diff --git a/buildx/docker-bake-multi.hcl b/buildx/docker-bake-multi.hcl
deleted file mode 100644
index b4c4047fb..000000000
--- a/buildx/docker-bake-multi.hcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-target "build-container" {
-  output = ["type=registry"]
-  platforms = ["linux/amd64", "linux/arm64/v8", "linux/arm/v7"]
-}
-
-target "core" {
-  output = ["type=registry"]
-  platforms = ["linux/amd64", "linux/arm64/v8"]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildx/docker-bake.hcl b/buildx/docker-bake.hcl
index 934a46af8..8a029c901 100644
--- a/buildx/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/buildx/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 target "build-container" {
   output = ["type=docker"]
+  context = "../build-container"
+  tags = ["fraunhoferaisec/docker-build:develop"]
 }
 
 target "core" {
   output = ["type=docker"]
+  context = "../ids-connector"
+  tags = ["fraunhoferaisec/trusted-connector-core:develop"]
 }
diff --git a/buildx/docker-buildx.sh b/buildx/docker-buildx.sh
index fb04510a2..2071a05b3 100755
--- a/buildx/docker-buildx.sh
+++ b/buildx/docker-buildx.sh
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ if [[ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 4 ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-OPTIONS=t:b:f:s
-LONGOPTS=base-image:,docker-build-tag:,file:,targets:,skip-build,build-container,fast
+OPTIONS=t:b:s
+LONGOPTS=base-image:,docker-build-tag:,targets:,platforms:,skip-build,build-container,fast
 
 ! PARSED=$(getopt --options=$OPTIONS --longoptions=$LONGOPTS --name "$0" -- "$@")
 if [[ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -32,30 +32,35 @@ fi
 
 eval set -- "$PARSED"
 
-DOCKER_BUILD_TAG_ARG="develop"
+DOCKER_BUILD_TAGS="develop"
 BASE_IMAGE_ARG="gcr.io/distroless/java17-debian11"
 TARGETS="core"
-FILES=""
+OUTPUT_TYPE="docker"
+BAKE_ARGS=""
 BUILD_CONTAINER=0
 SKIP_BUILD=0
 FAST_BUILD=0
 
 while true; do
   case "$1" in
-  -f | --file)
-    FILES="${FILES}-f $2 "
-    shift 2
-    ;;
   --targets)
     TARGETS="$2"
     shift 2
     ;;
+  --platforms)
+    OUTPUT_TYPE="registry"
+    for p in $2; do
+      BAKE_ARGS="$BAKE_ARGS --set='*.platform=$p'"
+    done
+    shift 2
+    ;;
   -b | --base-image)
     BASE_IMAGE_ARG="$2"
     shift 2
     ;;
   -t | --docker-build-tag)
-    DOCKER_BUILD_TAG_ARG="$2"
+    DOCKER_BUILD_TAGS="$DOCKER_BUILD_TAGS $2"
+    BAKE_ARGS="$BAKE_ARGS --set='*.tags=$2'"
     shift 2
     ;;
   --build-container)
@@ -81,19 +86,22 @@ while true; do
   esac
 done
 
+# Complete BAKE_ARGS
+BAKE_ARGS="$BAKE_ARGS --set '*.output=type=$OUTPUT_TYPE'"
+
 # Enable experimental Docker features (buildx)
 export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL="enabled"
 
-# Export vars for buildx bake yaml resolution
-export DOCKER_BUILD_TAG="$DOCKER_BUILD_TAG_ARG"
+# Export vars for Dockerfile
 export BASE_IMAGE="$BASE_IMAGE_ARG"
+
 printf "######################################################################\n"
-printf "Using build tag \"%s\" and base image \"%s\"\n" "$DOCKER_BUILD_TAG" "$BASE_IMAGE"
+printf "Using build tags \"%s\" and base image \"%s\"\n" "$DOCKER_BUILD_TAGS" "$BASE_IMAGE"
 printf "######################################################################\n\n"
 
 if [ $BUILD_CONTAINER = 1 ]; then
-  echo "Building build-container via \"docker buildx bake build-container ${FILES}$*\"..."
-  eval "docker buildx bake build-container ${FILES}$*"
+  echo "Building build-container via \"docker buildx bake build-container${BAKE_ARGS}$*\"..."
+  eval "docker buildx bake build-container${BAKE_ARGS}$*"
   exit
 fi
 if [ $SKIP_BUILD = 0 ]; then
@@ -123,5 +131,5 @@ printf "######################################################################\n
 printf "Detected project version: %s\n" "$PROJECT_VERSION"
 printf "######################################################################\n\n"
 
