diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index a331730d3..65eb5de25 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ updates:
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
       - dependency-name: "io.vertx*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "io.smallrye.reactive*"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major" ]
 
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/tooling/docker"
@@ -161,6 +163,8 @@ updates:
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
       - dependency-name: "io.vertx*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "io.smallrye.reactive*"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major" ]
 
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/tooling/docker"
@@ -170,6 +174,59 @@ updates:
     allow:
       - dependency-type: "all"
 
+  #################################################################################
+  # Duplicate the package-ecosystems for main because we want to target branch 3.2
+  # and dependabot doesn't support YAML aliases and anchors at the moment
+  #################################################################################
+  - package-ecosystem: "gradle"
+    directory: "/"
+    target-branch: "3.2"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+      day: "tuesday"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 20
+    groups:
+      hibernate-validator:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.hibernate.validator*"
+          - "org.glassfish.expressly*"
+      hibernate:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.hibernate*"
+      vertx:
+        patterns:
+          - "io.vertx*"
+      mutiny:
+        patterns:
+          - "io.smallrye.reactive*"
+      testcontainers:
+        patterns:
+          - "org.testcontainers*"
+          - "com.ibm.db2*"
+          - "com.microsoft.sqlserver*"
+          - "org.postgresql*"
+          - "con.ongres.scram*"
+          - "com.fasterxml.jackson.core*"
+          - "com.mysql*"
+          - "org.mariadb.jdbc*"
+    ignore:
+      - dependency-name: "org.glassfish.expressly*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major"]
+      - dependency-name: "org.hibernate*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "io.vertx*"
+        update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "io.smallrye.reactive*"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major" ]
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
+    directory: "/tooling/docker"
+    target-branch: "3.2"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    allow:
+      - dependency-type: "all"
+
   #################################################################################
   # Duplicate the package-ecosystems for main because we want to target branch 2.4
   # and dependabot doesn't support YAML aliases and anchors at the moment
@@ -215,6 +272,8 @@ updates:
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
       - dependency-name: "io.vertx*"
         update-types: ["version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor"]
+      - dependency-name: "io.smallrye.reactive*"
+        update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major", "version-update:semver-minor" ]
 
   # Dockerfiles in tooling/docker/, and database services we use for examples (MySQL and PostgreSQL)
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index c5a29a4aa..74e70d9e8 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ org-testcontainers-oracle-xe = { group = "org.testcontainers", name = "oracle-xe
 org-testcontainers-postgresql = { group = "org.testcontainers", name = "postgresql", version.ref = "testcontainersVersion" }
 
 [plugins]
-com-diffplug-spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "8.0.0" }
+com-diffplug-spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "8.1.0" }
 org-asciidoctor-jvm-convert = { id = "org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert", version = "4.0.5" }
 org-hibernate-orm = { id = "org.hibernate.orm", version.ref = "hibernateOrmGradlePluginVersion" }