diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c175798c..7a3d7125a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.imixs.workflow</groupId>
 	<artifactId>imixs-workflow</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +17,9 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<!-- 4.10.4, 5.5.2, 6.2.0 6.2.1 6.6.1 -->
+		<!-- dependency versions -->
+		<jakarta.version>8.0</jakarta.version>
+		<microprofile.version>2.2</microprofile.version>
 		<lucene.version>7.5.0</lucene.version>
 	</properties>
 
@@ -90,17 +94,17 @@
 
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-		
+
 			<!-- use JDK settings for compiling -->
 			<plugin>
-	            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-	            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-	            <version>3.8.1</version>
-	            <configuration>
-	                <source>1.8</source>
-	                <target>1.8</target>
-	            </configuration>
-	        </plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.8.1</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 
 			<!-- release management -->
 			<plugin>
@@ -251,16 +255,23 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0</version>
+			<version>${jakarta.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		
 		<!-- Microprofile -->
 		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.config</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>microprofile-config-api</artifactId>
-		    <version>1.3</version>
+			<groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile</groupId>
+			<artifactId>microprofile</artifactId>
+			<version>${microprofile.version}</version>
+			<type>pom</type>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+		    <groupId>org.eclipse.microprofile.metrics</groupId>
+		    <artifactId>microprofile-metrics-api</artifactId>
+		    <version>2.0.0</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- JUnit Tests -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -269,14 +280,13 @@
 			<version>4.8.1</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
 			<version>1.9.5</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 	</dependencies>