diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index d98de7e40..216c2a5b8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ executors:
   j21:
     docker:
       - image: 'cimg/openjdk:21.0'
+  j23:
+    docker:
+      - image: 'cimg/openjdk:23.0'
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -524,6 +527,7 @@ workflows:
               jdk:
                 - 'j17'
                 - 'j21'
+                - 'j23'
           filters:
             tags:
               only: /^v.*/
@@ -565,7 +569,7 @@ workflows:
                 - 'true'
                 - 'false'
               graalvm-version:
-                - '22.0.1-graalce'
+                - '24.0.1-graalce'
                 - '21.0.2-graalce'
           filters:
             tags:
@@ -586,7 +590,7 @@ workflows:
                 - 'true'
                 - 'false'
               graalvm-version:
-                - '22.0.1-graalce'
+                - '24.0.1-graalce'
                 - '21.0.2-graalce'
           filters:
             tags:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e19c39f75..6d933e342 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <sonar.organization>arangodb-1</sonar.organization>
         <sonar.java.spotbugs.reportPaths>target/spotbugsXml.xml</sonar.java.spotbugs.reportPaths>
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>site/jacoco/jacoco.xml</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
-        <graalvm.version>23.1.1</graalvm.version>
+        <graalvm.version>24.2.1</graalvm.version>
     </properties>
 
     <developers>
@@ -83,13 +83,6 @@
 
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
-                <artifactId>vertx-stack-depchain</artifactId>
-                <version>4.5.7</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>
@@ -97,6 +90,13 @@
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+                <artifactId>vertx-stack-depchain</artifactId>
+                <version>4.5.7</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.9</version>
+                <version>2.0.17</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>enforce</id>
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
                                 <requirePluginVersions/>
                                 <requireExplicitDependencyScope/>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
-                                    <version>3.6</version>
+                                    <version>3.6.3</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>
@@ -209,14 +209,51 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                         <artifactId>extra-enforcer-rules</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.8.0</version>
+                        <version>1.10.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.18.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <ruleSet>
+                        <rules>
+                            <rule>
+                                <ignoreVersions>
+                                    <ignoreVersion>
+                                        <type>regex</type>
+                                        <version>(?i).*(alpha|beta|m|rc).*(\d+)?</version>
+                                    </ignoreVersion>
+                                </ignoreVersions>
+                            </rule>
+                            <rule>
+                                <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
+                                <ignoreVersions>
+                                    <ignoreVersion>
+                                        <type>regex</type>
+                                        <version>5..*</version>
+                                    </ignoreVersion>
+                                </ignoreVersions>
+                            </rule>
+                            <rule>
+                                <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                                <ignoreVersions>
+                                    <ignoreVersion>
+                                        <type>regex</type>
+                                        <version>.*</version>
+                                    </ignoreVersion>
+                                </ignoreVersions>
+                            </rule>
+                        </rules>
+                    </ruleSet>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.1</version>
+                <version>3.1.4</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <retryFailedDeploymentCount>10</retryFailedDeploymentCount>
                 </configuration>
@@ -224,7 +261,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.13</version>
+                <version>1.7.0</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
@@ -241,7 +278,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.11.0</version>
+                    <version>3.14.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <compilerArgs>
                             <arg>-Xlint:unchecked</arg>
@@ -261,22 +298,22 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.0</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.2</version>
+                    <version>3.1.4</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.12.1</version>
+                    <version>3.21.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.0</version>
+                    <version>3.5.3</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <skip>true</skip>
                     </configuration>
@@ -284,12 +321,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.0</version>
+                    <version>3.6.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>0.8.12</version>
+                    <version>0.8.13</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -299,12 +336,12 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
                     <artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.0.4121</version>
+                    <version>5.1.0.4751</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.1</version>
+                    <version>3.6.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
@@ -314,7 +351,17 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.4.0</version>
+                    <version>3.5.3</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.7.0</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.11.2</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
diff --git a/release-parent/pom.xml b/release-parent/pom.xml
index 6daa19a9b..5dca61d60 100644
--- a/release-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/release-parent/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
+                <version>3.2.7</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <gpgArguments>
                         <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
                 </configuration>
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
                         <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>4.7.3.4</version>
+                        <version>4.9.3.0</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <excludeFilterFile>spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/shaded/src/main/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java b/shaded/src/main/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java
index fb9b8b1bb..4eab2181b 100644
--- a/shaded/src/main/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java
+++ b/shaded/src/main/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ final class Target_io_netty_handler_ssl_JdkSslClientContext {
 
