diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2aa80fa..62aaccd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{version}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            type=raw,value=1.11.16-SNAPSHOT,enable=${{ github.event.inputs.deploy_docker == 'true' || github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
+            type=raw,value=1.12.17-SNAPSHOT,enable=${{ github.event.inputs.deploy_docker == 'true' || github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
             type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
 
       - name: Agent Plane Hashicorp Container Build and push
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{version}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-            type=raw,value=1.11.16-SNAPSHOT,enable=${{ github.event.inputs.deploy_docker == 'true' || github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
+            type=raw,value=1.12.17-SNAPSHOT,enable=${{ github.event.inputs.deploy_docker == 'true' || github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
             type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ github.ref == format('refs/heads/{0}', 'main') }}
 
       - name: Agent Plane Azure Vault Container Build and push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kics.yml b/.github/workflows/kics.yml
index f9dff4a..113077d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kics.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
index a971802..23690d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/trivy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/veracode.yml b/.github/workflows/veracode.yml
index e7d1cb0..8119fce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/veracode.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/veracode.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 4823764..9164a18 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-servlet/11.0.15, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-util/11.0.16, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-webapp/11.0.15, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-xml/11.0.16, EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0, approved, rt.jetty
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc.agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/1.11.16-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.edc/auth-jwt/1.11.16-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc.agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/1.12.17-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
+maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.edc/auth-jwt/1.12.17-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.edc/core-spi/0.5.3, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.edc/edc-dataplane-azure-vault/0.5.3, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.tractusx.edc/edc-dataplane-base/0.5.3, Apache-2.0, approved, automotive.tractusx
diff --git a/agent-plane/README.md b/agent-plane/README.md
index ead45ce..172b26e 100644
--- a/agent-plane/README.md
+++ b/agent-plane/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ mvn package -Pwith-docker-image
 Alternatively, after a successful build, you can invoke docker yourself 
 
 ```console
-docker build -t tractusx/agentplane-azure-vault:1.11.16-SNAPSHOT -f agentplane-azure-vault/src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
+docker build -t tractusx/agentplane-azure-vault:1.12.17-SNAPSHOT -f agentplane-azure-vault/src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
 ```
 
 ```console
-docker build -t tractusx/agentplane-hashicorp:1.11.16-SNAPSHOT -f agentplane-hashicorp/src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
+docker build -t tractusx/agentplane-hashicorp:1.12.17-SNAPSHOT -f agentplane-hashicorp/src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
 ```
 
diff --git a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/README.md b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/README.md
index a15690e..67ecf99 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/README.md
+++ b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your data-plane artifact pom:
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc</groupId>
             <artifactId>agent-plane-protocol</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/pom.xml b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/pom.xml
index 6d5f01f..120054c 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/pom.xml
+++ b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc</groupId>
         <artifactId>agent-plane</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/AgreementController.java b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/AgreementController.java
index 1254e36..8620847 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/AgreementController.java
+++ b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/AgreementController.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+// Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 //
 // See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 // information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/DataManagement.java b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/DataManagement.java
index 27740a6..b510cc0 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/DataManagement.java
+++ b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/DataManagement.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+// Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 //
 // See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 // information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/TestDataspaceSynchronizer.java b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/TestDataspaceSynchronizer.java
index 5add5b1..f61a6f5 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/TestDataspaceSynchronizer.java
+++ b/agent-plane/agent-plane-protocol/src/test/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/agents/edc/service/TestDataspaceSynchronizer.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+// Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 //
 // See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 // information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public void testQuadRepresentation() {
                 .add("@id", "4bf62562-9026-4dcf-93b5-42ea0de25490")
                 .add("https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/id", "https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/common#GraphAsset?test:ExampleAsset")
                 .add("https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/contenttype", "application/json, application/xml")
-                .add("https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/version", "1.11.16-SNAPSHOT")
+                .add("https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/version", "1.12.17-SNAPSHOT")
                 .add("https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/name", "Test Asset")
