diff --git a/packages/common-library/src/common_library/serialization.py b/packages/common-library/src/common_library/serialization.py
index 787e88123eb..964dfc01ef8 100644
--- a/packages/common-library/src/common_library/serialization.py
+++ b/packages/common-library/src/common_library/serialization.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Any
 
-from common_library.pydantic_fields_extension import get_type
 from pydantic import BaseModel, SecretStr
 from pydantic_core import Url
 
+from .pydantic_fields_extension import get_type
+
 
 def model_dump_with_secrets(
-    settings_obj: BaseModel, show_secrets: bool, **pydantic_export_options
+    settings_obj: BaseModel, *, show_secrets: bool, **pydantic_export_options
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     data = settings_obj.model_dump(**pydantic_export_options)
 
@@ -25,16 +26,16 @@ def model_dump_with_secrets(
                 data[field_name] = field_data.get_secret_value()
             else:
                 data[field_name] = str(field_data)
-                
+
         elif isinstance(field_data, Url):
             data[field_name] = str(field_data)
-                
+
         elif isinstance(field_data, dict):
             field_type = get_type(settings_obj.model_fields[field_name])
             if issubclass(field_type, BaseModel):
                 data[field_name] = model_dump_with_secrets(
                     field_type.model_validate(field_data),
-                    show_secrets,
+                    show_secrets=show_secrets,
                     **pydantic_export_options,
                 )
 
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_cli.py b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_cli.py
index 073a8ae2d5e..0311ed28d7b 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_cli.py
+++ b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/utils_cli.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 import rich
 import typer
 from common_library.serialization import model_dump_with_secrets
+from models_library.utils.json_serialization import json_dumps
 from pydantic import ValidationError
+from pydantic_core import to_jsonable_python
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
 from ._constants import HEADER_STR
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ def print_as_json(
 def create_settings_command(
     settings_cls: type[BaseCustomSettings],
     logger: logging.Logger | None = None,
-    json_serializer=json.dumps,
+    json_serializer=json_dumps,
 ) -> Callable:
     """Creates typer command function for settings"""
 
@@ -112,14 +114,24 @@ def settings(
         """Resolves settings and prints envfile"""
 
         if as_json_schema:
-            typer.echo(settings_cls.schema_json(indent=0 if compact else 2))
+            typer.echo(
+                json.dumps(
+                    settings_cls.model_json_schema(),
+                    default=to_jsonable_python,
+                    indent=0 if compact else 2,
+                )
+            )
             return
 
         try:
             settings_obj = settings_cls.create_from_envs()
 
         except ValidationError as err:
-            settings_schema = settings_cls.schema_json(indent=2)
+            settings_schema = json.dumps(
+                settings_cls.model_json_schema(),
+                default=to_jsonable_python,
+                indent=2,
+            )
 
             assert logger is not None  # nosec
             logger.error(  # noqa: TRY400
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.in b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.in
index 3bb1150d8e1..2352652e4a0 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.in
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.in
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ dask[distributed, diagnostics]
 dask-gateway # needed for the osparc-dask-gateway to preload the module
 fsspec[http, s3] # sub types needed as we acces http and s3 here
 lz4 # for compression
-pydantic[email,dotenv]
+pydantic
 prometheus_client
 repro-zipfile
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
index 6d776591b15..9c36e1d2e6e 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -16,13 +16,22 @@ aiofiles==23.2.1
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp==3.9.5
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   aiobotocore
@@ -36,6 +45,8 @@ aiormq==6.8.0
     # via aio-pika
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via aiohttp
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via pydantic
 anyio==4.3.0
     # via
     #   fast-depends
@@ -59,13 +70,22 @@ botocore==1.34.106
     # via aiobotocore
 certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   requests
@@ -137,13 +157,22 @@ importlib-metadata==7.1.0
     #   opentelemetry-api
 jinja2==3.1.4
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   bokeh
@@ -222,13 +251,22 @@ opentelemetry-util-http==0.47b0
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 orjson==3.10.3
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -257,27 +295,62 @@ psutil==6.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   distributed
-pydantic==1.10.15
+pydantic==2.9.2
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fast-depends
+    #   pydantic-extra-types
+    #   pydantic-settings
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via pydantic
+pydantic-extra-types==2.9.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+pydantic-settings==2.6.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
 pygments==2.18.0
     # via rich
 pyinstrument==4.6.2
@@ -288,18 +361,27 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     #   botocore
     #   pandas
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
-    # via pydantic
+    # via pydantic-settings
 pytz==2024.1
     # via pandas
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -309,13 +391,22 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     #   distributed
 redis==5.0.4
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -384,18 +475,28 @@ typing-extensions==4.11.0
     #   faststream
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
     #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
     #   typer
 tzdata==2024.1
     # via pandas
 urllib3==2.2.1
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   botocore
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt
index 7f13a97ad89..92130c87b77 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   pydantic
 antlr4-python3-runtime==4.13.2
     # via moto
 attrs==23.2.0
@@ -141,11 +145,15 @@ py-partiql-parser==0.5.6
     # via moto
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
-pydantic==1.10.15
+pydantic==2.9.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aws-sam-translator
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   pydantic
 pyftpdlib==2.0.0
     # via pytest-localftpserver
 pyopenssl==24.2.1
@@ -244,6 +252,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.11.0
     #   aws-sam-translator
     #   cfn-lint
     #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
 urllib3==2.2.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py
index 63e9bc97a1b..b6ae0b25611 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ async def _write_input_data(
             if isinstance(input_params, FileUrl):
                 file_name = (
                     input_params.file_mapping
-                    or Path(URL(input_params.url).path.strip("/")).name
+                    or Path(URL(f"{input_params.url}").path.strip("/")).name
                 )
 
