diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index a8a60570e7f4e..5e7201718a1f7 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <hibernate-orm.version>6.2.1.Final</hibernate-orm.version> <!-- When updating, align bytebuddy.version to Hibernate needs as well (just below): -->
         <bytebuddy.version>1.12.18</bytebuddy.version> <!-- Version controlled by Hibernate ORM's needs -->
         <hibernate-commons-annotations.version>6.0.6.Final</hibernate-commons-annotations.version> <!-- version controlled by Hibernate ORM -->
-        <hibernate-reactive.version>2.0.0.Beta2</hibernate-reactive.version>
+        <hibernate-reactive.version>2.0.0.CR1</hibernate-reactive.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <hibernate-search.version>6.1.7.Final</hibernate-search.version>
         <narayana.version>6.0.0.Final</narayana.version>
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/config/SettingsSpyingIdentifierGenerator.java b/extensions/hibernate-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/config/SettingsSpyingIdentifierGenerator.java
index f1d1f4fe70293..920269e71b9f5 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/config/SettingsSpyingIdentifierGenerator.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-reactive/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/config/SettingsSpyingIdentifierGenerator.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class SettingsSpyingIdentifierGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
     public static final List<Map<String, Object>> collectedSettings = new ArrayList<>();
 
     @Override
-    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
     public void configure(Type type, Properties params, ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry) throws MappingException {
         collectedSettings.add(new HashMap<>(serviceRegistry.getService(ConfigurationService.class).getSettings()));
     }
diff --git a/extensions/hibernate-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/runtime/customized/QuarkusReactiveConnectionPoolInitiator.java b/extensions/hibernate-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/runtime/customized/QuarkusReactiveConnectionPoolInitiator.java
index 0aa11409ddabb..e1611e2bcbeb6 100644
--- a/extensions/hibernate-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/runtime/customized/QuarkusReactiveConnectionPoolInitiator.java
+++ b/extensions/hibernate-reactive/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/runtime/customized/QuarkusReactiveConnectionPoolInitiator.java
@@ -3,13 +3,9 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceInitiator;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
-import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.JdbcServices;
-import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi.SqlStatementLogger;
 import org.hibernate.reactive.pool.ReactiveConnectionPool;
 import org.hibernate.reactive.pool.impl.ExternalSqlClientPool;
-import org.hibernate.reactive.pool.impl.Parameters;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.ServiceRegistryImplementor;
 
 import io.quarkus.hibernate.orm.runtime.migration.MultiTenancyStrategy;
@@ -37,10 +33,8 @@ public ReactiveConnectionPool initiateService(Map configurationValues, ServiceRe
             // nothing to do, but given the separate hierarchies have to handle this here.
             return null;
         }
-        SqlStatementLogger sqlStatementLogger = registry.getService(JdbcServices.class).getSqlStatementLogger();
-        final Dialect dialect = registry.getService(JdbcEnvironment.class).getDialect();
-        Parameters parameters = Parameters.instance(dialect);
-        return new ExternalSqlClientPool(pool, sqlStatementLogger, parameters);
+        final JdbcServices jdbcService = registry.getService(JdbcServices.class);
+        return new ExternalSqlClientPool(pool, jdbcService.getSqlStatementLogger(), jdbcService.getSqlExceptionHelper());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/AbstractJpaOperations.java b/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/AbstractJpaOperations.java
index 8cc1c50404282..e3f5b77ffcf00 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/AbstractJpaOperations.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/hibernate-reactive-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/reactive/panache/common/runtime/AbstractJpaOperations.java
@@ -360,6 +360,15 @@ public static Mutiny.Query<?> bindParameters(Mutiny.Query<?> query, Object[] par
         return query;
     }
 
+    public static Mutiny.SelectionQuery<?> bindParameters(Mutiny.SelectionQuery<?> query, Object[] params) {
+        if (params == null || params.length == 0)
+            return query;
+        for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
+            query.setParameter(i + 1, params[i]);
+        }
+        return query;
+    }
+
     public static Mutiny.Query<?> bindParameters(Mutiny.Query<?> query, Map<String, Object> params) {
         if (params == null || params.size() == 0)
             return query;
@@ -369,6 +378,15 @@ public static Mutiny.Query<?> bindParameters(Mutiny.Query<?> query, Map<String,
         return query;
     }
 
+    public static Mutiny.SelectionQuery<?> bindParameters(Mutiny.SelectionQuery<?> query, Map<String, Object> params) {
+        if (params == null || params.size() == 0)
+            return query;
+        for (Entry<String, Object> entry : params.entrySet()) {
+            query.setParameter(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+        }
+        return query;
+    }
+
     public static Uni<Integer> executeUpdate(String query, Object... params) {
         return getSession().chain(session -> {
             Mutiny.Query<?> jpaQuery = session.createQuery(query);
diff --git a/extensions/security-jpa-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/jpa/reactive/deployment/QuarkusSecurityJpaReactiveProcessor.java b/extensions/security-jpa-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/jpa/reactive/deployment/QuarkusSecurityJpaReactiveProcessor.java
index 9bd10abe9df6d..0ac604a2e5d27 100644
--- a/extensions/security-jpa-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/jpa/reactive/deployment/QuarkusSecurityJpaReactiveProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/security-jpa-reactive/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/security/jpa/reactive/deployment/QuarkusSecurityJpaReactiveProcessor.java
@@ -210,12 +210,13 @@ private static ResultHandle lookupUserById(JpaSecurityDefinition jpaSecurityDefi
 
             // session.createQuery("<<HQL>>", UserEntity.class)
             ResultHandle query1 = methodCreator.invokeInterfaceMethod(
-                    ofMethod(Mutiny.Session.class, "createQuery", Mutiny.Query.class, String.class, Class.class),
+                    ofMethod(Mutiny.Session.class, "createQuery", Mutiny.SelectionQuery.class, String.class, Class.class),
                     session, methodCreator.load(hql), userEntityClass);
 
             // .setParameter("name", username)
             ResultHandle query2 = methodCreator.invokeInterfaceMethod(
-                    ofMethod(Mutiny.Query.class, "setParameter", Mutiny.Query.class, String.class, Object.class),
+                    ofMethod(Mutiny.SelectionQuery.class, "setParameter", Mutiny.SelectionQuery.class, String.class,
+                            Object.class),
                     query1, methodCreator.load("name"), username);
 
             // .getSingleResultOrNull()