diff --git a/.editorconfig b/.editorconfig
index eff1274..f458c8c 100644
--- a/.editorconfig
+++ b/.editorconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ root = true
 insert_final_newline = true
 
 [{*.kt,*.kts}]
-ident_size = 4
+indent_size = 4
 max_line_length = 80
 ktlint_code_style = ktlint_official
 ktlint_experimental = enabled
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d5ecc42..4c86567 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,9 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Code Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Setup Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: 'adopt'
-          java-version: '21'
-
-      - name: Get Gradle Version
+      - name: Get release attributes
         run: |
           echo "TAGS=latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           SUFFIX=""
@@ -35,12 +29,23 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           URL=$GITHUB_API_URL/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases/tags/${{ env.VERSION }}
           echo "$URL"
-          CODE=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$URL")
+          CODE=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ github.token }}" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "$URL")
           if [ "$CODE" != 404 ]; then
             echo "Release '$VERSION' already exists. ($CODE)"
             exit 1
           fi
 
+      - name: Setup Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        with:
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: '21'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
+        with:
+          cache-read-only: false
+
       - name: Generating self-signed certificate
         run: |
           openssl req \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 2be47e1..63b2e20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - name: Code Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Setup Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           java-version: '21'
 
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
+        with:
+          cache-read-only: false
+
       - name: Generating self-signed certificate
         run: |
           openssl req \
@@ -30,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
             -subj "/CN=localhost"
 
       - name: Tests
-        run: ./gradlew test --no-daemon
+        run: ./gradlew test
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d276e03..7cc3ff1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ nb-configuration.xml
 
 # Certificates
 *.pem
+
+ktlint
diff --git a/build-image.sh b/build-image.sh
index f37a236..a856599 100755
--- a/build-image.sh
+++ b/build-image.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ if [ ! -f "build/httpbucket-$VERSION-runner" ]
 then
   ./gradlew clean
 
-  ./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.type=native \
-                  -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true
+  ./gradlew build -Dquarkus.package.jar.enabled=false \
+                  -Dquarkus.native.enabled=true \
+                  -Dquarkus.native.compression.level=5
 fi
 
 docker build . -f src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native-micro \
                -t "httpbucket-local:$VERSION" \
                -t "httpbucket-local:latest"
+
+docker run --rm --name httpbucket \
+           -p 8080:8080 -p 8443:8443 \
+           "httpbucket-local:$VERSION"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 25c42ab..1f360d4 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.1.21"
-    kotlin("plugin.allopen") version "2.1.21"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.2.21"
+    kotlin("plugin.allopen") version "2.2.21"
     id("io.quarkus")
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 group = "com.testainers"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 
 java {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ tasks.withType<Test> {
         "org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager",
     )
 
+    jvmArgs("--add-opens", "java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED")
+
     testLogging {
         events(
             "PASSED",
diff --git a/coverage.sh b/coverage.sh
index 9540964..8136b01 100755
--- a/coverage.sh
+++ b/coverage.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ set -e
 
 /bin/cp -rf helpers/jacoco-report/* build/jacoco-report/.
 
-# /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome build/coverage/index.html
+# /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome "file://$(pwd)/build/jacoco-report/index.html"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4509cfa..a8fe039 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
-#Gradle properties
+# Gradle properties
+
 quarkusPluginId=io.quarkus
-quarkusPluginVersion=3.23.4
+quarkusPluginVersion=3.30.6
 quarkusPlatformGroupId=io.quarkus.platform
 quarkusPlatformArtifactId=quarkus-bom
-quarkusPlatformVersion=3.23.4
+quarkusPlatformVersion=3.30.6
+
+# Executa tasks em paralelo (ex: compila modulo A e B ao mesmo tempo)
+org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+# Habilita o cache local de build (reutiliza outputs de tasks)
+org.gradle.caching=true
+
+# Aumenta a memória da JVM (ajuste conforme a capacidade do runner do GitHub)
+# O runner padrão tem 7GB de RAM total. Não aloque tudo para o Gradle.
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3g -XX:+UseParallelGC
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 62d4c05..c1962a7 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 19cfad9..af0e1ab 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
+# https://gradle.org/release-checksums/
+distributionSha256Sum=f86344275d1b194688dd330abf9f6f2344cd02872ffee035f2d1ea2fd60cf7f3
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-all.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
index 14fed84..c826bc6 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.jvm
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #   accessed directly. (example: "foo.example.com,bar.example.com")
 #
 ###
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.21
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-21:1.23
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ COPY --chown=185 build/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
 COPY --chown=185 build/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
 
 EXPOSE 8080
-
 USER 185
-
 ENV JAVA_OPTS_APPEND="-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
 ENV JAVA_APP_JAR="/deployments/quarkus-run.jar"
 