                 destination_path = task_volumes.inputs_folder / file_name
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async def _retrieve_output_data(
             )
             _logger.debug(
                 "following outputs will be searched for:\n%s",
-                self.task_parameters.output_data_keys.json(indent=1),
+                self.task_parameters.output_data_keys.model_dump_json(indent=1),
             )
 
             output_data = TaskOutputData.from_task_output(
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ async def _retrieve_output_data(
                 if isinstance(output_params, FileUrl):
                     assert (  # nosec
                         output_params.file_mapping
-                    ), f"{output_params.json(indent=1)} expected resolved in TaskOutputData.from_task_output"
+                    ), f"{output_params.model_dump_json(indent=1)} expected resolved in TaskOutputData.from_task_output"
 
                     src_path = task_volumes.outputs_folder / output_params.file_mapping
                     upload_tasks.append(
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ async def _retrieve_output_data(
             await asyncio.gather(*upload_tasks)
 
             await self._publish_sidecar_log("All the output data were uploaded.")
-            _logger.info("retrieved outputs data:\n%s", output_data.json(indent=1))
+            _logger.info(
+                "retrieved outputs data:\n%s", output_data.model_dump_json(indent=1)
+            )
             return output_data
 
         except (ValueError, ValidationError) as exc:
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/docker_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/docker_utils.py
index 0a2d9e3e9d3..289f5df9169 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/docker_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/docker_utils.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from models_library.services_resources import BootMode
 from models_library.utils.labels_annotations import OSPARC_LABEL_PREFIXES, from_labels
 from packaging import version
-from pydantic import ByteSize, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import ByteSize, TypeAdapter
 from servicelib.logging_utils import (
     LogLevelInt,
     LogMessageStr,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ async def create_container_config(
             NanoCPUs=nano_cpus_limit,
         ),
     )
-    logger.debug("Container configuration: \n%s", pformat(config.dict()))
+    logger.debug("Container configuration: \n%s", pformat(config.model_dump()))
     return config
 
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ async def managed_container(
             logger, logging.DEBUG, msg=f"managing container {name} for {config.image}"
         ):
             container = await docker_client.containers.create(
-                config.dict(by_alias=True), name=name
+                config.model_dump(by_alias=True), name=name
             )
             yield container
     except asyncio.CancelledError:
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ async def get_image_labels(
         data = from_labels(
             image_labels, prefix_key=OSPARC_LABEL_PREFIXES[0], trim_key_head=False
         )
-        return parse_obj_as(ImageLabels, data)
+        return TypeAdapter(ImageLabels).validate_python(data)
     return ImageLabels()
 
 
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py
index eabe5f00d03..8e5d1e8794f 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from pydantic.errors import PydanticErrorMixin
+from common_library.errors_classes import OsparcErrorMixin
 
 
-class ComputationalSidecarRuntimeError(PydanticErrorMixin, RuntimeError):
+class ComputationalSidecarRuntimeError(OsparcErrorMixin, RuntimeError):
     ...
 
 
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py
index 691192716e9..ee270aeb888 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 from models_library.basic_regex import SIMPLE_VERSION_RE
 from models_library.services import ServiceMetaDataPublished
 from packaging import version
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ByteSize, Extra, Field, validator
+from pydantic import (
+    BaseModel,
+    ByteSize,
+    ConfigDict,
+    Field,
+    field_validator,
+    model_validator,
+)
 
 LEGACY_INTEGRATION_VERSION = version.Version("0")
 PROGRESS_REGEXP: re.Pattern[str] = re.compile(
@@ -41,21 +48,15 @@ class ContainerHostConfig(BaseModel):
         ..., alias="NanoCPUs", description="CPU quota in units of 10-9 CPUs"
     )
 