-echo "Building images via \"docker buildx bake $TARGETS ${FILES}$*\"..."
-eval "docker buildx bake $TARGETS ${FILES}$*"
+echo "Building images via \"docker buildx bake ${TARGETS}${BAKE_ARGS}$*\"..."
+eval "docker buildx bake ${TARGETS}${BAKE_ARGS}$*"
diff --git a/buildx/docker-compose.yml b/buildx/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b26e6d65b..000000000
--- a/buildx/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-version: '3'
-services:
-
-  # Trusted Connector build container
-  build-container:
-    image: fraunhoferaisec/docker-build:${DOCKER_BUILD_TAG:-develop}
-    build:
-      context: '../docker-build'
-
-  # Trusted Connector core platform
-  core:
-    image: fraunhoferaisec/trusted-connector-core:${DOCKER_BUILD_TAG:-develop}
-    build:
-      context: '../ids-connector'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 23769e502..8da1ffee5 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [versions]
 idscp2 = "0.18.1"
-ktlint = "0.48.2"
+ktlint = "0.50.0"
 
 # Kotlin library/compiler version
-kotlin = "1.8.10"
-kotlinxCoroutines = "1.6.4"
+kotlin = "1.9.20"
+kotlinxCoroutines = "1.7.3"
 # HTTP client
-ktor = "2.2.3"
+ktor = "2.3.5"
 
 # The used version of the infomodel from IESE
 infomodel = "4.1.3"
@@ -17,21 +17,21 @@ jaxbCore = "2.3.0.1"
 jaxbImpl = "2.3.7"
 jaxActivation = "1.2.0"
 
-camel = "3.18.5"
+camel = "3.18.8"
 influxDB = "2.23"
 
-guava = "31.1-jre"
+guava = "32.1.3-jre"
 junit4 = "4.13.2"
-junit5 = "5.9.2"
-mockito = "5.1.1"
-mapdb = "3.0.9"
-jnrunix = "0.38.19"
-protobuf = "3.22.0"
+junit5 = "5.10.0"
+mockito = "5.7.0"
+mapdb = "3.0.10"
+jnrunix = "0.38.21"
+protobuf = "3.25.0"
 httpclient = "4.5.14"
 
 # Needed for policy reasoning with 2p (formerly tuProlog)
 tup = "4.1.1"
-commonsText = "1.10.0"
+commonsText = "1.11.0"
 protonpack = "1.16"
 
 # Needed for ACME module
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ javaxJson = "1.1.4"
 dockerJavaApi = "0.0.13"
 
 # We will pull in a newer version of jackson because of security fixes
-jackson = "2.14.2"
-jacksonDatabind = "2.14.2"
+jackson = "2.15.3"
+jacksonDatabind = "2.15.3"
 
 orgJson = "20220320"
 
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ orgJson = "20220320"
 commonsFileUpload = "1.5"
 
 # Needed for info model manager
-commonsCli = "1.5.0"
+commonsCli = "1.6.0"
 javaxValidation = "2.0.1.Final"
 
 # Needed for web console
-auth0Jwt = "4.3.0"
-swagger = "1.6.9"
+auth0Jwt = "4.4.0"
+swagger = "1.6.12"
 jose4j = "0.9.3"
 
-jetty = "9.4.50.v20221201"
-springBoot = "3.0.2"
-springSecurity = "6.0.2"
+jetty = "9.4.53.v20231009"
+springBoot = "3.1.5"
+springSecurity = "6.1.5"
 bouncyCastle = "1.70"
 
 [libraries]
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ jaxbImpl = ["jaxb-core", "jaxb-impl"]
 
 [plugins]
 springboot = { id = "org.springframework.boot", version.ref = "springBoot" }
-spring-dependencyManagement = { id = "io.spring.dependency-management", version = "1.1.0" }
+spring-dependencyManagement = { id = "io.spring.dependency-management", version = "1.1.3" }
 swagger = { id = "com.benjaminsproule.swagger", version = "1.0.14" }
-protobuf = { id = "com.google.protobuf",  version = "0.9.2" }
+protobuf = { id = "com.google.protobuf",  version = "0.9.4" }
 kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlin-plugin-spring = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.spring", version.ref = "kotlin" }
-spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "6.15.0" }
-licenseReport = { id = "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report", version = "2.1" }
-versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version = "0.46.0" }
-buildconfig = { id = "com.github.gmazzo.buildconfig", version = "3.1.0" }
+spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "6.22.0" }
+licenseReport = { id = "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report", version = "2.5" }
+versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version = "0.49.0" }
+buildconfig = { id = "com.github.gmazzo.buildconfig", version = "4.1.2" }
 node = { id = "com.github.node-gradle.node", version = "3.5.1" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7454180f2..ccebba771 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f72df95a7..744c64d12 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1b6c78733..79a61d421 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
@@ -143,12 +143,16 @@ fi
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -205,6 +209,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index ac1b06f93..6689b85be 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +76,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal