diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8b66228c7..9ec19d859 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 version: 2.1
 orbs:
-  node: circleci/node@1.1.6
+    docker: circleci/docker@2.1.1
 executors:
-    openjdk_executor:
-        docker:
-            - image: circleci/openjdk:11.0.8-jdk
-        environment:
-            _JAVA_OPTIONS: "-Xmx3g"
-            GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
+  openjdk_executor:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/openjdk:17.0.3
+    environment:
+      _JAVA_OPTIONS: "-Xmx3g"
+      GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
 
 jobs:
   build_and_test:
     executor:
-      name: node/default
+      name: docker/docker
     working_directory: /home/circleci/mms
     steps:
       - checkout
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           name: "Create and start all services from the docker-compose configuration"
           command: |
             cp example/src/main/resources/application.properties.example ./example/src/main/resources/application.properties
-            docker-compose up -d
+            docker-compose up --build -d
             docker run --network container:mms curlimages/curl --retry 8 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 90 --retry-connrefused http://mms:8080/healthcheck
 
       - run: 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 861eeb446..e027f83cd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-FROM openjdk:11-jdk-slim
+FROM openjdk:17.0.2-slim as build
 COPY . /mms
 WORKDIR /mms
-RUN ./gradlew --no-daemon bootJar
+RUN ./gradlew --no-daemon bootJar --warning-mode all
 
 RUN find . -type f -name example-*.jar -not -iname '*javadoc*' -not -iname '*sources*' -exec cp '{}' '/app.jar' ';'
 ENV JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS "-XX:MaxRAMPercentage=90.0"
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8397f2ae4..446e42f2a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ Docker
 We suggest using Docker to set up PostgreSQL and Elasticsearch.  Installation 
 instructions are found here: `Docker documentation <https://docs.docker.com/>`_
 
-Java SE Development Kit 11
+Java SE Development Kit 17
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Installation instructions: `JDK-11 download <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jdk11-downloads.html>`_
+Installation instructions: `JDK-17 download <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-jdk17-downloads.html>`_
 
 Postgresql
 ^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2a58cb3eb..6dc76ae86 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ description = 'Model Management System Reference Implementation'
 ext {
     commonDependencies = [
         'swagger-annotations'           : 'io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-annotations:2.1.2',
-        'hibernate-core'                : 'org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.4.14.Final',
+        'hibernate-core'                : 'org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.6.0.Final',
         'servlet-api'                   : 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1',
         'slf4j-api'                     : 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30',
         'spring-boot'                   : "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:$springBootVersion",
diff --git a/example/example.gradle b/example/example.gradle
index 87b646db8..bc279fa9e 100644
--- a/example/example.gradle
+++ b/example/example.gradle
@@ -45,4 +45,7 @@ configurations {
         it.outgoing.artifact(bootJar)
     }
 }
+bootJar {
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
+}
 ext['elasticsearch.version'] = "$elasticVersion"
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/example/config/ExampleSecurityConfig.java b/example/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/example/config/ExampleSecurityConfig.java
index c0cd41795..ac7f771a1 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/example/config/ExampleSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/org/openmbee/mms/example/config/ExampleSecurityConfig.java
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@
 @EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled = true)
 @EnableTransactionManagement
 @EnableAsync
-public class ExampleSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter implements
-    WebMvcConfigurer {
+public class ExampleSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
     @Autowired
     AuthSecurityConfig authSecurityConfig;
diff --git a/example/src/main/resources/application-test.properties b/example/src/main/resources/application-test.properties
index 8ef8e22f6..2a9b572e1 100644
--- a/example/src/main/resources/application-test.properties
+++ b/example/src/main/resources/application-test.properties
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spring.datasource.username=mmsuser
 spring.datasource.password=test1234
 spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
 #spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
-spring.datasource.initialization-mode=always
+spring.sql.init.mode=always
 
 # The SQL dialect makes Hibernate generate better SQL for the chosen database
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQL10Dialect
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.jdbc.lob.non_contextual_creation=true
 spring.jpa.open-in-view=false
 
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
+spring.main.allow-circular-references=true
+spring.mvc.pathmatch.matching-strategy=ant_path_matcher
 
 #Configuration for Elasticsearch
 elasticsearch.host=elasticsearch
diff --git a/example/src/main/resources/application.properties.example b/example/src/main/resources/application.properties.example
index 234fcd9ce..339250a5f 100644
--- a/example/src/main/resources/application.properties.example
+++ b/example/src/main/resources/application.properties.example
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.jdbc.lob.non_contextual_creation=true
 spring.jpa.open-in-view=false
 
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
+spring.main.allow-circular-references=true
+spring.mvc.pathmatch.matching-strategy=ant_path_matcher
 
 #Configuration for Elasticsearch
 elasticsearch.host=localhost
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6e7ed6e40..8be66ab85 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-version=4.0.7
+version=4.0.8
 group=org.openmbee.mms
 
-springBootVersion=2.2.6.RELEASE
-springFrameworkVersion=5.2.5.RELEASE
-springSecurityVersion=5.3.1.RELEASE
-springDataVersion=2.2.6.RELEASE
-jacksonVersion=2.10.3
-elasticVersion=7.8.1
+springBootVersion=2.6.7
+springFrameworkVersion=5.3.20
+springSecurityVersion=5.7.0
+springDataVersion=2.7.0
+jacksonVersion=2.13.3
+elasticVersion=7.8.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ffed3a254..aa991fcea 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists