diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
index a8a80bd3301..cce68534f2e 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -16,13 +16,22 @@ aiofiles==23.2.1
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
 aiohttp==3.9.5
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   aiobotocore
@@ -36,6 +45,8 @@ aiormq==6.8.0
     # via aio-pika
 aiosignal==1.3.1
     # via aiohttp
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via pydantic
 anyio==4.3.0
     # via
     #   fast-depends
@@ -59,13 +70,22 @@ botocore==1.34.106
     # via aiobotocore
 certifi==2024.7.4
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   requests
@@ -137,13 +157,22 @@ importlib-metadata==7.1.0
     #   opentelemetry-api
 jinja2==3.1.4
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   bokeh
@@ -222,13 +251,22 @@ opentelemetry-util-http==0.47b0
     # via opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
 orjson==3.10.3
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -257,27 +295,62 @@ psutil==6.0.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   distributed
-pydantic==1.10.15
+pydantic==2.9.2
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   fast-depends
+    #   pydantic-extra-types
+    #   pydantic-settings
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via pydantic
+pydantic-extra-types==2.9.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+pydantic-settings==2.6.0
+    # via
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
+    #   -r requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.in
 pygments==2.18.0
     # via rich
 pyinstrument==4.6.2
@@ -288,18 +361,27 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     #   botocore
     #   pandas
 python-dotenv==1.0.1
-    # via pydantic
+    # via pydantic-settings
 pytz==2024.1
     # via pandas
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -309,13 +391,22 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     #   distributed
 redis==5.0.4
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
@@ -382,18 +473,28 @@ typing-extensions==4.11.0
     #   faststream
     #   opentelemetry-sdk
     #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
     #   typer
 tzdata==2024.1
     # via pandas
 urllib3==2.2.1
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../packages/common-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/settings-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   botocore
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt
index 7f13a97ad89..92130c87b77 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+annotated-types==0.7.0
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   pydantic
 antlr4-python3-runtime==4.13.2
     # via moto
 attrs==23.2.0
@@ -141,11 +145,15 @@ py-partiql-parser==0.5.6
     # via moto
 pycparser==2.22
     # via cffi
-pydantic==1.10.15
+pydantic==2.9.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   aws-sam-translator
+pydantic-core==2.23.4
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   pydantic
 pyftpdlib==2.0.0
     # via pytest-localftpserver
 pyopenssl==24.2.1
@@ -244,6 +252,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.11.0
     #   aws-sam-translator
     #   cfn-lint
     #   pydantic
+    #   pydantic-core
 urllib3==2.2.1
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/cli.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/cli.py
index 827d23d3491..c827910cebd 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/cli.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/cli.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 
 import typer
+from models_library.utils.json_serialization import json_dumps
 from settings_library.utils_cli import create_settings_command, create_version_callback
 
 from ._meta import PROJECT_NAME, __version__
@@ -15,4 +16,8 @@
 # COMMANDS
 #
 main.callback()(create_version_callback(__version__))
-main.command()(create_settings_command(settings_cls=Settings, logger=_logger))
+main.command()(
+    create_settings_command(
+        settings_cls=Settings, logger=_logger, json_serializer=json_dumps
+    )
+)
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py
index 7e222875086..fecc68aaacf 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/core.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ async def _write_input_data(
             if isinstance(input_params, FileUrl):
                 file_name = (
                     input_params.file_mapping
-                    or Path(URL(input_params.url).path.strip("/")).name
+                    or Path(URL(f"{input_params.url}").path.strip("/")).name
                 )
 
                 destination_path = task_volumes.inputs_folder / file_name
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py
index eabe5f00d03..8e5d1e8794f 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/errors.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-from pydantic.errors import PydanticErrorMixin
+from common_library.errors_classes import OsparcErrorMixin
 
 
-class ComputationalSidecarRuntimeError(PydanticErrorMixin, RuntimeError):
+class ComputationalSidecarRuntimeError(OsparcErrorMixin, RuntimeError):
     ...
 
