diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e776e21..3f6aa17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.carlspring.strongbox</groupId>
     <artifactId>strongbox-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-PR-62-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0-PR-135-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Strongbox: Parent</name>
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@
         <version.apache.commons.compress>1.19</version.apache.commons.compress>
         <version.apache.directory>1.5.5</version.apache.directory>
         <version.appassembler>2.1.0</version.appassembler>
-        <version.groovy>2.5.7</version.groovy>
+        <version.groovy>3.0.2</version.groovy>
         <version.guava>29.0-jre</version.guava>
         <version.hamcrest>2.2</version.hamcrest>
         <version.hazelcast>3.10.2</version.hazelcast>
-        <version.httpclient>4.5</version.httpclient>
+        <version.httpclient>4.5.13</version.httpclient>
         <version.jackson>2.10.0</version.jackson>
         <version.jcl>1.7.25</version.jcl>
         <version.jsr305>3.0.2</version.jsr305>
         <version.findbugs.annotations>3.0.1</version.findbugs.annotations>
         <version.junit.jupiter>5.7.0</version.junit.jupiter>
         <version.jersey>2.32</version.jersey>
-        <version.jetty>9.4.18.v20190429</version.jetty>
+        <version.jetty>9.4.33.v20201020</version.jetty>
         <version.jna>4.5.2</version.jna>
         <version.lucene>4.8.1</version.lucene>
         <version.logback>1.2.3</version.logback>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <version.annotation.api>1.3.2</version.annotation.api>
         <version.slf4j>1.7.30</version.slf4j>
         <version.spring.boot>2.2.4.RELEASE</version.spring.boot>
-        <version.rest.assured>4.2.0</version.rest.assured>
+        <version.rest.assured>4.3.1</version.rest.assured>
         <version.hibernate.validator>6.1.2.Final</version.hibernate.validator>
         <version.glassfish.javax.el>3.0.1-b08</version.glassfish.javax.el>
         <version.antlr>4.7.1</version.antlr>
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -128,6 +133,18 @@
                         <debug>true</debug>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <!-- Don't upgrade to >= 3.0.0-M1 as it causes 401 Unauthorized failure! -->
+                    <!-- Check https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MDEPLOY-244 -->
+                    <version>2.8.2</version>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -144,7 +161,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.0.2</version>
+                    <version>3.2.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <includeEmptyDirs>true</includeEmptyDirs>
                     </configuration>
@@ -180,7 +197,6 @@
                         <!-- This field needs to be set to 1 or jacoco reports will be incorrect/missing! -->
                         <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                         <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
-
                         <systemPropertyVariables>
                             <strongbox.home>${project.build.directory}/strongbox</strongbox.home>
                             <strongbox.vault>${project.build.directory}/strongbox-vault</strongbox.vault>
@@ -191,7 +207,6 @@
                             <logging.dir>${strongbox.vault}/logs</logging.dir>
                             <logging.config>${project.build.directory}/strongbox/etc/logback-spring.xml</logging.config>
                             <java.io.tmpdir>${strongbox.vault}/tmp</java.io.tmpdir>
-                            <ehcache.disk.store.dir>${project.build.directory}/strongbox/cache</ehcache.disk.store.dir>
                             <strongbox.nuget.download.feed>false</strongbox.nuget.download.feed>
                             <strongbox.download.indexes>false</strongbox.download.indexes>
                             <strongbox.npm.remote.changes.enabled>false</strongbox.npm.remote.changes.enabled>
@@ -224,7 +239,6 @@
                             <logging.config>${project.build.directory}/strongbox/etc/logback-spring.xml</logging.config>
                             <logging.debug>true</logging.debug>
                             <java.io.tmpdir>${strongbox.vault}/tmp</java.io.tmpdir>
-                            <ehcache.disk.store.dir>${project.build.directory}/strongbox/cache</ehcache.disk.store.dir>
                             <strongbox.nuget.download.feed>false</strongbox.nuget.download.feed>
                             <strongbox.download.indexes>false</strongbox.download.indexes>
                         </systemPropertyVariables>
@@ -233,7 +247,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.1.2</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <id>common-resources</id>
@@ -299,6 +313,14 @@
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>3.2.0</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>maven-version</id>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>maven-version</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
                 </plugin>
 
                 <plugin>
@@ -346,7 +368,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
                     <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6</version>
+                    <version>1.11.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -408,7 +430,7 @@
                 <version>3.0.0-M3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>enforce-maven</id>
+                        <id>enforce-jdk-and-maven-versions</id>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>enforce</goal>
                         </goals>
@@ -420,8 +442,18 @@
                                 </bannedPlugins>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
                                     <version>[3.6.3,)</version>
-                                    <message>Invalid Maven version, the minimum required is 3.6.3.</message>