-    @validator("memory_swap", pre=True, always=True)
-    @classmethod
-    def ensure_no_memory_swap_means_no_swap(cls, v, values):
-        if v is None:
-            # if not set it will be the same value as memory to ensure swap is disabled
-            return values["memory"]
-        return v
+    @model_validator(mode="after")
+    def ensure_memory_swap_is_not_unlimited(self) -> "ContainerHostConfig":
+        if self.memory_swap is None:
+            self.memory_swap = self.memory
 
-    @validator("memory_swap")
-    @classmethod
-    def ensure_memory_swap_cannot_be_unlimited_nor_smaller_than_memory(cls, v, values):
-        if v < values["memory"]:
+        if self.memory_swap < self.memory:
             msg = "Memory swap cannot be set to a smaller value than memory"
             raise ValueError(msg)
-        return v
+        return self
 
 
 class DockerContainerConfig(BaseModel):
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class ImageLabels(BaseModel):
         default=str(LEGACY_INTEGRATION_VERSION),
         alias="integration-version",
         description="integration version number",
-        regex=SIMPLE_VERSION_RE,
+        pattern=SIMPLE_VERSION_RE,
         examples=["1.0.0"],
     )
     progress_regexp: str = Field(
@@ -79,18 +80,16 @@ class ImageLabels(BaseModel):
         alias="progress_regexp",
         description="regexp pattern for detecting computational service's progress",
     )
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="ignore")
 
-    class Config:
-        extra = Extra.ignore
-
-    @validator("integration_version", pre=True)
+    @field_validator("integration_version", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def default_integration_version(cls, v):
         if v is None:
             return ImageLabels().integration_version
         return v
 
-    @validator("progress_regexp", pre=True)
+    @field_validator("progress_regexp", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def default_progress_regexp(cls, v):
         if v is None:
@@ -104,6 +103,6 @@ def get_progress_regexp(self) -> re.Pattern[str]:
         return re.compile(self.progress_regexp)
 
 
-assert set(ImageLabels.__fields__).issubset(
-    ServiceMetaDataPublished.__fields__
+assert set(ImageLabels.model_fields).issubset(
+    ServiceMetaDataPublished.model_fields
 ), "ImageLabels must be compatible with ServiceDockerData"
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/dask_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/dask_utils.py
index e042c5c022a..d04682dac07 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/dask_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/dask_utils.py
@@ -153,4 +153,4 @@ async def periodicaly_check_if_aborted(task_name: str) -> None:
 def publish_event(dask_pub: distributed.Pub, event: BaseTaskEvent) -> None:
     """never reraises, only CancellationError"""
     with log_catch(_logger, reraise=False):
-        dask_pub.put(event.json())
+        dask_pub.put(event.model_dump_json())
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py
index b14b5db657f..e5b78bd286a 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import aiofiles.tempfile
 import fsspec  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 import repro_zipfile  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
-from pydantic import ByteSize, FileUrl, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import ByteSize, FileUrl, TypeAdapter
 from pydantic.networks import AnyUrl
 from servicelib.logging_utils import LogLevelInt, LogMessageStr
 from settings_library.s3 import S3Settings
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ async def _copy_file(
 ):
     src_storage_kwargs = src_storage_cfg or {}
     dst_storage_kwargs = dst_storage_cfg or {}
-    with fsspec.open(src_url, mode="rb", **src_storage_kwargs) as src_fp, fsspec.open(
-        dst_url, "wb", **dst_storage_kwargs
-    ) as dst_fp:
+    with fsspec.open(
+        f"{src_url}", mode="rb", **src_storage_kwargs
+    ) as src_fp, fsspec.open(f"{dst_url}", "wb", **dst_storage_kwargs) as dst_fp:
         assert isinstance(src_fp, IOBase)  # nosec
         assert isinstance(dst_fp, IOBase)  # nosec
         file_size = getattr(src_fp, "size", None)
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ async def pull_file_from_remote(
         storage_kwargs = _s3fs_settings_from_s3_settings(s3_settings)
     await _copy_file(
         src_url,
-        parse_obj_as(FileUrl, dst_path.as_uri()),
+        TypeAdapter(FileUrl).validate_python(dst_path.as_uri()),
         src_storage_cfg=cast(dict[str, Any], storage_kwargs),
         log_publishing_cb=log_publishing_cb,
         text_prefix=f"Downloading '{src_url.path.strip('/')}':",
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ async def _push_file_to_remote(
         storage_kwargs = _s3fs_settings_from_s3_settings(s3_settings)
 
