diff --git a/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index ce1e09d..b585880 100644
--- a/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -81,15 +81,13 @@
 		</module>
 		<!-- Name classes correctly and don't use generic name for everything -->
 		<module name="IllegalIdentifierName">
-			<property name="format" value="^(?!(.*(Helper|Util))$).+$"/>
+			<property name="format" value="^(?!(.*(Helper|Util(s|ity)?))$).+$"/>
 			<property name="tokens" value=" CLASS_DEF"/>
 		</module>
 		<module name="IllegalImport"/>
 		<module name="IllegalSymbol"/>
 		<module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
-		<module name="JavadocStyle">
-			<property name="checkFirstSentence" value="false"/>
-		</module>
+		<module name="JavadocContentLocation"/>
 		<module name="LeftCurly">
 			<!-- Default minus Lambda -->
 			<property name="tokens" value="ANNOTATION_DEF, CLASS_DEF, CTOR_DEF, ENUM_CONSTANT_DEF, ENUM_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, LITERAL_CASE, LITERAL_CATCH, LITERAL_DEFAULT, LITERAL_DO, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_SWITCH, LITERAL_SYNCHRONIZED, LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_WHILE, METHOD_DEF, OBJBLOCK, STATIC_INIT, RECORD_DEF, COMPACT_CTOR_DEF"/>
@@ -146,6 +144,8 @@
 		<module name="UnnecessarySemicolonInTryWithResources"/>
 		<module name="UnusedImports"/>
 		<module name="UnusedLocalVariable"/>
+		<!-- Disabled by default; should be enabled on Java 25+ -->
+		<!-- <module name="UnusedTryResourceShouldBeUnnamed"/> -->
 		<module name="UpperEll"/>
 		<module name="VisibilityModifier">
 			<property name="packageAllowed" value="true"/>
diff --git a/.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml b/.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml
index e42e77a..8dde42b 100644
--- a/.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml
+++ b/.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	<!-- About: Formatting -->
 	<!-- Some lines (e.g. description, examples and CDATA) have to start without any indents or this will result in incorrect formatting -->
 
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AssertStatementInTest"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AvoidUsingHardCodedIP"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ConstantsInInterface"/>
@@ -45,8 +46,10 @@
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/LambdaCanBeMethodReference"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/NoPackage"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/PrematureDeclaration"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessaryBlock"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessarySemicolon"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/VariableCanBeInlined"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/VariableDeclarationUsageDistance"/>
 
 	<rule ref="category/java/design.xml">
 		<!-- Sometimes abstract classes have just fields -->
@@ -138,6 +141,7 @@
 		</properties>
 	</rule>
 
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AssertEqualsArgumentOrder"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AssignmentToNonFinalStatic"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AvoidMultipleUnaryOperators"/>
@@ -154,6 +158,7 @@
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/InstantiationToGetClass"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/InvalidLogMessageFormat"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/JumbledIncrementer"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/JUnitJupiterTestNoPrivateModifier"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/MisplacedNullCheck"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/MoreThanOneLogger"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/NonStaticInitializer"/>
@@ -417,7 +422,8 @@ If you are 100% sure that you escaped the value properly and you have no better
 				<value>
 <![CDATA[
 //ConstructorCall[pmd-java:typeIs('com.vaadin.flow.component.Html')] |
-//MethodCall[@MethodName='setAttribute' and //ImportDeclaration[starts-with(@PackageName,'com.vaadin')]]/ArgumentList/StringLiteral[1][contains(lower-case(@Image),'html')]
+//MethodCall[@MethodName='setAttribute' and //ImportDeclaration[starts-with(@PackageName,'com.vaadin')]]/ArgumentList/StringLiteral[1][contains(lower-case(@Image),'html')] |
+//MethodCall[pmd-java:matchesSig('com.vaadin.flow.dom.Element#setProperty(java.lang.String,java.lang.String)')]/ArgumentList/StringLiteral[1][contains(lower-case(@Image),'html')]
 ]]>
 				</value>
 			</property>
diff --git a/.github/.lycheeignore b/.github/.lycheeignore
index dc88a07..217b0ae 100644
--- a/.github/.lycheeignore
+++ b/.github/.lycheeignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Ignorefile for broken link check
 localhost
 mvnrepository.com
+stackoverflow.com
diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
index 7b1481c..8aeed09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - run: mv .github/.lycheeignore .lycheeignore
 