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar
index 4a2fd38..b83dbd8 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.legacy-jar
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #   accessed directly. (example: "foo.example.com,bar.example.com")
 #
 ###
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/openjdk-21:1.21
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-21:1.23
 
 ENV LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
 
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ COPY build/lib/* /deployments/lib/
 COPY build/*-runner.jar /deployments/quarkus-run.jar
 
 EXPOSE 8080
-
 USER 185
-
 ENV JAVA_OPTS_APPEND="-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
 ENV JAVA_APP_JAR="/deployments/quarkus-run.jar"
 
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native
index 0454814..ff85878 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native
@@ -13,19 +13,17 @@
 #
 # docker run -i --rm -p 8080:8080 quarkus/httpbucket
 #
+# The ` registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.7` base image is based on UBI 9.
+# To use UBI 8, switch to `quay.io/ubi8/ubi-minimal:8.10`.
 ###
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.5
-
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-minimal:9.7
 WORKDIR /work/
-
 RUN chown 1001 /work \
     && chmod "g+rwX" /work \
     && chown 1001:root /work
-
-COPY --chown=1001:root --chmod=0755 build/*-runner /work/application
+COPY --chown=1001:root --chmod=0755 build/*-runner /work/httpbucket
 
 EXPOSE 8080
-
 USER 1001
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["./application", "-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["./httpbucket", "-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native-micro b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native-micro
index dbec105..c2618f1 100644
--- a/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native-micro
+++ b/src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native-micro
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 #
 # docker run -i --rm -p 8080:8080 quarkus/httpbucket
 #
+# The `quay.io/quarkus/ubi9-quarkus-micro-image:2.0` base image is based on UBI 9.
+# To use UBI 8, switch to `quay.io/quarkus/quarkus-micro-image:2.0`.
 ###
-FROM quay.io/quarkus/quarkus-micro-image:2.0
-
+FROM quay.io/quarkus/ubi9-quarkus-micro-image:2.0
 WORKDIR /work/
-
 RUN chown 1001 /work \
     && chmod "g+rwX" /work \
     && chown 1001:root /work
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@ ADD --chown=1001:root \
 
 RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/check
 
-COPY --chown=1001:root --chmod=0755 build/*-runner /work/application
+COPY --chown=1001:root --chmod=0755 build/*-runner /work/httpbucket
 COPY --chown=1001:root cert.pem /work/cert.pem
 COPY --chown=1001:root key.pem /work/key.pem
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 EXPOSE 8443
-
 USER 1001
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["./application", "-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["./httpbucket", "-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0"]
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResource.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResource.kt
index dcf06f2..adc7851 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResource.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResource.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package com.testainers
 import io.quarkus.security.Authenticated
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest
 import jakarta.ws.rs.*
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.*
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriInfo
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.responses.APIResponse
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.responses.APIResponses
 import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.RestHeader
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ class BasicAuthResource(
         bodyMap["message"] = "Forbidden."
         bodyMap["body"] = body
 
-        if (auth.isNullOrBlank()) {
+        if (auth == null) {
             code = 401
             bodyMap["message"] = "Authorization header not present."
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/LengthResource.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/LengthResource.kt
index 5387506..f914860 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/LengthResource.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/LengthResource.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package com.testainers
 
+import io.quarkus.vertx.http.Uncompressed
 import jakarta.ws.rs.*
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.*
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.media.Content
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.media.Schema
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.parameters.Parameter
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ import org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.RestHeader
     APIResponse(responseCode = "500", description = "Invalid size: X."),
 )
 class LengthResource {
+    @Uncompressed
     @GET
     fun get(
         @RestHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT) accept: String,
@@ -40,6 +44,7 @@ class LengthResource {
         ) size: Int,
     ): Response = internal(accept, size)
 
+    @Uncompressed
     @POST
     fun post(
         @RestHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT) accept: String,
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ class LengthResource {
         ) size: Int,
     ): Response = internal(accept, size)
 
+    @Uncompressed
     @PUT
     fun put(
         @RestHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT) accept: String,
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ class LengthResource {
         ) size: Int,
     ): Response = internal(accept, size)
 
+    @Uncompressed
     @PATCH
     fun patch(
         @RestHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT) accept: String,
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@ class LengthResource {
         ) size: Int,
     ): Response = internal(accept, size)
 
+    @Uncompressed
     @DELETE
     fun delete(
         @RestHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT) accept: String,
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ class LengthResource {
         accept: String,
         size: Int,
     ): Response =
-        if (size < 1 || size > 2048) {
+        if (size !in 1..2048) {
             Response
                 .status(500)
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/RedirectResource.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/RedirectResource.kt
index 125b1ef..87e3a6c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/RedirectResource.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/RedirectResource.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.testainers
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.*
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.*
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.media.Schema
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.parameters.Parameter
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.responses.APIResponse
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ class RedirectResource {
                 .build()
         }
 
