diff --git a/components/approval/backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/process/approval/service/impl/datajpa/RequestEntityRepository.kt b/components/approval/backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/process/approval/service/impl/datajpa/RequestEntityRepository.kt
index f544091e..6b487748 100644
--- a/components/approval/backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/process/approval/service/impl/datajpa/RequestEntityRepository.kt
+++ b/components/approval/backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/process/approval/service/impl/datajpa/RequestEntityRepository.kt
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 package io.holunda.polyflow.example.process.approval.service.impl.datajpa
 
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
 import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository
 import java.util.*
 
 /**
  * Spring Data JPA repository.
  */
-interface RequestEntityRepository : PagingAndSortingRepository<RequestEntity, String> {
-
-  fun save(requestEntity: RequestEntity): RequestEntity
-  fun findAll(): List<RequestEntity>
-  fun findById(id: String): Optional<RequestEntity>
-  fun existsById(id: String): Boolean
-}
-
+interface RequestEntityRepository : PagingAndSortingRepository<RequestEntity, String>, CrudRepository<RequestEntity, String>
diff --git a/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/FixedH2Dialect.kt b/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/FixedH2Dialect.kt
index 0bb72af7..dbe43207 100644
--- a/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/FixedH2Dialect.kt
+++ b/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/FixedH2Dialect.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.internal.DdlTypeImpl
 import java.sql.Types
 
+@Suppress("unused") // used in application.yaml
 class FixedH2Dialect(info: DialectResolutionInfo) : H2Dialect(info) {
 
   override fun registerColumnTypes(typeContributions: TypeContributions, serviceRegistry: ServiceRegistry) {
diff --git a/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/NoToastPostgresSQLDialect.kt b/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/NoToastPostgresSQLDialect.kt
index c657922b..dcbea791 100644
--- a/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/NoToastPostgresSQLDialect.kt
+++ b/components/infrastructure/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/infrastructure/NoToastPostgresSQLDialect.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.jdbc.BinaryJdbcType
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.internal.DdlTypeImpl
 import java.sql.Types
 
+@Suppress("unused") // used in application.yaml
 class NoToastPostgresSQLDialect(info: DialectResolutionInfo) : PostgreSQLDialect(info) {
 
   override fun registerColumnTypes(typeContributions: TypeContributions, serviceRegistry: ServiceRegistry) {
diff --git a/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/BusinessDataEntriesResource.kt b/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/BusinessDataEntriesResource.kt
index c4450442..9c53fa48 100644
--- a/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/BusinessDataEntriesResource.kt
+++ b/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/BusinessDataEntriesResource.kt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class BusinessDataEntriesResource(
           user = user,
           page = page,
           size = size,
-          sort = sort ?: "",
+          sort = sort?.let { sortParameter -> listOf(sortParameter) } ?: listOf(),
           filters ?: listOf()
         )
       )
diff --git a/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/TaskServiceGateway.kt b/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/TaskServiceGateway.kt
index d6f7722a..755aaae3 100644
--- a/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/TaskServiceGateway.kt
+++ b/components/tasklist-backend/src/main/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/example/tasklist/adapter/rest/impl/TaskServiceGateway.kt
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ class TaskServiceGateway(
     .query(
       TasksWithDataEntriesForUserQuery(
         user = user,
+        assignedToMeOnly = false,
         page = page,
         size = size,
-        sort = sort ?: "",
+        sort = sort?.let { sortParam -> listOf(sortParam) } ?: listOf(),
         filters = filters
       )
     ).join() ?: throw ElementNotFoundException()
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32afbaa0..9475b4c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <kotlin.version>1.9.10</kotlin.version>
     <kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>${java.version}</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
     <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
-    <kotlin-logging.version>3.0.4</kotlin-logging.version>
+    <kotlin-logging.version>3.0.5</kotlin-logging.version>
 
     <!-- Never deploy examples -->
     <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
     <version.camunda.spin>1.22.0</version.camunda.spin>
     <camunda-bpm-data.version>1.4.0</camunda-bpm-data.version>
     <springdoc.version>1.7.0</springdoc.version>
-    <org.mapstruct.version>1.5.2.Final</org.mapstruct.version>
+    <org.mapstruct.version>1.5.5.Final</org.mapstruct.version>
     <mockito-kotlin.version>5.1.0</mockito-kotlin.version>
     <jackson-databind-nullable.version>0.2.6</jackson-databind-nullable.version>
-    <junit-jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit-jupiter.version>
+    <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit-jupiter.version>
 
   </properties>
 
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@
           <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
             <jvmTarget>${java.version}</jvmTarget>
-            <languageVersion>1.6</languageVersion>
-            <apiVersion>1.6</apiVersion>
+            <languageVersion>1.9</languageVersion>
+            <apiVersion>1.9</apiVersion>
             <compilerPlugins>
               <plugin>spring</plugin>
               <plugin>jpa</plugin>
diff --git a/scenarios/distributed-axon-server-local-polyflow/process-application-local-polyflow/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V0_0_13__axon_sequences_per_table.sql b/scenarios/distributed-axon-server-local-polyflow/process-application-local-polyflow/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V0_0_13__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad82813b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scenarios/distributed-axon-server-local-polyflow/process-application-local-polyflow/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V0_0_13__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DROP SEQUENCE hibernate_sequence;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE association_value_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE domain_event_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
diff --git a/scenarios/distributed-axon-server-local-polyflow/process-platform-view-only/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V0_0_5__axon_sequences_per_table.sql b/scenarios/distributed-axon-server-local-polyflow/process-platform-view-only/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V0_0_5__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad82813b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scenarios/distributed-axon-server-local-polyflow/process-platform-view-only/src/main/resources/db/migrations/V0_0_5__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DROP SEQUENCE hibernate_sequence;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE association_value_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE domain_event_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
diff --git a/scenarios/single-node-jpa-maria/src/main/resources/db/migrations/mariadb/V0_0_7__axon_sequences_per_table.sql b/scenarios/single-node-jpa-maria/src/main/resources/db/migrations/mariadb/V0_0_7__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad82813b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scenarios/single-node-jpa-maria/src/main/resources/db/migrations/mariadb/V0_0_7__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DROP SEQUENCE hibernate_sequence;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE association_value_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE domain_event_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
diff --git a/scenarios/single-node-jpa-maria/src/test/resources/db/migrations/h2/V0_0_7__axon_sequences_per_table.sql b/scenarios/single-node-jpa-maria/src/test/resources/db/migrations/h2/V0_0_7__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad82813b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scenarios/single-node-jpa-maria/src/test/resources/db/migrations/h2/V0_0_7__axon_sequences_per_table.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DROP SEQUENCE hibernate_sequence;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE association_value_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;
+
+CREATE SEQUENCE domain_event_entry_seq START WITH 1 INCREMENT BY 50;