diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c2e1e5ef..bd6a44c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: finish
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
+    - name: Set up JDK 25
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         distribution: 'semeru'
-        java-version: 11
+        java-version: 25
     - run: unset _JAVA_OPTIONS
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index b3e4529c..cf71eebd 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2019, 2025 IBM Corporation and others.
+// Copyright (c) 2019, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
 // Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives
 // 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
 //   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ Learn more about Docker on the https://www.docker.com/what-docker[official Docke
 === Creating your Dockerfiles
 You will be creating two Docker images to run the `inventory` service and `system` service. The first step is to create Dockerfiles for both services.
 
-In this guide, you're using an official image from the IBM Container Registry (ICR), `icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi`, as your parent image. This image is tagged with the word `full`, meaning it includes all Liberty features. `full` images are recommended for development only because they significantly expand the image size with features that are not required by the application.
+In this guide, you're using an official image from the IBM Container Registry (ICR), `icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal`, as your parent image. This image is tagged with the word `full`, meaning it includes all Liberty features. `full` images are recommended for development only because they significantly expand the image size with features that are not required by the application.
 
-To minimize your image footprint in production, you can use one of the `kernel-slim` images, such as `icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi`.  This image installs the basic Liberty runtime. You can then add all the necessary features for your application with the usage pattern that is detailed in the Open Liberty https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/container-images.html#build[container image documentation^]. To use the default image that comes with the Open Liberty runtime, define the `FROM` instruction as `FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty`. You can find all official images on the Open Liberty https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/container-images.html[container image repository^].
+To minimize your image footprint in production, you can use one of the `kernel-slim` images, such as `icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal`.  This image installs the basic Liberty runtime. You can then add all the necessary features for your application with the usage pattern that is detailed in the Open Liberty https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/container-images.html#build[container image documentation^]. To use the default image that comes with the Open Liberty runtime, define the `FROM` instruction as `FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty`. You can find all official images on the Open Liberty https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/container-images.html[container image repository^].
 
 [role="code_command hotspot file=0", subs="quotes"]
 ----
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ It is also recommended to label your Docker images with the [hotspot=label file=
 
 The [hotspot=copy-config hotspot=copy-war file=0]`COPY` instructions are structured as `COPY` [hotspot=config-userID hotspot=war-userID file=0]`[--chown=<user>:<group>]` [hotspot=inventory-config hotspot=inventory-war file=0]`<source>` [hotspot=config hotspot=config-apps file=0]`<destination>`. They copy local files into the specified destination within your Docker image. In this case, the `inventory` Liberty configuration files that are located at `src/main/liberty/config` are copied to the [hotspot=config file=0]`/config/` destination directory. The `inventory` application WAR file [hotspot=inventory-war file=0]`inventory.war`, which was created from running Maven `package` goal, is copied to the [hotspot=config-apps file=0]`/config/apps` destination directory.
 
-The [hotspot=copy-config hotspot=copy-war file=0]`COPY` instructions use the [hotspot=config-userID hotspot=war-userID file=0]`1001` user ID  and [hotspot=config-userID hotspot=war-userID file=0]`0` group because the `icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi` image runs by default with the `USER 1001` (non-root) user for security purposes. Otherwise, the files and directories that are copied over are owned by the root user.
+The [hotspot=copy-config hotspot=copy-war file=0]`COPY` instructions use the [hotspot=config-userID hotspot=war-userID file=0]`1001` user ID  and [hotspot=config-userID hotspot=war-userID file=0]`0` group because the `icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal` image runs by default with the `USER 1001` (non-root) user for security purposes. Otherwise, the files and directories that are copied over are owned by the root user.
 
 Place the [hotspot=configure-sh file=0]`RUN configure.sh` command at the end to get a pre-warmed Docker image. It improves the startup time of running your Docker container.
 