-        if (code < 300 || code > 399) {
+        if (code !in 300..399) {
             return Response
                 .status(500)
                 .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/StatusResource.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/StatusResource.kt
index 1986429..7369461 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/StatusResource.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/testainers/StatusResource.kt
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package com.testainers
 
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServerRequest
 import jakarta.ws.rs.*
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.*
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.MediaType
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.UriInfo
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.media.Schema
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.openapi.annotations.parameters.Parameter
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ class StatusResource(
         var status = code
         val responseBody = ResponseBody(request, uriInfo, body)
 
-        if (status < 200 || status > 599) {
+        if (status !in 200..599) {
             val message =
                 if (status in 100..199) {
                     "Informational responses are not supported: %d"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a84bb57..bfeb1a8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 # suppress inspection "UnusedProperty" for whole file
 #
+%prod.smallrye.config.source.file.locations=/run/secrets
+#
+quarkus.default-locale=en-US
+quarkus.locales=en-US
 quarkus.analytics.disabled=true
 quarkus.banner.enabled=false
 quarkus.application.name=httpbucket
 quarkus.ssl.native=true
+%dev.quarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0
 #
 quarkus.docker.dockerfile-native-path=src/main/docker/Dockerfile.native-micro
 #
-%prod.smallrye.config.source.file.locations=/run/secrets
-#
 quarkus.http.ssl.certificate.files=${httpbucket.ssl.cert:cert.pem}
 quarkus.http.ssl.certificate.key-files=${httpbucket.ssl.key:key.pem}
 #
-quarkus.http.cors=true
-quarkus.http.cors.origins=*
-quarkus.http.cors.access-control-max-age=24H
-#
 quarkus.info.path=/info
 #
 quarkus.smallrye-health.root-path=/health
@@ -30,8 +29,15 @@ quarkus.swagger-ui.always-include=true
 quarkus.swagger-ui.path=/swagger-ui
 quarkus.swagger-ui.theme=flattop
 quarkus.swagger-ui.title=httpbucket
-quarkus.swagger-ui.footer=&#169; 2025 - Testainers
+quarkus.swagger-ui.footer=&#169; 2026 - Testainers
 #
 %test.quarkus.jacoco.footer=httpbucket
 %test.quarkus.jacoco.title=httpbucket
 %test.quarkus.jacoco.excludes=**/SimpleHealthCheck.class
+#
+quarkus.http.cors.enabled=true
+quarkus.http.cors.origins=*
+quarkus.http.cors.access-control-max-age=24H
+#
+quarkus.http.enable-compression=true
+quarkus.http.enable-decompression=true
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BaseResourceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BaseResourceTest.kt
index 637a019..e6f16f2 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BaseResourceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BaseResourceTest.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.testainers
 
 import io.restassured.RestAssured
-import io.restassured.config.*
+import io.restassured.config.LogConfig
+import io.restassured.config.RedirectConfig
+import io.restassured.config.RestAssuredConfig
 import io.restassured.http.ContentType
 import io.restassured.http.Method
 import io.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ abstract class BaseResourceTest {
             val result = mutableListOf<Arguments>()
 
             methods.forEach { method ->
-                if(method !in remove) {
+                if (method !in remove) {
                     list.forEach { status ->
                         result.add(Arguments.of(method, status))
                     }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResourceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResourceTest.kt
index c7fe1d4..2beaf8a 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResourceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/testainers/BasicAuthResourceTest.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package com.testainers
 
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import io.restassured.http.Method
-import jakarta.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders
-import org.hamcrest.Matchers.*
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource
 
@@ -48,40 +48,6 @@ class BasicAuthResourceTest : BaseResourceTest() {
             }
     }
 
-    @ParameterizedTest
-    @MethodSource("onlyMethods")
-    fun emptyHeader(method: Method) {
-        json(method)
-            .header(HttpHeaders.AUTHORIZATION, "")
-            .request(method, "/basic-auth/$user/$pass")
-            .then()
-            .statusCode(401)
-            .apply {
-                if (method != Method.HEAD) {
-                    body(
-                        "body.body",
-                        if (method == Method.GET) {
-                            nullValue()
-                        } else {
-                            equalTo(body)
-                        },
-                        *bodyMatchers(
-                            method,
-                            mapOf(
-                                "body.auth" to equalTo(false),
-                                "body.user" to equalTo(user),
-                                "body.pass" to equalTo(pass),
-                                "body.message" to
-                                    equalTo(
-                                        "Authorization header not present.",
-                                    ),
-                            ),
-                        ),
-                    )
-                }
-            }
-    }
-
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("onlyMethods")
     fun success(method: Method) {