       - name: Link Checker
         id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@8646ba30535128ac92d33dfc9133794bfdd9b411 # v2
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@e7477775783ea5526144ba13e8db5eec57747ce8 # v2
         with:
           args: "--verbose --no-progress './**/*.md'"
           fail: false # Don't fail on broken links, create an issue instead
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
index daae7b2..0cd2d9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         java: [17, 21, 25]
         distribution: [temurin]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
 
     - name: Cache Maven
-      uses: actions/cache@v5
+      uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: ~/.m2/repository
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-build-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         java: [21]
         distribution: [temurin]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
 
     - name: Cache Maven
-      uses: actions/cache@v5
+      uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: ~/.m2/repository
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-checkstyle-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-checkstyle-
 
     - name: CheckStyle Cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v5
+      uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: '**/target/checkstyle-cachefile'
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-checkstyle-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         java: [17]
         distribution: [temurin]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
 
     - name: Cache Maven
-      uses: actions/cache@v5
+      uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: ~/.m2/repository
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-pmd-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-pmd-
 
     - name: PMD Cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v5
+      uses: actions/cache@v6
       with:
         path: '**/target/pmd/pmd.cache'
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pmd-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2b7941b..6133d1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v5
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Try to reuse existing cache from check-build
     - name: Try restore Maven Cache
-      uses: actions/cache/restore@v5
+      uses: actions/cache/restore@v6
       with:
         path: ~/.m2/repository
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-build-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Configure Git
       run: |
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [prepare-release]
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Init Git and pull
       run: |
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [prepare-release]
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Init Git and pull
       run: |
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # Try to reuse existing cache from check-build
     - name: Try restore Maven Cache
-      uses: actions/cache/restore@v5
+      uses: actions/cache/restore@v6
       with:
         path: ~/.m2/repository
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-build-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ${{ env.PRIMARY_MAVEN_MODULE }}
 
     - name: Deploy to Github pages
-      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@4f9cc6602d3f66b9c108549d475ec49e8ef4d45e # v4
+      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@84c30a85c19949d7eee79c4ff27748b70285e453 # v4
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         publish_dir: ./${{ env.PRIMARY_MAVEN_MODULE }}/target/site
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [publish-maven]
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Init Git and pull
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/report-gha-workflow-security-problems.yml b/.github/workflows/report-gha-workflow-security-problems.yml
index b17aa53..7847028 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/report-gha-workflow-security-problems.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/report-gha-workflow-security-problems.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     # Only run this in our repos (Prevent notification spam by forks)
     if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'xdev-software' }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Check
         id: check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
index 6471ce7..dc68d05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           sparse-checkout: .github/labels.yml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
index 2d13d77..96e5d2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v5
diff --git a/.idea/PMDPlugin.xml b/.idea/PMDPlugin.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0936e51..0000000
--- a/.idea/PMDPlugin.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="PMDPlugin">
-    <option name="customRuleSets">
-      <list>
-        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$\.config\pmd\java\ruleset.xml" />
-      </list>
-    </option>
-    <option name="inEditorAnnotationRules">
-      <list>
-        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$\.config\pmd\java\ruleset.xml" />
-      </list>
-    </option>
-    <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml b/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
index 27f72ce..b8b753e 100644
--- a/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
+++ b/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="CheckStyle-IDEA" serialisationVersion="2">
-    <checkstyleVersion>13.4.0</checkstyleVersion>
+    <checkstyleVersion>latest</checkstyleVersion>
     <scanScope>JavaOnlyWithTests</scanScope>
     <suppressErrors>true</suppressErrors>
     <copyLibs>true</copyLibs>
diff --git a/.idea/pmd-x.xml b/.idea/pmd-x.xml
index 260e454..7b3b48f 100644
--- a/.idea/pmd-x.xml
+++ b/.idea/pmd-x.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     </option>
     <option name="locations">
       <list>
+        <ConfigurationLocationState id="bb801722-ba9a-465f-b016-f83ad750f57f" type="PROJECT_RELATIVE" description="XDEV">.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml</ConfigurationLocationState>
         <ConfigurationLocationState id="java-category/java/bestpractices.xml" type="BUNDLED" description="java-bestpractices">(bundled)</ConfigurationLocationState>
         <ConfigurationLocationState id="java-category/java/codestyle.xml" type="BUNDLED" description="java-codestyle">(bundled)</ConfigurationLocationState>
         <ConfigurationLocationState id="java-category/java/design.xml" type="BUNDLED" description="java-design">(bundled)</ConfigurationLocationState>
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@
         <ConfigurationLocationState id="java-category/java/security.xml" type="BUNDLED" description="java-security">(bundled)</ConfigurationLocationState>
         <ConfigurationLocationState id="kotlin-category/kotlin/bestpractices.xml" type="BUNDLED" description="kotlin-bestpractices">(bundled)</ConfigurationLocationState>
         <ConfigurationLocationState id="kotlin-category/kotlin/errorprone.xml" type="BUNDLED" description="kotlin-errorprone">(bundled)</ConfigurationLocationState>
-        <ConfigurationLocationState id="bb801722-ba9a-465f-b016-f83ad750f57f" type="PROJECT_RELATIVE" description="XDEV">$PROJECT_DIR$/.config/pmd/java/ruleset.xml</ConfigurationLocationState>
       </list>
     </option>
   </component>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 74757a0..00838be 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ We would absolutely love to get the community involved, and we welcome any form
 * **Send pull requests**<br/>If you want to contribute code, check out the development instructions below.
   * However when contributing larger new features, please first discuss the change you wish to make via issue with the owners of this repository before making it.<br/>Otherwise your work might be rejected and your effort was pointless.
 
