diff --git a/CI.adoc b/CI.adoc
index f76a5a9dd..be1be7457 100644
--- a/CI.adoc
+++ b/CI.adoc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ All of these use cases are great reasons to essentially run what the CI server d
 
 IMPORTANT: To do this you must have Docker installed on your machine.
 
-1. `docker run -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/spring-data-rest-github adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest /bin/bash`
+1. `docker run -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/spring-data-rest-github openjdk:17 /bin/bash`
 +
 This will launch the Docker image and mount your source code at `spring-data-rest-github`.
 +
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Since the container is binding to your source, you can make edits from your IDE
 
 If you test building the artifact, do this:
 
-1. `docker run -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/spring-data-rest-github adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest /bin/bash`
+1. `docker run -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/spring-data-rest-github openjdk:17 /bin/bash`
 +
 This will launch the Docker image and mount your source code at `spring-data-rest-github`.
 +
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index a3409b01d..5eb1e877d 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pipeline {
 	stages {
 		stage("Docker images") {
 			parallel {
-				stage('Publish JDK 8 + MongoDB 4.4') {
+				stage('Publish JDK 17 + MongoDB 4.4') {
 					when {
 						changeset "ci/openjdk8-mongodb-4.4/**"
 					}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pipeline {
 			}
 		}
 
-		stage("test: baseline (jdk8)") {
+		stage("test: baseline (JDK 17)") {
 			when {
 				beforeAgent(true)
 				anyOf {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pipeline {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-						docker.image('springci/spring-data-rest-openjdk8-with-mongodb-4.4:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
+						docker.image('springci/spring-data-rest-openjdk17-with-mongodb-4.4:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
 							sh 'mkdir -p /tmp/mongodb/db /tmp/mongodb/log'
 							sh 'mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongodb/db --replSet rs0 --fork --logpath /tmp/mongodb/log/mongod.log &'
 							sh 'sleep 10'
@@ -97,110 +97,6 @@ pipeline {
 			}
 		}
 