     await _copy_file(
-        parse_obj_as(FileUrl, file_to_upload.as_uri()),
+        TypeAdapter(FileUrl).validate_python(file_to_upload.as_uri()),
         dst_url,
         dst_storage_cfg=cast(dict[str, Any], storage_kwargs),
         log_publishing_cb=log_publishing_cb,
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ async def push_file_to_remote(
         src_mime_type, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(src_path)
 
         if dst_mime_type == _ZIP_MIME_TYPE and src_mime_type != _ZIP_MIME_TYPE:
-            archive_file_path = Path(tmp_dir) / Path(URL(dst_url).path).name
+            archive_file_path = Path(tmp_dir) / Path(URL(f"{dst_url}").path).name
             await log_publishing_cb(
                 f"Compressing '{src_path.name}' to '{archive_file_path.name}'...",
                 logging.INFO,
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py
index 80661c7ecb2..7073f2a4caa 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from models_library.basic_types import LogLevel
-from pydantic import Field, validator
+from pydantic import AliasChoices, Field, field_validator
 from settings_library.base import BaseCustomSettings
 from settings_library.utils_logging import MixinLoggingSettings
 
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ class Settings(BaseCustomSettings, MixinLoggingSettings):
     SC_BOOT_MODE: str | None = None
     LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel = Field(
         LogLevel.INFO.value,
-        env=["DASK_SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "LOG_LEVEL", "LOGLEVEL"],
+        validation_alias=AliasChoices(
+            "DASK_SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "LOG_LEVEL", "LOGLEVEL"
+        ),
     )
 
     # sidecar config ---
@@ -37,7 +39,10 @@ class Settings(BaseCustomSettings, MixinLoggingSettings):
 
     DASK_LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED: bool = Field(
         default=False,
-        env=["DASK_LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED", "LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED"],
+        validation_alias=AliasChoices(
+            "DASK_LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED",
+            "LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED",
+        ),
         description="Enables local development log format. WARNING: make sure it is disabled if you want to have structured logs!",
     )
 
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ def as_worker(self) -> bool:
             assert self.DASK_SCHEDULER_HOST is not None  # nosec
         return as_worker
 
-    @validator("LOG_LEVEL", pre=True)
+    @field_validator("LOG_LEVEL", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def _validate_loglevel(cls, value: Any) -> str:
         return cls.validate_log_level(f"{value}")
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/tasks.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/tasks.py
index 79dfd08cbdb..e818a3301b6 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/tasks.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/tasks.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ async def dask_setup(worker: distributed.Worker) -> None:
     )
 
     logger.info("Setting up worker...")
-    logger.info("Settings: %s", pformat(settings.dict()))
+    logger.info("Settings: %s", pformat(settings.model_dump()))
 
     print_dask_sidecar_banner()
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ async def _run_computational_sidecar_async(
 
     _logger.info(
         "run_computational_sidecar %s",
-        f"{task_parameters.dict()=}, {docker_auth=}, {log_file_url=}, {s3_settings=}",
+        f"{task_parameters.model_dump()=}, {docker_auth=}, {log_file_url=}, {s3_settings=}",
     )
     current_task = asyncio.current_task()
     assert current_task  # nosec
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py
index 936d54a3377..61481d32c0a 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/utils.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import aiodocker
 from aiodocker.containers import DockerContainer
-from pydantic import ByteSize, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import ByteSize, TypeAdapter
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def async_num_available_gpus() -> int:
                     if container_data.setdefault("StatusCode", 127) == 0
                     else 0
                 )
-            except asyncio.TimeoutError as err:
+            except TimeoutError as err:
                 logger.warning(
                     "num_gpus timedout while check-run %s: %s", spec_config, err
                 )
@@ -100,14 +100,14 @@ async def async_video_memory() -> int:
                     Coroutine,
                     container.log(stdout=True, stderr=True, follow=False),
                 )
-                video_ram = parse_obj_as(ByteSize, 0)
+                video_ram = TypeAdapter(ByteSize).validate_python(0)
                 if container_data.setdefault("StatusCode", 127) == 0:
                     for line in container_logs:
-                        video_ram = parse_obj_as(
-                            ByteSize, video_ram + parse_obj_as(ByteSize, line)
+                        video_ram = TypeAdapter(ByteSize).validate_python(
+                            video_ram + TypeAdapter(ByteSize).validate_python(line)
                         )
 
