diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 311ed582..6576c7a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,19 +23,6 @@ The Semantic Hub is a logical and architectural component of Tractus-X.
 The source code under this folder contains reference implementations of the SLDT Semantic Hub
 
 ## Build Packages
-The project requires a private package from https://maven.pkg.github.com/eclipse-dataspaceconnector/DataSpaceConnector.
-Add the following configuration to your `.m2/settings.xml`:
-
-```xml
-<server>
-    <id>edc-github</id>
-    <username>oauth2</username>
-    <password>$ADD_GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE</password>
-</server>
-```
-
-You need to add your own GitHub Access Token. Navigate to https://github.com/settings/tokens and create a new token
-with the permission `read:packages`.
 
 Run `mvn install` to run unit tests, build and install the package.
 
diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index ab32740c..d7da3236 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 ###############################################################
 
-FROM eclipse-temurin:11-jre
+FROM eclipse-temurin:11.0.16.1_1-jre-jammy
 
 RUN apt-get -y upgrade \
     && apt-get -y update \
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index cc5e7ff5..a1fea91e 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jetty</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-openfeign</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
@@ -108,6 +104,17 @@
             <groupId>io.openmanufacturing</groupId>
             <artifactId>sds-aspect-model-starter</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <!--
+            The AASX generator uses this dependency to generate AASX XML files.
+            The jackson version provided by Spring Boot has an issue, xml prefixes are not generated correctly.
+            To mitigate this problem we downgraded to the latest working version.
+            If there is a newer version you can try out if it works by running the test ModelsApi#testAasxEndpointExpectSuccess.
+         -->
+        <dependency>
+            <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
+            <version>2.12.7</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.openmanufacturing</groupId>
             <artifactId>sds-aspect-model-aas-generator</artifactId>
diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/semantics/OAuthSecurityConfig.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/semantics/OAuthSecurityConfig.java
index be2cd32c..0b163764 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/semantics/OAuthSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/eclipse/tractusx/semantics/OAuthSecurityConfig.java
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ public class OAuthSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         http
           .authorizeRequests(auth -> auth
-            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.OPTIONS).permitAll()
-            .mvcMatchers(HttpMethod.GET,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleViewSemanticModel()")
-            .mvcMatchers(HttpMethod.POST,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleAddSemanticModel()")
-            .mvcMatchers(HttpMethod.PUT,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleUpdateSemanticModel()")
-            .mvcMatchers(HttpMethod.DELETE,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleDeleteSemanticModel()"))
+            .mvcMatchers(HttpMethod.OPTIONS).permitAll()
+            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.GET,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleViewSemanticModel()")
+            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.POST,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleAddSemanticModel()")
+            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.PUT,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleUpdateSemanticModel()")
+            .antMatchers(HttpMethod.DELETE,"/**/models/**").access("@authorizationEvaluator.hasRoleDeleteSemanticModel()"))
             .csrf().disable()
             .sessionManagement().sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy.STATELESS).and()
             .oauth2ResourceServer().jwt();
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
index cabe83f2..0f972cbb 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ http:
 spring:
   application:
     name: semantics-services
+  mvc:
+    pathmatch:
+      matching-strategy: ant-path-matcher
   banner:
     location: "classpath:banner.txt"
   servlet:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8fc5baab..1823e3e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 	<parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.14</version> <!-- need to be repeated in properties section for technical purposes -->
+        <version>2.7.3</version> <!-- need to be repeated in properties section for technical purposes -->
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository and not the filesystem -->
     </parent>
 
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@
 
 		<!-- version properties -->
 		<!-- framework and base stuff -->
-		<spring.boot.version>2.5.14</spring.boot.version>
-		<spring.cloud.version>2020.0.3</spring.cloud.version>
-		<spring.version>5.3.20</spring.version>
+		<spring.boot.version>2.7.3</spring.boot.version>
 		<spring.feign.version>3.1.3</spring.feign.version>
 		<springdoc.version>1.6.6</springdoc.version>
 		<springfox.version>2.9.2</springfox.version>
@@ -165,13 +163,6 @@
 				<version>${google.findbugs.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<!-- Framework -->
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring.cloud.version}</version>
-				<type>pom</type>
-				<scope>import</scope>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -213,22 +204,6 @@
 			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- spring -->
-			<dependency>
-			  <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-			  <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-openfeign</artifactId>
-			  <version>${spring.feign.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-cloud-openfeign-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring.feign.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring.version}</version>
-				<scope>test</scope>
-			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
@@ -240,12 +215,6 @@
 					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
-				<version>${spring.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-
 			<!-- Open API Stuff -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
@@ -280,31 +249,6 @@
 				<artifactId>jackson-databind-nullable</artifactId>
 				<version>0.1.0</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
-				<artifactId>feign-core</artifactId>
-				<version>${feign-version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
-				<artifactId>feign-jackson</artifactId>
-				<version>${feign-version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.github.openfeign</groupId>
-				<artifactId>feign-slf4j</artifactId>
-				<version>${feign-version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>io.github.openfeign.form</groupId>
-				<artifactId>feign-form</artifactId>
-				<version>${feign-form-version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-				<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-				<version>${httpcomponents.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
 
 			<!-- Formats -->
 			<dependency>