diff --git a/.github/release-files-spec.json b/.github/release-files-spec.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ee43685f..00000000
--- a/.github/release-files-spec.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "files": [
-    {
-      "aql": {
-        "items.find": {
-          "$and": [
-            {
-              "@build.name": "${buildname}",
-              "@build.number": "${buildnumber}",
-              "path": {"$match": "org*"}
-            },
-            {
-              "$or": [
-                {
-                  "name": {"$match": "*.pom"}
-                },
-                {
-                  "name": {"$match": "*.jar"}
-                },
-                {
-                  "name": {"$match": "*.module"}
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      "target": "nexus/"
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml
index 0f81d0b6..7cf54631 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-staged-artifacts.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: spring-projects/spring-integration
+          ref: 6.1.x
           show-progress: false
 
       - name: Set up JDK
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 01306639..8a474de8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 buildscript {
 	ext.kotlinVersion = '1.7.20'
-	ext.isCI = System.getenv('GITHUB_ACTION') || System.getenv('bamboo_buildKey')
+	ext.isCI = System.getenv('GITHUB_ACTION')
 	repositories {
 		mavenCentral()
 		gradlePluginPortal()
@@ -19,24 +19,15 @@ plugins {
 	id 'base'
 	id 'project-report'
 	id 'idea'
-	id 'org.sonarqube' version '4.3.0.3225'
-	id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' version '4.0.1' apply false
+	id 'org.ajoberstar.grgit' version '4.1.1'
 	id 'io.spring.nohttp' version '0.0.11'
-	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.10.RELEASE' apply false
-	id 'com.jfrog.artifactory' version '4.33.1' apply false
+	id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.4' apply false
 	id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.pdf' version '3.3.2'
-	id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.gems' version '3.3.2'
 	id 'org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert' version '3.3.2'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.nohttp'
 
-def gitPresent = new File('.git').exists()
-
-if(gitPresent) {
-	apply plugin: 'org.ajoberstar.grgit'
-}
-
 description = 'Spring for Apache Kafka'
 
 ext {
@@ -46,7 +37,7 @@ ext {
 	linkScmUrl = 'https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka'
 	linkScmConnection = 'https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka.git'
 	linkScmDevConnection = 'git@github.com:spring-projects/spring-kafka.git'
-	springAsciidoctorBackendsVersion = '0.0.3'
+	springAsciidoctorBackendsVersion = '0.0.7'
 
 	javadocLinks = [
 		'https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/',
@@ -54,10 +45,13 @@ ext {
 	] as String[]
 
 
-	if (gitPresent) {
-		modifiedFiles =
-			files(grgit.status().unstaged.modified).filter{ f -> f.name.endsWith('.java') || f.name.endsWith('.kt') }
-	}
+	modifiedFiles =
+			files()
+					.from {
+						files(grgit.status().unstaged.modified)
+								.filter { f -> f.name.endsWith('.java') || f.name.endsWith('.kt') }
+					}
+	modifiedFiles.finalizeValueOnRead()
 
 	assertjVersion = '3.24.2'
 	awaitilityVersion = '4.2.0'
@@ -84,13 +78,13 @@ ext {
 
 	idPrefix = 'kafka'
 
-	javaProjects = subprojects - project(':spring-kafka-bom')
+	javaProjects = subprojects - project(':spring-kafka-bom') - project(':spring-kafka-docs')
 
 }
 
 nohttp {
 	source.include '**/src/**'
-	source.exclude '**/*.gif', '**/*.ks'
+	source.exclude '**/*.gif', '**/*.ks', '**/.gradle/**'
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -120,7 +114,6 @@ allprojects {
 
 	repositories {
 		mavenCentral()
-		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/release' }
 		maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/milestone' }
 		if (version.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')) {
 			maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/snapshot' }
@@ -136,7 +129,6 @@ configure(javaProjects) { subproject ->
 	apply from: "${rootProject.projectDir}/gradle/publish-maven.gradle"
 	apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 	apply plugin: 'idea'
-	apply plugin: 'jacoco'
 	apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
 	apply plugin: 'kotlin'
 	apply plugin: 'kotlin-spring'
@@ -147,9 +139,6 @@ configure(javaProjects) { subproject ->
 		registerFeature('optional') {
 			usingSourceSet(sourceSets.main)
 		}
-		registerFeature('provided') {
-			usingSourceSet(sourceSets.main)
-		}
 	}
 
 	compileJava {
@@ -170,10 +159,6 @@ configure(javaProjects) { subproject ->
 
 	eclipse.project.natures += 'org.springframework.ide.eclipse.core.springnature'
 
-	jacoco {
-		toolVersion = '0.8.10'
-	}
-
 	// dependencies that are common across all java projects
 	dependencies {
 		implementation "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:$googleJsr305Version"
@@ -208,10 +193,6 @@ configure(javaProjects) { subproject ->
 		}
 
 		maxHeapSize = '1536m'
-//		jvmArgs '-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=127.0.0.1:8111'
-		jacoco {
-			destinationFile = file("$buildDir/jacoco.exec")
-		}
 		useJUnitPlatform()
 