+                                    <message>
+                                        ${line.separator} Maven ${maven.version} is not a supported version! ${line.separator} See https://strongbox.github.io/developer-guide/getting-started.html ${line.separator}
+                                    </message>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
+                                <requireJavaVersion>
+                                    <!-- There are issues with JDK 1.8 <= 192 related to LetsEncrypt CA certificates -->
+                                    <!-- Therefore it is absolutely mandatory for JDK 1.8 to be above b192 -->
+                                    <version>[1.8.0-222,1.9),[11.1,12)</version>
+                                    <message>
+                                        ${line.separator} ${java.vendor} ${java.runtime.version} is not a supported JDK version! ${line.separator} See https://strongbox.github.io/developer-guide/getting-started.html ${line.separator}
+                                    </message>
+                                </requireJavaVersion>
                             </rules>
                             <fail>true</fail>
                             <failFast>true</failFast>
@@ -429,7 +461,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -463,12 +494,6 @@
                 <version>${version.carlspring.npm.metadata}</version>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>net.sf.ehcache</groupId>
-                <artifactId>ehcache-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.11</version>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -604,26 +629,31 @@
                         <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
                         <artifactId>groovy-json</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.apache.commons.io}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <!-- Override for transitive dependencies which bring older vulnerable
-                 versions of the commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils in order to not be exposed
-                 to: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0114 -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.unboundid</groupId>
                 <artifactId>unboundid-ldapsdk</artifactId>
                 <version>5.1.1</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Override for transitive dependencies which bring older vulnerable
+                 versions of the commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils in order to not be exposed
+                 to: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-0114 -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
-                <version>1.9.3</version>
+                <version>1.9.4</version>
                 <exclusions>
                     <exclusion>
                         <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
@@ -927,22 +957,22 @@
                 <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
                 <version>1.9.4</version>
             </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-                <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.groovy}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.groovy}</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                <artifactId>groovy-json</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.groovy}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-                <exclusions>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>groovy-testng</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                    <exclusion>
-                        <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-                    </exclusion>
-                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
@@ -989,21 +1019,66 @@
                 <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.rest.assured}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.rest.assured}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy-json</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xml-path</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.rest.assured}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>groovy-xml</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jaxb-osgi</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.ccil.cowan.tagsoup</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>tagsoup</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xercesImpl</artifactId>
@@ -1064,12 +1139,29 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
-                <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.groovy}</version>
+                <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apacheds-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.apache.directory}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
+                <artifactId>apacheds-protocol-ldap</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.apache.directory}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
-
-
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.javatuples</groupId>
@@ -1452,7 +1544,6 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.opencypher.gremlin</groupId>
                 <artifactId>cypher-gremlin-neo4j-driver</artifactId>
@@ -1479,7 +1570,6 @@
                 <artifactId>neo4j-ogm-core</artifactId>
                 <version>3.2.10</version>
             </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
@@ -1524,7 +1614,15 @@
                     <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
                     <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>xml-path</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.janino</groupId>
@@ -1740,7 +1838,6 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
-
         <profile>
             <id>dependency-convergence-check</id>
             <build>
@@ -1767,5 +1864,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
 </project>