diff --git a/hawkbit-ddi/hawkbit-ddi-starter/pom.xml b/hawkbit-ddi/hawkbit-ddi-starter/pom.xml
index 910b30f24..e0cb0d3ab 100644
--- a/hawkbit-ddi/hawkbit-ddi-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-ddi/hawkbit-ddi-starter/pom.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,37 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>hawkbit-ddi-starter</artifactId>
-    <name>hawkBit :: Spring Boot Starter DDI API</name>
+    <name>hawkBit :: DDI API :: Spring Boot Starter</name>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <!-- hawkBit - START -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-security-controller</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-repository-jpa</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-ddi-resource</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- hawkBit - END -->
+
         <!-- Spring - START -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -44,28 +72,5 @@
             <artifactId>spring-security-aspects</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Spring - END -->
-
-        <!-- hawkBit - START -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawkbit-ddi-resource</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawkbit-security-controller</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawkbit-repository-jpa</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawkbit-autoconfigure</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <!-- hawkBit - END -->
     </dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hawkbit-mgmt/hawkbit-mgmt-starter/pom.xml b/hawkbit-mgmt/hawkbit-mgmt-starter/pom.xml
index 47e848110..54fe05dcc 100644
--- a/hawkbit-mgmt/hawkbit-mgmt-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-mgmt/hawkbit-mgmt-starter/pom.xml
@@ -19,25 +19,30 @@
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>hawkbit-mgmt-starter</artifactId>
-    <name>hawkBit :: Spring Boot Starter Management API</name>
+    <name>hawkBit :: Management API :: Spring Boot Starter</name>
 
     <dependencies>
         <!-- hawkBit - START -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawkbit-mgmt-resource</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
             <artifactId>hawkbit-security-controller</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
             <artifactId>hawkbit-repository-jpa</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hawkbit-mgmt-resource</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
             <artifactId>hawkbit-autoconfigure</artifactId>
diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/pom.xml b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/pom.xml
index df016f551..ada150d82 100644
--- a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@
             <artifactId>hawkbit-repository-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>hawkbit-artifact-repository-filesystem</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java
index be9248de2..d2af7ebac 100644
--- a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/RepositoryApplicationConfiguration.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.jpa;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.JpaBaseConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.JpaProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.transaction.TransactionManagerCustomizers;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableAspectJAutoProxy;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
@@ -872,9 +875,9 @@ public class RepositoryApplicationConfiguration extends JpaBaseConfiguration {
     @ConditionalOnMissingBean
     ArtifactManagement artifactManagement(
             final EntityManager entityManager, final LocalArtifactRepository localArtifactRepository,
-            final SoftwareModuleRepository softwareModuleRepository, final ArtifactRepository artifactRepository,
+            final SoftwareModuleRepository softwareModuleRepository, final Optional<ArtifactRepository> artifactRepository,
             final QuotaManagement quotaManagement, final TenantAware tenantAware) {
-        return new JpaArtifactManagement(entityManager, localArtifactRepository, softwareModuleRepository, artifactRepository,
+        return new JpaArtifactManagement(entityManager, localArtifactRepository, softwareModuleRepository, artifactRepository.orElse(null),
                 quotaManagement, tenantAware);
     }
 
diff --git a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/management/JpaArtifactManagement.java b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/management/JpaArtifactManagement.java
index fd88026fa..de9659447 100644
--- a/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/management/JpaArtifactManagement.java
+++ b/hawkbit-repository/hawkbit-repository-jpa/src/main/java/org/eclipse/hawkbit/repository/jpa/management/JpaArtifactManagement.java
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ package org.eclipse.hawkbit.repository.jpa.management;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ public class JpaArtifactManagement implements ArtifactManagement {
 
     private final SoftwareModuleRepository softwareModuleRepository;
 
+    @Nullable
     private final ArtifactRepository artifactRepository;
 
     private final TenantAware tenantAware;
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ public class JpaArtifactManagement implements ArtifactManagement {
 
     public JpaArtifactManagement(final EntityManager entityManager,
             final LocalArtifactRepository localArtifactRepository,
-            final SoftwareModuleRepository softwareModuleRepository, final ArtifactRepository artifactRepository,
+            final SoftwareModuleRepository softwareModuleRepository, @Nullable final ArtifactRepository artifactRepository,
             final QuotaManagement quotaManagement, final TenantAware tenantAware) {
         this.entityManager = entityManager;
         this.localArtifactRepository = localArtifactRepository;
@@ -102,6 +105,10 @@ public class JpaArtifactManagement implements ArtifactManagement {
     @Retryable(include = {
             ConcurrencyFailureException.class }, maxAttempts = Constants.TX_RT_MAX, backoff = @Backoff(delay = Constants.TX_RT_DELAY))
     public Artifact create(final ArtifactUpload artifactUpload) {
+        if (artifactRepository == null) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ArtifactRepository is unavailable");
+        }
+
         final long moduleId = artifactUpload.getModuleId();
         assertArtifactQuota(moduleId, 1);
         final JpaSoftwareModule softwareModule =
@@ -190,8 +197,11 @@ public class JpaArtifactManagement implements ArtifactManagement {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Optional<DbArtifact> loadArtifactBinary(final String sha1Hash, final long softwareModuleId,
-            final boolean isEncrypted) {
+    public Optional<DbArtifact> loadArtifactBinary(final String sha1Hash, final long softwareModuleId, final boolean isEncrypted) {
+        if (artifactRepository == null) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ArtifactRepository is unavailable");
+        }
+
         assertSoftwareModuleExists(softwareModuleId);
 
         final String tenant = tenantAware.getCurrentTenant();
@@ -217,10 +227,13 @@ public class JpaArtifactManagement implements ArtifactManagement {
      * Software module related UPDATE permission shall be checked by the callers!
      *
      * @param sha1Hash no longer needed
-     * @param softwareModuleId the garbage collection call is made for
      */
     @PreAuthorize(SpPermission.SpringEvalExpressions.HAS_AUTH_DELETE_REPOSITORY)
     void clearArtifactBinary(final String sha1Hash) {
+        if (artifactRepository == null) {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ArtifactRepository is unavailable");
+        }
+
         // countBySha1HashAndTenantAndSoftwareModuleDeletedIsFalse will skip ACM checks and
         // will return total count as it should be
         final long count = localArtifactRepository.countBySha1HashAndTenantAndSoftwareModuleDeletedIsFalse(