diff --git a/hawkbit-runtime/README.md b/hawkbit-runtime/README.md
index 93ff3d90a..446001cc8 100644
--- a/hawkbit-runtime/README.md
+++ b/hawkbit-runtime/README.md
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ hawkBit Runtime
 | `hawkbit-dmf-server/`    | Spring-Boot application of hawkBit DMF server.                                                                             |
 | `hawkbit-mgmt-server/`   | Spring-Boot application of hawkBit Management server. Provides REST Management API and rollouts / auto assigment processing |
 | `hawkbit-vv8-ui/`        | Spring-Boot application of hawkBit Vaadin 8 UI.                                                                            |
+
+Note: micro service setup requires all services using DB to use same shared DB. So, they don't work with default in memory H2 database. Docker compose with mysql shows an example setup.
diff --git a/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-simple-ui/pom.xml b/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-simple-ui/pom.xml
index 69a8bc935..5d2da6c47 100644
--- a/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-simple-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-simple-ui/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.5</version>
+        <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2ef590915..7b5df80e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    <parent>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7.17</version>
+      <version>2.7.18</version>
    </parent>
 
    <groupId>org.eclipse.hawkbit</groupId>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
       <java.version>17</java.version>
       <test.jvm.args/>
 
-      <spring.boot.version>2.7.17</spring.boot.version>
+      <spring.boot.version>2.7.18</spring.boot.version>
       <spring.cloud.version>2021.0.8</spring.cloud.version>
       <spring.plugin.core.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring.plugin.core.version>
       <!-- CVE-2022-31690 Remove after Spring 3.0.0 migration-->
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
       <!-- Fixed dependencies -->
       <!-- CVE-2022-25857 -->
       <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
+      <logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
       <!-- Spring boot version overrides - END -->
 
       <!-- CVE-2022-45868, fixed in 2.2.200 -->