diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven_run_test.yml b/.github/workflows/maven_run_test.yml
index 3da66b4aa..16b04c349 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven_run_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven_run_test.yml
@@ -34,17 +34,8 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: maven
-      - name: Start environment
-        run: docker compose --project-directory ./ci up -d --wait
-      - name: Install BaSyx
-        run: mvn clean install
-      - name: Stop environment
-        if: always()
-        run: docker compose --project-directory ./ci down
       - name: Build and remove Docker images
         run: |
-          mvn package -DskipTests -Ddocker.namespace=test --pl "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx:basyx.submodelservice.example"
-          docker rmi -f $(docker images -aq)
           mvn package -DskipTests -Ddocker.namespace=test --pl "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx:basyx.submodelrepository.component"
           docker rmi -f $(docker images -aq)
           mvn package -DskipTests -Ddocker.namespace=test --pl "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx:basyx.aasrepository.component"
@@ -71,3 +62,10 @@ jobs:
           mvn package -DskipTests -Ddocker.namespace=test --pl "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx:basyx.submodelregistry-service-release-log-mem"
           docker rmi -f $(docker images -aq)
           mvn package -DskipTests -Ddocker.namespace=test --pl "org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx:basyx.submodelregistry-service-release-log-mongodb"
+      - name: Start environment
+        run: docker compose --project-directory ./ci up -d --wait
+      - name: Install BaSyx
+        run: mvn clean install
+      - name: Stop environment
+        if: always()
+        run: docker compose --project-directory ./ci down
diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark/pom.xml b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71d2b2911
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+        <artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment</artifactId>
+        <version>${revision}</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark</artifactId>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.aasrepository.component</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.aasrepository-tck</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.submodelrepository.component</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.submodelrepository-tck</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.conceptdescriptionrepository-tck</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.mongodbcore</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.conceptdescriptionrepository.component</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment-http</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment-feature-authorization</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.http</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.submodelservice-core</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.http</artifactId>
+            <classifier>tests</classifier>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+            <artifactId>basyx.mongodbcore</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-aasx</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xmlunit-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.xmlunit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>xmlunit-matchers</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark/src/main/resources/application-MongoDB.properties b/basyx.aasenvironment/basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark/src/main/resources/application-MongoDB.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f47392382..0e21ce9c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,53 +94,6 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-				<plugin>
-					<groupId>org.eclipse.dash</groupId>
-					<artifactId>license-tool-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-					<executions>
-						<execution>
-							<id>license-check</id>
-							<goals>
-								<goal>license-check</goal>
-							</goals>
-						</execution>
-					</executions>
-				</plugin>
-			
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-				<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.5.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-					<updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
-					<pomElements>
-						<name />
-						<description />
-						<url />
-						<developers />
-						<scm />
-					</pomElements>
-				</configuration>
-				<executions>
-					<!-- enable flattening -->
-					<execution>
-						<id>flatten</id>
-						<phase>process-resources</phase>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>flatten</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-					<!-- ensure proper cleanup -->
-					<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>
@@ -177,18 +130,6 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<executions>
-					<execution>
-						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
-						<goals>
-							<goal>jar</goal>
-						</goals>
-					</execution>
-				</executions>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>
@@ -314,6 +255,40 @@
 						</execution>
 					</executions>
 				</plugin>
+
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+					<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>1.5.0</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<updatePomFile>true</updatePomFile>
+						<pomElements>
+							<name />
+							<description />
+							<url />
+							<developers />
+							<scm />
+						</pomElements>
+					</configuration>
+					<executions>
+						<!-- enable flattening -->
+						<execution>
+							<id>flatten</id>
+							<phase>process-resources</phase>
+							<goals>
+								<goal>flatten</goal>
+							</goals>
+						</execution>
+						<!-- ensure proper cleanup -->
+						<execution>
+							<id>flatten.clean</id>
+							<phase>clean</phase>
+							<goals>
+								<goal>clean</goal>
+							</goals>
+						</execution>
+					</executions>
+				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
@@ -660,6 +635,11 @@
 				<artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment-client</artifactId>
 				<version>${revision}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
+				<artifactId>basyx.aasenvironment.benchmark</artifactId>
+				<version>${revision}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<!-- basyx.conceptdescriptionrepository -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.basyx</groupId>
@@ -1301,5 +1281,37 @@
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>
+		<profile>
+			<id>some-things</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>jar</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.eclipse.dash</groupId>
+						<artifactId>license-tool-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>license-check</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>license-check</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
 	</profiles>
 </project>