diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 23f09161a2ed54d62e2917adf46697c9a66befaf..7ba775a534d64291955648e24da611f3c5a3cd99 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,65 +1,31 @@
-variables:
-  HELPERS_FILE: docker-build.yml
-  HELM_HELPERS_FILE: helm.yml
-  APP_HELM_NAME: infohub
-  DOCKER_FILE: deployment/ci/Dockerfile
-
 stages:
-  - compile
   - test
-  - build
-  - helm
-  - deploy
 
-include:
-  - project: "${HELPERS_PATH}"
-    file: "${HELPERS_FILE}"
-  - template: "Workflows/Branch-Pipelines.gitlab-ci.yml"
-  - project: "$HELM_HELPERS_PATH}"
-    file: "${HELM_HELPERS_FILE}"
+before_script:
+  - ln -s /builds /go/src/gitlab.eclipse.org
+  - cd /go/src/gitlab.eclipse.org/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}
 
-lint:
-  image: golangci/golangci-lint:v1.50.1
+linters:
+  image: golangci/golangci-lint:latest
   stage: test
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
   script:
+    - go version
     - golangci-lint --version
     - golangci-lint run
-  before_script:
-    - ln -s /builds /go/src/gitlab.com
-    - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}
 
 unit tests:
-  image: golang:1.20.5
-  extends: .gotest
+  image: golang:1.21.3
   stage: test
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
-  before_script: []
+  script:
+    - go version
+    - go test -race ./... -coverprofile=coverage.out
+    - go tool cover -func=coverage.out
   coverage: '/total:\s+\(statements\)\s+(\d+.\d+\%)/'
 
 govulncheck:
-  image: golang:1.20.5
+  image: golang:1.21.3
   stage: test
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
-  before_script:
-    - ln -s /builds /go/src/gitlab.com
-    - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}
   script:
     - go version
     - go install golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@latest
     - govulncheck ./...
-
-amd64:
-  extends: .docker-build
-  stage: build
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
-
-helm-lint:
-  extends: .helm-lint
-  stage: helm
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml.old b/.gitlab-ci.yml.old
deleted file mode 100644
index 592893b3e171df71a6fc19e87e9f0e303b61235e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml.old
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-stages:
-  - test
-
-before_script:
-  - ln -s /builds /go/src/gitlab.com
-  - cd /go/src/gitlab.com/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}
-
-lint:
-  image: golangci/golangci-lint:v1.46.2
-  stage: test
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
-  script:
-    - golangci-lint --version
-    - golangci-lint run
-
-unit tests:
-  image: golang:1.17.10
-  stage: test
-  tags:
-    - amd64-docker
-  script:
-    - go version
-    - go test -race ./... -coverprofile=coverage.out
-    - go tool cover -func=coverage.out
diff --git a/deployment/ci/Dockerfile b/deployment/ci/Dockerfile
index e2c4fda167917f5d2c1f9cc7e7bcf82444d1f8fb..77e903272335759218187b89a02220cdf03fa16d 100644
--- a/deployment/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployment/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.20.5-alpine3.17 as builder
+FROM golang:1.21.3-alpine3.17 as builder
 
 RUN apk add git
 
diff --git a/deployment/compose/Dockerfile b/deployment/compose/Dockerfile
index 0112ba71c845bf0feabddaf26f9c6ac0ede16f3a..fbef3883765dbe544b05fe021cea8078ab68e700 100644
--- a/deployment/compose/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployment/compose/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM golang:1.20.5
+FROM golang:1.21.3
 