                 .add("https://w3id.org/edc/v0.0.1/ns/description", "Test Asset for RDF Representation")
                 .add("https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/common#publishedUnderContract", "<https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/common#Contract?test:Contract>")
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public void testCatalogDeserialization() {
                 "                },\n" +
                 "                \"dcat:accessService\": \"ddd4b79e-f785-4e71-9fe5-4a177b3ccf54\"\n" +
                 "            },\n" +
-                "            \"edc:version\": \"1.11.16-SNAPSHOT\",\n" +
+                "            \"edc:version\": \"1.12.17-SNAPSHOT\",\n" +
                 "            \"http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#isDefinedBy\": \"<https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/diagnosis>\",\n" +
                 "            \"edc:name\": \"Diagnostic Trouble Code Catalogue Version 2022\",\n" +
                 "            \"http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#shapeGraph\": \"@prefix cx-common: <https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/common#>. \\n@prefix : <https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/common#GraphAsset?oem:Diagnosis2022> .\\n@prefix cx-diag: <https://w3id.org/catenax/ontology/diagnosis#> .\\n@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .\\n@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .\\n@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .\\n@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .\\n\\n:OemDTC rdf:type sh:NodeShape ;\\n  sh:targetClass cx-diag:DTC ;\\n  sh:property [\\n        sh:path cx-diag:provisionedBy ;\\n        sh:hasValue <urn:bpn:legal:BPNL00000003COJN> ;\\n    ] ;\\n  sh:property [\\n        sh:path cx-diag:version ;\\n        sh:hasValue 0^^xsd:long ;\\n    ] ;\\n  sh:property [\\n        sh:path cx-diag:affects ;\\n        sh:class :OemDiagnosedParts ;\\n    ] ;\\n\\n:OemDiagnosedParts rdf:type sh:NodeShape ;\\n  sh:targetClass cx-diag:DiagnosedPart ;\\n  sh:property [\\n        sh:path cx-diag:provisionedBy ;\\n        sh:hasValue <urn:bpn:legal:BPNL00000003COJN> ;\\n    ] ;\\n\",\n" +
diff --git a/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/README.md b/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/README.md
index c997993..6d1f9d5 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/README.md
+++ b/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mvn -s ../../../settings.xml install -Pwith-docker-image
 Alternatively, after a sucessful [build](#building) the docker image of the Agent Plane is created using
 
 ```console
-docker build -t tractusx//agentplane-azure-vault:1.11.16-SNAPSHOT -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
+docker build -t tractusx//agentplane-azure-vault:1.12.17-SNAPSHOT -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
 ```
 
 To run the docker image, you could invoke this command
diff --git a/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/pom.xml b/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/pom.xml
index 75493cb..2e71827 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/pom.xml
+++ b/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc</groupId>
         <artifactId>agent-plane</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
index 648585b..abc440b 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/agent-plane/agentplane-azure-vault/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 # See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/README.md b/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/README.md
index 0f67899..d61da6a 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/README.md
+++ b/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ mvn -s ../../../settings.xml install -Pwith-docker-image
 Alternatively, after a sucessful [build](#building) the docker image of the Agent Plane is created using
 
 ```console
-docker build -t tractusx/agentplane-hashicorp:1.11.16-SNAPSHOT -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
+docker build -t tractusx/agentplane-hashicorp:1.12.17-SNAPSHOT -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile .
 ```
 
 To run the docker image, you could invoke this command
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ docker run -p 8082:8082 \
   -v $(pwd)/resources/dataplane.properties:/app/configuration.properties \
   -v $(pwd)/resources/opentelemetry.properties:/app/opentelemetry.properties \
   -v $(pwd)/resources/logging.properties:/app/logging.properties \
-  tractusx/agentplane-hashicorp:1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+  tractusx/agentplane-hashicorp:1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 ````
 
 Afterwards, you should be able to access the [local SparQL endpoint](http://localhost:8082/api/agent) via
diff --git a/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/pom.xml b/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/pom.xml
index f68d686..2495935 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/pom.xml
+++ b/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc</groupId>
         <artifactId>agent-plane</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
index 63de968..aad2839 100644
--- a/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/agent-plane/agentplane-hashicorp/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 # See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
diff --git a/agent-plane/pom.xml b/agent-plane/pom.xml
index f5635c1..0e45dbf 100644
--- a/agent-plane/pom.xml
+++ b/agent-plane/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents</groupId>
         <artifactId>edc</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>    
     </parent>
     <name>Tractus-X EDC Agent Plane</name>
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/Chart.yaml b/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/Chart.yaml
index b03f20f..3c86532 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.11.16-SNAPSHOT"
+appVersion: "1.12.17-SNAPSHOT"
 home: https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/knowledge-agents-edc/
 sources:
   - https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/knowledge-agents-edc/tree/main/charts/agent-connector
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/README.md b/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/README.md
index f75fc61..f214ae7 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/README.md
+++ b/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # agent-connector-azure-vault
 
-![Version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.9.8--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.9.5--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.12.17--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.12.17--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for an Agent-Enabled Tractus-X Eclipse Data Space Connector configured against Azure Vault. This is a variant of [the Tractus-X Azure Vault Connector Helm Chart](https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/tractusx-edc/tree/main/charts/tractusx-connector-azure-vault) which allows
