diff --git a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/coordinator/CoordinatorService.java b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/coordinator/CoordinatorService.java
index 76e82e50..212fe274 100644
--- a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/coordinator/CoordinatorService.java
+++ b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/coordinator/CoordinatorService.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public void complex(ComplexRequest request, StreamObserver<ComplexResponse> resp
     // background calls as well as request-response calls have an absolute ordering that is defined
     // by their call order. In this concrete case, setValue is guaranteed to be executed before
     // getValue.
-    ctx.backgroundCall(
+    ctx.oneWayCall(
         ReceiverGrpc.getSetValueMethod(),
         SetValueRequest.newBuilder()
             .setKey(receiverUUID)
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void invokeSequentially(
               .setValue(String.valueOf(i))
               .build();
       if (request.getExecuteAsBackgroundCall(i)) {
-        ctx.backgroundCall(ListServiceGrpc.getAppendMethod(), appendRequest);
+        ctx.oneWayCall(ListServiceGrpc.getAppendMethod(), appendRequest);
       } else {
         collectedAwaitables.add(ctx.call(ListServiceGrpc.getAppendMethod(), appendRequest));
       }
diff --git a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/counter/ProxyCounterService.java b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/counter/ProxyCounterService.java
index c03b12b1..31ab2d6e 100644
--- a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/counter/ProxyCounterService.java
+++ b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/counter/ProxyCounterService.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public void addInBackground(CounterAddRequest request, StreamObserver<Empty> res
     logger.info("addInBackground invoked {}", request);
 
     // Increment the counter
-    restateContext().backgroundCall(CounterGrpc.getAddMethod(), request);
+    restateContext().oneWayCall(CounterGrpc.getAddMethod(), request);
 
     responseObserver.onNext(Empty.getDefaultInstance());
     responseObserver.onCompleted();
diff --git a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/nondeterminism/NonDeterministicService.java b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/nondeterminism/NonDeterministicService.java
index 219e6e3f..fbde9779 100644
--- a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/nondeterminism/NonDeterministicService.java
+++ b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/nondeterminism/NonDeterministicService.java
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ public void backgroundInvokeWithDifferentTargets(
       NonDeterminismProto.NonDeterministicRequest request, StreamObserver<Empty> responseObserver) {
     if (doLeftAction(request)) {
       restateContext()
-          .backgroundCall(
+          .oneWayCall(
               CounterGrpc.getGetMethod(),
               CounterRequest.newBuilder().setCounterName("abc").build());
     } else {
       restateContext()
-          .backgroundCall(
+          .oneWayCall(
               CounterGrpc.getResetMethod(),
               CounterRequest.newBuilder().setCounterName("abc").build());
     }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ private boolean doLeftAction(NonDeterminismProto.NonDeterministicRequest request
   private void incrementCounterAndEnd(
       NonDeterminismProto.NonDeterministicRequest request, StreamObserver<Empty> responseObserver) {
     restateContext()
-        .backgroundCall(
+        .oneWayCall(
             CounterGrpc.getAddMethod(),
             CounterAddRequest.newBuilder().setCounterName(request.getKey()).setValue(1).build());
     responseObserver.onNext(Empty.getDefaultInstance());
diff --git a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/upgradetest/UpgradeTestService.java b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/upgradetest/UpgradeTestService.java
index a4ee71e4..229b8d96 100644
--- a/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/upgradetest/UpgradeTestService.java
+++ b/services/java-services/src/main/java/dev/restate/e2e/services/upgradetest/UpgradeTestService.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public void executeComplex(Empty request, StreamObserver<Result> responseObserve
     // In v1 case we create an awakeable, we ask the AwakeableHolderService to hold it, and then we
     // await on it
     Awakeable<String> awakeable = ctx.awakeable(TypeTag.STRING_UTF8);
-    ctx.backgroundCall(
+    ctx.oneWayCall(
         AwakeableHolderServiceGrpc.getHoldMethod(),
         AwakeableHolderProto.HoldRequest.newBuilder()
             .setName("upgrade")
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public void executeComplex(Empty request, StreamObserver<Result> responseObserve
 
     // Store the result in List service, because this service is invoked with
     // dev.restate.Ingress#Invoke
-    ctx.backgroundCall(
+    ctx.oneWayCall(
         ListServiceGrpc.getAppendMethod(),
         ListProto.AppendRequest.newBuilder().setListName("upgrade-test").setValue(version).build());
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index c1625af8..b89985e8 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
 
   versionCatalogs {
     create("libs") {
-      version("protobuf", "3.21.9")
-      version("grpc", "1.50.2")
-      version("grpckt", "1.3.0")
-
+      version("protobuf", "3.24.3")
+      version("grpc", "1.58.0")
+      version("grpckt", "1.4.0")
       version("log4j", "2.19.0")
-
-      version("jackson", "2.13.3")
+      version("jackson", "2.15.2")
 
       version("junit-jupiter", "5.10.0")
       version("assertj", "3.24.2")
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
       // Replace javax.annotations-api with tomcat annotations
       library("javax-annotation-api", "org.apache.tomcat", "annotations-api").version("6.0.53")
 
-      library("vertx-bom", "io.vertx:vertx-stack-depchain:4.4.0")
+      library("vertx-bom", "io.vertx:vertx-stack-depchain:4.4.5")
       library("vertx-core", "io.vertx", "vertx-core").withoutVersion()
 
       library("jackson-bom", "com.fasterxml.jackson", "jackson-bom").versionRef("jackson")