diff --git a/build-parent/pom.xml b/build-parent/pom.xml
index c8fe3dc0885ba..184c234d3edb3 100644
--- a/build-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/build-parent/pom.xml
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- store outside of target to speed up formatting when mvn clean is used -->
                         <cachedir>.cache/impsort-maven-plugin-${impsort-maven-plugin.version}</cachedir>
-                        <groups>java.,javax.,org.,com.</groups>
+                        <groups>java.,javax.,jakarta.,org.,com.</groups>
                         <staticGroups>*</staticGroups>
                         <skip>${format.skip}</skip>
                         <removeUnused>true</removeUnused>
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/pom.xml
index 90a2778d5014a..efaaed003a84f 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-orm/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-local-cache</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>*</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Technically the quarkus-caffeine-runtime belongs as a dependency to the Quarkus Caching layer,
           but since this is currently shaped as a non-quarkus external project I'd rather not have it depend on
diff --git a/jakarta/transform.sh b/jakarta/transform.sh
index fefb9444b2c20..6810db52bf56c 100755
--- a/jakarta/transform.sh
+++ b/jakarta/transform.sh
@@ -10,23 +10,74 @@
 quarkusPath="$(pwd)"
 echo "Path to quarkus repo is: $quarkusPath"
 
+BOM="$quarkusPath/bom/application/pom.xml"
+
 # Set up jbang alias, we are using latest released transformer version
 jbang alias add --name transform org.eclipse.transformer:org.eclipse.transformer.cli:0.2.0
 
-# Arc project transformation
-jbang transform "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc"
+# Function to help transform a particular Maven module using Eclipse Transformer
+transform_module () {
+  local modulePath="$quarkusPath/$1"
+  local transformationTemp="$quarkusPath/JAKARTA_TEMP"
+  rm -Rf $transformationTemp
+  mkdir $transformationTemp
+  echo "Transforming $modulePath"
+  jbang transform -o $modulePath $transformationTemp
+  rm -Rf "$modulePath"
+  mv "$transformationTemp" "$modulePath"
+  echo "Transformation done"
+}
+
+# Build, test and install a particular maven module (chosen by relative path)
+build_module () {
+  local pomPath="$quarkusPath/$1/pom.xml"
+  ./mvnw -B clean install -f "$pomPath"
+  echo "Installed newly built $pomPath"
+}
+
+# Sets the EDITING variable to the file being edited by set_property
+edit_begin () {
+  EDITING="$quarkusPath/$1"
+}
 
-# Replace old sources with newly generated ones
-rm -rf "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc"
-mv "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/output_arc" "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc"
+# Finds a particular property and replaces its value
+set_property () {
+  if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+      echo "Requires two parameters"
+  fi
+  local propName=$1
+  local propValue=$2
+  sed -i "s/<$propName>.*<\/$propName>/<$propName>$propValue<\/$propName>/g" "$EDITING"
+}
+
+# Arc project transformation
+transform_module "independent-projects/arc"
 
 # Now we need to update CDI, JTA, JPA and common annotations artifacts
-sed -i 's/<version.cdi>2.0.2<\/version.cdi>/<version.cdi>3.0.0<\/version.cdi>/g' "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml"
-sed -i 's/<version.jta>1.3.3<\/version.jta>/<version.jta>2.0.0<\/version.jta>/g' "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml"
-sed -i 's/<version.jakarta-annotation>1.3.5<\/version.jakarta-annotation>/<version.jakarta-annotation>2.0.0<\/version.jakarta-annotation>/g' "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml"
-sed -i 's/<version.jpa>2.2.3<\/version.jpa>/<version.jpa>3.0.0<\/version.jpa>/g' "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml"
+edit_begin "independent-projects/arc/pom.xml"
+set_property "version.cdi" "3.0.0"
+set_property "version.jta" "2.0.0"
+set_property "version.jakarta-annotation" "2.0.0"
+set_property "version.jpa" "3.0.0"
+
+# Test & install modified Arc
+build_module "independent-projects/arc"
+
+# Switch parent BOM to Jakarta artifacts
+edit_begin "bom/application/pom.xml"
+set_property "jakarta.inject-api.version" "2.0.0"
+set_property "jakarta.interceptor-api.version" "2.0.0"
+set_property "jakarta.transaction-api.version" "2.0.0"
+set_property "jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api.version" "3.0.0"
+set_property "jakarta.annotation-api.version" "2.0.0"
+set_property "jakarta.persistence-api.version" "3.0.0"
 
-# Execute build and tests to verify functionality
-./mvnw -B clean install -f "$quarkusPath/independent-projects/arc/pom.xml"
+# Install the modified BOM:
+build_module "bom/application"
 
+## Arc Extension [Incomplete: other modules need to go first]
 
+# transform_module "extensions/arc/runtime"
+# transform_module "extensions/arc/deployment"
+# build_module "extensions/arc/runtime"
+# build_module "extensions/arc/deployment"