diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e4689ab..f4d381e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ allprojects {
 		plugin(rootProject.libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm.get().pluginId)
 		plugin(rootProject.libs.plugins.kotlin.serialization.get().pluginId)
 		plugin(rootProject.libs.plugins.kotlin.kover.get().pluginId)
+		plugin(rootProject.libs.plugins.spring.boot.get().pluginId)
 
 		plugin("java")
 	}
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ allprojects {
 	java {
 		sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 	}
+
 	kotlin {
 		compilerOptions {
 			freeCompilerArgs.addAll("-Xjsr305=strict")
@@ -66,6 +68,10 @@ subprojects {
 		plugin(rootProject.libs.plugins.spring.boot.get().pluginId)
 		plugin(rootProject.libs.plugins.spring.dependencyManagement.get().pluginId)
 	}
+
+	tasks.bootJar {
+		enabled = false
+	}
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -86,11 +92,12 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation(libs.spring.boot.starter.validation)
 	implementation(libs.spring.boot.starter.web)
 	implementation(libs.spring.cloud.starter.streamKafka)
+	implementation(libs.spring.cloud.stream)
 	implementation(libs.spring.doc.openapi.starter)
 
 	testImplementation(libs.ktor.client.mock)
 	testImplementation(libs.spring.boot.starter.actuatorAutoconfigure)
-	testImplementation(libs.spring.cloud.starter.streamTestBinder)
+	testImplementation(libs.spring.cloud.streamTestBinder)
 	testImplementation(libs.testcontainers)
 	testImplementation(libs.testcontainers.junit.jupiter)
 
@@ -99,3 +106,17 @@ dependencies {
 	kover(project(":core"))
 	kover(project(":db"))
 }
+
+tasks.bootJar {
+	enabled = true
+	archiveFileName.set("app.jar")
+	mainClass.set("com.github.dannecron.demo.DemoApplicationKt")
+}
+
+tasks.jar {
+	enabled = false
+}
+
+springBoot {
+	buildInfo()
+}
diff --git a/db/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/db/configuration/DataSourceConfiguration.kt b/db/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/db/configuration/DataSourceConfiguration.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..092a7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/src/main/kotlin/com/github/dannecron/demo/db/configuration/DataSourceConfiguration.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.github.dannecron.demo.db.configuration
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.core.convert.JdbcCustomConversions
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository.config.AbstractJdbcConfiguration
+
+@Configuration
+class DataSourceConfiguration(private val converters: List<Converter<*, *>>) : AbstractJdbcConfiguration() {
+    override fun jdbcCustomConversions(): JdbcCustomConversions = JdbcCustomConversions(converters)
+}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d7f63be..60d2243 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ jackson = "2.15.4"
 kotlin = "2.1.10"
 ktor = "3.0.0"
 spring-boot = "3.2.10"
-spring-cloud = "3.2.10"
+spring-cloud = "4.1.5"
 testcontainers = "1.19.7"
 
 [libraries]
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ micrometer-bridge-otel = { module = "io.micrometer:micrometer-tracing-bridge-ote
 micrometer-registry-prometheus = { module = "io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-prometheus" }
 mockito-kotlin = { module = "org.mockito.kotlin:mockito-kotlin", version = "5.4.0" }
 otel-exporter = { module = "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp" }
-postgres = { module = "org.postgresql:postgresql", version = "42.6.2" }
+postgres = { module = "org.postgresql:postgresql", version = "42.7.5" }
 spring-aspects = { module = "org.springframework:spring-aspects" }
 spring-boot-devtools = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools" }
 spring-boot-starter-actuator = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator", version.ref = "spring-boot" }
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ spring-boot-starter-test = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-star
 spring-boot-starter-validation = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation", version.ref = "spring-boot" }
 spring-boot-starter-web = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web", version.ref = "spring-boot" }
 spring-cloud-starter-streamKafka = { module = "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-stream-kafka", version.ref = "spring-cloud"}
-spring-cloud-starter-streamTestBinder = { module = "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-stream-test-binder", version = "4.0.4"}
+spring-cloud-stream = { module = "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-stream", version.ref = "spring-cloud"}
+spring-cloud-streamTestBinder = { module = "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-stream-test-binder", version.ref = "spring-cloud"}
 spring-doc-openapi-starter = "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.6.0"
 testcontainers = { module = "org.testcontainers:testcontainers", version.ref = "testcontainers"}
 testcontainers-junit-jupiter = { module = "org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "testcontainers"}
@@ -49,4 +50,4 @@ kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlin-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlin-spring = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.spring", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 spring-boot = { id = "org.springframework.boot", version.ref = "spring-boot" }
-spring-dependencyManagement = { id = "io.spring.dependency-management", version = "1.1.6"}
+spring-dependencyManagement = { id = "io.spring.dependency-management", version = "1.1.7"}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 7f46a76..02074d2 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ spring:
     name: demo
   datasource:
     url: jdbc:postgresql://${DB_URL:localhost:5432}/${DB_NAME:demo}?currentSchema=${DB_SCHEMA:public}
-    username: ${DB_USERNAME:postgres}
-    password: ${DB_PASSWORD:postgres}
+    username: ${DB_USERNAME}
+    password: ${DB_PASSWORD}
     driver-class-name: org.postgresql.Driver
     hikari:
       schema: ${DB_SCHEMA:public}
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ logging:
   level:
     root: ${SPRING_LOG_LEVEL:INFO}
 
-kafka:
-  bootstrap-servers: ${KAFKA_SERVERS:localhost:9095}
-  producer:
-    product:
-      default-sync-topic: demo-product-sync
-
 validation:
   schema:
     kafka-product-sync: kafka/product/sync.json
@@ -105,7 +99,7 @@ management:
       probability: 1.0
 
 tracing:
-  url: ${OTLP_TRACING_HTTP_URL:http://localhost:4318/v1/traces}
+  url: ${OTLP_TRACING_HTTP_URL}
 
 neko:
   baseUrl: https://nekos.best