diff --git a/.github/workflows/db2.yml b/.github/workflows/db2.yml
index bd0b60adb09..f83a8a378f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/db2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/db2.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        db2: ["11.5.0.0a"]
+        db2: ["11.5.9.0"]
     services:
       db2:
-        image: ibmcom/db2:${{ matrix.db2 }}
+        image: icr.io/db2_community/db2:${{ matrix.db2 }}
         env:
           DB2INST1_PASSWORD: flowable
           DBNAME: flowable
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         # needed because the db2 container does not provide a health check
         options: >-
           --privileged=true
-          --health-cmd="su - db2inst1 -c \"~/sqllib/bin/db2 connect to flowable && ~/sqllib/bin/db2 connect reset\""
+          --health-cmd="su - db2inst1 -c \"~/sqllib/bin/db2gcf -s\""
           --health-interval 30s
           --health-timeout 40s
           --health-retries 10
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mariadb.yml b/.github/workflows/mariadb.yml
index 4457f84a1c3..993674171c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mariadb.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mariadb.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mariadb: [10.6]
+        mariadb: [10.6, 11.4]
     services:
       mariadb:
         image: mariadb:${{ matrix.mariadb }}
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd="mariadb-admin -uflowable -pflowable status" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5 --tmpfs /var/lib/mariadb:rw
     steps:
       - name: "Set MariaDB collation"
-        run: docker exec ${{ job.services.mariadb.id }} sh -c 'mysql --user=flowable --password=flowable --database=flowable --execute="alter database flowable character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin"'
+        run: docker exec ${{ job.services.mariadb.id }} sh -c 'mariadb --user=flowable --password=flowable --database=flowable --execute="alter database flowable character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin"'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mysql.yml b/.github/workflows/mysql.yml
index 7e6533546be..d5bb6c14f90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mysql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mysql.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mysql: [5.7, 8.0]
+        mysql: [8.0, 8.4]
     services:
       mysql:
         image: mysql:${{ matrix.mysql }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/oracle.yml b/.github/workflows/oracle.yml
index c8303bdedc5..22a3f935195 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/oracle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/oracle.yml
@@ -18,19 +18,26 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        oracle: [ "18-slim", "21-slim" ]
+        oracle: [ "18-slim-faststart", "21-slim-faststart", "23-slim-faststart" ]
         include:
-          - oracle: 18-slim
+          - oracle: 18-slim-faststart
             driverVersion: 18.3.0.0
             driverArtifact: ojdbc8
             serviceName: XEPDB1
-          - oracle: 21-slim
+            type: xe
+          - oracle: 21-slim-faststart
             driverVersion: 21.6.0.0.1
             driverArtifact: ojdbc8
             serviceName: XEPDB1
+            type: xe
+          - oracle: 23-slim-faststart
+            driverVersion: 23.5.0.24.07
+            driverArtifact: ojdbc11
+            serviceName: FREEPDB1
+            type: free
     services:
       oracle:
-        image: gvenzl/oracle-xe:${{ matrix.oracle }}
+        image: gvenzl/oracle-${{ matrix.type }}:${{ matrix.oracle }}
         env:
           ORACLE_PASSWORD: flowable
           APP_USER: flowable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgres.yml b/.github/workflows/postgres.yml
index 59271f077c2..53c1f906a31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgres.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgres.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        postgres: [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]
+        postgres: [14, 15, 16, 17]
     services:
       postgres:
         image: postgres:${{ matrix.postgres }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7af3768cb91..f287c5f5cc7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@
 									<username>${jdbc.username}</username>
 									<password>${jdbc.password}</password>
 									<driver>${jdbc.driver}</driver>
+									<showBanner>false</showBanner>
+									<force>true</force>
 								</configuration>
 							</execution>
 						</executions>