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ inventory/Dockerfile
 include::finish/inventory/Dockerfile[]
 ----
 
-Replace the parent image with [hotspot=kernel-slim file=0]`icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi` at the top of your `Dockerfile`. This image contains the `kernel-slim` tag that is recommended when deploying to production.
+Replace the parent image with [hotspot=kernel-slim file=0]`icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal` at the top of your `Dockerfile`. This image contains the `kernel-slim` tag that is recommended when deploying to production.
 
 Place [hotspot=features file=0]`RUN features.sh` command after the `COPY` command that copies the local `/config/` directory into the `Docker` image. The `features.sh` script adds the Liberty features that your application is required to operate.
 
@@ -560,12 +560,12 @@ docker exec -it inventory /opt/ol/wlp/bin/productInfo featureInfo
 Your list of Liberty features should be similar to the following:
 ----
 jndi-1.0
-cdi-4.0
+cdi-4.1
 jsonb-3.0
 jsonp-2.1
 mpConfig-3.1
-restfulWS-3.1
-restfulWSClient-3.1
+restfulWS-4.0
+restfulWSClient-4.0
 ----
 
 // static guide instructions:
diff --git a/finish/inventory/Dockerfile b/finish/inventory/Dockerfile
index 8e4fa550..cd6f6e6f 100644
--- a/finish/inventory/Dockerfile
+++ b/finish/inventory/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # tag::kernel-slim[]
-FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi
+FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal
 # end::kernel-slim[]
 
 ARG VERSION=1.0
diff --git a/finish/inventory/Dockerfile-full b/finish/inventory/Dockerfile-full
index d0d3cb45..d59f42e6 100644
--- a/finish/inventory/Dockerfile-full
+++ b/finish/inventory/Dockerfile-full
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # tag::from[]
-FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi
+FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal
 # end::from[]
 
 ARG VERSION=1.0
diff --git a/finish/inventory/pom.xml b/finish/inventory/pom.xml
index 1388bb50..1a6998be 100644
--- a/finish/inventory/pom.xml
+++ b/finish/inventory/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>25</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>25</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- Default test properties -->
         <system.ip>localhost</system.ip>
         <system.http.port>9080</system.http.port>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.jakartaee-api</artifactId>
-            <version>10.0.0</version>
+            <version>11.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -78,24 +78,24 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.5</version>
+                <version>3.12.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run unit tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run functional tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <system.ip>${system.ip}</system.ip>
diff --git a/finish/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/finish/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
index e2f1fd6c..b59baa58 100755
--- a/finish/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
+++ b/finish/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <server description="Sample Liberty server">
 
   <featureManager>
-    <platform>jakartaee-10.0</platform>
+    <platform>jakartaee-11.0</platform>
     <platform>microprofile-7.1</platform>
     <feature>restfulWS</feature>
     <feature>jsonb</feature>
diff --git a/finish/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/finish/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index a3823f10..30eb38da 100755
--- a/finish/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/finish/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
-    version="3.1">
+<web-app xmlns="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd"
+    version="6.0">
     <display-name>Liberty Project</display-name>
 
     <welcome-file-list>
diff --git a/finish/pom.xml b/finish/pom.xml
index 040c0f60..9d6ce661 100644
--- a/finish/pom.xml
+++ b/finish/pom.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
         <module>system</module>
         <module>inventory</module>
     </modules>
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>25</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/finish/system/Dockerfile b/finish/system/Dockerfile
index 9c3d1008..b92b28d6 100644
--- a/finish/system/Dockerfile
+++ b/finish/system/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # tag::kernel-slim[]
-FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi
+FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal
 # end::kernel-slim[]
 
 ARG VERSION=1.0
diff --git a/finish/system/Dockerfile-full b/finish/system/Dockerfile-full
index 4a30d127..e5c97565 100644
--- a/finish/system/Dockerfile-full
+++ b/finish/system/Dockerfile-full
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi
+FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal
 