 to deal with several data (and agent) planes. The connector deployment consists of at least two runtime consists of a
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Combined, run this shell command to start the in-memory Tractus-X EDC runtime:
 
 ```shell
 helm repo add eclipse-tractusx https://eclipse-tractusx.github.io/charts/dev
-helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT\
+helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT\
      -f <path-to>/tractusx-connector-azure-vault-test.yaml \
      --set vault.azure.name=$AZURE_VAULT_NAME \
      --set vault.azure.client=$AZURE_CLIENT_ID \
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1
 | controlplane.ingresses[1].tls.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables TLS on the ingress resource |
 | controlplane.ingresses[1].tls.secretName | string | `""` | If present overwrites the default secret name |
 | controlplane.initContainers | list | `[]` |  |
+| controlplane.limits.cpu | float | `1.5` |  |
+| controlplane.limits.memory | string | `"512Mi"` |  |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether to enable kubernetes [liveness-probe](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/) |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` | when a probe fails kubernetes will try 6 times before giving up |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | int | `30` | seconds to wait before performing the first liveness check |
@@ -219,6 +221,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1
 | controlplane.readinessProbe.successThreshold | int | `1` | number of consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed |
 | controlplane.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | int | `5` | number of seconds after which the probe times out |
 | controlplane.replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| controlplane.requests.cpu | string | `"500m"` |  |
+| controlplane.requests.memory | string | `"128Mi"` |  |
 | controlplane.resources | object | `{}` | [resource management](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) for the container |
 | controlplane.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Controls [Privilege Escalation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-policy/#privilege-escalation) enabling setuid binaries changing the effective user ID |
 | controlplane.securityContext.capabilities.add | list | `[]` | Specifies which capabilities to add to issue specialized syscalls |
@@ -251,11 +255,12 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.services.deny | string | `"http://.*"` | A regular expression which outgoing service URLs must not match (unless overwritten by a specific asset property) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.skillcontract | string | `"Contract?partner=Skill"` | Names the visible contract under which new skills are published (if not otherwise specified) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.synchronization | int | `-1` | The synchronization interval in ms to update the federated data catalogue |
-| dataplanes.dataplane.auth | object | `{"default":{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}}` | Data Plane Authentication using the KA-EDC-AUTH-JWT extension, any entry has a type (api-key, jwt or composite) and a (set of) path contexts (see endpoints) followed by type-specific entries |
-| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default | object | `{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}` | the default authentication service |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth | object | `{"default":{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","exclude":".*/(check|validation).*","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}}` | Data Plane Authentication using the KA-EDC-AUTH-JWT extension, any entry has a type (api-key, jwt or composite) and a (set of) path contexts (see endpoints) followed by type-specific entries |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default | object | `{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","exclude":".*/(check|validation).*","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}` | the default authentication service |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.apiCode | string | `"69609650"` | specific api-code associated to the default api-key 'Hello', Change this when type=api-key or use the vault-key property instead. Althugh this represents a number, remember to use quotes not to confuse rendering into the chart. |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.checkExpiry | bool | `true` | controls whether the expiry date of jwt tokens is checked when type=jwt |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.context | string | `"default"` | the context(s) of the default authentication service separated by commas |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.exclude | string | `".*/(check|validation).*"` | excluded paths for liveness checks and validation |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.publicKey | string | `nil` | public key for checking the validity of jwt tokens, set this when type=jwt |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.register | bool | `false` | controls whether this service should be registered as the default EDC authentication service globally |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.type | string | `"api-key"` | the type of the default authentication service (api-key, jwt or composite) |
@@ -304,6 +309,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1
 | dataplanes.dataplane.ingresses[0].tls.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables TLS on the ingress resource |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.ingresses[0].tls.secretName | string | `""` | If present overwrites the default secret name |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.initContainers | list | `[]` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.limits.cpu | float | `1.5` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.limits.memory | string | `"1024Mi"` |  |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether to enable kubernetes [liveness-probe](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` | when a probe fails kubernetes will try 6 times before giving up |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | int | `30` | seconds to wait before performing the first liveness check |
@@ -328,6 +335,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1
