diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
index 21746752..e4be09c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 env:
   MAIN_PATH: 'build-dir'
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  MAVEN_THREADS: 'true'
+  MAVEN_THREADS: 'false'
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'spring-cloud/stream-applications'
@@ -84,29 +84,14 @@ jobs:
           done
           set +e
           if [ "$FOLDERS" != "" ]; then
-            echo "::info ::install $FOLDERS and dependents"
-            echo "::debug ::MAVEN:./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -amd -pl $FOLDERS install"
+            echo "::notice::install $FOLDERS and dependents"
+            echo "::debug::MAVEN:./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -amd -pl $FOLDERS install"
             ./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -amd -pl $FOLDERS install
             RC=$?
             if ((RC!=0)); then
               exit $RC
             fi
           fi
-          PWD=$(pwd)
-          # Build any applications that was compiled but don't deploy to artifactory.          
-          PROCESSORS=$(find ./applications/processor -name target -exec $PWD/parent-dir.sh '{}' \;)
-          SINKS=$(find ./applications/sink -name target -exec $PWD/parent-dir.sh '{}' \;)
-          SOURCES=$(find ./applications/source -name target -exec $PWD/parent-dir.sh '{}' \;)
-          # true as 3rd argument ensures that jars aren't deployed and containers aren't built.
-          for appdir in $PROCESSORS; do
-            ./build-app.sh . "./$appdir" true
-          done          
-          for appdir in $SOURCES; do
-            ./build-app.sh . "./$appdir" true
-          done          
-          for appdir in $SINKS; do
-            ./build-app.sh . "./$appdir" true
-          done
       - name: 'Configure: Install Trivy'
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-trivy
       - name: 'Action: Trivy scan'
diff --git a/applications/sink/analytics-sink/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/app/sink/analytics/AnalyticsSinkTests.java b/applications/sink/analytics-sink/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/app/sink/analytics/AnalyticsSinkTests.java
index d27a7341..c218e7e0 100644
--- a/applications/sink/analytics-sink/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/app/sink/analytics/AnalyticsSinkTests.java
+++ b/applications/sink/analytics-sink/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/app/sink/analytics/AnalyticsSinkTests.java
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.stream.app.sink.analytics;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Counter;
-import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.metrics.MetricsAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ImportAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.fn.consumer.analytics.AnalyticsConsumerConfiguration;
@@ -45,17 +47,20 @@ public class AnalyticsSinkTests {
 				TestChannelBinderConfiguration.getCompleteConfiguration(AnalyticsSinkTestApplication.class))
 				.web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
 				.run("--spring.cloud.function.definition=byteArrayTextToString|analyticsConsumer",
+						"--management.defaults.metrics.export.enabled=true",
+						"--analytics.meter-type=counter",
 						"--analytics.name=counter666",
 						"--analytics.amount-expression=payload.length()",
 						"--analytics.tag.expression.foo='bar'")) {
 
-			SimpleMeterRegistry meterRegistry = context.getBean(SimpleMeterRegistry.class);
+			MeterRegistry meterRegistry = context.getBean(MeterRegistry.class);
 
 			String message = "hello world message";
 			InputDestination source = context.getBean(InputDestination.class);
 			source.send(new GenericMessage<>(message.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
 
-			Counter counter = meterRegistry.find("counter666").counter();
+			Counter counter = meterRegistry.counter("counter666", "foo", "bar");
+			assertThat(counter).as("counter:counter666").isNotNull();
 			assertThat(counter.count()).isEqualTo(message.length());
 			assertThat(counter.getId().getTag("foo")).isEqualTo("bar");
 		}
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@ public class AnalyticsSinkTests {
 
 	@SpringBootApplication
 	@Import({ AnalyticsConsumerConfiguration.class})
+	@ImportAutoConfiguration({MetricsAutoConfiguration.class})
 	public static class AnalyticsSinkTestApplication {
 	}
 
diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
index efde66ab..ca7826a5 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <stream-apps-core.version>5.0.1-SNAPSHOT</stream-apps-core.version>
-        <java-functions.version>5.0.0</java-functions.version>
+        <java-functions.version>5.0.1-SNAPSHOT</java-functions.version>
 		<prometheus-rsocket.version>1.5.2</prometheus-rsocket.version>
         <spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-generator-plugin.version>1.0.14</spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-generator-plugin.version>
         <spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-docs-plugin.version>1.0.14</spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-docs-plugin.version>
diff --git a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
index e465a5b1..a225eeef 100644
--- a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
+++ b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
         <nohttp-checkstyle.version>0.0.10</nohttp-checkstyle.version>
         <disable.nohttp.checks>true</disable.nohttp.checks>
         <spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>0.0.35</spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>3.3.0</spring-boot.version>
-        <spring.version>6.1.8</spring.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.3.1</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring.version>6.1.10</spring.version>
         <spring-cloud.version>2023.0.2</spring-cloud.version>
         <spring-cloud-starters.version>4.1.2</spring-cloud-starters.version>
         <spring-cloud-function.version>4.1.2</spring-cloud-function.version>