-            except asyncio.TimeoutError as err:
+            except TimeoutError as err:
                 logger.warning(
                     "num_gpus timedout while check-run %s: %s", spec_config, err
                 )
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/conftest.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/conftest.py
index edc92c87969..4d4801752d9 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/conftest.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/conftest.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable, Iterator
 from pathlib import Path
 from pprint import pformat
+from typing import cast
 
 import dask
 import dask.config
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 from models_library.projects import ProjectID
 from models_library.projects_nodes_io import NodeID
 from models_library.users import UserID
-from pydantic import AnyUrl, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import AnyUrl, TypeAdapter
 from pytest_localftpserver.servers import ProcessFTPServer
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.monkeypatch_envs import setenvs_from_dict
@@ -169,8 +170,7 @@ def s3_settings(mocked_s3_server_envs: None) -> S3Settings:
 @pytest.fixture
 def s3_endpoint_url(s3_settings: S3Settings) -> AnyUrl:
     assert s3_settings.S3_ENDPOINT
-    return parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl,
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
         f"{s3_settings.S3_ENDPOINT}",
     )
 
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ async def bucket(
     response = await aiobotocore_s3_client.list_buckets()
     assert response["Buckets"]
     assert len(response["Buckets"]) == 1
-    bucket_name = response["Buckets"][0]["Name"]
-    return bucket_name
-    # await _clean_bucket_content(aiobotocore_s3_client, bucket_name)
+    return response["Buckets"][0]["Name"]
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -214,7 +212,7 @@ def creator(file_path: Path | None = None) -> AnyUrl:
         file_path_with_bucket = Path(s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME) / (
             file_path or faker.file_name()
         )
-        return parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"s3://{file_path_with_bucket}")
+        return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(f"s3://{file_path_with_bucket}")
 
     return creator
 
@@ -230,7 +228,7 @@ def file_on_s3_server(
 
     def creator() -> AnyUrl:
         new_remote_file = s3_remote_file_url()
-        open_file = fsspec.open(new_remote_file, mode="wt", **s3_storage_kwargs)
+        open_file = fsspec.open(f"{new_remote_file}", mode="wt", **s3_storage_kwargs)
         with open_file as fp:
             fp.write(  # type: ignore
                 f"This is the file contents of file #'{(len(list_of_created_files)+1):03}'\n"
@@ -245,7 +243,7 @@ def creator() -> AnyUrl:
     # cleanup
     fs = fsspec.filesystem("s3", **s3_storage_kwargs)
     for file in list_of_created_files:
-        fs.delete(file.partition(f"{file.scheme}://")[2])
+        fs.delete(f"{file}".partition(f"{file.scheme}://")[2])
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -255,12 +253,12 @@ def job_id() -> str:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def project_id(faker: Faker) -> ProjectID:
-    return faker.uuid4(cast_to=None)
+    return cast(ProjectID, faker.uuid4(cast_to=None))
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def node_id(faker: Faker) -> NodeID:
-    return faker.uuid4(cast_to=None)
+    return cast(NodeID, faker.uuid4(cast_to=None))
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(params=["no_parent_node", "with_parent_node"])
@@ -276,9 +274,13 @@ def task_owner(
         project_id=project_id,
         node_id=node_id,
         parent_project_id=(
-            None if request.param == "no_parent_node" else faker.uuid4(cast_to=None)
+            None
+            if request.param == "no_parent_node"
+            else cast(ProjectID, faker.uuid4(cast_to=None))
         ),
         parent_node_id=(
-            None if request.param == "no_parent_node" else faker.uuid4(cast_to=None)
+            None
+            if request.param == "no_parent_node"
+            else cast(NodeID, faker.uuid4(cast_to=None))
         ),
     )
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py
index 4af796ec69b..101b0e4bcdc 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ def test_list_settings(cli_runner: CliRunner, app_environment: EnvVarsDict):
     assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, result.output
 
     print(result.output)
-    settings = Settings.parse_raw(result.output)
+    settings = Settings.model_validate_json(result.output)
     assert settings == Settings.create_from_envs()
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_dask_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_dask_utils.py
index a12ee06e211..214a9550200 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_dask_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_dask_utils.py
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ def test_publish_event(
     # hence the long time out
     message = dask_sub.get(timeout=DASK_TESTING_TIMEOUT_S)
     assert message is not None
-    received_task_log_event = TaskLogEvent.parse_raw(message)  # type: ignore
+    assert isinstance(message, str)
+    received_task_log_event = TaskLogEvent.model_validate_json(message)
     assert received_task_log_event == event_to_publish
 
 
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ async def test_publish_event_async(
     assert isinstance(message, Coroutine)
     message = await message
     assert message is not None
-    received_task_log_event = TaskLogEvent.parse_raw(message)  # type: ignore
+    received_task_log_event = TaskLogEvent.model_validate_json(message)
     assert received_task_log_event == event_to_publish
 
