diff --git a/dhp-common/pom.xml b/dhp-common/pom.xml
index bfec019af..a998ba7f6 100644
--- a/dhp-common/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-common/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@
 	</build>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
+			<artifactId>dhp-rmi-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>edu.cmu</groupId>
 			<artifactId>secondstring</artifactId>
@@ -125,10 +131,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.cxf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cxf-rt-transports-http</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
-			<artifactId>cnr-rmi-api</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ximpleware</groupId>
@@ -168,24 +170,4 @@
 			<artifactId>opencsv</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
-
-	<!-- dependencies required on JDK9+ because J2EE has been removed -->
-	<profiles>
-		<profile>
-			<id>spark-34</id>
-			<dependencies>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
-					<version>2.2.11</version>
-				</dependency>
-				<dependency>
-					<groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jaxws-ri</artifactId>
-					<version>2.3.3</version>
-					<type>pom</type>
-				</dependency>
-			</dependencies>
-		</profile>
-	</profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/dhp-shade-package/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dhp-shade-package/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
index 04843072f..ca2c6fd30 100644
--- a/dhp-shade-package/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-shade-package/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
           <artifactId>byte-buddy-agent</artifactId>
           <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -102,6 +106,12 @@
       <artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
       <version>3.3.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml b/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml
index d8e17ed46..9bb2c25a5 100644
--- a/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-shade-package/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 
     <dependencies>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-actionmanager</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-actionmanager</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
 <!--        <dependency>-->
 <!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
 <!--            <artifactId>dhp-aggregation</artifactId>-->
@@ -46,71 +46,71 @@
 <!--            <artifactId>dhp-broker-events</artifactId>-->
 <!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
 <!--        </dependency>-->
-<!--        <dependency>-->
-<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
-<!--            <artifactId>dhp-dedup-openaire</artifactId>-->
-<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
-<!--        </dependency>-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dhp-dedup-openaire</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 <!--        <dependency>-->
 <!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
 <!--            <artifactId>dhp-enrichment</artifactId>-->
 <!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
 <!--        </dependency>-->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-graph-mapper</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-graph-provision</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-impact-indicators</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-stats-actionsets</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-stats-hist-snaps</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-stats-monitor-irish</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-stats-promote</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-stats-update</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-swh</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-usage-raw-data-update</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
-            <artifactId>dhp-usage-stats-build</artifactId>
-            <version>${project.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-graph-mapper</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-graph-provision</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-impact-indicators</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-stats-actionsets</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-stats-hist-snaps</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-stats-monitor-irish</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-stats-promote</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-stats-update</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-swh</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-usage-raw-data-update</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>dhp-usage-stats-build</artifactId>-->
+<!--            <version>${project.version}</version>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
     </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/pom.xml b/dhp-workflows/pom.xml
index 1c331d126..a0e783bbb 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/pom.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <module>dhp-usage-stats-build</module>
         <module>dhp-usage-raw-data-update</module>
         <module>dhp-broker-events</module>
-        <module>dhp-doiboost</module>
+<!--        <module>dhp-doiboost</module>-->
         <module>dhp-impact-indicators</module>
         <module>dhp-swh</module>
     </modules>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1d99f25b..78f31afc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <modules>
+        <module>dhp-rmi-api</module>
         <module>dhp-build</module>
         <module>dhp-pace-core</module>
         <module>dhp-common</module>
@@ -440,12 +441,6 @@
                 <scope>provided</scope>
             </dependency>
 
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>eu.dnetlib</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cnr-rmi-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${cnr-rmi-api.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
-
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
                 <artifactId>dnet-openaire-broker-common</artifactId>
@@ -926,7 +921,6 @@
 
         <!-- dependency versions -->
         <apache.poi.version>4.1.2</apache.poi.version>
-        <cnr-rmi-api.version>[2.6.1]</cnr-rmi-api.version>
         <common.compress.version>1.20</common.compress.version>
         <common.csv.version>1.8</common.csv.version>
         <common.text.version>1.8</common.text.version>
@@ -936,6 +930,7 @@
         <commons-io.version>2.4</commons-io.version>
         <commons.logging.version>1.1.3</commons.logging.version>
         <commons-validator.version>1.7</commons-validator.version>
+        <cxf.version>3.5.9</cxf.version>
         <dateparser.version>1.0.7</dateparser.version>
         <dhp-schemas.version>[8.0.1]</dhp-schemas.version>
         <dhp.cdh.version>cdh5.9.2</dhp.cdh.version>
@@ -953,6 +948,7 @@
         <json4s.version>3.5.3</json4s.version>
         <jsonschemagenerator.version>4.13.0</jsonschemagenerator.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.6.1</junit-jupiter.version>
+        <metro.version>3.0.3</metro.version>
         <mockito-core.version>3.3.3</mockito-core.version>
         <mongodb.driver.version>3.4.2</mongodb.driver.version>
         <okhttp.version>4.7.2</okhttp.version>
@@ -1036,6 +1032,7 @@
                 <net.alchim31.maven.version>4.8.1</net.alchim31.maven.version>
 
                 <!-- dependencies -->
+                <dhp.hadoop.version>3.3.4</dhp.hadoop.version>
                 <common.compress.version>1.23.0</common.compress.version>
                 <common.csv.version>1.8</common.csv.version>
                 <common.text.version>1.10.0</common.text.version>
@@ -1049,7 +1046,7 @@
                 <dhp.guava.version>14.0.1</dhp.guava.version>
                 <solr.version>8.11.0</solr.version>
                 <sparksolr.version>4.0.4</sparksolr.version>
-                <dhp.spark.version>3.5.1.openaire-SNAPSHOT</dhp.spark.version>
+                <dhp.spark.version>3.5.3</dhp.spark.version>
                 <dhp.jackson.version>2.15.2</dhp.jackson.version>
                 <dhp.commons.lang.version>3.12.0</dhp.commons.lang.version>
                 <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
@@ -1067,6 +1064,10 @@
             <activation>
                 <jdk>[11</jdk>
             </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <cxf.version>4.0.5</cxf.version>
+                <metro.version>4.0.4</metro.version>
+            </properties>
             <build>
                 <pluginManagement>
                     <plugins>