 | dataplanes.dataplane.readinessProbe.successThreshold | int | `1` | number of consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | int | `5` | number of seconds after which the probe times out |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.requests.cpu | string | `"500m"` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.requests.memory | string | `"128Mi"` |  |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.resources | object | `{}` | [resource management](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) for the container |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Controls [Privilege Escalation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-policy/#privilege-escalation) enabling setuid binaries changing the effective user ID |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.securityContext.capabilities.add | list | `[]` | Specifies which capabilities to add to issue specialized syscalls |
@@ -370,4 +379,4 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector-azure-vault --version 1
 | vault.secretNames.transferProxyTokenSignerPublicKey | string | `nil` |  |
 
 ----------------------------------------------
-Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.0](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.0)
+Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.2](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.2)
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/values.yaml b/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/values.yaml
index 911c2a7..18b9d72 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-connector-azure-vault/values.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ controlplane:
     # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
     # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
     # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
-    # limits:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
-    # requests:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
+  limits:
+    cpu: 1.5
+    memory: 512Mi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 500m
+    memory: 128Mi
   replicaCount: 1
   autoscaling:
     # -- Enables [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/)
@@ -486,12 +486,12 @@ dataplanes:
     # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
     # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
     # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
-    # limits:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
-    # requests:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
+    limits:
+      cpu: 1.5
+      memory: 1024Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 500m
+      memory: 128Mi
     replicaCount: 1
     autoscaling:
       # -- Enables [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/)
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector-memory/Chart.yaml b/charts/agent-connector-memory/Chart.yaml
index f09e329..a132c33 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector-memory/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-connector-memory/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.11.16-SNAPSHOT"
+appVersion: "1.12.17-SNAPSHOT"
 home: https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/knowledge-agents-edc/
 sources:
   - https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/knowledge-agents-edc/tree/main/charts/agent-connector
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector-memory/README.md b/charts/agent-connector-memory/README.md
index 76fc001..acf119b 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector-memory/README.md
+++ b/charts/agent-connector-memory/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # agent-connector-memory
 
-![Version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.9.8--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.9.5--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.12.17--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.12.17--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for an Agent-Enabled Tractus-X Eclipse Data Space Connector using In-Memory Persistence. This is a variant of [the Tractus-X In-Memory Connector Helm Chart](https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/tractusx-edc/tree/main/charts/tractusx-connector-memory) which allows
 to deal with several data (and agent) planes. The connector deployment consists of at least two runtime consists of a
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Combined, run this shell command to start the in-memory Tractus-X EDC runtime:
 
 ```shell
 helm repo add eclipse-tractusx https://eclipse-tractusx.github.io/charts/dev
-helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 ```
 
 ## Maintainers
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | controlplane.ingresses[1].tls.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables TLS on the ingress resource |
 | controlplane.ingresses[1].tls.secretName | string | `""` | If present overwrites the default secret name |
 | controlplane.initContainers | list | `[]` |  |
+| controlplane.limits.cpu | float | `1.5` |  |
+| controlplane.limits.memory | string | `"512Mi"` |  |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether to enable kubernetes [liveness-probe](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/) |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` | when a probe fails kubernetes will try 6 times before giving up |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | int | `30` | seconds to wait before performing the first liveness check |
@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | controlplane.readinessProbe.successThreshold | int | `1` | number of consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed |
 | controlplane.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | int | `5` | number of seconds after which the probe times out |
 | controlplane.replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| controlplane.requests.cpu | string | `"500m"` |  |
+| controlplane.requests.memory | string | `"128Mi"` |  |
 | controlplane.resources | object | `{}` | [resource management](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) for the container |
 | controlplane.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Controls [Privilege Escalation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-policy/#privilege-escalation) enabling setuid binaries changing the effective user ID |
 | controlplane.securityContext.capabilities.add | list | `[]` | Specifies which capabilities to add to issue specialized syscalls |
@@ -242,11 +246,12 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.services.deny | string | `"http://.*"` | A regular expression which outgoing service URLs must not match (unless overwritten by a specific asset property) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.skillcontract | string | `"Contract?partner=Skill"` | Names the visible contract under which new skills are published (if not otherwise specified) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.synchronization | int | `-1` | The synchronization interval in ms to update the federated data catalogue |
-| dataplanes.dataplane.auth | object | `{"default":{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}}` | Data Plane Authentication using the KA-EDC-AUTH-JWT extension, any entry has a type (api-key, jwt or composite) and a (set of) path contexts (see endpoints) followed by type-specific entries |
-| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default | object | `{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}` | the default authentication service |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth | object | `{"default":{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","exclude":".*/(check|validation).*","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}}` | Data Plane Authentication using the KA-EDC-AUTH-JWT extension, any entry has a type (api-key, jwt or composite) and a (set of) path contexts (see endpoints) followed by type-specific entries |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default | object | `{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","exclude":".*/(check|validation).*","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}` | the default authentication service |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.apiCode | string | `"69609650"` | specific api-code associated to the default api-key 'Hello', Change this when type=api-key or use the vault-key property instead. Althugh this represents a number, remember to use quotes not to confuse rendering into the chart. |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.checkExpiry | bool | `true` | controls whether the expiry date of jwt tokens is checked when type=jwt |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.context | string | `"default"` | the context(s) of the default authentication service separated by commas |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.exclude | string | `".*/(check|validation).*"` | excluded paths for liveness checks and validation |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.publicKey | string | `nil` | public key for checking the validity of jwt tokens, set this when type=jwt |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.register | bool | `false` | controls whether this service should be registered as the default EDC authentication service globally |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.type | string | `"api-key"` | the type of the default authentication service (api-key, jwt or composite) |
@@ -295,6 +300,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | dataplanes.dataplane.ingresses[0].tls.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables TLS on the ingress resource |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.ingresses[0].tls.secretName | string | `""` | If present overwrites the default secret name |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.initContainers | list | `[]` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.limits.cpu | float | `1.5` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.limits.memory | string | `"1024Mi"` |  |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether to enable kubernetes [liveness-probe](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` | when a probe fails kubernetes will try 6 times before giving up |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | int | `30` | seconds to wait before performing the first liveness check |
@@ -319,6 +326,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | dataplanes.dataplane.readinessProbe.successThreshold | int | `1` | number of consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | int | `5` | number of seconds after which the probe times out |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.requests.cpu | string | `"500m"` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.requests.memory | string | `"128Mi"` |  |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.resources | object | `{}` | [resource management](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) for the container |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Controls [Privilege Escalation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-policy/#privilege-escalation) enabling setuid binaries changing the effective user ID |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.securityContext.capabilities.add | list | `[]` | Specifies which capabilities to add to issue specialized syscalls |
@@ -360,4 +369,4 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | vault.secretNames.transferProxyTokenSignerPublicKey | string | `nil` | sign handed out tokens with this certificate |
 
 ----------------------------------------------
-Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.0](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.0)
+Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.2](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.2)
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector-memory/values.yaml b/charts/agent-connector-memory/values.yaml
index 0c28b0f..091eb42 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector-memory/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-connector-memory/values.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -255,12 +255,12 @@ controlplane:
   # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
   # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
   # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
-  # limits:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
-  # requests:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
+  limits:
+    cpu: 1.5
+    memory: 512Mi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 500m
+    memory: 128Mi
   replicaCount: 1
   autoscaling:
     # -- Enables [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/)
@@ -483,11 +483,12 @@ dataplanes:
     # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
     # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
     # limits:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
-    # requests:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
+    limits:
+      cpu: 1.5
+      memory: 1024Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 500m
+      memory: 128Mi
     replicaCount: 1
     autoscaling:
       # -- Enables [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/)
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector/Chart.yaml b/charts/agent-connector/Chart.yaml
index 16063ba..3050ae3 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-connector/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "1.11.16-SNAPSHOT"
+appVersion: "1.12.17-SNAPSHOT"
 home: https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/knowledge-agents-edc/
 sources:
   - https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/knowledge-agents-edc/tree/main/charts/agent-connector
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector/README.md b/charts/agent-connector/README.md
index b14a8bb..25453b8 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector/README.md
+++ b/charts/agent-connector/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 # agent-connector
 
