diff --git a/.github/workflows/blueprint.yml b/.github/workflows/blueprint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8bd4135734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/blueprint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+name: Blueprint - CI Build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - testsupport/**
+      - blueprint/**
+      - .github/workflows/blueprint.yml
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'trunk'
+
+env:
+  LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
+
+jobs:
+  JDKxx_Matrix:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [ 8 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    name: JDK${{ matrix.java }} ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Git Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+        java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+    - name: Build
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mvn -U -e -B -ntp clean install -f testsupport/pom.xml
+        mvn -U -e -B -ntp clean install -f blueprint/pom.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jmx.yml b/.github/workflows/jmx.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99d90b0a95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/jmx.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+
+name: JMX - CI Build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - testsupport/**
+      - jmx/**
+      - .github/workflows/jmx.yml
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'trunk'
+
+env:
+  LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
+
+jobs:
+  JDKxx_Matrix:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [ 8 ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    name: JDK${{ matrix.java }} ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Git Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+        java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+    - name: Build
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mvn -U -e -B -ntp -am -pl jmx/jmx-itests clean install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spi-fly.yml b/.github/workflows/spi-fly.yml
index 01bb968f61..39368d3a54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spi-fly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spi-fly.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
 name: SPI Fly - CI Build
 
 on:
-  push:
-    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/heads
-    branches-ignore:
-      # Push events to branches matching refs/heads/dependabot/**
-      - 'dependabot/**'
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - spi-fly/**
+      - .github/workflows/spi-fly.yml
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'trunk'
 
 defaults:
   run:
diff --git a/blueprint/blueprint-parent/pom.xml b/blueprint/blueprint-parent/pom.xml
index 4856bc5ab4..b22c801ef7 100644
--- a/blueprint/blueprint-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/blueprint-parent/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.1</version>
+        <version>2.1.0</version>
         <relativePath>../../parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@
 
     <properties>
         <blueprint.api.dev.version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.api.dev.version>
-        <blueprint.core.dev.version>1.10.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.core.dev.version>
-        <blueprint.cm.dev.version>1.3.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.cm.dev.version>
-        <blueprint.parser.dev.version>1.6.1-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.parser.dev.version>
+        <blueprint.core.dev.version>1.10.4-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.core.dev.version>
+        <blueprint.cm.dev.version>1.3.3-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.cm.dev.version>
+        <blueprint.parser.dev.version>1.6.2-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.parser.dev.version>
         <blueprint.authz.dev.version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.authz.dev.version>
         <blueprint.spring.dev.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.spring.dev.version>
         <blueprint.spring.extender.dev.version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</blueprint.spring.extender.dev.version>
diff --git a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
index 10385f2f26..fdde354c47 100644
--- a/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/blueprint/itests/blueprint-itests/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     
     <properties>
         <exam.version>4.10.0</exam.version>
-        <url.version>2.2.0</url.version>
+        <url.version>2.5.3</url.version>
 
         <blueprint.api.version>${blueprint.api.dev.version}</blueprint.api.version>
         <blueprint.core.version>${blueprint.core.dev.version}</blueprint.core.version>
diff --git a/jmx/jmx-bundle/pom.xml b/jmx/jmx-bundle/pom.xml
index 26e05199d9..1acb2c9eff 100644
--- a/jmx/jmx-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/jmx/jmx-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.aries.jmx</groupId>
         <artifactId>org.apache.aries.jmx.parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.1.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.1.5</version>
         <relativePath>../jmx-parent</relativePath>
     </parent>  
 
diff --git a/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml b/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
index 10f920f17e..b3bae890f5 100644
--- a/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
+++ b/jmx/jmx-itests/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
      <properties>
         <exam.version>3.4.0</exam.version>
-        <url.version>1.6.0</url.version>
+        <url.version>2.5.3</url.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java b/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java
index 1c46981417..3b07a222e9 100644
--- a/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java
+++ b/jmx/jmx-itests/src/test/java/org/apache/aries/jmx/test/MbeanServerActivator.java
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.apache.aries.jmx.test;
 
 import javax.management.MBeanServer;