diff --git a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-data-index-service/integration-tests-data-index-service-quarkus/pom.xml b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-data-index-service/integration-tests-data-index-service-quarkus/pom.xml
index ad1b65312d..7eb024d549 100644
--- a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-data-index-service/integration-tests-data-index-service-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-data-index-service/integration-tests-data-index-service-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkiverse.reactivemessaging.http</groupId>
diff --git a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-embedded/pom.xml b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-embedded/pom.xml
index 052e20507f..572713f618 100644
--- a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-embedded/pom.xml
+++ b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-embedded/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
diff --git a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-management/pom.xml b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-management/pom.xml
index d096153c0a..c873c7fbce 100644
--- a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-management/pom.xml
+++ b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-management/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
diff --git a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-messaging/pom.xml b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-messaging/pom.xml
index ab48c6c519..bb0e24b2c4 100644
--- a/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/apps-integration-tests/integration-tests-jobs-service/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus/integration-tests-jobs-service-quarkus-messaging/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Used to enable the proto generation set in the data-index -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-common/pom.xml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-common/pom.xml
index 7b8d09c534..8c2665671f 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-common/pom.xml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-common/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-reactive-jackson</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-jackson</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-reactive</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.cloudevents</groupId>
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/pom.xml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/pom.xml
index 684f54cba8..a1736a0a4c 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/pom.xml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
index f66d29a002..4555200bde 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ version: '2.1'
 services:
 
   infinispan:
-    image: infinispan/server:14.0.4.Final
+    image: infinispan/server:15.0.8.Final
     container_name: infinispan
     ports:
         - 11222:11222
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml
index 8fea9fc6db..c65423f023 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 -->
 <infinispan>
   <cache-container shutdown-hook="DEFAULT">
+      <serialization schema-compatibility="UNRESTRICTED"/>
     {#let template=config:property('kogito.cache.domain.template')}
       {#if template is null}
     <local-cache name="{cache_name}">
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/test/docker/docker-compose.yml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/test/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c1f396b628..426caf7a17 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/test/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-infinispan/src/test/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ services:
       LOG_DIR: "/tmp/logs"
 
   infinispan:
-    image: infinispan/server:14.0.4.Final
+    image: infinispan/server:15.0.8.Final
     container_name: data-index-infinispan
     ports:
       - "11222:11222"
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-mongodb/pom.xml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-mongodb/pom.xml
index 7c2ead3652..454050a56a 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-postgresql/pom.xml b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-postgresql/pom.xml
index 43f999c6fa..b048156cc3 100644
--- a/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-postgresql/pom.xml
+++ b/data-index/data-index-service/data-index-service-postgresql/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
diff --git a/data-index/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence-infinispan/runtime/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml b/data-index/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence-infinispan/runtime/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml
index 8fea9fc6db..0e13d6e673 100644
--- a/data-index/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence-infinispan/runtime/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml
+++ b/data-index/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence/kogito-addons-quarkus-data-index-persistence-infinispan/runtime/src/main/resources/templates/kogito-cache-default.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 -->
 <infinispan>
   <cache-container shutdown-hook="DEFAULT">
+    <serialization schema-compatibility="UNRESTRICTED"/>
     {#let template=config:property('kogito.cache.domain.template')}
       {#if template is null}
     <local-cache name="{cache_name}">
diff --git a/explainability/explainability-service-messaging/pom.xml b/explainability/explainability-service-messaging/pom.xml
index c586ccd9dc..8615b69205 100644
--- a/explainability/explainability-service-messaging/pom.xml
+++ b/explainability/explainability-service-messaging/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
diff --git a/jobs-service/jobs-service-messaging-kafka/pom.xml b/jobs-service/jobs-service-messaging-kafka/pom.xml
index beb82658ed..651bb9977b 100644
--- a/jobs-service/jobs-service-messaging-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/jobs-service/jobs-service-messaging-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye.reactive</groupId>
diff --git a/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoIndexParser.java b/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoIndexParser.java
index c0ddca8be2..18e8d36f32 100644
--- a/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoIndexParser.java
+++ b/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoIndexParser.java
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ class ProtoIndexParser implements AnnotationMetadataCreator<EntityIndexDescripto
 
     static Configuration.Builder configureBuilder() {
         Configuration.Builder builder = Configuration.builder();
-        builder.annotationsConfig()
+        builder.schemaValidation(Configuration.SchemaValidation.UNRESTRICTED)
+                .annotationsConfig()
                 .annotation(INDEXED_ANNOTATION, AnnotationElement.AnnotationTarget.MESSAGE)
                 .attribute(INDEXED_INDEX_ATTRIBUTE)
                 .type(AnnotationElement.AttributeType.STRING)
diff --git a/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoDomainModelProducerTest.java b/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoDomainModelProducerTest.java
index 5fb6e4b337..71765dc507 100644
--- a/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoDomainModelProducerTest.java
+++ b/persistence-commons/persistence-commons-protobuf/src/test/java/org/kie/kogito/persistence/protobuf/ProtoDomainModelProducerTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void onFileDescriptorRegistered() {
 
     static FileDescriptor getTestFileDescriptor() {
         String content = TestUtils.getTestFileContent();
-        SerializationContext ctx = new SerializationContextImpl(Configuration.builder().build());
+        SerializationContext ctx = new SerializationContextImpl(Configuration.builder().schemaValidation(Configuration.SchemaValidation.UNRESTRICTED).build());
         ctx.registerProtoFiles(FileDescriptorSource.fromString(DOMAIN_MODEL_PROTO_NAME, content));
         return ctx.getFileDescriptors().get(DOMAIN_MODEL_PROTO_NAME);
     }
diff --git a/trusty/trusty-service/trusty-service-common/pom.xml b/trusty/trusty-service/trusty-service-common/pom.xml
index 8c53ec2e92..e961bd3768 100644
--- a/trusty/trusty-service/trusty-service-common/pom.xml
+++ b/trusty/trusty-service/trusty-service-common/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>quarkus-smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-messaging-kafka</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>