diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index 2dbfe5a7..1c73252b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # test against latest update of each major Java version, as well as specific updates of LTS versions:
         RUNTIME: [ol, wlp]
-        RUNTIME_VERSION: [22.0.0.12, 22.0.0.9]
+        RUNTIME_VERSION: [22.0.0.12, 23.0.0.3]
         java: [17, 11, 8]
         exclude:
         - java: 8
-          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.9
+          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.12
         - java: 17
-          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.9
+          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.12
     name: ${{ matrix.RUNTIME }} ${{ matrix.RUNTIME_VERSION }}, Java ${{ matrix.java }}, Linux
     steps:
     # Checkout repos
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # test against latest update of each major Java version, as well as specific updates of LTS versions:
         RUNTIME: [ol, wlp]
-        RUNTIME_VERSION: [22.0.0.12, 22.0.0.9]
+        RUNTIME_VERSION: [22.0.0.12, 23.0.0.3]
         java: [17, 11, 8]
         exclude:
         - java: 8
-          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.9
+          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.12
         - java: 8
           RUNTIME: wlp
         - java: 17
-          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.9
+          RUNTIME_VERSION: 22.0.0.12
     name: ${{ matrix.RUNTIME }} ${{ matrix.RUNTIME_VERSION }}, Java ${{ matrix.java }}, Windows
     steps:
     # Checkout repos
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/AbstractFeatureTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/AbstractFeatureTask.groovy
index 5ea5aa44..151d0f20 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/AbstractFeatureTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/AbstractFeatureTask.groovy
@@ -62,33 +62,33 @@ public class AbstractFeatureTask extends AbstractServerTask {
         }
 
         @Override
-        void debug(String msg) {
+        public void debug(String msg) {
             if (isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug(msg);
             }
         }
 
         @Override
-        void error(String msg, Throwable throwable) {
+        public void error(String msg, Throwable throwable) {
             logger.error(msg, e);
         }
 
         @Override
-        void debug(String msg, Throwable throwable) {
+        public void debug(String msg, Throwable throwable) {
             if (isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug(msg, (Throwable) e);
             }
         }
 
         @Override
-        void debug(Throwable throwable) {
+        public void debug(Throwable throwable) {
             if (isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug("Throwable exception received: " + e.getMessage(), (Throwable) e);
             }
         }
 
         @Override
-        void warn(String msg) {
+        public void warn(String msg) {
             if (!suppressLogs) {
                 logger.warn(msg);
             } else {
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class AbstractFeatureTask extends AbstractServerTask {
         }
 
         @Override
-        void info(String msg) {
+        public void info(String msg) {
             if (!suppressLogs) {
                 logger.lifecycle(msg);
             } else {
@@ -245,9 +245,10 @@ public class AbstractFeatureTask extends AbstractServerTask {
      * @return instance of ServerFeatureUtil
      */
     @Internal
-    protected ServerFeatureUtil getServerFeatureUtil(boolean suppressLogs) {
+    protected ServerFeatureUtil getServerFeatureUtil(boolean suppressLogs, Map<String, File> libDirPropFiles) {
         if (servUtil == null) {
             servUtil = new ServerFeatureTaskUtil();
+            servUtil.setLibertyDirectoryPropertyFiles(libDirPropFiles);
         }
         if (suppressLogs) {
             servUtil.setSuppressLogs(true);
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/DevTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/DevTask.groovy
index 28a87c34..23e6885e 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/DevTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/DevTask.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2019, 2021.
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2019, 2023.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ class DevTask extends AbstractFeatureTask {
                     false /* recompileDependencies only supported in ci.maven */, packagingType, buildFile, null /* parent build files */, generateFeatures, null /* compileArtifactPaths */, null /* testArtifactPaths */, new ArrayList<Path>() /* webResources */
                 );
 
-            ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true);
             this.libertyDirPropertyFiles = AbstractServerTask.getLibertyDirectoryPropertyFiles(installDirectory, userDirectory, serverDirectory);
+            ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true, libertyDirPropertyFiles);
             this.existingFeatures = servUtil.getServerFeatures(serverDirectory, libertyDirPropertyFiles);
 
             this.existingLibertyFeatureDependencies = new HashSet<String>();
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ class DevTask extends AbstractFeatureTask {
 
         @Override
         public void installFeatures(File configFile, File serverDir, boolean generateFeatures) {
-            ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true);
+            ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true, libertyDirPropertyFiles);
             Set<String> features = servUtil.getServerFeatures(serverDir, libertyDirPropertyFiles);
 
             if (features == null) {
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class DevTask extends AbstractFeatureTask {
         @Override
         public ServerFeatureUtil getServerFeatureUtilObj() {
             // suppress logs from ServerFeatureUtil so that dev console is not flooded
-            return getServerFeatureUtil(true);
+            return getServerFeatureUtil(true, libertyDirPropertyFiles);
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ class DevTask extends AbstractFeatureTask {
 
         @Override
         public void updateExistingFeatures() {
-            ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true);
+            ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true, libertyDirPropertyFiles);
             Set<String> features = servUtil.getServerFeatures(getServerDir(project), libertyDirPropertyFiles);
             existingFeatures = features;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/GenerateFeaturesTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/GenerateFeaturesTask.groovy
index 17729728..8db57926 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/GenerateFeaturesTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/tasks/GenerateFeaturesTask.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021, 2022.
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2021, 2023.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class GenerateFeaturesTask extends AbstractFeatureTask {
         } */
 
         // get existing server features from source directory
-        ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true);
+        ServerFeatureUtil servUtil = getServerFeatureUtil(true, null);
         Set<String> generatedFiles = new HashSet<String>();
         generatedFiles.add(GENERATED_FEATURES_FILE_NAME);