diff --git a/hawkbit-dependencies/pom.xml b/hawkbit-dependencies/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e2a5582e9..000000000
--- a/hawkbit-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,405 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-
-    Copyright (c) 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
-
-    This program and the accompanying materials are made
-    available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
-    which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
-
-    SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
-
--->
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
-    <artifactId>hawkbit-dependencies</artifactId>
-    <version>${revision}</version>
-    <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <name>hawkBit :: Parent</name>
-
-    <licenses>
-        <license>
-            <name>EPL-2.0</name>
-            <url>https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-2.0/EPL-2.0.txt</url>
-            <comments>Eclipse Public License - Version 2.0</comments>
-        </license>
-    </licenses>
-
-    <properties>
-        <spring.boot.version>3.5.0</spring.boot.version>
-        <spring.cloud.version>2025.0.0</spring.cloud.version>
-        <springdoc-openapi.version>2.8.9</springdoc-openapi.version>
-        <spring.plugin.core.version>3.0.0</spring.plugin.core.version>
-        <!-- Spring boot version overrides (should be reviewed with every Spring boot upgrade) - START -->
-        <!-- Newer versions needed than defined in the Spring boot -->
-        <!-- Spring boot version overrides - END -->
-
-        <!-- Eclipselink - START -->
-        <eclipselink.version>4.0.6</eclipselink.version>
-        <eclipselink.maven.plugin.version>3.0.2</eclipselink.maven.plugin.version>
-        <!-- Eclipselink - END -->
-
-        <!-- Misc libraries versions - START -->
-        <cron-utils.version>9.2.1</cron-utils.version>
-        <jsoup.version>1.20.1</jsoup.version>
-        <javax.el-api.version>3.0.0</javax.el-api.version>
-        <rsql-parser.version>2.1.0</rsql-parser.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.19.0</commons-io.version>
-        <commons-collections4.version>4.5.0</commons-collections4.version>
-        <commons-text.version>1.13.1</commons-text.version>
-        <io-protostuff.version>1.8.0</io-protostuff.version>
-        <!-- test -->
-        <rabbitmq.http-client.version>5.4.0</rabbitmq.http-client.version>
-        <classgraph.version>4.8.179</classgraph.version>
-        <allure.version>2.29.1</allure.version>
-        <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
-        <!-- Misc libraries versions - END -->
-
-        <!-- Maven Plugin versions - START -->
-        <maven.enforcer.plugin.version>3.5.0</maven.enforcer.plugin.version>
-        <flatten.maven.plugin.version>1.7.0</flatten.maven.plugin.version>
-        <maven.site.plugin.version>3.21.0</maven.site.plugin.version>
-        <maven.surefire.plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
-        <maven.failsafe.plugin.version>3.5.3</maven.failsafe.plugin.version>
-        <jacoco.maven.plugin.version>0.8.13</jacoco.maven.plugin.version>
-        <!-- Maven Plugin versions - END -->
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <!-- Spring -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jdk8</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jackson-module-parameter-names</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring.cloud.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
-                <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
-                <version>${springdoc-openapi.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring.plugin.core.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- Misc -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.rabbitmq</groupId>
-                <artifactId>http-client</artifactId>
-                <version>${rabbitmq.http-client.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.cronutils</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cron-utils</artifactId>
-                <version>${cron-utils.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-                <version>${jsoup.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
-                <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${javax.el-api.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- Protostuff Io -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.protostuff</groupId>
-                <artifactId>protostuff-core</artifactId>
-                <version>${io-protostuff.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.protostuff</groupId>
-                <artifactId>protostuff-runtime</artifactId>
-                <version>${io-protostuff.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- RSQL / FIQL parser -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>cz.jirutka.rsql</groupId>
-                <artifactId>rsql-parser</artifactId>
-                <version>${rsql-parser.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
-                <version>${commons-collections4.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
-                <version>${commons-text.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <!-- Test -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>
-                <artifactId>classgraph</artifactId>
-                <version>${classgraph.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-rabbit-junit</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-amqp.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
-                <artifactId>spring-rabbit-test</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-amqp.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>io.qameta.allure</groupId>
-                <artifactId>allure-junit5</artifactId>
-                <version>${allure.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-                <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-                <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
-    <build>
-        <pluginManagement>
-            <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven.enforcer.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <!-- Make sure that only non-snapshot versions are used for the dependencies.
-                                 Only active when property 'skipEnforcer' is not set to true. -->
-                            <id>enforce-no-snapshots</id>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>enforce</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <skip>${skipEnforcer}</skip>
-                                <rules>
-                                    <requireMavenVersion>
-                                        <version>3.9</version>
-                                    </requireMavenVersion>
-                                    <requireJavaVersion>
-                                        <version>17</version>
-                                    </requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <requireReleaseDeps>
-                                        <message>No Snapshots Allowed!</message>
-                                        <onlyWhenRelease>true</onlyWhenRelease>
-                                    </requireReleaseDeps>
-                                    <requireReleaseDeps>
-                                        <message>No Snapshots Allowed!</message>
-                                        <onlyWhenRelease>false</onlyWhenRelease>
-                                        <excludes>
-                                            <exclude>org.eclipse.hawkbit:*</exclude>
-                                        </excludes>
-                                    </requireReleaseDeps>
-                                </rules>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${flatten.maven.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <flattenMode>resolveCiFriendliesOnly</flattenMode>
-                        <updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
-                    </configuration>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>flatten</id>
-                            <phase>process-resources</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>flatten</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>flatten.clean</id>
-                            <phase>clean</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>clean</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <compilerArgument>-Xlint:all</compilerArgument>
-                        <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-                        <showDeprecation>true</showDeprecation>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>attach-sources</id>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>jar</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <doclint>syntax</doclint>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven.site.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <skip>true</skip>
-                        <skipDeploy>true</skipDeploy>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <systemPropertyVariables>
-                            <!-- Set output directory according to allure-framework recommendation -->
-                            <allure.results.directory>${project.build.directory}/allure-results
-                            </allure.results.directory>
-                            <!-- Bugfix for timeout. See https://github.com/allure-framework/allure-maven/issues/59 -->
-                            <allure.serve.timeout>650</allure.serve.timeout>
-                        </systemPropertyVariables>
-                        <!-- Bugfix for OpenJDK 8u181, see https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1588 -->
-                        <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
-                        <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
-                        <forkCount>${surefire.forkcount}</forkCount>
-                        <argLine>${jacoco.agent.ut.arg} ${test.jvm.args}</argLine>
-                        <properties>
-                            <property>
-                                <name>listener</name>
-                                <value>io.qameta.allure.junit5.AllureJunit5</value>
-                            </property>
-                        </properties>
-                        <includes>
-                            <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
-                            <include>**/*Test.java</include>
-                            <include>**/*IT.java</include>
-                        </includes>
-                        <excludes>
-                            <exclude>**/Abstract*.java</exclude>
-                        </excludes>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${maven.failsafe.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
-                        <forkCount>${surefire.forkcount}</forkCount>
-                        <argLine>-Xmx1024m ${jacoco.agent.ut.arg}</argLine>
-                        <properties>
-                            <property>
-                                <name>listener</name>
-                                <value>io.qameta.allure.junit5.AllureJunit5</value>
-                            </property>
-                        </properties>
-                    </configuration>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>integration-test</id>
-                            <phase>integration-test</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>integration-test</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${jacoco.maven.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>prepare-ut-agent</id>
-                            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <propertyName>jacoco.agent.ut.arg</propertyName>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>prepare-it-agent</id>
-                            <phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>prepare-agent-integration</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <propertyName>jacoco.agent.it.arg</propertyName>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
-                </plugin>
-            </plugins>
-        </pluginManagement>
-    </build>
-</project>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 863ee1ea6..ba2e57355 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
         <license.tool.plugin.version>1.1.0</license.tool.plugin.version>
         <license.maven.plugin.version>5.0.0</license.maven.plugin.version>
-        <central.publishing.maven.plugin.version>0.7.0</central.publishing.maven.plugin.version>
+        <central.publishing.maven.plugin.version>0.8.0</central.publishing.maven.plugin.version>
         <maven.gpg.plugin.version>3.2.7</maven.gpg.plugin.version>
         <!-- Maven Plugin versions - END -->
 
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
                                 <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
                             </goals>
                             <configuration>
-                                <propertyName>jacoco.agent.ut.arg</propertyName>
+                                <propertyName>jacocoAgentArgs</propertyName>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
                         <execution>
@@ -590,10 +590,9 @@
                                 <goal>prepare-agent-integration</goal>
                             </goals>
                             <configuration>
-                                <propertyName>jacoco.agent.it.arg</propertyName>
+                                <propertyName>jacocoAgentIntegrationArgs</propertyName>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>
-                        <!-- "prepare-agent" is executed in parent pom -->
                         <execution>
                             <id>report-ut</id>
                             <phase>prepare-package</phase>
@@ -601,7 +600,6 @@
                                 <goal>report</goal>
                             </goals>
                         </execution>
-                        <!-- "prepare-agent-integration" is executed in parent pom -->
                         <execution>
                             <id>report-it</id>
                             <phase>post-integration-test</phase>