diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 922759c..ad59140 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,16 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2022.0.1</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+
     <groupId>eu.europa.ec.dgc</groupId>
     <artifactId>dgc-lib</artifactId>
-    <version>latest</version>
+    <version>2.0.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>dgc-lib</name>
@@ -17,15 +24,13 @@
     </organization>
 
     <properties>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- charset -->
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <!-- dependencies -->
         <owasp.version>7.3.0</owasp.version>
-        <spring.boot.version>2.7.5</spring.boot.version>
-        <spring.cloud.version>3.1.4</spring.cloud.version>
         <feign.version>11.10</feign.version>
         <bcpkix.version>1.70</bcpkix.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.24</lombok.version>
@@ -74,7 +79,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
@@ -96,13 +100,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-openfeign</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.cloud.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -162,7 +164,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
-            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@
                         <path>
                             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                             <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
-                            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
+                            <version>${project.parent.parent.version}</version>
                         </path>
                     </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/DgcLibAutoConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/DgcLibAutoConfiguration.java
index 14be84b..605ea32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/DgcLibAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/DgcLibAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
 
 package eu.europa.ec.dgc;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
-@Configuration
+@AutoConfiguration
 @ComponentScan("eu.europa.ec.dgc")
 @EnableConfigurationProperties
 public class DgcLibAutoConfiguration {
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayConnectorUtils.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayConnectorUtils.java
index 7da1edf..1dcb708 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayConnectorUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayConnectorUtils.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.signing.SignedStringMessageParser;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.utils.CertificateUtils;
 import feign.FeignException;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public List<X509CertificateHolder> fetchCertificatesAndVerifyByTrustAnchor(Certi
 
         if (downloadedCertificates.getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.OK || downloadedCertificates.getBody() == null) {
             log.error("Failed to Download certificates from DGC Gateway, Type: {}, Status Code: {}",
-                type, downloadedCertificates.getStatusCodeValue());
+                type, downloadedCertificates.getStatusCode());
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public List<TrustedIssuer> fetchTrustedIssuersAndVerifyByTrustAnchor(
 
         if (responseEntity.getStatusCode() != HttpStatus.OK || downloadedTrustedIssuers == null) {
             throw new DgcGatewayConnectorUtils.DgcGatewayConnectorException(
-                responseEntity.getStatusCodeValue(), "Download of TrustedIssuers failed.");
+                responseEntity.getStatusCode().value(), "Download of TrustedIssuers failed.");
         } else {
             log.info("Got Response from DGCG, Downloaded TrustedIssuers: {}",
                 downloadedTrustedIssuers.size());
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayCountryListDownloadConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayCountryListDownloadConnector.java
index f88a288..b48ea0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayCountryListDownloadConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayCountryListDownloadConnector.java
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.gateway.connector.client.DgcGatewayConnectorRestClient;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.gateway.connector.config.DgcGatewayConnectorConfigProperties;
 import feign.FeignException;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.security.Security;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayDownloadConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayDownloadConnector.java
index 801408e..fcfc6dc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayDownloadConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayDownloadConnector.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.gateway.connector.model.TrustListItem;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.signing.SignedCertificateMessageParser;
 import feign.FeignException;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.security.Security;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayRevocationListUploadConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayRevocationListUploadConnector.java
index 4520162..75860fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayRevocationListUploadConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayRevocationListUploadConnector.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.signing.SignedStringMessageBuilder;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.utils.CertificateUtils;
 import feign.FeignException;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@
 import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayTrustedIssuerDownloadConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayTrustedIssuerDownloadConnector.java
index 2263dbb..01a5265 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayTrustedIssuerDownloadConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayTrustedIssuerDownloadConnector.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.gateway.connector.config.DgcGatewayConnectorConfigProperties;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.gateway.connector.model.QueryParameter;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.gateway.connector.model.TrustedIssuer;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.security.Security;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayUploadConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayUploadConnector.java
index ed7f075..04883ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayUploadConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayUploadConnector.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.signing.SignedCertificateMessageBuilder;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.utils.CertificateUtils;
 import feign.FeignException;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayValidationRuleUploadConnector.java b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayValidationRuleUploadConnector.java
index 613afb7..5ba3eae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayValidationRuleUploadConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/europa/ec/dgc/gateway/connector/DgcGatewayValidationRuleUploadConnector.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.signing.SignedStringMessageBuilder;
 import eu.europa.ec.dgc.utils.CertificateUtils;
 import feign.FeignException;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.KeyStore;
 import java.security.KeyStoreException;
@@ -36,7 +37,6 @@
 import java.security.UnrecoverableKeyException;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateEncodingException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ac5bc2..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=eu.europa.ec.dgc.DgcLibAutoConfiguration
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd2794c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+eu.europa.ec.dgc.DgcLibAutoConfiguration