diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-dependency-check.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-dependency-check.yml
index b70c32f..601390c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-dependency-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-dependency-check.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: adopt
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
index 4c33da8..36a91f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-main.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ on:
       - main
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: adopt
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pullrequest.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pullrequest.yml
index 558aa10..f577089 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pullrequest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pullrequest.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ on:
       - reopened
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: adopt
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release-notes.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release-notes.yml
index b155d77..2fd0c68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release-notes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release-notes.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     - created
 jobs:
   release-notes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index 9af8f11..2ced4ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ on:
     - created
 jobs:
   release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
       with:
-        java-version: 11
+        java-version: 17
         distribution: adopt
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-sonar.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-sonar.yml
index 90171d4..5e7dcc4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-sonar.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-sonar.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ on:
       - reopened
 jobs:
   sonar:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: adopt
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
diff --git a/owasp/suppressions.xml b/owasp/suppressions.xml
index 5f48248..3fd8b02 100644
--- a/owasp/suppressions.xml
+++ b/owasp/suppressions.xml
@@ -1,29 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <suppressions xmlns="https://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/dependency-suppression.1.3.xsd">
   <suppress>
-    <notes>see https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/issues/1827></notes>
-    <cve>CVE-2018-1258</cve>
-  </suppress>
-  <suppress>
-    <notes>see https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck/issues/2952</notes>
-    <cve>CVE-2011-2732</cve>
-    <cve>CVE-2011-2731</cve>
-    <cve>CVE-2012-5055</cve>
-  </suppress>
-  <suppress>
-    <notes>see https://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html#Apache_Tomcat_9.x_vulnerabilities vulnerability is fixed in tomcat 9.0.38</notes>
-    <cve>CVE-2020-13943</cve>
-  </suppress>
-  <suppress>
-    <notes>H2 is not used by this project.</notes>
-    <cve>CVE-2021-23463</cve>
-  </suppress>
-  <suppress>
-    <notes>False Positive, Should match only up to 5.3.2 (excluding) but we have 5.6.3 </notes>
-    <cve>CVE-2020-5408</cve>
-  </suppress>
-  <suppress>
-    <notes>False Positive, Should match only up to 1.32 (excluding) but we have 1.33</notes>
-    <cve>CVE-2022-38752</cve>
+    <notes>no YAML content from users is parsed within this service</notes>
+    <cve>CVE-2022-1471</cve>
   </suppress>
 </suppressions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad59140..9270a25 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <groupId>eu.europa.ec.dgc</groupId>
     <artifactId>dgc-lib</artifactId>
-    <version>2.0.0</version>
+    <version>latest</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>dgc-lib</name>
@@ -30,18 +30,16 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <!-- dependencies -->
-        <owasp.version>7.3.0</owasp.version>
-        <feign.version>11.10</feign.version>
-        <bcpkix.version>1.70</bcpkix.version>
+        <owasp.version>8.0.2</owasp.version>
+        <bcpkix.version>1.72</bcpkix.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.24</lombok.version>
         <mapstruct.version>1.5.3.Final</mapstruct.version>
         <commonsio.version>2.11.0</commonsio.version>
         <cbor.version>4.5.2</cbor.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.13.4</jackson.version>
-        <jackson.databind.version>2.13.4.2</jackson.databind.version>
         <mockwebserver.version>4.10.0</mockwebserver.version>
-        <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.2.0</plugin.checkstyle.version>
-        <plugin.surefire.version>3.0.0-M7</plugin.surefire.version>
+        <plugin.checkstyle.version>3.2.1</plugin.checkstyle.version>
+        <plugin.sonar.version>3.9.1.2184</plugin.sonar.version>
+        <plugin.surefire.version>3.0.0-M8</plugin.surefire.version>
         <plugin.jacoco.version>0.8.8</plugin.jacoco.version>
 
         <!-- license -->
@@ -78,24 +76,8 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
             <optional>true</optional>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- Explicit inclusion of SnakeYaml because of CVE -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
-            <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>1.33</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -105,17 +87,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-openfeign</artifactId>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
             <artifactId>feign-httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>${feign.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
@@ -126,11 +101,10 @@
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
-            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
-            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
             <version>${bcpkix.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -146,20 +120,11 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>