     }
 }
-
 @TargetClass(className = "io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler$SslEngineType")
 final class Target_io_netty_handler_ssl_SslHandler$SslEngineType {
 
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ static SslContext newClientContextInternal(SslProvider provider, Provider sslCon
     }
 
 }
-
 @TargetClass(className = "io.netty.handler.ssl.JdkDefaultApplicationProtocolNegotiator")
 final class Target_io_netty_handler_ssl_JdkDefaultApplicationProtocolNegotiator {
 
diff --git a/test-functional/pom.xml b/test-functional/pom.xml
index b622bf2d0..8b4f0d900 100644
--- a/test-functional/pom.xml
+++ b/test-functional/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
                         <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>0.10.2</version>
+                        <version>0.10.6</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
diff --git a/test-functional/src/test-default/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java b/test-functional/src/test-default/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java
index fb9b8b1bb..4eab2181b 100644
--- a/test-functional/src/test-default/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java
+++ b/test-functional/src/test-default/java/graal/netty/graal/NettySubstitutions.java
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ final class Target_io_netty_handler_ssl_JdkSslClientContext {
 
     }
 }
-
 @TargetClass(className = "io.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler$SslEngineType")
 final class Target_io_netty_handler_ssl_SslHandler$SslEngineType {
 
@@ -237,7 +236,6 @@ static SslContext newClientContextInternal(SslProvider provider, Provider sslCon
     }
 
 }
-
 @TargetClass(className = "io.netty.handler.ssl.JdkDefaultApplicationProtocolNegotiator")
 final class Target_io_netty_handler_ssl_JdkDefaultApplicationProtocolNegotiator {
 
diff --git a/test-non-functional/pom.xml b/test-non-functional/pom.xml
index 8fc7919e9..a72f2e618 100644
--- a/test-non-functional/pom.xml
+++ b/test-non-functional/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye.config</groupId>
             <artifactId>smallrye-config-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
+            <version>3.13.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/test-non-functional/src/test/java/mp/ConfigUtilsMP.java b/test-non-functional/src/test/java/mp/ConfigUtilsMP.java
index dabd62cde..07277115f 100644
--- a/test-non-functional/src/test/java/mp/ConfigUtilsMP.java
+++ b/test-non-functional/src/test/java/mp/ConfigUtilsMP.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package mp;
 
 import com.arangodb.config.ArangoConfigProperties;
-import io.smallrye.config.PropertiesConfigSourceProvider;
+import io.smallrye.config.PropertiesConfigSourceLoader;
 import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfig;
 import io.smallrye.config.SmallRyeConfigBuilder;
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public static ArangoConfigProperties loadConfigMP(final String location) {
 
     public static ArangoConfigProperties loadConfigMP(final String location, final String prefix) {
         SmallRyeConfig cfg = new SmallRyeConfigBuilder()
-                .withSources(new PropertiesConfigSourceProvider(location, ConfigUtilsMP.class.getClassLoader(), false))
+                .withSources(PropertiesConfigSourceLoader.inClassPath(location, 0, ConfigUtilsMP.class.getClassLoader()))
                 .withMapping(ArangoConfigPropertiesMPImpl.class, prefix)
                 .build();
         return cfg.getConfigMapping(ArangoConfigPropertiesMPImpl.class, prefix);
diff --git a/test-parent/pom.xml b/test-parent/pom.xml
index 9fd5c885c..a72786f1a 100644
--- a/test-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/test-parent/pom.xml
@@ -79,35 +79,35 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>5.10.2</version>
+                <version>5.12.2</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.eclipse</groupId>
                 <artifactId>yasson</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.3</version>
+                <version>3.0.4</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-                <version>2.0.9</version>
+                <version>2.0.17</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
                 <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.25.3</version>
+                <version>3.27.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
                 <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-                <version>4.2.1</version>
+                <version>4.3.0</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
                 <artifactId>archunit-junit5</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.1</version>
+                <version>1.4.1</version>
             </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.3</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <junit.platform.listeners.uid.tracking.enabled>true</junit.platform.listeners.uid.tracking.enabled>
diff --git a/test-perf/pom.xml b/test-perf/pom.xml
index 4e95e86f7..780965794 100644
--- a/test-perf/pom.xml
+++ b/test-perf/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>