diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20d417a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: Integration
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  call-shared:
+    uses: trustification/exhort-integration-tests/.github/workflows/integration.yml@main
+    with:
+      language: java
+      repo-url: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name || github.repository }}
+      commit-sha: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index dcb5cd01..065f749d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ jobs:
       checks: write
       pull-requests: write
     env:
-      MAIN_JAVA_VER: 11
+      MAIN_JAVA_VER: 17
       RUN_PYTHON_BIN: ${{ vars.RUN_PYTHON_BIN }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [11, 17, 21]
+        java: [17, 21]
     steps:
     - name: Checkout sources
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d027a883..c3cdc8a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - name: Setup Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: maven
 
       - name: create ssh agent
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stage.yml b/.github/workflows/stage.yml
index abd3a927..ca85f36e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stage.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - name: Setup Java 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: maven
 
       - name: Get pom specs
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a08838a..ee3fa792 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 # Node
 node_modules
 
+# Python virtual envs
+.venv
+
 # project stuff
 http_requests
 json_responses
 **/.DS_Store
 .idea/
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37a14d56..fcff2586 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <code.coverage.threshold>81%</code.coverage.threshold>
     <mutation.coverage.threshold>50</mutation.coverage.threshold>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- Dependencies -->
     <exhort-api.version>1.0.6</exhort-api.version>
     <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <mockito.version>5.17.0</mockito.version>
     <!-- Plugins -->
     <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
     <maven-deploy-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-deploy-plugin.version>
     <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>