diff --git a/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunProcessEngineConfiguration.java b/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunProcessEngineConfiguration.java
index d0d0d53848b..469ca3ebe71 100644
--- a/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunProcessEngineConfiguration.java
+++ b/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunProcessEngineConfiguration.java
@@ -16,12 +16,11 @@
  */
 package org.camunda.bpm.run;
 
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.ProcessEngineException;
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.telemetry.CamundaIntegration;
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.spring.SpringProcessEngineConfiguration;
diff --git a/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunRestConfiguration.java b/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunRestConfiguration.java
index 2e88a0a22bb..02d09e61d1c 100644
--- a/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunRestConfiguration.java
+++ b/distro/run/core/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/CamundaBpmRunRestConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.camunda.bpm.run;
 
+import jakarta.servlet.Filter;
 import org.apache.catalina.filters.CorsFilter;
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.rest.security.auth.ProcessEngineAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.camunda.bpm.run.property.CamundaBpmRunAuthenticationProperties;
@@ -33,8 +34,6 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
-import javax.servlet.Filter;
-
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(CamundaBpmRunProperties.class)
 @Configuration
 @AutoConfigureAfter({ CamundaBpmAutoConfiguration.class })
diff --git a/distro/run/core/src/test/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/test/AbstractRestTest.java b/distro/run/core/src/test/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/test/AbstractRestTest.java
index 3a97d692e54..06f28dd288f 100644
--- a/distro/run/core/src/test/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/test/AbstractRestTest.java
+++ b/distro/run/core/src/test/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/test/AbstractRestTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
-import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.server.LocalServerPort;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
diff --git a/distro/run/modules/example/pom.xml b/distro/run/modules/example/pom.xml
index 50032f28ea3..df38d9168b7 100644
--- a/distro/run/modules/example/pom.xml
+++ b/distro/run/modules/example/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.camunda.bpm.example</groupId>
-      <artifactId>camunda-example-invoice</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>camunda-example-invoice-jakarta</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
       <classifier>classes</classifier>
       <scope>provided</scope>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
               <artifactItems>
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.camunda.bpm.example</groupId>
-                  <artifactId>camunda-example-invoice</artifactId>
+                  <artifactId>camunda-example-invoice-jakarta</artifactId>
                   <version>${project.version}</version>
                   <type>war</type>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/distro/run/modules/example/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/example/invoice/Application.java b/distro/run/modules/example/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/example/invoice/Application.java
index faa93fb7f25..8853cad11e7 100644
--- a/distro/run/modules/example/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/example/invoice/Application.java
+++ b/distro/run/modules/example/src/main/java/org/camunda/bpm/run/example/invoice/Application.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.camunda.bpm.run.example.invoice;
 
-import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.ProcessEngine;
 import org.camunda.bpm.example.invoice.InvoiceApplicationHelper;
 import org.camunda.bpm.example.invoice.InvoiceProcessApplication;
diff --git a/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c2f52cd14d..00000000000
--- a/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=org.camunda.bpm.run.swaggerui.CamundaSwaggerUIConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9397878cc84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distro/run/modules/swaggerui/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.camunda.bpm.run.swaggerui.CamundaSwaggerUIConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/run/pom.xml b/distro/run/pom.xml
index 79710a7bbda..b71fa644935 100644
--- a/distro/run/pom.xml
+++ b/distro/run/pom.xml
@@ -58,6 +58,31 @@
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
+
+    <plugins>
+
+      <!-- Enforces Java 17 during the build -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0-M1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <rules>
+            <requireJavaVersion>
+              <version>[17,)</version>
+            </requireJavaVersion>
+          </rules>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
   </build>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/distro/run/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml b/distro/run/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 0df3b60d3c8..16b72b67ab6 100644
--- a/distro/run/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/distro/run/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.httpclient}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/distro/run/qa/runtime/pom.xml b/distro/run/qa/runtime/pom.xml
index 88d50a6c0eb..13e07eb137a 100644
--- a/distro/run/qa/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/distro/run/qa/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
       <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.httpclient}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>