diff --git a/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/installation.md b/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/installation.md
index 8c930868..9bdc9c4a 100644
--- a/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/installation.md
+++ b/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/installation.md
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ To install the Cloud2Edge package using load balancers, run the following comman
 {% clipboard %}
 RELEASE=c2e
 helm install -n $NS --wait --timeout 20m --set hono.useLoadBalancer=true \
- --set hono.kafka.externalAccess.service.type=LoadBalancer \
+ --set hono.kafka.externalAccess.broker.service.type=NodePort \
+ --set hono.kafka.externalAccess.controller.service.type=NodePort \
  --set ditto.nginx.service.type=LoadBalancer $RELEASE eclipse-iot/cloud2edge
 {% endclipboard %}
 {% endvariant %}
diff --git a/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/tour.md b/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/tour.md
index 9141ea90..ddc710bd 100644
--- a/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/tour.md
+++ b/homepage/_packages/cloud2edge/tour.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ echo $DITTO_API_BASE_URL
 {% endclipboard %}
 prints out the URL where to access the Ditto UI and Ditto API documentation.
 
-In the Ditto UI, click on the `Environments` link at the top and then the `Environment JSON` tab. Clicking on "Edit" lets you enter an arbitrary Name (e.g. `default`)
+In the Ditto UI, click on the `Environments` link at the top and then the `JSON` tab. Clicking on "Create" lets you enter an arbitrary Name (e.g. `default`)
 and below a JSON value, to be taken from the output of the following command.
 {% clipboard %}
 echo $DITTO_UI_ENV_JSON
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ curl -i -k -u demo-device@org.eclipse.packages.c2e:demo-secret -H 'Content-Type:
 }' ${HTTP_ADAPTER_BASE_URL:?}/telemetry
 {% endclipboard %}
 
+In order to publish the telemetry data via MQTT, the `mosquitto_pub` command can be used:
+{% clipboard %}
+mosquitto_pub -d -h ${MQTT_ADAPTER_IP} -p ${MQTT_ADAPTER_PORT_MQTTS} -u demo-device@org.eclipse.packages.c2e -P demo-secret ${MOSQUITTO_OPTIONS} -t telemetry -m '{
+"topic": "org.eclipse.packages.c2e/demo-device/things/twin/commands/modify",
+"headers": {},
+"path": "/features/temperature/properties/value",
+"value": 45
+}'
+{% endclipboard %}
+
 ## Retrieving the digital twin's current state
 
 The updated state of the digital twin can then be retrieved using:
diff --git a/packages/cloud2edge/Chart.yaml b/packages/cloud2edge/Chart.yaml
index 92cee0fc..911d1ee5 100644
--- a/packages/cloud2edge/Chart.yaml
+++ b/packages/cloud2edge/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 # See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 #
 apiVersion: v2
-version: 0.8.0
-appVersion: 0.8.0
+version: 0.9.0
+appVersion: 0.9.0
 name: cloud2edge
 description: |
   Eclipse IoT Cloud2Edge (C2E) is an integrated suite of services developers can use to build IoT applications
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ maintainers:
     email: thomas.jaeckle@bosch.io
 dependencies:
   - name: hono
-    version: ~2.5.6
+    version: ~2.6.1
     repository: "https://eclipse.org/packages/charts/"
   - name: ditto
-    version: ~3.4.0
+    version: ~3.5.6
     repository: "oci://registry-1.docker.io/eclipse"
diff --git a/packages/cloud2edge/README.md b/packages/cloud2edge/README.md
index fc9e9b5d..62865787 100644
--- a/packages/cloud2edge/README.md
+++ b/packages/cloud2edge/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ These profiles can be applied using the `-f` parameter when installing the packa
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### 0.9.0
+
+- Use Ditto 3.5.6 chart version.
+- Use Hono 2.6.1 chart version.
+- When using AMQP messaging via the [profileAmqpMessaging-values.yaml](https://github.com/eclipse/packages/blob/master/packages/cloud2edge/profileAmqpMessaging-values.yaml) profile along with the [profileTracing-values.yaml](https://github.com/eclipse/packages/blob/master/packages/cloud2edge/profileTracing-values.yaml)
+  profile, there are now combined traces of Hono and Ditto. 
+
 ### 0.8.0
 
 - Use Ditto 3.4.0 chart version. 
diff --git a/packages/cloud2edge/profileAmqpMessaging-values.yaml b/packages/cloud2edge/profileAmqpMessaging-values.yaml
index 19bc6c85..e5cc4765 100644
--- a/packages/cloud2edge/profileAmqpMessaging-values.yaml
+++ b/packages/cloud2edge/profileAmqpMessaging-values.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ hono:
 
   amqpMessagingNetworkExample:
     enabled: true
+
+  useLegacyAmqpTraceContextFormat: false
diff --git a/packages/cloud2edge/values.yaml b/packages/cloud2edge/values.yaml
index 34b772ef..eec33f17 100644
--- a/packages/cloud2edge/values.yaml
+++ b/packages/cloud2edge/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2020, 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+# Copyright (c) 2020 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 #
 # See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
 # information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -24,18 +24,21 @@ honoConnection:
 hono:
 
   kafka:
-    auth:
-      sasl:
-        jaas:
-          clientUsers:
-            - "hono"
-            - "ditto-c2e"
-          clientPasswords:
-            - "hono-secret"
-            - "verysecret"
+    sasl:
+      client:
+        users:
+          - "hono"
+          - "ditto-c2e"
+        passwords:
+          - "hono-secret"
+          - "verysecret"
     externalAccess:
-      service:
-        type: NodePort
+      broker:
+        service:
+          type: NodePort
+      controller:
+        service:
+          type: NodePort
 
   livenessProbeInitialDelaySeconds: 900
   readinessProbeInitialDelaySeconds: 45
@@ -170,33 +173,11 @@ ditto:
       limits:
         cpu: 250m
         memory: "512Mi"
-    # apply workaround for high CPU/memory usage of liveness/readiness check - see https://github.com/bitnami/charts/issues/10264
-    # using deprecated 'mongo' executable (still available in mongodb chart 12.x) showing much lower CPU/memory usage;
-    # needs to be adapted if TLS is enabled - see https://github.com/bitnami/charts/blob/2246e0540e621cd529e32ea2c7c2724c0fbc066a/bitnami/mongodb/templates/standalone/dep-sts.yaml#L285
     livenessProbe:
-      enabled: false
-    customLivenessProbe:
-      exec:
-        command:
-          - mongo
-          - --disableImplicitSessions
-          - --eval
-          - "db.adminCommand('ping')"
-      failureThreshold: 6
-      initialDelaySeconds: 30
-      periodSeconds: 20
-      successThreshold: 1
-      timeoutSeconds: 10
+      initialDelaySeconds: 40
+      periodSeconds: 30
+      timeoutSeconds: 15
     readinessProbe:
-      enabled: false
-    customReadinessProbe:
-      exec:
-        command:
-          - sh
-          - '-c'
-          - mongo --disableImplicitSessions --eval 'db.hello().isWritablePrimary || db.hello().secondary' | grep -q 'true'
-      failureThreshold: 6
-      initialDelaySeconds: 5
-      periodSeconds: 10
-      successThreshold: 1
-      timeoutSeconds: 5
+      initialDelaySeconds: 30
+      periodSeconds: 15
+      timeoutSeconds: 13