diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 37e75ec..7d2023b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [versions]
 assertj = "3.26.0"
 
-azure = "5.16.0"
-azure-identity = "1.13.3"
+azure = "5.19.0"
+azure-identity = "1.14.2"
 
 # we provide the latest version of guava here, as queryDSL pulls in a very old (and vulnerable) version of guava, and we want to override that here
 guava = "33.2.1-jre"
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ opentelemetry = "1.38.0"
 
 shedlock = "5.13.0"
 
-spring-boot = "3.3.5"
-spring-cloud = "2023.0.3"
+spring-boot = "3.4.1"
+spring-cloud = "2024.0.0"
 
 [libraries]
 archunit-ccv = { module = "io.cloudflight.cleancode.archunit:archunit-cleancode-verifier", version = "0.5.0" }
diff --git a/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-i18n/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/i18n/autoconfigure/PlatformI18nAutoConfiguration.kt b/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-i18n/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/i18n/autoconfigure/PlatformI18nAutoConfiguration.kt
index 0650c99..f82464a 100644
--- a/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-i18n/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/i18n/autoconfigure/PlatformI18nAutoConfiguration.kt
+++ b/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-i18n/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/i18n/autoconfigure/PlatformI18nAutoConfiguration.kt
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@ class PlatformI18nAutoConfiguration : MessageSourceAutoConfiguration() {
     @Bean
     override fun messageSource(properties: MessageSourceProperties): MessageSource {
         val messageSource = PlatformMessageSourceImpl()
-        if (StringUtils.hasText(properties.basename)) {
-            messageSource.setBasenames(
-                *StringUtils
-                    .commaDelimitedListToStringArray(StringUtils.trimAllWhitespace(properties.basename))
-            )
+        if (properties.basename.isNotEmpty()) {
+            messageSource.setBasenames(*properties.basename.toTypedArray<String>())
         }
         if (properties.encoding != null) {
             messageSource.setDefaultEncoding(properties.encoding.name())
diff --git a/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/jpa/autoconfigure/TransactionCustomizer.kt b/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/jpa/autoconfigure/TransactionCustomizer.kt
index a49741a..8886a68 100644
--- a/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/jpa/autoconfigure/TransactionCustomizer.kt
+++ b/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-jpa/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/jpa/autoconfigure/TransactionCustomizer.kt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package io.cloudflight.platform.spring.jpa.autoconfigure
 
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.transaction.PlatformTransactionManagerCustomizer
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.transaction.TransactionManagerCustomizer
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.AbstractPlatformTransactionManager
 
-class TransactionCustomizer(private val properties: TransactionProperties) : PlatformTransactionManagerCustomizer<AbstractPlatformTransactionManager> {
+class TransactionCustomizer(private val properties: TransactionProperties) : TransactionManagerCustomizer<AbstractPlatformTransactionManager> {
 
     override fun customize(transactionManager: AbstractPlatformTransactionManager) {
         // we want to have that validation here in order to ensure that if a read-only transaction is being opened that
diff --git a/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-monitoring/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/monitoring/autoconfigure/ManagementSecurityAutoConfiguration.kt b/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-monitoring/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/monitoring/autoconfigure/ManagementSecurityAutoConfiguration.kt
index 7914c4e..bafabed 100644
--- a/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-monitoring/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/monitoring/autoconfigure/ManagementSecurityAutoConfiguration.kt
+++ b/platform-spring-bom/platform-spring-monitoring/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/monitoring/autoconfigure/ManagementSecurityAutoConfiguration.kt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class ManagementSecurityAutoConfiguration {
                 disable()
             }
 
-            authorizeRequests {
+            authorizeHttpRequests {
                 authorize(EndpointRequest.toAnyEndpoint(), permitAll)
             }
         }
diff --git a/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainer.kt b/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainer.kt
index 5bf6775..5461fbe 100644
--- a/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainer.kt
+++ b/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainer.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class AzuriteContainer(dockerImageName: DockerImageName) : GenericContainer<Azur
     val accountKey = AzuriteContainerConnectionDetailsFactory.ACCOUNT_KEY
 
     companion object {
-        private const val DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite"
+        private const val DEFAULT_IMAGE_NAME = "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite:3.33.0"
 
         private const val AZURITE_PORT = 10000
     }
diff --git a/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainerConnectionDetailsFactory.kt b/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainerConnectionDetailsFactory.kt
index 591a035..06379b0 100644
--- a/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainerConnectionDetailsFactory.kt
+++ b/platform-spring-test-bom/platform-spring-test-testcontainers/src/main/kotlin/io/cloudflight/platform/spring/test/testcontainers/azurite/AzuriteContainerConnectionDetailsFactory.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.testcontainers.service.connection.ContainerConne
 
 class AzuriteContainerConnectionDetailsFactory :
     ContainerConnectionDetailsFactory<AzuriteContainer, AzuriteConnectionDetails>(
-        null,
+        "",
         "io.cloudflight.platform.spring.storage.azure.autoconfigure.PlatformAzureStorageBlobAutoConfiguration"
     ) {