-![Version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.9.8--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.9.5--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.12.17--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-1.12.17--SNAPSHOT-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 A Helm chart for an Agent-Enabled Tractus-X Eclipse Data Space Connector. This is a variant of [the Tractus-X Connector Helm Chart](https://github.com/eclipse-tractusx/tractusx-edc/tree/main/charts/tractusx-connector) which allows
 to deal with several data (and agent) planes. The connector deployment consists of at least two runtime consists of a
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Combined, run this shell command to start the in-memory Tractus-X EDC runtime:
 
 ```shell
 helm repo add eclipse-tractusx https://eclipse-tractusx.github.io/charts/dev
-helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 ```
 
 ## Maintainers
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | controlplane.ingresses[1].tls.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables TLS on the ingress resource |
 | controlplane.ingresses[1].tls.secretName | string | `""` | If present overwrites the default secret name |
 | controlplane.initContainers | list | `[]` |  |
+| controlplane.limits.cpu | float | `1.5` |  |
+| controlplane.limits.memory | string | `"512Mi"` |  |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether to enable kubernetes [liveness-probe](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/) |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` | when a probe fails kubernetes will try 6 times before giving up |
 | controlplane.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | int | `30` | seconds to wait before performing the first liveness check |
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | controlplane.readinessProbe.successThreshold | int | `1` | number of consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed |
 | controlplane.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | int | `5` | number of seconds after which the probe times out |
 | controlplane.replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| controlplane.requests.cpu | string | `"500m"` |  |
+| controlplane.requests.memory | string | `"128Mi"` |  |
 | controlplane.resources | object | `{}` | [resource management](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) for the container |
 | controlplane.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Controls [Privilege Escalation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-policy/#privilege-escalation) enabling setuid binaries changing the effective user ID |
 | controlplane.securityContext.capabilities.add | list | `[]` | Specifies which capabilities to add to issue specialized syscalls |
@@ -243,11 +247,12 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.services.deny | string | `"http://.*"` | A regular expression which outgoing service URLs must not match (unless overwritten by a specific asset property) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.skillcontract | string | `"Contract?partner=Skill"` | Names the visible contract under which new skills are published (if not otherwise specified) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.agent.synchronization | int | `-1` | The synchronization interval in ms to update the federated data catalogue |
-| dataplanes.dataplane.auth | object | `{"default":{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}}` | Data Plane Authentication using the KA-EDC-AUTH-JWT extension, any entry has a type (api-key, jwt or composite) and a (set of) path contexts (see endpoints) followed by type-specific entries |
-| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default | object | `{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}` | the default authentication service |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth | object | `{"default":{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","exclude":".*/(check|validation).*","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}}` | Data Plane Authentication using the KA-EDC-AUTH-JWT extension, any entry has a type (api-key, jwt or composite) and a (set of) path contexts (see endpoints) followed by type-specific entries |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default | object | `{"apiCode":"69609650","checkExpiry":true,"context":"default","exclude":".*/(check|validation).*","publicKey":null,"register":false,"type":"api-key","vaultKey":null}` | the default authentication service |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.apiCode | string | `"69609650"` | specific api-code associated to the default api-key 'Hello', Change this when type=api-key or use the vault-key property instead. Althugh this represents a number, remember to use quotes not to confuse rendering into the chart. |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.checkExpiry | bool | `true` | controls whether the expiry date of jwt tokens is checked when type=jwt |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.context | string | `"default"` | the context(s) of the default authentication service separated by commas |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.exclude | string | `".*/(check|validation).*"` | excluded paths for liveness checks and validation |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.publicKey | string | `nil` | public key for checking the validity of jwt tokens, set this when type=jwt |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.register | bool | `false` | controls whether this service should be registered as the default EDC authentication service globally |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.auth.default.type | string | `"api-key"` | the type of the default authentication service (api-key, jwt or composite) |
@@ -296,6 +301,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | dataplanes.dataplane.ingresses[0].tls.enabled | bool | `false` | Enables TLS on the ingress resource |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.ingresses[0].tls.secretName | string | `""` | If present overwrites the default secret name |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.initContainers | list | `[]` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.limits.cpu | float | `1.5` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.limits.memory | string | `"1024Mi"` |  |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether to enable kubernetes [liveness-probe](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-liveness-readiness-startup-probes/) |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.failureThreshold | int | `6` | when a probe fails kubernetes will try 6 times before giving up |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.livenessProbe.initialDelaySeconds | int | `30` | seconds to wait before performing the first liveness check |