 
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_docker_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_docker_utils.py
index 41e801b70bb..4bc154edd95 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_docker_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_docker_utils.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async def test_create_container_config(
         envs=task_envs,
         labels=task_labels,
     )
-    assert container_config.dict(by_alias=True) == (
+    assert container_config.model_dump(by_alias=True) == (
         {
             "Env": [
                 "INPUT_FOLDER=/inputs",
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ async def test_managed_container_always_removes_container(
                         call()
                         .__aenter__()
                         .containers.create(
-                            container_config.dict(by_alias=True), name=None
+                            container_config.model_dump(by_alias=True), name=None
                         ),
                     ]
                 )
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py
index 5c51f5f5b00..b31980b46a5 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import fsspec
 import pytest
 from faker import Faker
-from pydantic import AnyUrl, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import AnyUrl, TypeAdapter
 from pytest_localftpserver.servers import ProcessFTPServer
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 from settings_library.s3 import S3Settings
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture()
 async def mocked_log_publishing_cb(
-    event_loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,
     mocker: MockerFixture,
 ) -> AsyncIterable[mock.AsyncMock]:
     async with mocker.AsyncMock() as mocked_callback:
@@ -46,8 +45,8 @@ def s3_presigned_link_storage_kwargs(s3_settings: S3Settings) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def ftp_remote_file_url(ftpserver: ProcessFTPServer, faker: Faker) -> AnyUrl:
-    return parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl, f"{ftpserver.get_login_data(style='url')}/{faker.file_name()}"
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"{ftpserver.get_login_data(style='url')}/{faker.file_name()}"
     )
 
 
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ async def s3_presigned_link_remote_file_url(
     aiobotocore_s3_client,
     faker: Faker,
 ) -> AnyUrl:
-    return parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl,
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
         await aiobotocore_s3_client.generate_presigned_url(
             "put_object",
             Params={"Bucket": s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME, "Key": faker.file_name()},
@@ -69,7 +67,9 @@ async def s3_presigned_link_remote_file_url(
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def s3_remote_file_url(s3_settings: S3Settings, faker: Faker) -> AnyUrl:
-    return parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"s3://{s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME}{faker.file_path()}")
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"s3://{s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME}{faker.file_path()}"
+    )
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ async def test_push_file_to_remote(
     with cast(
         fsspec.core.OpenFile,
         fsspec.open(
-            remote_parameters.remote_file_url,
+            f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}",
             mode="rt",
             **storage_kwargs,
         ),
@@ -153,15 +153,14 @@ async def test_push_file_to_remote_s3_http_presigned_link(
     )
 
     # check the remote is actually having the file in, but we need s3 access now
-    s3_remote_file_url = parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl,
+    s3_remote_file_url = TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
         f"s3:/{s3_presigned_link_remote_file_url.path}",
     )
 
     storage_kwargs = _s3fs_settings_from_s3_settings(s3_settings)
     with cast(
         fsspec.core.OpenFile,
-        fsspec.open(s3_remote_file_url, mode="rt", **storage_kwargs),
+        fsspec.open(f"{s3_remote_file_url}", mode="rt", **storage_kwargs),
     ) as fp:
         assert fp.read() == TEXT_IN_FILE
     mocked_log_publishing_cb.assert_called()
@@ -173,7 +172,9 @@ async def test_push_file_to_remote_compresses_if_zip_destination(
     faker: Faker,
     mocked_log_publishing_cb: mock.AsyncMock,
 ):
-    destination_url = parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}.zip")
+    destination_url = TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}.zip"
+    )
     src_path = tmp_path / faker.file_name()
     TEXT_IN_FILE = faker.text()
     src_path.write_text(TEXT_IN_FILE)
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ async def test_pull_file_from_remote(
     with cast(
         fsspec.core.OpenFile,
         fsspec.open(
-            remote_parameters.remote_file_url,
+            f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}",
             mode="wt",
             **storage_kwargs,
         ),
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ async def test_pull_file_from_remote_s3_presigned_link(
     with cast(
         fsspec.core.OpenFile,
         fsspec.open(
-            s3_remote_file_url,
+            f"{s3_remote_file_url}",
             mode="wt",
             **storage_kwargs,
         ),
@@ -259,8 +260,7 @@ async def test_pull_file_from_remote_s3_presigned_link(
 
     # create a corresponding presigned get link
     assert s3_remote_file_url.path
-    remote_file_url = parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl,
+    remote_file_url = TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
         await aiobotocore_s3_client.generate_presigned_url(
             "get_object",
             Params={
@@ -303,7 +303,9 @@ async def test_pull_compressed_zip_file_from_remote(
             zfp.write(local_test_file, local_test_file.name)
             file_names_within_zip_file.add(local_test_file.name)
 