-We also encourage you to read the [contribution instructions by GitHub](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/contributing-to-projects).
+We also encourage you to read the [contribution instructions by GitHub](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/contributing-to-a-project).
 
 ## Developing
 
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ We also encourage you to read the [contribution instructions by GitHub](https://
 You should have the following things installed:
 * Git
 * Java 25 - should be as unmodified as possible (Recommended: [Eclipse Adoptium](https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/))
-* Maven (Note that the [Maven Wrapper](https://maven.apache.org/wrapper/) is shipped with the repo)
+* Maven (Note that the [Maven Wrapper](https://maven.apache.org/tools/wrapper/) is shipped with the repo)
 
 ### Recommended setup
-* Install ``IntelliJ`` (Community Edition is sufficient)
-  * Install the following plugins:
-    * [Save Actions](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/22113) - Provides save actions, like running the formatter or adding ``final`` to fields
-    * [SonarLint](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7973-sonarlint) - CodeStyle/CodeAnalysis
-      * You may consider disabling telemetry in the settings under ``Tools > Sonarlint -> About``
-    * [Checkstyle-IDEA](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/1065-checkstyle-idea) - CodeStyle/CodeAnalysis
+* Install `IntelliJ`
+  * Recommended setup actions
+    * Disable not needed plugins
+    * Disable [telemetry](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/settings-usage-statistics.html)
+    * Configure the available memory
   * Import the project
-  * Ensure that everything is encoded in ``UTF-8``
+  * You will get prompted to install the required plugins
+  * Ensure that everything is encoded in `UTF-8`
   * Ensure that the JDK/Java-Version is correct
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8ebdcc..c056a29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ A more detailed scenario is available in the [demo](./spring-security-advanced-a
 > To minimize the risk of dependency conflicts all Spring (Boot) dependencies are declared as provided and are not shipped by default.
 
 ## Support
-If you need support as soon as possible and you can't wait for any pull request, feel free to use [our support](https://xdev.software/en/services/support).
+If you need support as soon as possible and you can't wait for any pull request, feel free to use [our support](https://xdev.software/en/services-products/support).
 
 ## Contributing
 See the [contributing guide](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for detailed instructions on how to get started with our project.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b151ab..3c110b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>13.4.2</version>
+								<version>13.9.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.24.0</version>
+								<version>7.26.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.24.0</version>
+								<version>7.26.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/spring-security-advanced-authentication-ui/pom.xml b/spring-security-advanced-authentication-ui/pom.xml
index eea1cfb..d826278 100644
--- a/spring-security-advanced-authentication-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-advanced-authentication-ui/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
 				<artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>5.0.0</version>
+				<version>5.1.1</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<properties>
 						<email>${project.organization.url}</email>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 						<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.7.3</version>
+						<version>1.8.0</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
 						</configuration>
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
 						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>0.10.0</version>
+						<version>0.11.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
 							<publishingServerId>sonatype-central-portal</publishingServerId>
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>13.4.2</version>
+								<version>13.9.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
@@ -281,12 +281,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.24.0</version>
+								<version>7.26.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.24.0</version>
+								<version>7.26.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>