diff --git a/camunda-sdk-java/java-client-operate/pom.xml b/camunda-sdk-java/java-client-operate/pom.xml
index 39225af1..08c56806 100644
--- a/camunda-sdk-java/java-client-operate/pom.xml
+++ b/camunda-sdk-java/java-client-operate/pom.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,14 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
         <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-        <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
diff --git a/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/pom.xml b/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/pom.xml
index a9430d5a..f3c7364c 100644
--- a/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/pom.xml
+++ b/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/pom.xml
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-camunda-sdk</artifactId>
+      <version>8.5.9</version>
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpcore5</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -41,12 +40,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/example/pom.xml b/example/pom.xml
index 6e53fe00..e6bb578a 100644
--- a/example/pom.xml
+++ b/example/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda.spring</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cfa664a9..5bc60ae4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -343,6 +343,11 @@
                 org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor
               </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
             </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
+            <ignoredNonTestScopedDependencies>
+              <ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>
+                com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core
+              </ignoredNonTestScopedDependency>
+            </ignoredNonTestScopedDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
@@ -600,6 +605,7 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-camunda-sdk</artifactId>
+      <version>8.5.9</version>
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starter-camunda/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starter-camunda/pom.xml
index 401fce39..a4b31431 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starter-camunda/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starter-camunda/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-camunda-sdk</artifactId>
+      <version>8.5.9</version>
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
   <dependencies>
@@ -23,12 +24,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -38,27 +37,22 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity-sdk</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda.spring</groupId>
@@ -71,7 +65,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -80,52 +73,43 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
       <artifactId>micrometer-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>zeebe-gateway-protocol-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>zeebe-client-java</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda.spring</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-client-annotations</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.camunda.spring</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-common</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-client-annotations/pom.xml b/spring-client-annotations/pom.xml
index 1a7b0c6b..264ec125 100644
--- a/spring-client-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-client-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-camunda-sdk</artifactId>
+      <version>8.5.9</version>
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-client-zeebe/pom.xml b/spring-client-zeebe/pom.xml
index 9a720d60..06ec969f 100644
--- a/spring-client-zeebe/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-client-zeebe/pom.xml
@@ -28,33 +28,27 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>grpc-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -97,6 +91,7 @@
     <relocation>
       <groupId>io.camunda</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-camunda-sdk</artifactId>
+      <version>8.5.9</version>
     </relocation>
   </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/test/common/pom.xml b/test/common/pom.xml
index d2848ec6..3b1bb1f7 100644
--- a/test/common/pom.xml
+++ b/test/common/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/test/embedded/pom.xml b/test/embedded/pom.xml
index 4788c2f7..d007c66c 100644
--- a/test/embedded/pom.xml
+++ b/test/embedded/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/test/testcontainer/pom.xml b/test/testcontainer/pom.xml
index 7bf29dff..f06a34ee 100644
--- a/test/testcontainer/pom.xml
+++ b/test/testcontainer/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>