-    destination_url = parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}.zip")
+    destination_url = TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}.zip"
+    )
     storage_kwargs = {}
     if remote_parameters.s3_settings:
         storage_kwargs = _s3fs_settings_from_s3_settings(remote_parameters.s3_settings)
@@ -311,7 +313,7 @@ async def test_pull_compressed_zip_file_from_remote(
     with cast(
         fsspec.core.OpenFile,
         fsspec.open(
-            destination_url,
+            f"{destination_url}",
             mode="wb",
             **storage_kwargs,
         ),
@@ -395,8 +397,12 @@ async def test_push_file_to_remote_creates_reproducible_zip_archive(
     faker: Faker,
     mocked_log_publishing_cb: mock.AsyncMock,
 ):
-    destination_url1 = parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}1.zip")
-    destination_url2 = parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}2.zip")
+    destination_url1 = TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}1.zip"
+    )
+    destination_url2 = TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"{remote_parameters.remote_file_url}2.zip"
+    )
     src_path = tmp_path / faker.file_name()
     TEXT_IN_FILE = faker.text()
     src_path.write_text(TEXT_IN_FILE)
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_models.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_models.py
index 65ec5304631..f9e80f67fa4 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_models.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_models.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def test_container_host_config_sets_swap_same_as_memory_if_not_set(faker: Faker)
     instance = ContainerHostConfig(
         Binds=[faker.pystr() for _ in range(5)],
         Memory=ByteSize(faker.pyint()),
-        NanoCPUs=faker.pyfloat(min_value=0.1),
+        NanoCPUs=faker.pyint(min_value=1),
     )
     assert instance.memory == instance.memory_swap
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_container_host_config_raises_if_set_negative(
         ContainerHostConfig(
             Binds=[faker.pystr() for _ in range(5)],
             Memory=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=234)),
-            NanoCPUs=faker.pyfloat(min_value=0.1),
+            NanoCPUs=faker.pyint(min_value=1),
             MemorySwap=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=-84654, max_value=-1)),
         )
 
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ def test_container_host_config_raises_if_set_smaller_than_memory(
         ContainerHostConfig(
             Binds=[faker.pystr() for _ in range(5)],
             Memory=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=234)),
-            NanoCPUs=faker.pyfloat(min_value=0.1),
+            NanoCPUs=faker.pyint(min_value=1),
             MemorySwap=ByteSize(0),
         )
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
         ContainerHostConfig(
             Binds=[faker.pystr() for _ in range(5)],
             Memory=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=234)),
-            NanoCPUs=faker.pyfloat(min_value=0.1),
+            NanoCPUs=faker.pyint(min_value=1),
             MemorySwap=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=1, max_value=233)),
         )
 
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def test_container_host_config_sets_swap_if_set_bigger_than_memory(
     instance = ContainerHostConfig(
         Binds=[faker.pystr() for _ in range(5)],
         Memory=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=234, max_value=434234)),
-        NanoCPUs=faker.pyfloat(min_value=0.1),
+        NanoCPUs=faker.pyint(min_value=1),
         MemorySwap=ByteSize(faker.pyint(min_value=434235, max_value=12343424234)),
     )
     assert instance.memory_swap
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_tasks.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
index 4aff3a1fd3d..5beebe2e37f 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 from models_library.services import ServiceMetaDataPublished
 from models_library.services_resources import BootMode
 from packaging import version
-from pydantic import AnyUrl, SecretStr, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import AnyUrl, SecretStr, TypeAdapter
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.typing_env import EnvVarsDict
 from settings_library.s3 import S3Settings
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ def integration_version(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> version.Version:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def additional_envs(faker: Faker) -> dict[EnvVarKey, str]:
-    return parse_obj_as(dict[EnvVarKey, str], faker.pydict(allowed_types=(str,)))
+    return TypeAdapter(dict[EnvVarKey, str]).validate_python(
+        faker.pydict(allowed_types=(str,))
+    )
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ def sleeper_task(
     list_of_files = [file_on_s3_server() for _ in range(NUM_FILES)]
 
     # defines the inputs of the task
-    input_data = TaskInputData.parse_obj(
+    input_data = TaskInputData.model_validate(
         {
             "input_1": 23,
             "input_23": "a string input",
@@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ def sleeper_task(
         "pytest_bool": False,
     }
     output_file_url = s3_remote_file_url(file_path="output_file")
-    expected_output_keys = TaskOutputDataSchema.parse_obj(
+    expected_output_keys = TaskOutputDataSchema.model_validate(
         {
             **(
                 {k: {"required": True} for k in jsonable_outputs}
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ def sleeper_task(
             ),
         }
     )
-    expected_output_data = TaskOutputData.parse_obj(
+    expected_output_data = TaskOutputData.model_validate(
         {
             **(
                 jsonable_outputs
@@ -395,10 +397,10 @@ def _creator(command: list[str] | None = None) -> ServiceExampleParam:
             service_version="latest",
             command=command
             or ["/bin/bash", "-c", "echo 'hello I'm an empty ubuntu task!"],
-            input_data=TaskInputData.parse_obj({}),
-            output_data_keys=TaskOutputDataSchema.parse_obj({}),
+            input_data=TaskInputData.model_validate({}),
+            output_data_keys=TaskOutputDataSchema.model_validate({}),
             log_file_url=s3_remote_file_url(file_path="log.dat"),
-            expected_output_data=TaskOutputData.parse_obj({}),
+            expected_output_data=TaskOutputData.model_validate({}),
             expected_logs=[],
             integration_version=integration_version,
             task_envs={},
@@ -433,12 +435,16 @@ def caplog_info_level(
         yield caplog
 
