diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bb0b66..0847f98 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <org.testng.version>7.11.0</org.testng.version>
     <cucumber-java.version>7.23.0</cucumber-java.version>
-    <io.appium.version>9.2.2</io.appium.version>
+    <io.appium.version>9.5.0</io.appium.version>
     <!-- MUST update with Appium above to make sure the versions are compatible-->
-    <org.seleniumhq.selenium.version>4.19.0</org.seleniumhq.selenium.version>
+    <org.seleniumhq.selenium.version>4.34.0</org.seleniumhq.selenium.version>
     <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
     <commons.io.version>2.19.0</commons.io.version>
     <org.apache.commons.version>3.17.0</org.apache.commons.version>
diff --git a/scripts/appium-conversion.py b/scripts/appium-conversion.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..998e6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/appium-conversion.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import os
+
+# Conversion script for migrating appium capabilities to use the appium prefix. This is required for the new version of appium 
+# that is imported by the Java SDK 6.1.0 and later.
+def update_appium_capabilities(filepath):
+    with open(filepath, 'r') as infile:
+        contents = infile.read()
+    capabilities = [
+        "adbExecTimeout",
+        "adbPort",
+        "absoluteWebLocations",
+        "additionalWebviewBundleIds",
+        "allowDelayAdb",
+        "allowProvisioningDeviceRegistration",
+        "allowTestPackages",
+        "androidInstallTimeout",
+        "app",
+        "appActivity",
+        "appInstallStrategy",
+        "appPackage",
+        "appPushTimeout",
+        "appWaitActivity",
+        "appWaitDuration",
+        "appWaitForLaunch",
+        "appWaitPackage",
+        "autoAcceptAlerts",
+        "autoFillPasswords",
+        "autoGrantPermissions",
+        "autoLaunch",
+        "autoWebview",
+        "autoWebviewName",
+        "autoWebviewTimeout",
+        "automationName",
+        "avd",
+        "avdArgs",
+        "avdEnv",
+        "avdLaunchTimeout",
+        "avdReadyTimeout",
+        "buildToolsVersion",
+        "bundleId",
+        "calendarAccessAuthorized",
+        "calendarFormat",
+        "chromeLoggingPrefs",
+        "chromeOptions",
+        "chromedriverArgs",
+        "chromedriverChromeMappingFile",
+        "chromedriverDisableBuildCheck",
+        "chromedriverExecutable",
+        "chromedriverExecutableDir",
+        "chromedriverPort",
+        "chromedriverPorts",
+        "chromedriverUseSystemExecutable",
+        "clearDeviceLogsOnStart",
+        "clearSystemFiles",
+        "commandTimeouts",
+        "connectHardwareKeyboard",
+        "customSSLCert",
+        "derivedDataPath",
+        "deviceName",
+        "disableAutomaticScreenshots",
+        "disableSuppressAccessibilityService",
+        "disableWindowAnimation",
+        "dontStopAppOnReset",
+        "enableAsyncExecuteFromHttps",
+        "enablePerformanceLogging",
+        "enableWebviewDetailsCollection",
+        "enforceAppInstall",
+        "enforceFreshSimulatorCreation",
+        "ensureWebviewsHavePages",
+        "extractChromeAndroidPackageFromContextName",
+        "forceAppLaunch",
+        "forceSimulatorSoftwareKeyboardPresence",
+        "fullContextList",
+        "fullReset",
+        "gpsEnabled",
+        "hideKeyboard",
+        "ignoreHiddenApiPolicyError",
+        "includeDeviceCapsToSessionInfo",
+        "includeSafariInWebviews",
+        "injectedImageProperties",
+        "intentAction",
+        "intentCategory",
+        "intentFlags",
+        "iosInstallPause",
+        "iosSimulatorLogsPredicate",
+        "isHeadless",
+        "keepKeyChains",
+        "keyAlias",
+        "keyPassword",
+        "keychainPassword",
+        "keychainPath",
+        "keychainsExcludePatterns",
+        "keystorePassword",
+        "keystorePath",
+        "language",
+        "launchWithIDB",
+        "locale",
+        "localeScript",
+        "localizableStringsDir",
+        "logcatFilterSpecs",
+        "logcatFormat",
+        "maxTypingFrequency",
+        "mjpegScreenshotUrl",
+        "mjpegServerPort",
+        "mockLocationApp",