-		stage("Test other configurations") {
-			when {
-				beforeAgent(true)
-				allOf {
-					branch(pattern: "main|(\\d\\.\\d\\.x)", comparator: "REGEXP")
-					not { triggeredBy 'UpstreamCause' }
-				}
-			}
-			parallel {
-				stage("test: baseline (jdk11)") {
-					agent {
-						label 'data'
-					}
-					options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') }
-					environment {
-						ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
-					}
-					steps {
-						script {
-							docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-								docker.image('springci/spring-data-rest-openjdk11-with-mongodb-4.4:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
-									sh 'mkdir -p /tmp/mongodb/db /tmp/mongodb/log'
-									sh 'mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongodb/db --replSet rs0 --fork --logpath /tmp/mongodb/log/mongod.log &'
-									sh 'sleep 10'
-									sh 'mongo --eval "rs.initiate({_id: \'rs0\', members:[{_id: 0, host: \'127.0.0.1:27017\'}]});"'
-									sh 'sleep 15'
-									sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml clean dependency:list test -Dsort -U -B -Pit,java11'
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				stage("test: baseline (JDK 17)") {
-					agent {
-						label 'data'
-					}
-					options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') }
-					environment {
-						ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
-					}
-					steps {
-						script {
-							docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-								docker.image('springci/spring-data-rest-openjdk17-with-mongodb-4.4:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
-									sh 'mkdir -p /tmp/mongodb/db /tmp/mongodb/log'
-									sh 'mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongodb/db --replSet rs0 --fork --logpath /tmp/mongodb/log/mongod.log &'
-									sh 'sleep 10'
-									sh 'mongo --eval "rs.initiate({_id: \'rs0\', members:[{_id: 0, host: \'127.0.0.1:27017\'}]});"'
-									sh 'sleep 15'
-									sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml clean dependency:list test -Dsort -U -B -Pit,java11'
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				stage("test: spring53-next (jdk8)") {
-					agent {
-						label 'data'
-					}
-					options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') }
-					environment {
-						ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
-					}
-					steps {
-						script {
-							docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-								docker.image('springci/spring-data-rest-openjdk8-with-mongodb-4.4:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
-									sh 'mkdir -p /tmp/mongodb/db /tmp/mongodb/log'
-									sh 'mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongodb/db --replSet rs0 --fork --logpath /tmp/mongodb/log/mongod.log &'
-									sh 'sleep 10'
-									sh 'mongo --eval "rs.initiate({_id: \'rs0\', members:[{_id: 0, host: \'127.0.0.1:27017\'}]});"'
-									sh 'sleep 15'
-									sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml clean dependency:list test -Dsort -U -B -Pit,spring53-next'
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-				stage("test: spring53-next (JDK 17)") {
-					agent {
-						label 'data'
-					}
-					options { timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES') }
-					environment {
-						ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
-					}
-					steps {
-						script {
-							docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-								docker.image('springci/spring-data-rest-openjdk17-with-mongodb-4.4:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
-									sh 'mkdir -p /tmp/mongodb/db /tmp/mongodb/log'
-									sh 'mongod --dbpath /tmp/mongodb/db --replSet rs0 --fork --logpath /tmp/mongodb/log/mongod.log &'
-									sh 'sleep 10'
-									sh 'mongo --eval "rs.initiate({_id: \'rs0\', members:[{_id: 0, host: \'127.0.0.1:27017\'}]});"'
-									sh 'sleep 15'
-									sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml clean dependency:list test -Dsort -U -B -Pit,spring53-next,java11'
-								}
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 		stage('Release to artifactory') {
 			when {
 				beforeAgent(true)
@@ -221,7 +117,7 @@ pipeline {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					docker.withRegistry('', 'hub.docker.com-springbuildmaster') {
-						docker.image('adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
+						docker.image('openjdk:17').inside('-v $HOME:/tmp/jenkins-home') {
 							sh 'MAVEN_OPTS="-Duser.name=jenkins -Duser.home=/tmp/jenkins-home" ./mvnw -s settings.xml -Pci,artifactory ' +
 									'-Dartifactory.server=https://repo.spring.io ' +
 									"-Dartifactory.username=${ARTIFACTORY_USR} " +
diff --git a/ci/openjdk11-mongodb-4.4/Dockerfile b/ci/openjdk11-mongodb-4.4/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c94ac38f..000000000
--- a/ci/openjdk11-mongodb-4.4/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk11:latest
-
-ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https apt-utils gnupg2 ; \
-	apt-key adv --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv 656408E390CFB1F5 ; \
-	echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list; \
-	echo ${TZ} > /etc/timezone;
-
-RUN apt-get update ; \
-	apt-get install -y mongodb-org=4.4.4 mongodb-org-server=4.4.4 mongodb-org-shell=4.4.4 mongodb-org-mongos=4.4.4 mongodb-org-tools=4.4.4 ; \
-	apt-get clean; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*;
diff --git a/ci/openjdk8-mongodb-4.4/Dockerfile b/ci/openjdk8-mongodb-4.4/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 79774dd26..000000000
--- a/ci/openjdk8-mongodb-4.4/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-FROM adoptopenjdk/openjdk8:latest
-
-ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-RUN set -eux; \
-	apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https apt-utils gnupg2 ; \
-	apt-key adv --keyserver hkps://keyserver.ubuntu.com:443 --recv 656408E390CFB1F5 ; \
-	echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list; \
-	echo ${TZ} > /etc/timezone;
-
-RUN apt-get update ; \
-	ln -T /bin/true /usr/bin/systemctl ; \
-	apt-get install -y mongodb-org=4.4.4 mongodb-org-server=4.4.4 mongodb-org-shell=4.4.4 mongodb-org-mongos=4.4.4 mongodb-org-tools=4.4.4 ; \
-	rm /usr/bin/systemctl ; \
-	apt-get clean; \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*;