@@ -320,6 +327,8 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | dataplanes.dataplane.readinessProbe.successThreshold | int | `1` | number of consecutive successes for the probe to be considered successful after having failed |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds | int | `5` | number of seconds after which the probe times out |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.replicaCount | int | `1` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.requests.cpu | string | `"500m"` |  |
+| dataplanes.dataplane.requests.memory | string | `"128Mi"` |  |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.resources | object | `{}` | [resource management](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-resources-containers/) for the container |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.securityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation | bool | `false` | Controls [Privilege Escalation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-policy/#privilege-escalation) enabling setuid binaries changing the effective user ID |
 | dataplanes.dataplane.securityContext.capabilities.add | list | `[]` | Specifies which capabilities to add to issue specialized syscalls |
@@ -369,4 +378,4 @@ helm install my-release eclipse-tractusx/agent-connector --version 1.11.16-SNAPS
 | vault.server.postStart | string | `nil` |  |
 
 ----------------------------------------------
-Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.0](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.0)
+Autogenerated from chart metadata using [helm-docs v1.11.2](https://github.com/norwoodj/helm-docs/releases/v1.11.2)
diff --git a/charts/agent-connector/values.yaml b/charts/agent-connector/values.yaml
index a151bf8..e597c6b 100644
--- a/charts/agent-connector/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/agent-connector/values.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2023 T-Systems International GmbH
+#  Copyright (c) 2023,2024 T-Systems International GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 ZF Friedrichshafen AG
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation GmbH
 #  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
-#  Copyright (c) 2021, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+#  Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 #  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 #  information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ controlplane:
   # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
   # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
   # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
-  # limits:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
-  # requests:
-  #   cpu: 100m
-  #   memory: 128Mi
+  limits:
+    cpu: 1.5
+    memory: 512Mi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 500m
+    memory: 128Mi
   replicaCount: 1
   autoscaling:
     # -- Enables [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/)
@@ -483,12 +483,12 @@ dataplanes:
     # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
     # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
     # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
-    # limits:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
-    # requests:
-    #   cpu: 100m
-    #   memory: 128Mi
+    limits:
+      cpu: 1.5
+      memory: 1024Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 500m
+      memory: 128Mi
     replicaCount: 1
     autoscaling:
       # -- Enables [horizontal pod autoscaling](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale/)
diff --git a/common/README.md b/common/README.md
index 4471a90..48f104b 100644
--- a/common/README.md
+++ b/common/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ add the following dependency to your maven dependencies (gradle should work anal
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.edc</groupId>
           <artifactId>auth-jwt</artifactId>
-          <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+          <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/common/auth-jwt/README.md b/common/auth-jwt/README.md
index ad5dc24..5e13929 100644
--- a/common/auth-jwt/README.md
+++ b/common/auth-jwt/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your EDC artifact pom:
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents.edc</groupId>
             <artifactId>auth-jwt</artifactId>
-            <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/common/auth-jwt/pom.xml b/common/auth-jwt/pom.xml
index 37d7eba..83af445 100644
--- a/common/auth-jwt/pom.xml
+++ b/common/auth-jwt/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents</groupId>
         <artifactId>edc</artifactId>
-        <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index d29a066..087e263 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
- * Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
  * information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dependencies:
   
     - name: agent-connector-memory
       repository: https://eclipse-tractusx.github.io/charts/dev
-      version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+      version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
       alias: my-connector
 ```
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ dependencies:
   
     - name: agent-connector-azure-vault
       repository: https://eclipse-tractusx.github.io/charts/dev
-      version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+      version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
       alias: my-connector
 ```
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dependencies:
   
     - name: agent-connector
       repository: https://eclipse-tractusx.github.io/charts/dev
-      version: 1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+      version: 1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
       alias: my-connector
 ```
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ef2e9c8..e0be1bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
-// Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+// Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 //
 // See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 // information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.eclipse.tractusx.agents</groupId>
     <artifactId>edc</artifactId>
-    <version>1.11.16-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.12.17-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Tractus-X Knowledge Agents EDC Extensions</name>
     <description>EDC-Related Artifacts for Federated Procedure Calls</description>
diff --git a/upgrade_version.sh b/upgrade_version.sh
index e9de2ff..77d4e8e 100755
--- a/upgrade_version.sh
+++ b/upgrade_version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# Copyright (c) 2022,2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2022,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 # See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
 #
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-OLD_VERSION=1.11.16-SNAPSHOT
+OLD_VERSION=1.12.17-SNAPSHOT
 echo Upgrading from $OLD_VERSION to $1
 PATTERN=s/$OLD_VERSION/$1/g
 LC_ALL=C