 ENV GO111MODULE=on
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63b4a7762ca3e890cb71c041f27fef143e563261..0d5392e6086171568093f45ec8e7ff88a53019ef 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipse/xfsc/tsa/infohub
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
 require (
 	github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3 v3.0.1-0.20221117193127-916db76e8214
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6cb0d677a5878991d8e5b49b4e1489524981c7b2..d509b9607b89bfe94d1999d3fb59a0e7db99e9e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 github.com/PaesslerAG/gval v1.1.0 h1:k3RuxeZDO3eejD4cMPSt+74tUSvTnbGvLx0df4mdwFc=
+github.com/PaesslerAG/gval v1.1.0/go.mod h1:y/nm5yEyTeX6av0OfKJNp9rBNj2XrGhAf5+v24IBN1I=
 github.com/PaesslerAG/jsonpath v0.1.1 h1:c1/AToHQMVsduPAa4Vh6xp2U0evy4t8SWp8imEsylIk=
+github.com/PaesslerAG/jsonpath v0.1.1/go.mod h1:lVboNxFGal/VwW6d9JzIy56bUsYAP6tH/x80vjnCseY=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.5.7 h1:4y6y0G8PRzszQUYIQHHssv/jgPHAb5qQuuDNdCbyAgw=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fastcache v1.5.7/go.mod h1:ptDBkNMQI4RtmVo8VS/XwRY6RoTu1dAWCbrk+6WsEM8=
 github.com/aead/siphash v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Nywa3cDsYNNK3gaciGTWPwHt0wlpNV15vwmswBAUSII=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156 h1:eMwmnE/GDgah4HI848JfFxHt+iPb26b4zyfspmqY0/8=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156/go.mod h1:Cb/ax3seSYIx7SuZdm2G2xzfwmv3TPSk2ucNfQESPXM=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 h1:ip6w0uFQkncKQ979AypyG0ER7mqUSBdKLOgAle/AT8A=
+github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.20.1-beta/go.mod h1:wVuoA8VJLEcwgqHBwHmzLRazpKxTv13Px/pDuV7OomQ=
@@ -55,7 +58,9 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/gxui v0.0.0-20151028112939-f85e0a97b3a4 h1:OL2d27ueTKnlQJoqLW2fc9pWYulFnJYLWzomGV7HqZo=
+github.com/google/gxui v0.0.0-20151028112939-f85e0a97b3a4/go.mod h1:Pw1H1OjSNHiqeuxAduB1BKYXIwFtsyrY47nEqSgEiCM=
 github.com/google/tink/go v1.7.0 h1:6Eox8zONGebBFcCBqkVmt60LaWZa6xg1cl/DwAh/J1w=
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 github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
@@ -74,6 +79,7 @@ github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/component/log v0.0.0-20230427134832-0c
 github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/component/models v0.0.0-20230501135648-a9a7ad029347 h1:oPGUCpmnm7yxsVllcMQnHF3uc3hy4jfrSCh7nvzXA00=
 github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/component/models v0.0.0-20230501135648-a9a7ad029347/go.mod h1:nF8fHsYY+GZl74AFAQaKAhYWOOSaLVzW/TZ0Sq/6axI=
 github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/component/storageutil v0.0.0-20230427134832-0c9969493bd3 h1:JGYA9l5zTlvsvfnXT9hYPpCokAjmVKX0/r7njba7OX4=
+github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go/component/storageutil v0.0.0-20230427134832-0c9969493bd3/go.mod h1:aSG2dWjYVzu2PVBtOqsYghaChA5+UUXnBbL+MfVceYQ=
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 github.com/hyperledger/ursa-wrapper-go v0.3.1 h1:Do+QrVNniY77YK2jTIcyWqj9rm/Yb5SScN0bqCjiibA=
@@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ github.com/hyperledger/ursa-wrapper-go v0.3.1/go.mod h1:nPSAuMasIzSVciQo22PedBk4
 github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v0.0.0-20141203071132-1679536dcc89/go.mod h1:4FA24M0QyGHXBuZZK/XkWh8h0e1EYbRYJSGM75WSRxI=
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+github.com/jinzhu/copier v0.0.0-20190924061706-b57f9002281a/go.mod h1:yL958EeXv8Ylng6IfnvG4oflryUi3vgA3xPs9hmII1s=
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@@ -93,9 +100,11 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 h1:P76CopJELS0TiO2mebmnzgWaajssP/EszplttgQ
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+github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
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@@ -112,10 +121,13 @@ github.com/lestrrat-go/option v1.0.1/go.mod h1:5ZHFbivi4xwXxhxY9XHDe2FHo6/Z7WWmt
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@@ -129,7 +141,9 @@ github.com/multiformats/go-base36 v0.1.0/go.mod h1:kFGE83c6s80PklsHO9sRn2NCoffoR
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@@ -159,7 +173,9 @@ github.com/sergi/go-diff v1.3.1/go.mod h1:aMJSSKb2lpPvRNec0+w3fl7LP9IOFzdc9Pa4NF
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@@ -195,6 +211,7 @@ gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipse/xfsc/tsa/golib v1.3.2-0.20230810143053-d53786b08923/g
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@@ -282,6 +299,7 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
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