diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47a3673..4c9f7a9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,29 +59,34 @@
       <commons-compress.version>1.28.0</commons-compress.version>
       <commons-exec.version>1.6.0</commons-exec.version>
       <commons-io.version>2.22.0</commons-io.version>
+      <commons-lang3.version>3.20.0</commons-lang3.version>
       <commons-text.version>1.15.0</commons-text.version>
       <easy-random.version>5.0.0</easy-random.version>
-      <graalvm.version>25.0.3</graalvm.version>
+      <graalvm.version>25.1.3</graalvm.version>
       <graph-support.version>1.5.2</graph-support.version>
       <guava.version>33.6.0-jre</guava.version>
       <guice.version>7.0.0</guice.version>
       <hadoop-client.version>3.5.0</hadoop-client.version>
       <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.4.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
+      <hibernate-validator.version>9.1.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
       <jackson-annotations.version>2.22</jackson-annotations.version>
       <jackson-databind.version>3.2.0</jackson-databind.version>
+      <jackson-databind2.version>2.22.0</jackson-databind2.version>
       <jackson-dataformat-xml.version>3.2.0</jackson-dataformat-xml.version>
+      <jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>3.2.0</jackson-dataformat-yaml.version>
       <jackson.version>3.2.0</jackson.version>
       <jakarta-el.version>5.0.0-M1</jakarta-el.version>
       <jakarta.version>6.1.0</jakarta.version>
-      <jena.version>6.1.0</jena.version>
+      <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.5</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
       <jansi.version>2.4.3</jansi.version>
       <javaparser.version>3.28.2</javaparser.version>
+      <jena.version>6.1.0</jena.version>
       <jqwik.version>1.10.1</jqwik.version>
       <json-path.version>3.0.0</json-path.version>
       <json-schema-validator.version>2.2.14</json-schema-validator.version>
       <jspecify.version>1.0.0</jspecify.version>
       <junit-jupiter.version>6.1.1</junit-jupiter.version>
-      <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
+      <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
       <logback.version>1.5.37</logback.version>
       <lombok.version>1.18.46</lombok.version>
       <lsp4j.version>1.0.0</lsp4j.version>
@@ -96,8 +101,7 @@
       <record-builder.version>53</record-builder.version>
       <rgxgen.version>3.1</rgxgen.version>
       <roaster.version>2.31.1.Final</roaster.version>
-      <slf4j-api.version>2.0.18</slf4j-api.version>
-      <spring-boot.version>4.1.0</spring-boot.version>
+      <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
       <swagger-parser.version>2.1.45</swagger-parser.version>
       <tika.version>3.3.1</tika.version>
       <validation-api.version>3.1.1</validation-api.version>
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@
       <maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>3.5.6</maven-surefire-report-plugin.version>
       <properties-maven-plugin.version>1.3.0</properties-maven-plugin.version>
       <spotless-maven-plugin-eclipse.version>4.40</spotless-maven-plugin-eclipse.version>
-      <spotless-maven-plugin.version>3.7.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
+      <spotless-maven-plugin.version>3.8.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
       <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.21.0</versions-maven-plugin.version>
 
       <!-- General settings -->
@@ -151,6 +155,44 @@
 
    <dependencyManagement>
       <dependencies>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aas4j-model</artifactId>
+            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
+            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-aasx</artifactId>
+            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-json</artifactId>
+            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+               <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+               </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.esmf</groupId>
             <artifactId>esmf-semantic-aspect-meta-model</artifactId>
@@ -187,6 +229,11 @@
                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jakarta.xml.bind-api.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.classgraph</groupId>
             <artifactId>classgraph</artifactId>
@@ -217,6 +264,11 @@
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
@@ -228,7 +280,7 @@
             <version>${easy-random.version}</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
          </dependency>
@@ -268,44 +320,6 @@
             <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
             <version>${hadoop-client.version}</version>
          </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aas4j-model</artifactId>
-            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-aasx</artifactId>
-            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-         </dependency>
-         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.eclipse.digitaltwin.aas4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aas4j-dataformat-json</artifactId>
-            <version>${aas4j.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-               <exclusion>
-                  <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-               </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -321,11 +335,21 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson-databind.version}</version>
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-databind2.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>tools.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson-dataformat-xml.version}</version>
          </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>tools.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson-dataformat-yaml.version}</version>
+         </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.el</artifactId>
@@ -525,12 +549,12 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>io.swagger.parser.v3</groupId>