 	}
@@ -221,39 +202,19 @@ configure(javaProjects) { subproject ->
 		toolVersion = '10.8.0'
 	}
 
-	jacocoTestReport {
-		onlyIf { System.properties['sonar.host.url'] }
-		dependsOn test
-		reports {
-			xml.required = true
-			csv.required = false
-			html.required = false
-		}
-	}
-
-	rootProject.tasks['sonarqube'].dependsOn jacocoTestReport
-
 	publishing {
 		publications {
 			mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
 				suppressAllPomMetadataWarnings()
 				from components.java
-				pom.withXml {
-					def pomDeps = asNode().dependencies.first()
-					subproject.configurations.providedImplementation.allDependencies.each { dep ->
-						pomDeps.remove(pomDeps.'*'.find { it.artifactId.text() == dep.name })
-					}
-				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	task updateCopyrights {
 		onlyIf { !isCI }
-		if (gitPresent) {
-			inputs.files(modifiedFiles.filter { f -> f.path.contains(subproject.name) })
-		}
-		outputs.dir('build')
+		inputs.files(modifiedFiles.filter { f -> f.path.contains(subproject.name) })
+		outputs.dir('build/classes')
 
 		doLast {
 			def now = Calendar.instance.get(Calendar.YEAR) as String
@@ -358,9 +319,7 @@ project ('spring-kafka') {
 		testImplementation ('io.micrometer:micrometer-tracing-integration-test') {
 			exclude group: "org.mockito"
 		}
-
 	}
-
 }
 
 project('spring-kafka-bom') {
@@ -386,10 +345,6 @@ project('spring-kafka-bom') {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	sonarqube {
-		skipProject = true
-	}
 }
 
 project ('spring-kafka-test') {
@@ -424,39 +379,6 @@ project ('spring-kafka-test') {
 	}
 }
 
-project ('spring-kafka-docs') {
-	description = 'Spring Kafka Code Snippets For Docs'
-
-	dependencies {
-		api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:$springBootVersion"
-		api project (':spring-kafka')
-		optionalApi 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib'
-		optionalApi 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core'
-		optionalApi 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
-	}
-
-	compileKotlin {
-		kotlinOptions {
-			jvmTarget = '17'
-		}
-	}
-
-	sonarqube {
-		skipProject = true
-	}
-
-}
-
-sonarqube {
-	properties {
-		property 'sonar.links.homepage', linkHomepage
-		property 'sonar.links.ci', linkCi
-		property 'sonar.links.issue', linkIssue
-		property 'sonar.links.scm', linkScmUrl
-		property 'sonar.links.scm_dev', linkScmDevConnection
-	}
-}
-
 configurations {
 	asciidoctorExtensions
 	micrometerDocs
diff --git a/gradle/docs.gradle b/gradle/docs.gradle
index 727b3545..8321767a 100644
--- a/gradle/docs.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	asciidoctorExt("io.spring.asciidoctor:spring-asciidoctor-extensions-block-switch:0.5.0")
+	asciidoctorExt('io.spring.asciidoctor:spring-asciidoctor-extensions-block-switch:0.6.0')
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/gradle/publish-maven.gradle b/gradle/publish-maven.gradle
index fb5df899..b63685e0 100644
--- a/gradle/publish-maven.gradle
+++ b/gradle/publish-maven.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
 
 publishing {
 	publications {
@@ -28,16 +27,22 @@ publishing {
 				}
 				developers {
 					developer {
-						id = 'garyrussell'
-						name = 'Gary Russell'
-						email = 'grussell@vmware.com'
-						roles = ["project lead"]
+						id = 'sobychacko'
+						name = 'Soby Chacko'
+						email = 'soby.chacko@broadcom.com'
+						roles = ['project lead']
 					}
 					developer {
-						id = 'abilan'
+						id = 'garyrussell'
+						name = 'Gary Russell'
+						email = 'github@gprussell.net'
+						roles = ['project founder and project lead emeritus']
+					}
+					developer {
+						id = 'artembilan'
 						name = 'Artem Bilan'
-						email = 'abilan@vmware.com'
-						roles = ["contributor"]
+						email = 'artem.bilan@broadcom.com'
+						roles = ['contributor']
 					}
 				}
 				issueManagement {
@@ -56,8 +61,3 @@ publishing {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-artifactoryPublish {
-	dependsOn build
-	publications(publishing.publications.mavenJava)
-}
diff --git a/spring-kafka-docs/build.gradle b/spring-kafka-docs/build.gradle
index 7a503fbb..2be7bf3a 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-docs/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-kafka-docs/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
-jar {
-    enabled = false
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+apply plugin: 'idea'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-spring'
+
+description = 'Spring Kafka Docs module'
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:$springBootVersion"
+    implementation project (':spring-kafka')
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib'
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core'
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
 }
 
-sourcesJar {
-    enabled = false
-}
-
-javadocJar {
-    enabled = false
-}
-
-publishMavenJavaPublicationToMavenLocal {
-    enabled = false
+compileJava {
+    options.release = 17
 }
 
+compileKotlin {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = '17'
+    }
+}
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