diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
index 6aa917492..0891234c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'adopt'
 
       - name: Build project and run default test suite
-        run: mvn verify
+        run: mvn clean verify -ntp
diff --git a/datasafe-rest-impl/pom.xml b/datasafe-rest-impl/pom.xml
index f734f1448..029961b5d 100644
--- a/datasafe-rest-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/datasafe-rest-impl/pom.xml
@@ -87,11 +87,6 @@
             <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
             <version>${jakarta.validation-api.varsion}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.internetitem</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-elasticsearch-appender</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
@@ -130,8 +125,8 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/DatasafeRestApplication.java b/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/DatasafeRestApplication.java
index 6fb6e0dc4..cf581b75a 100644
--- a/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/DatasafeRestApplication.java
+++ b/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/DatasafeRestApplication.java
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+@SpringBootApplication(exclude = {DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class, DataSourceTransactionManagerAutoConfiguration.class, HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class})
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({DatasafeProperties.class, SecurityProperties.class})
-@EnableAutoConfiguration(exclude = {DataSourceAutoConfiguration.class, DataSourceTransactionManagerAutoConfiguration.class, HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class})
 public class DatasafeRestApplication {
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/controller/ReadKeyPasswordHelper.java b/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/controller/ReadKeyPasswordHelper.java
index c0eae5298..cd5822d08 100644
--- a/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/controller/ReadKeyPasswordHelper.java
+++ b/datasafe-rest-impl/src/main/java/de/adorsys/datasafe/rest/impl/controller/ReadKeyPasswordHelper.java
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 package de.adorsys.datasafe.rest.impl.controller;
 
 import de.adorsys.datasafe.types.api.types.ReadKeyPassword;
+import lombok.experimental.UtilityClass;
 
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
+@UtilityClass
 public class ReadKeyPasswordHelper {
     public static ReadKeyPassword getForString(String a) {
-        return new ReadKeyPassword(new Supplier<char[]>() {
-            @Override
-            public char[] get() {
-                return a.toCharArray();
-            }
-        });
+        return new ReadKeyPassword(a::toCharArray);
     }
 }
diff --git a/last-module-codecoverage-check/pom.xml b/last-module-codecoverage-check/pom.xml
index 9abff3f6e..460582e2c 100644
--- a/last-module-codecoverage-check/pom.xml
+++ b/last-module-codecoverage-check/pom.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc09f0b75..e21c6e91d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@
         <maven.jar.plugin>3.3.0</maven.jar.plugin>
         <hikari.cp>3.3.1</hikari.cp>
         <h2.database>2.2.220</h2.database>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.16</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.1.0</mysql.version>
         <liquibase>4.23.1</liquibase>
         <spring.framework.version>6.0.11</spring.framework.version>
         <spring.framework.boot.version>3.1.2</spring.framework.boot.version>
-        <siv-mode.version>1.3.1</siv-mode.version>
+        <siv-mode.version>1.4.4</siv-mode.version>
         <jackson.version>2.12.7</jackson.version>
         <jackson-databind.version>2.12.7.1</jackson-databind.version>
         <keymanagement.version>0.0.7</keymanagement.version>
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${surefire.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-<!--                    <argLine>${surefireArgLine}</argLine>-->
+                    <argLine>${surefireArgLine}</argLine>
                     <argLine>
                         --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED,