diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-goal/action.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-goal/action.yml
index 8d42a8a56f..a2ddbea62b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-goal/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-goal/action.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Set up testing JDK
       if: ${{ inputs.test-java-version != '17' }}
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         java-version: ${{ inputs.test-java-version}}
         distribution: ${{ inputs.test-java-distribution}}
     - name: Set up build JDK
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         java-version: 17 # NOTE: This version is also defined in .buildkite/hooks/pre-command
         distribution: temurin
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5f80c6475d..c13e506493 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
           token: ${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
           distribution: ${{ env.JAVA_DIST }}
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
           distribution: ${{ env.JAVA_DIST }}
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/AbstractAws1ClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/AbstractAws1ClientIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d1fba6cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/AbstractAws1ClientIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package co.elastic.apm.agent.awssdk.v1;
+
+import co.elastic.apm.agent.awssdk.common.AbstractAwsClientIT;
+
+public abstract class AbstractAws1ClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+
+    public static final String LOCALSTACK_VERSION = "0.14.2";
+
+    public AbstractAws1ClientIT() {
+        super(LOCALSTACK_VERSION);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/DynamoDbClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/DynamoDbClientIT.java
index 59afe20f2e..1ebe829184 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/DynamoDbClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/DynamoDbClientIT.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 import static co.elastic.apm.agent.testutils.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 
-public class DynamoDbClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+public class DynamoDbClientIT extends AbstractAws1ClientIT {
 
     private AmazonDynamoDB dynamoDB;
     private AmazonDynamoDBAsync dynamoDBAsync;
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/S3ClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/S3ClientIT.java
index 7ef95379a7..05a6f1e282 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/S3ClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/S3ClientIT.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 import static org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer.Service.S3;
 
 
-public class S3ClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+public class S3ClientIT extends AbstractAws1ClientIT {
 
     private AmazonS3 s3;
 
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSClientIT.java
index e811db0ac4..7efb851088 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSClientIT.java
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ public class SQSClientIT extends AbstractSQSClientIT {
     CoreConfiguration coreConfiguration;
     MessagingConfiguration messagingConfiguration;
 
+    public SQSClientIT() {
+        super(AbstractAws1ClientIT.LOCALSTACK_VERSION);
+    }
+
     @BeforeEach
     public void setupClient() {
         coreConfiguration = tracer.getConfig(CoreConfiguration.class);
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSJmsClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSJmsClientIT.java
index 2b871bc11f..f8a2ebe393 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSJmsClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-1-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v1/SQSJmsClientIT.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 import static co.elastic.apm.agent.testutils.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 
-public class SQSJmsClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+public class SQSJmsClientIT extends AbstractAws1ClientIT {
     AmazonSQSMessagingClientWrapper client;
     SQSConnection connection;
     SQSConnection receivingConnection;
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/pom.xml
index 3e65036a3b..6025ce3407 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <apm-agent-parent.base.dir>${project.basedir}/../../..</apm-agent-parent.base.dir>
-        <version.aws.sdk>2.21.13</version.aws.sdk>
+        <version.aws.sdk>2.21.36</version.aws.sdk>
         <version.aws.jms>2.0.0</version.aws.jms>
         <!-- AWS SDK v2 is compiled for Java 8 -->
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/AbstractAws2ClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/AbstractAws2ClientIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0162779c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/AbstractAws2ClientIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package co.elastic.apm.agent.awssdk.v2;
+
+import co.elastic.apm.agent.awssdk.common.AbstractAwsClientIT;
+
+public abstract class AbstractAws2ClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+
+    public static final String LOCALSTACK_VERSION = "3.0.2";
+
+    public AbstractAws2ClientIT() {
+        super(LOCALSTACK_VERSION);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/DynamoDbClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/DynamoDbClientIT.java
index dcd5a2e1b5..6e9c6b7f29 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/DynamoDbClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/DynamoDbClientIT.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 import static co.elastic.apm.agent.testutils.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 
-public class DynamoDbClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+public class DynamoDbClientIT extends AbstractAws2ClientIT {
 
     private DynamoDbClient dynamoDB;
     private DynamoDbAsyncClient dynamoDBAsync;
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/S3ClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/S3ClientIT.java
index 2eba149de9..5b369a396d 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/S3ClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/S3ClientIT.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 
-public class S3ClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+public class S3ClientIT extends AbstractAws2ClientIT {
     private S3Client s3;
     private S3AsyncClient s3Async;
 
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSClientIT.java
index 992bb5460d..da977bb9aa 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSClientIT.java
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ public class SQSClientIT extends AbstractSQSClientIT {
     CoreConfiguration coreConfiguration;
     MessagingConfiguration messagingConfiguration;
 
