diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c77f27eb81..4b42830477 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ lazy val cats: ProjectMatrix = (projectMatrix in file("integrations/cats"))
   .settings(
     name := "tapir-cats",
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-      "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "2.1.1",
+      "org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "2.2.0",
       scalaTest % Test,
       scalaCheck % Test,
       scalaTestPlusScalaCheck % Test,
       "org.typelevel" %% "discipline-scalatest" % "2.0.1" % Test,
-      "org.typelevel" %% "cats-laws" % "2.1.1" % Test
+      "org.typelevel" %% "cats-laws" % "2.2.0" % Test
     )
   )
   .jvmPlatform(scalaVersions = allScalaVersions)
diff --git a/client/sttp-client/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/client/sttp/SttpClientTests.scala b/client/sttp-client/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/client/sttp/SttpClientTests.scala
index a17ae3ef6a..a260660f57 100644
--- a/client/sttp-client/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/client/sttp/SttpClientTests.scala
+++ b/client/sttp-client/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/client/sttp/SttpClientTests.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package sttp.tapir.client.sttp
 
 import cats.effect.{ContextShift, IO}
-import cats.implicits._
 import sttp.tapir.{DecodeResult, Endpoint}
 import sttp.tapir.client.tests.ClientTests
 import sttp.client._
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/HelloWorldHttp4sServer.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/HelloWorldHttp4sServer.scala
index 634450550c..d2a6414867 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/HelloWorldHttp4sServer.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/HelloWorldHttp4sServer.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeServerBuilder
 import org.http4s.syntax.kleisli._
 import sttp.tapir._
 import sttp.tapir.server.http4s._
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/MultipleEndpointsDocumentationHttp4sServer.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/MultipleEndpointsDocumentationHttp4sServer.scala
index c5a44b10aa..7e84fcb05e 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/MultipleEndpointsDocumentationHttp4sServer.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/MultipleEndpointsDocumentationHttp4sServer.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.examples
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 
 import cats.effect._
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 import io.circe.generic.auto._
 import org.http4s.HttpRoutes
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/StreamingHttp4sFs2Server.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/StreamingHttp4sFs2Server.scala
index 4c4897b49a..4de4925843 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/StreamingHttp4sFs2Server.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/StreamingHttp4sFs2Server.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.examples
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 import cats.effect._
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import org.http4s.HttpRoutes
 import org.http4s.server.Router
 import org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeServerBuilder
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/ZioExampleHttp4sServer.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/ZioExampleHttp4sServer.scala
index 4bd8bb96d3..e9c1206fba 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/ZioExampleHttp4sServer.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/examples/ZioExampleHttp4sServer.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import zio.{Has, IO, Runtime, Task, UIO, ZIO, ZLayer, ZEnv}
 import sttp.tapir.ztapir._
 import sttp.tapir.server.http4s.ztapir._
 import sttp.tapir.swagger.http4s.SwaggerHttp4s
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import UserLayer.UserService
 import sttp.tapir.examples.ZioExampleHttp4sServer.Pet
 import zio.console.Console
diff --git a/server/akka-http-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/akkahttp/AkkaHttpServerTests.scala b/server/akka-http-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/akkahttp/AkkaHttpServerTests.scala
index bb1c06ddd9..13fabbd63e 100644
--- a/server/akka-http-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/akkahttp/AkkaHttpServerTests.scala
+++ b/server/akka-http-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/akkahttp/AkkaHttpServerTests.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package sttp.tapir.server.akkahttp
 
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.http.scaladsl.Http
 import akka.http.scaladsl.server.Route
diff --git a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/EndpointToHttp4sServer.scala b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/EndpointToHttp4sServer.scala
index 08fa8f1444..f5d8648ef9 100644
--- a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/EndpointToHttp4sServer.scala
+++ b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/EndpointToHttp4sServer.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.server.http4s
 import cats.~>
 import cats.data._
 import cats.effect.{ContextShift, Sync}
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import org.http4s.{EntityBody, HttpRoutes, Http, Request, Response}
 import org.log4s._
 import sttp.tapir.monad.MonadError
diff --git a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sRequestToRawBody.scala b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sRequestToRawBody.scala
index abd0b87bd9..935a008f55 100644
--- a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sRequestToRawBody.scala
+++ b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sRequestToRawBody.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.server.http4s
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
 
 import cats.effect.{Blocker, ContextShift, Sync}
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import fs2.Chunk
 import org.http4s.headers.{`Content-Disposition`, `Content-Type`}
 import org.http4s.{Charset, EntityDecoder, Request, multipart}
diff --git a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/OutputToHttp4sResponse.scala b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/OutputToHttp4sResponse.scala
index a6d9bc36d5..856a16fae7 100644
--- a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/OutputToHttp4sResponse.scala
+++ b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/OutputToHttp4sResponse.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.server.http4s
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 import cats.effect.{Blocker, ContextShift, Sync}
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import fs2.Chunk
 import org.http4s
 import org.http4s.headers.{`Content-Disposition`, `Content-Type`}
diff --git a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/TapirHttp4sServer.scala b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/TapirHttp4sServer.scala
index 16c3953fc1..039d85038d 100644
--- a/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/TapirHttp4sServer.scala
+++ b/server/http4s-server/src/main/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/TapirHttp4sServer.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.server.http4s
 import cats.{Monad, ~>}
 import cats.data.OptionT
 import cats.effect.{ContextShift, Sync}
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import org.http4s.{EntityBody, HttpRoutes, Http}
 import sttp.tapir.Endpoint
 import sttp.tapir.Endpoint
diff --git a/server/http4s-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sServerTests.scala b/server/http4s-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sServerTests.scala
index 5041f893da..0db943250d 100644
--- a/server/http4s-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sServerTests.scala
+++ b/server/http4s-server/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/http4s/Http4sServerTests.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.server.http4s
 
 import cats.data.{Kleisli, NonEmptyList}
 import cats.effect._
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import org.http4s.server.Router
 import org.http4s.server.blaze.BlazeServerBuilder
 import org.http4s.syntax.kleisli._
diff --git a/server/vertx/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/vertx/VertxServerTests.scala b/server/vertx/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/vertx/VertxServerTests.scala
index 2ec607e3a5..cafbb21df0 100644
--- a/server/vertx/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/vertx/VertxServerTests.scala
+++ b/server/vertx/src/test/scala/sttp/tapir/server/vertx/VertxServerTests.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package sttp.tapir.server.vertx
 
 import cats.data.NonEmptyList
 import cats.effect.{IO, Resource}
-import cats.implicits._
+import cats.syntax.all._
 import io.vertx.lang.scala.VertxExecutionContext
 import io.vertx.scala.core.Vertx
 import io.vertx.scala.core.http.HttpServerOptions