time.
 
 
 ## 3.3. Statement Level Parameters
@@ -266,66 +264,7 @@ In this statement block, there is only one statement (s1):
 
 **NOTE**: The topic name is bound by the document level parameter "topic_uri".
 
-## 5.4. Batch Producer Command Block (Only Applicable with Pulsar Synchronous API)
-
-**NOTE**: This statement block is only applicable when Pulsar Synchronous API is used as defined by the document level setting ***async_api***.
-```
-params:
-   async_api: "false"
-```
-
-Batch producer statement block is used to send(produce) a batch of messages all at once to the Pulsar cluster. It has a typical format as below:
-
-```yaml
-  - name: batch-producer-block
-    tags:
-      phase: batch-producer
-    statements:
-      - name: s1
-        optype: batch-msg-send-start
-        # For batch producer, "producer_name" should be associated with batch start
-        # batch_producer_name: {batch_producer_name}
-        ratio: 1
-      - name: s2
-        optype: batch-msg-send
-        msg_key: "{mykey}"
-        msg_property: |
-          {
-            "prop1": "{myprop1}",
-            "prop2": "{myprop2}"
-          }
-        msg_value: |
-          {
-              "SensorID": "{sensor_id}",
-              "SensorType": "Temperature",
-              "ReadingTime": "{reading_time}",
-              "ReadingValue": {reading_value}
-          }
-        ratio: 100
-      - name: s3
-        optype: batch-msg-send-end
-        ratio: 1
-```
-
-This statement block has three statements (s1, s2, and s3) with the following ratios: 1, <batch_num>, 1.
-
-* Statement **s1** is used to mark the start of a message batch
-    * (Mandatory) **optype (batch-msg-send-start)** is the statement identifier for this statement
-    * (Optional)  **batch_producer_name**, when provided, specifies the Pulsar producer name that is associated with the batch production of the messages.
-    * (Optional)  **ratio**, when provided, MUST be 1. If not provided, it is default to 1.
-* Statement **s2** is the core statement that generates each message that needs to be put in a batch.
-    * (Mandatory) **optype (batch-msg-send)** is the statement identifier for this statement
-    * (Optional)  **msg_key**, when provided, specifies the key of the generated message
-    * (Optional)  **msg_property**, when provided, specifies the properties of the generated message. It must be a JSON string that contains a series of key-value pairs.
-    * (Mandatory) **msg_payload** specifies the payload of the generated message
-    * (Optional)  **ratio**, when provided, specifies the batch size (how many messages to be put in one batch). If not provided, it is default to 1.
-* Statement **s3** is used to mark the end of a batch
-    * (Mandatory) **optype (batch-msg-send-end)** is the statement identifier for this statement
-    * (Optional)  **ratio**, when provided, MUST be 1. If not provided, it is default to 1.
-
-**NOTE**: the topic that the producer needs to publish messages to is specified by the document level parameter ***topic_uri***.
-
-## 5.5. Producer Statement Block
+## 5.4. Producer Statement Block
 
 This is the regular Pulsar producer statement block that produces one Pulsar message per NB execution cycle. A typical format of this statement block is as below:
 
@@ -363,7 +302,7 @@ This statement block only has one statement (s1):
 
 **NOTE**: the topic that the producer needs to publish messages to is specified by the document level parameter ***topic_uri***.
 
-## 5.6. Consumer Statement Block
+## 5.5. Consumer Statement Block
 
 This is the regular Pulsar consumer statement block that consumes one message per NB execution cycle. A typical format of this statement block is as below:
 
@@ -389,7 +328,7 @@ This statement block only has one statement (s1):
 
 **NOTE**: the topic that the consumer receives messages from is specified by the document level parameter ***topic_uri***.
 
-## 5.7. Reader Statement Block
+## 5.6. Reader Statement Block
 
 This is the regular Pulsar reader statement block that reads one message per NB cycle execution. It has  a typical format as below:
 
@@ -416,7 +355,7 @@ This statement block only has one statement (s1):
 
 **NOTE**: the topic that the reader needs to read messages from is specified by the document level parameter ***topic_uri***.
 
-## 5.8. Multi-topic Consumer Statement Block
+## 5.7. Multi-topic Consumer Statement Block
 
 This is the Pulsar consumer statement block that consumes messages from multiple Pulsar topics per NB execution. It has a typical format as below:
 
@@ -449,7 +388,7 @@ This statement block only has one statement (s1):
 
 **NOTE 2**: when both **topic_names** and **topics_pattern** are provided, **topic_names** takes precedence over **topics_pattern**.
 
-## 5.9. End-to-end Message Latency Statement Block
+## 5.8. End-to-end Message Latency Statement Block
 
 End-to-end message latency statement block is used to simplify the task of measuring the end-to-end message processing (from being published to being consumed)latency. It has a typical format as below:
 
@@ -585,7 +524,6 @@ At the moment, the following Pulsar driver specific** NB activity parameters are
 
 Some other common NB activity parameters are listed as below. Please refer to NB documentation for more information.
 * driver=pulsar
-* seq=concat (needed for **batch** producer)
 * tags=phase:<command_block_identifier>
 * threads=<NB_execution_thread_number>
 * cycles=<total_NB_cycle_execution_number>
@@ -599,20 +537,15 @@ Some other common NB activity parameters are listed as below. Please refer to NB
 <nb_cmd> run driver=pulsar tags=phase:producer threads=100 cycles=100K web_url=http://localhost:8080 service_url=pulsar://localhost:6650 config=<dir>/config.properties yaml=<dir>/pulsar.yaml
 ```
 
-2. Run Pulsar producer batch API to produce 1M messages with 2 NB threads.
-   **NOTE**: *seq=* must have **concat** value in order to make the batch API working properly!
-```bash
-<nb_cmd> run driver=pulsar seq=concat tags=phase:batch-producer threads=2 cycles=1M web_url=http://localhost:8080 service_url=pulsar://localhost:6650 config=<dir>/config.properties yaml=<dir>/pulsar.yaml --report-csv-to <metrics_folder_path>
-```
-
-3. Run Pulsar consumer API to consume (and acknowledge) 100 messages using
+2. Run Pulsar consumer API to consume (and acknowledge) 100 messages using
    one single NB thread.
 ```bash
 <nb_cmd> run driver=pulsar tags=phase:consumer cycles=100 web_url=http://localhost:8080 service_url=pulsar://localhost:6650 config=<dir>/config.properties yaml=<dir>/pulsar.yaml
 ```
 
 # 12. Appendix A. Template Global Setting File (config.properties)
-```properties
+
+```
 schema.type =
 schema.definition =
 
diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 775bc2848..d0d6003ab 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
-                <version>5.11.0</version>
+                <version>5.12.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jna-platform</artifactId>
-                <version>5.11.0</version>
+                <version>5.12.1</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.oshi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>oshi-core-java11</artifactId>
-                <version>6.1.6</version>
+                <version>6.2.1</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
 <!--        Removed due to a possible conflict-->
diff --git a/nb/pom.xml b/nb/pom.xml
index 4aaf1cdd9..5153e16ac 100644
--- a/nb/pom.xml
+++ b/nb/pom.xml
@@ -114,12 +114,6 @@
             <version>4.17.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
-            <artifactId>driver-jms</artifactId>
-            <version>4.17.21-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        </dependency>
-
 
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69a32d5a1..072b04cc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
                 <module>driver-jdbc</module>
                 <module>driver-cockroachdb</module>
                 <module>driver-pulsar</module>
-                <module>driver-jms</module>
 
             </modules>
         </profile>