 ARG VERSION=1.0
 ARG REVISION=SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/finish/system/pom.xml b/finish/system/pom.xml
index dc1127c1..766b1049 100644
--- a/finish/system/pom.xml
+++ b/finish/system/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>25</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>25</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- Liberty configuration -->
         <liberty.var.http.port>9080</liberty.var.http.port>
         <liberty.var.https.port>9443</liberty.var.https.port>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.jakartaee-api</artifactId>
-            <version>10.0.0</version>
+            <version>11.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -63,25 +63,25 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Enable Liberty Maven plugin -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.5</version>
+                <version>3.12.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run unit tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run functional tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <system.http.port>${liberty.var.http.port}</system.http.port>
diff --git a/finish/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/finish/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
index 612ab866..4263e6b5 100644
--- a/finish/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
+++ b/finish/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <server description="Sample Liberty server">
 
   <featureManager>
-    <platform>jakartaee-10.0</platform>
+    <platform>jakartaee-11.0</platform>
     <feature>restfulWS</feature>
     <feature>jsonb</feature>
     <feature>jsonp</feature>
diff --git a/finish/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/finish/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index a3823f10..30eb38da 100644
--- a/finish/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/finish/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
-    version="3.1">
+<web-app xmlns="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd"
+    version="6.0">
     <display-name>Liberty Project</display-name>
 
     <welcome-file-list>
diff --git a/scripts/dailyBuild.sh b/scripts/dailyBuild.sh
index d69e5ee1..2a719635 100644
--- a/scripts/dailyBuild.sh
+++ b/scripts/dailyBuild.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sed -i "\#<artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>#a<configuration><install
 cat ../start/system/pom.xml ../start/inventory/pom.xml ../finish/system/pom.xml ../finish/inventory/pom.xml
 
 if [[ "$DOCKER_USERNAME" != "" ]]; then
-    sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi;FROM $DOCKER_USERNAME/olguides:$BUILD;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
+    sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;FROM $DOCKER_USERNAME/olguides:$BUILD;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
     sed -i "s;RUN features.sh;;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
     cat system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/dockerImageTest.sh b/scripts/dockerImageTest.sh
index 92a901aa..d6e41170 100755
--- a/scripts/dockerImageTest.sh
+++ b/scripts/dockerImageTest.sh
@@ -14,26 +14,26 @@ sed -i "\#<artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>#a<configuration><install
 cat ../start/system/pom.xml ../start/inventory/pom.xml ../finish/system/pom.xml ../finish/inventory/pom.xml
 
 if [[ "$OL_LEVEL" != "" ]]; then
-  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java11-openj9-ubi;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
+  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
 else
-  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java11-openj9-ubi;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
+  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
 fi
 sed -i "s;RUN features.sh;#RUN features.sh;g" system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
 cat system/Dockerfile inventory/Dockerfile
 if [[ "$OL_LEVEL" != "" ]]; then
-  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java11-openj9-ubi;g" system/Dockerfile-full inventory/Dockerfile-full
+  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;g" system/Dockerfile-full inventory/Dockerfile-full
 else
-  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java11-openj9-ubi;g" system/Dockerfile-full inventory/Dockerfile-full
+  sed -i "s;FROM icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;FROM cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal;g" system/Dockerfile-full inventory/Dockerfile-full
 fi
 cat system/Dockerfile-full inventory/Dockerfile-full
 
 echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | sudo docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin cp.stg.icr.io
 if [[ "$OL_LEVEL" != "" ]]; then
-  sudo docker pull -q "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java11-openj9-ubi"
-  sudo echo "build level:"; docker inspect --format "{{ index .Config.Labels \"org.opencontainers.image.revision\"}}" "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java11-openj9-ubi"
+  sudo docker pull -q "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal"
+  sudo echo "build level:"; docker inspect --format "{{ index .Config.Labels \"org.opencontainers.image.revision\"}}" "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-vnext:$OL_LEVEL-full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal"
 else
-  sudo docker pull -q "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java11-openj9-ubi"
-  sudo echo "build level:"; docker inspect --format "{{ index .Config.Labels \"org.opencontainers.image.revision\"}}" "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java11-openj9-ubi"
+  sudo docker pull -q "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal"
+  sudo echo "build level:"; docker inspect --format "{{ index .Config.Labels \"org.opencontainers.image.revision\"}}" "cp.stg.icr.io/cp/olc/open-liberty-daily:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal"
 fi
 
 sudo ../scripts/testAppFinish.sh
diff --git a/scripts/testAppFinish.sh b/scripts/testAppFinish.sh
index 8ce0e704..c9e98b1e 100755
--- a/scripts/testAppFinish.sh
+++ b/scripts/testAppFinish.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ cd ../finish
     -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 \
     -q clean package
     