+    public SQSClientIT() {
+        super(AbstractAws2ClientIT.LOCALSTACK_VERSION);
+    }
+
     @BeforeEach
     public void setupClient() {
         coreConfiguration = tracer.getConfig(CoreConfiguration.class);
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSJmsClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSJmsClientIT.java
index 86124494d9..3286c10644 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSJmsClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-2-plugin/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/v2/SQSJmsClientIT.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
 import static co.elastic.apm.agent.testutils.assertions.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-public class SQSJmsClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
+public class SQSJmsClientIT extends AbstractAws2ClientIT {
     AmazonSQSMessagingClientWrapper client;
     SQSConnection connection;
     SQSConnection receivingConnection;
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractAwsClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractAwsClientIT.java
index 9a935eb7b6..622d56be20 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractAwsClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractAwsClientIT.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 
 @Testcontainers
 public abstract class AbstractAwsClientIT extends AbstractInstrumentationTest {
-    private static final DockerImageName localstackImage = DockerImageName.parse("localstack/localstack:0.14.2");
     protected static final String BUCKET_NAME = "some-test-bucket";
     protected static final String SQS_QUEUE_NAME = "some-test-sqs-queue";
     protected static final String SQS_IGNORED_QUEUE_NAME = "ignored-queue";
@@ -52,7 +51,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractAwsClientIT extends AbstractInstrumentationTest {
     protected static final String KEY_CONDITION_EXPRESSION = "attributeOne = :one";
 
     @Container
-    protected LocalStackContainer localstack = new LocalStackContainer(localstackImage).withServices(localstackService());
+    protected LocalStackContainer localstack;
+
+    public AbstractAwsClientIT(String localstackVersion) {
+        DockerImageName localstackImage = DockerImageName.parse("localstack/localstack:" + localstackVersion);
+        localstack = new LocalStackContainer(localstackImage).withServices(localstackService());
+    }
 
     protected abstract String awsService();
 
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractSQSClientIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractSQSClientIT.java
index 48005464f3..dd8368ed51 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractSQSClientIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-aws-sdk/apm-aws-sdk-common/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/awssdk/common/AbstractSQSClientIT.java
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractSQSClientIT extends AbstractAwsClientIT {
     protected CoreConfiguration coreConfiguration;
     protected MessagingConfiguration messagingConfiguration;
 
+    public AbstractSQSClientIT(String localstackVersion) {
+        super(localstackVersion);
+    }
+
     @BeforeEach
     public void setupConfig() {
         coreConfiguration = tracer.getConfig(CoreConfiguration.class);
diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpBatchIT.java b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpBatchIT.java
index d6b00fcfe0..361fd0af00 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpBatchIT.java
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-rabbitmq/apm-rabbitmq-spring/src/test/java/co/elastic/apm/agent/rabbitmq/SpringAmqpBatchIT.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.rabbitmq.components.batch.BatchListenerComponent;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.rabbitmq.config.BatchConfiguration;
 import co.elastic.apm.agent.tracer.configuration.MessagingConfiguration;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.BatchingRabbitTemplate;
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = {BatchConfiguration.class, BatchListenerComponent.class}, initializers = {RabbitMqTestBase.Initializer.class})
+@Ignore("Test causes CI flakyness, presumably due to unclean shutdown of RabbitMqTestBase: Can pre reproduced by running the test in repeated mode locally.")
 public class SpringAmqpBatchIT extends RabbitMqTestBase {
 
     @Autowired
diff --git a/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc b/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc
index 376cf8f6b4..5812da6d7e 100644
--- a/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/api-opentelemetry.asciidoc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ endif::[]
 [[opentelemetry-bridge]]
 === OpenTelemetry bridge
 
-The Elastic APM OpenTelemetry bridge allows creating Elastic APM `Transactions` and `Spans`,
+The Elastic APM OpenTelemetry bridge allows creating Elastic APM `Transactions` and `Spans`
 using the OpenTelemetry API. OpenTelemetry metrics are also collected.
 In other words,
 it translates the calls to the OpenTelemetry API to Elastic APM and thus allows for reusing existing instrumentation.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The minimum required OpenTelemetry version is 1.0.1.
 ==== Initialize tracer
 
 There's no separate dependency needed for the bridge itself.
-The Java agent hooks into `GlobalOpenTelemetry` to return it's own implementation of `OpenTelemetry`
+The Java agent hooks into `GlobalOpenTelemetry` to return its own implementation of `OpenTelemetry`
 that is connected to the internal tracer of the agent.
 
 [source,java]