 
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py
index 691192716e9..3c8b815579a 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/computational_sidecar/models.py
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 from models_library.basic_regex import SIMPLE_VERSION_RE
 from models_library.services import ServiceMetaDataPublished
 from packaging import version
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ByteSize, Extra, Field, validator
+from pydantic import (
+    BaseModel,
+    ByteSize,
+    ConfigDict,
+    Field,
+    ValidationInfo,
+    field_validator,
+)
 
 LEGACY_INTEGRATION_VERSION = version.Version("0")
 PROGRESS_REGEXP: re.Pattern[str] = re.compile(
@@ -41,18 +48,20 @@ class ContainerHostConfig(BaseModel):
         ..., alias="NanoCPUs", description="CPU quota in units of 10-9 CPUs"
     )
 
-    @validator("memory_swap", pre=True, always=True)
+    @field_validator("memory_swap", mode="before")
     @classmethod
-    def ensure_no_memory_swap_means_no_swap(cls, v, values):
+    def ensure_no_memory_swap_means_no_swap(cls, v, info: ValidationInfo):
         if v is None:
             # if not set it will be the same value as memory to ensure swap is disabled
-            return values["memory"]
+            return info.data["memory"]
         return v
 
-    @validator("memory_swap")
+    @field_validator("memory_swap")
     @classmethod
-    def ensure_memory_swap_cannot_be_unlimited_nor_smaller_than_memory(cls, v, values):
-        if v < values["memory"]:
+    def ensure_memory_swap_cannot_be_unlimited_nor_smaller_than_memory(
+        cls, v, info: ValidationInfo
+    ):
+        if v < info.data["memory"]:
             msg = "Memory swap cannot be set to a smaller value than memory"
             raise ValueError(msg)
         return v
@@ -71,7 +80,7 @@ class ImageLabels(BaseModel):
         default=str(LEGACY_INTEGRATION_VERSION),
         alias="integration-version",
         description="integration version number",
-        regex=SIMPLE_VERSION_RE,
+        pattern=SIMPLE_VERSION_RE,
         examples=["1.0.0"],
     )
     progress_regexp: str = Field(
@@ -79,18 +88,16 @@ class ImageLabels(BaseModel):
         alias="progress_regexp",
         description="regexp pattern for detecting computational service's progress",
     )
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="ignore")
 
-    class Config:
-        extra = Extra.ignore
-
-    @validator("integration_version", pre=True)
+    @field_validator("integration_version", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def default_integration_version(cls, v):
         if v is None:
             return ImageLabels().integration_version
         return v
 
-    @validator("progress_regexp", pre=True)
+    @field_validator("progress_regexp", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def default_progress_regexp(cls, v):
         if v is None:
@@ -104,6 +111,6 @@ def get_progress_regexp(self) -> re.Pattern[str]:
         return re.compile(self.progress_regexp)
 
 
-assert set(ImageLabels.__fields__).issubset(
-    ServiceMetaDataPublished.__fields__
+assert set(ImageLabels.model_fields).issubset(
+    ServiceMetaDataPublished.model_fields
 ), "ImageLabels must be compatible with ServiceDockerData"
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py
index a508642fdd6..99b9b8400d3 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/file_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import aiofiles
 import aiofiles.tempfile
 import fsspec  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
-from pydantic import ByteSize, FileUrl, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import ByteSize, FileUrl, TypeAdapter
 from pydantic.networks import AnyUrl
 from servicelib.logging_utils import LogLevelInt, LogMessageStr
 from settings_library.s3 import S3Settings
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ async def pull_file_from_remote(
         storage_kwargs = _s3fs_settings_from_s3_settings(s3_settings)
     await _copy_file(
         src_url,
-        parse_obj_as(FileUrl, dst_path.as_uri()),
+        TypeAdapter(FileUrl).validate_python(dst_path.as_uri()),
         src_storage_cfg=cast(dict[str, Any], storage_kwargs),
         log_publishing_cb=log_publishing_cb,
         text_prefix=f"Downloading '{src_url.path.strip('/')}':",
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ async def _push_file_to_remote(
         storage_kwargs = _s3fs_settings_from_s3_settings(s3_settings)
 
     await _copy_file(
-        parse_obj_as(FileUrl, file_to_upload.as_uri()),
+        TypeAdapter(FileUrl).validate_python(file_to_upload.as_uri()),
         dst_url,
         dst_storage_cfg=cast(dict[str, Any], storage_kwargs),
         log_publishing_cb=log_publishing_cb,
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ async def push_file_to_remote(
         src_mime_type, _ = mimetypes.guess_type(src_path)
 
         if dst_mime_type == _ZIP_MIME_TYPE and src_mime_type != _ZIP_MIME_TYPE:
-            archive_file_path = Path(tmp_dir) / Path(URL(dst_url).path).name
+            archive_file_path = Path(tmp_dir) / Path(URL(f"{dst_url}").path).name
             await log_publishing_cb(
                 f"Compressing '{src_path.name}' to '{archive_file_path.name}'...",
                 logging.INFO,
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py
index 80661c7ecb2..7073f2a4caa 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/src/simcore_service_dask_sidecar/settings.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 
 from models_library.basic_types import LogLevel
-from pydantic import Field, validator
+from pydantic import AliasChoices, Field, field_validator
 from settings_library.base import BaseCustomSettings
 from settings_library.utils_logging import MixinLoggingSettings
 