-docker pull -q icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java11-openj9-ubi
-docker pull -q icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java11-openj9-ubi
+docker pull -q icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:full-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal
+docker pull -q icr.io/appcafe/open-liberty:kernel-slim-java25-openj9-ubi-minimal
 
 docker build -t system -f ./system/Dockerfile-full system/.
 docker build -t inventory -f ./inventory/Dockerfile-full inventory/.
diff --git a/start/inventory/pom.xml b/start/inventory/pom.xml
index 939fe77b..1a6998be 100644
--- a/start/inventory/pom.xml
+++ b/start/inventory/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>25</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>25</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- Default test properties -->
         <system.ip>localhost</system.ip>
         <system.http.port>9080</system.http.port>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.jakartaee-api</artifactId>
-            <version>10.0.0</version>
+            <version>11.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -78,24 +78,24 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.5</version>
+                <version>3.12.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run unit tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run functional tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <system.ip>${system.ip}</system.ip>
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/start/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/start/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
index 38ba9b78..2bcae5cf 100755
--- a/start/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
+++ b/start/inventory/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <server description="Sample Liberty server">
 
   <featureManager>
-    <platform>jakartaee-10.0</platform>
+    <platform>jakartaee-11.0</platform>
     <platform>microprofile-7.1</platform>
     <feature>restfulWS</feature>
     <feature>jsonb</feature>
diff --git a/start/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/start/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index a3823f10..30eb38da 100755
--- a/start/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/start/inventory/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
-    version="3.1">
+<web-app xmlns="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd"
+    version="6.0">
     <display-name>Liberty Project</display-name>
 
     <welcome-file-list>
diff --git a/start/pom.xml b/start/pom.xml
index 040c0f60..9d6ce661 100644
--- a/start/pom.xml
+++ b/start/pom.xml
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
         <module>system</module>
         <module>inventory</module>
     </modules>
+  <properties>
+    <maven.compiler.release>25</maven.compiler.release>
+  </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/start/system/pom.xml b/start/system/pom.xml
index dc1127c1..766b1049 100644
--- a/start/system/pom.xml
+++ b/start/system/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>25</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>25</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- Liberty configuration -->
         <liberty.var.http.port>9080</liberty.var.http.port>
         <liberty.var.https.port>9443</liberty.var.https.port>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.platform</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.jakartaee-api</artifactId>
-            <version>10.0.0</version>
+            <version>11.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -63,25 +63,25 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Enable Liberty Maven plugin -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.openliberty.tools</groupId>
                 <artifactId>liberty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.11.5</version>
+                <version>3.12.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run unit tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
             </plugin>
             <!-- Plugin to run functional tests -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.6</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
                         <system.http.port>${liberty.var.http.port}</system.http.port>
diff --git a/start/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/start/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
index 612ab866..4263e6b5 100644
--- a/start/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
+++ b/start/system/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <server description="Sample Liberty server">
 
   <featureManager>
-    <platform>jakartaee-10.0</platform>
+    <platform>jakartaee-11.0</platform>
     <feature>restfulWS</feature>
     <feature>jsonb</feature>
     <feature>jsonp</feature>
diff --git a/start/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/start/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index a3823f10..30eb38da 100644
--- a/start/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/start/system/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<web-app xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_1.xsd"
-    version="3.1">
+<web-app xmlns="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/jakartaee/web-app_6_0.xsd"
+    version="6.0">
     <display-name>Liberty Project</display-name>
 
     <welcome-file-list>