diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b059a18b0..e3be83308 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,29 +61,29 @@
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 
 		<!-- production dependencies -->
-		<spring-framework.version>6.2.4</spring-framework.version>
-		<spring-retry.version>2.0.11</spring-retry.version>
-		<spring-integration.version>6.4.3</spring-integration.version>
-		<micrometer.version>1.14.5</micrometer.version>
+		<spring-framework.version>7.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-framework.version>
+		<spring-retry.version>2.0.12-SNAPSHOT</spring-retry.version>
+		<spring-integration.version>6.5.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-integration.version>
+		<micrometer.version>1.15.0-SNAPSHOT</micrometer.version>
 
 		<!-- optional production dependencies -->
-		<spring-data-commons.version>3.4.4</spring-data-commons.version>
-		<spring-data-jpa.version>3.4.4</spring-data-jpa.version>
-		<spring-data-redis.version>3.4.4</spring-data-redis.version>
-		<spring-data-mongodb.version>4.4.4</spring-data-mongodb.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>3.3.4</spring-kafka.version>
-		<spring-amqp.version>3.2.4</spring-amqp.version>
-		<spring-ldap.version>3.2.11</spring-ldap.version>
+		<spring-data-commons.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-commons.version>
+		<spring-data-jpa.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-jpa.version>
+		<spring-data-redis.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-redis.version>
+		<spring-data-mongodb.version>5.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-data-mongodb.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-amqp.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-amqp.version>
+		<spring-ldap.version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</spring-ldap.version>
 
 		<jackson.version>2.18.3</jackson.version>
 		<avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
 		<gson.version>2.12.1</gson.version>
-		<hibernate-core.version>6.6.11.Final</hibernate-core.version>
+		<hibernate-core.version>7.0.0.Beta4</hibernate-core.version>
 		<jakarta.annotation-api.version>3.0.0</jakarta.annotation-api.version>
 		<jakarta.mail-api.version>2.1.3</jakarta.mail-api.version>
 		<jakarta.jms-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.jms-api.version>
 		<jakarta.validation-api.version>3.1.1</jakarta.validation-api.version>
-		<jakarta.persistence-api.version>3.1.0</jakarta.persistence-api.version> <!-- FIXME build failure with 3.2.0 -->
+		<jakarta.persistence-api.version>3.2.0</jakarta.persistence-api.version>
 		<neo4j-ogm-core.version>4.0.16</neo4j-ogm-core.version>
 		<mongodb-driver.version>5.3.1</mongodb-driver.version>
 		<junit-jupiter.version>5.11.4</junit-jupiter.version> <!-- FIXME build failure with 5.12.1 -->
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 		<jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
-		<micrometer-tracing.version>1.4.4</micrometer-tracing.version>
+		<micrometer-tracing.version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</micrometer-tracing.version>
 
 		<xstream.version>1.4.21</xstream.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index bb489174a..70ac3d9ca 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/test/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
+<persistence xmlns="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence"
 		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-		xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence https://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd"
-		version="1.0">
+		xsi:schemaLocation="http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence http://xmlns.jcp.org/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_1.xsd"
+		version="2.1">
 
 	<persistence-unit name="foo" transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL">
 
         <class>org.springframework.batch.item.sample.Foo</class>
 		<exclude-unlisted-classes>true</exclude-unlisted-classes>
-
+		<mapping-file>
+			org/springframework/batch/item/database/Foo.hbm.xml
+		</mapping-file>
 	</persistence-unit>
 
 </persistence>