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ class Settings(BaseCustomSettings, MixinLoggingSettings):
     SC_BOOT_MODE: str | None = None
     LOG_LEVEL: LogLevel = Field(
         LogLevel.INFO.value,
-        env=["DASK_SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "LOG_LEVEL", "LOGLEVEL"],
+        validation_alias=AliasChoices(
+            "DASK_SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "SIDECAR_LOGLEVEL", "LOG_LEVEL", "LOGLEVEL"
+        ),
     )
 
     # sidecar config ---
@@ -37,7 +39,10 @@ class Settings(BaseCustomSettings, MixinLoggingSettings):
 
     DASK_LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED: bool = Field(
         default=False,
-        env=["DASK_LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED", "LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED"],
+        validation_alias=AliasChoices(
+            "DASK_LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED",
+            "LOG_FORMAT_LOCAL_DEV_ENABLED",
+        ),
         description="Enables local development log format. WARNING: make sure it is disabled if you want to have structured logs!",
     )
 
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ def as_worker(self) -> bool:
             assert self.DASK_SCHEDULER_HOST is not None  # nosec
         return as_worker
 
-    @validator("LOG_LEVEL", pre=True)
+    @field_validator("LOG_LEVEL", mode="before")
     @classmethod
     def _validate_loglevel(cls, value: Any) -> str:
         return cls.validate_log_level(f"{value}")
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py
index 4af796ec69b..68719e6d7b7 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_cli.py
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 
 import os
+import traceback
 
+from click.testing import Result
 from pytest_simcore.helpers.typing_env import EnvVarsDict
 from simcore_service_dask_sidecar._meta import API_VERSION
 from simcore_service_dask_sidecar.cli import main
@@ -14,19 +16,25 @@
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
 
 
+def _format_cli_error(result: Result) -> str:
+    assert result.exception
+    tb_message = "\n".join(traceback.format_tb(result.exception.__traceback__))
+    return tb_message
+
+
 def test_cli_help_and_version(cli_runner: CliRunner):
     # invitations-maker --help
     result = cli_runner.invoke(main, "--help")
-    assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, result.output
+    assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, _format_cli_error(result)
 
     result = cli_runner.invoke(main, "--version")
-    assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, result.output
+    assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, _format_cli_error(result)
     assert result.stdout.strip() == API_VERSION
 
 
 def test_list_settings(cli_runner: CliRunner, app_environment: EnvVarsDict):
     result = cli_runner.invoke(main, ["settings", "--show-secrets", "--as-json"])
-    assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, result.output
+    assert result.exit_code == os.EX_OK, _format_cli_error(result)
 
     print(result.output)
     settings = Settings.parse_raw(result.output)
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py
index 2ca64008962..dcb33c3ffec 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/tests/unit/test_file_utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import fsspec
 import pytest
 from faker import Faker
-from pydantic import AnyUrl, parse_obj_as
+from pydantic import AnyUrl, TypeAdapter, parse_obj_as
 from pytest_localftpserver.servers import ProcessFTPServer
 from pytest_mock.plugin import MockerFixture
 from settings_library.s3 import S3Settings
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def s3_presigned_link_storage_kwargs(s3_settings: S3Settings) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def ftp_remote_file_url(ftpserver: ProcessFTPServer, faker: Faker) -> AnyUrl:
-    return parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl, f"{ftpserver.get_login_data(style='url')}/{faker.file_name()}"
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"{ftpserver.get_login_data(style='url')}/{faker.file_name()}"
     )
 
 
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ async def s3_presigned_link_remote_file_url(
     aiobotocore_s3_client,
     faker: Faker,
 ) -> AnyUrl:
-    return parse_obj_as(
-        AnyUrl,
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
         await aiobotocore_s3_client.generate_presigned_url(
             "put_object",
             Params={"Bucket": s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME, "Key": faker.file_name()},
@@ -68,7 +67,9 @@ async def s3_presigned_link_remote_file_url(
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def s3_remote_file_url(s3_settings: S3Settings, faker: Faker) -> AnyUrl:
-    return parse_obj_as(AnyUrl, f"s3://{s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME}{faker.file_path()}")
+    return TypeAdapter(AnyUrl).validate_python(
+        f"s3://{s3_settings.S3_BUCKET_NAME}{faker.file_path()}"
+    )
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)