 
+# from pydantic.json_schema import JsonDict
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def mocked_get_image_labels(
     integration_version: version.Version, mocker: MockerFixture
 ) -> mock.Mock:
-    labels: ImageLabels = parse_obj_as(
-        ImageLabels, ServiceMetaDataPublished.Config.schema_extra["examples"][0]
+    assert "json_schema_extra" in ServiceMetaDataPublished.model_config
+    labels: ImageLabels = TypeAdapter(ImageLabels).validate_python(
+        ServiceMetaDataPublished.model_config["json_schema_extra"]["examples"][0],
     )
     labels.integration_version = f"{integration_version}"
     return mocker.patch(
@@ -580,7 +586,8 @@ async def test_run_computational_sidecar_dask(
 
     # check that the task produces expected logs
     worker_progresses = [
-        TaskProgressEvent.parse_raw(msg).progress for msg in progress_sub.buffer
+        TaskProgressEvent.model_validate_json(msg).progress
+        for msg in progress_sub.buffer
     ]
     # check ordering
     assert worker_progresses == sorted(
@@ -588,7 +595,7 @@ async def test_run_computational_sidecar_dask(
     ), "ordering of progress values incorrectly sorted!"
     assert worker_progresses[0] == 0, "missing/incorrect initial progress value"
     assert worker_progresses[-1] == 1, "missing/incorrect final progress value"
-    worker_logs = [TaskLogEvent.parse_raw(msg).log for msg in log_sub.buffer]
+    worker_logs = [TaskLogEvent.model_validate_json(msg).log for msg in log_sub.buffer]
     print(f"<-- we got {len(worker_logs)} lines of logs")
 
     for log in sleeper_task.expected_logs:
@@ -649,7 +656,8 @@ async def test_run_computational_sidecar_dask_does_not_lose_messages_with_pubsub
 
     # check that the task produces expected logs
     worker_progresses = [
-        TaskProgressEvent.parse_raw(msg).progress for msg in progress_sub.buffer
+        TaskProgressEvent.model_validate_json(msg).progress
+        for msg in progress_sub.buffer
     ]
     # check length
     assert len(worker_progresses) == len(
@@ -659,7 +667,7 @@ async def test_run_computational_sidecar_dask_does_not_lose_messages_with_pubsub
     assert worker_progresses[0] == 0, "missing/incorrect initial progress value"
     assert worker_progresses[-1] == 1, "missing/incorrect final progress value"
 
-    worker_logs = [TaskLogEvent.parse_raw(msg).log for msg in log_sub.buffer]
+    worker_logs = [TaskLogEvent.model_validate_json(msg).log for msg in log_sub.buffer]
     # check all the awaited logs are in there
     filtered_worker_logs = filter(lambda log: "This is iteration" in log, worker_logs)
     assert len(list(filtered_worker_logs)) == NUMBER_OF_LOGS
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 5ee6f9156e5..f3d162952ff 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 from simcore_service_dask_sidecar.utils import num_available_gpus
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+@pytest.fixture
 def mock_aiodocker(mocker: MockerFixture) -> mock.MagicMock:
-    mock_docker = mocker.patch(
+    return mocker.patch(
         "simcore_service_dask_sidecar.utils.aiodocker.Docker", autospec=True
     )
-    return mock_docker
 
 
 def test_num_available_gpus_returns_0_when_container_not_created(
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ def test_num_available_gpus_returns_0_when_container_wait_timesout(
     mock_aiodocker: mock.MagicMock,
 ):
     mock_aiodocker.return_value.__aenter__.return_value.containers.run.return_value.wait.side_effect = (
-        asyncio.TimeoutError()
+        TimeoutError()
     )
     assert num_available_gpus() == 0
 
@@ -91,6 +90,9 @@ def test_num_available_gpus(
     mock_aiodocker: mock.MagicMock,
 ):
     # default with mock should return 0 gpus
+    mock_aiodocker.return_value.__aenter__.return_value.containers.run.return_value.wait.return_value = {
+        "StatusCode": 0
+    }
     assert num_available_gpus() == 0
 
     # add the correct log