+        "nativeWebScreenshot",
+        "nativeWebTap",
+        "nativeWebTapStrict",
+        "networkSpeed",
+        "newCommandTimeout",
+        "noReset",
+        "noSign",
+        "optionalIntentArguments",
+        "orientation",
+        "otherApps",
+        "permissions",
+        "platformVersion",
+        "prebuiltWDAPath",
+        "printPageSourceOnFindFailure",
+        "processArguments",
+        "recreateChromeDriverSessions",
+        "reduceMotion",
+        "reduceTransparency",
+        "remoteAdbHost",
+        "remoteAppsCacheLimit",
+        "resetLocationService",
+        "resetOnSessionStartOnly",
+        "resultBundlePath",
+        "resultBundleVersion",
+        "safariAllowPopups",
+        "safariGarbageCollect",
+        "safariGlobalPreferences",
+        "safariIgnoreFraudWarning",
+        "safariIgnoreWebHostnames",
+        "safariInitialUrl",
+        "safariLogAllCommunication",
+        "safariLogAllCommunicationHexDump",
+        "safariOpenLinksInBackground",
+        "safariSocketChunkSize",
+        "safariWebInspectorMaxFrameLength",
+        "scaleFactor",
+        "screenshotQuality",
+        "shouldTerminateApp",
+        "shouldUseSingletonTestManager",
+        "showChromedriverLog",
+        "showIOSLog",
+        "showXcodeLog",
+        "shutdownOtherSimulators",
+        "simpleIsVisibleCheck",
+        "simulatorDevicesSetPath",
+        "simulatorPasteboardAutomaticSync",
+        "simulatorStartupTimeout",
+        "simulatorTracePointer",
+        "simulatorWindowCenter",
+        "skipDeviceInitialization",
+        "skipLogCapture",
+        "skipLogcatCapture",
+        "skipServerInstallation",
+        "skipUnlock",
+        "suppressKillServer",
+        "systemPort",
+        "timeZone",
+        "udid",
+        "uiautomator2ServerInstallTimeout",
+        "uiautomator2ServerLaunchTimeout",
+        "uiautomator2ServerReadTimeout",
+        "uninstallOtherPackages",
+        "unlockKey",
+        "unlockStrategy",
+        "unlockSuccessTimeout",
+        "unlockType",
+        "updatedWDABundleId",
+        "useJSONSource",
+        "useKeystore",
+        "useNativeCachingStrategy",
+        "useNewWDA",
+        "usePrebuiltWDA",
+        "usePreinstalledWDA",
+        "useSimpleBuildTest",
+        "useXctestrunFile",
+        "userProfile",
+        "waitForIdleTimeout",
+        "waitForQuiescence",
+        "wdaBaseUrl",
+        "wdaConnectionTimeout",
+        "wdaEventloopIdleDelay",
+        "wdaLaunchTimeout",
+        "wdaLocalPort",
+        "wdaStartupRetries",
+        "wdaStartupRetryInterval",
+        "webDriverAgentUrl",
+        "webkitResponseTimeout",
+        "webviewConnectRetries",
+        "webviewConnectTimeout",
+        "webviewDevtoolsPort",
+        "xcodeConfigFile",
+        "xcodeOrgId",
+        "xcodeSigningId"
+    ]
+
+    for capability in capabilities:
+        if f"\"{capability}\"" in contents:
+            print(f"Updating capability: {capability} in {filepath}")
+            # Replace the capability with its Appium v6.0.0 equivalent
+            contents =contents.replace(f"\"{capability}\"", f"\"appium:{capability}\"")
+    with open(filepath, 'w') as outfile:
+        outfile.write(contents)
+
+
+# main execution starts here
+args_processed = 0
+for filepath in sys.argv[1:]:
+    args_processed = args_processed + 1
+    if os.path.isfile(filepath) and filepath[-5:] == '.json':
+        update_appium_capabilities(filepath)
+    elif os.path.isdir(filepath):
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(filepath):
+            for path in files:
+                if path[-5:] == '.json':
+                    print("Processing file: " + os.path.join(root, path))
+                    update_appium_capabilities(os.path.join(root, path))
+    else:
+        print(filepath + ' is not a valid json file or directory.')
+
+if (args_processed == 0):
+    print("Usage: %s <path-to-directory>]+")
+    print("Converts files from ")
+    print("   <path-to-driver>    :  relative or absolute path to a directory with .json or pom.xml files to convert")
diff --git a/convert.py b/scripts/convert.py
similarity index 100%
rename from convert.py
rename to scripts/convert.py