diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle b/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle
index 1ee183146ac3..c23001589125 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.c3p0
 
     testImplementation project( ':hibernate-testing' )
-    testImplementation libs.validator
-    testRuntimeOnly jakartaLibs.el
+    testImplementation jakartaLibs.validation
+    testImplementation testLibs.validator
+    testRuntimeOnly testLibs.expressly
 }
 
diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/IrrelevantEntity.java b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/IrrelevantEntity.java
index a51ca78e8b84..86070b7989c9 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/IrrelevantEntity.java
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/c3p0/IrrelevantEntity.java
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
 import jakarta.persistence.Id;
 
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotBlank;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.GenericGenerator;
-import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank;
 
 /**
  * A testing entity for cases where the entity definition itself is irrelevant (testing JDBC connection semantics, etc).
diff --git a/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/sequence/LegacyDB2SequenceSupport.java b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/sequence/LegacyDB2SequenceSupport.java
index 6081681da641..1d85ea828e03 100644
--- a/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/sequence/LegacyDB2SequenceSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/sequence/LegacyDB2SequenceSupport.java
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ public String getSequencePreviousValString(String sequenceName) throws MappingEx
 	public String getDropSequenceString(String sequenceName) {
 		return "drop sequence " + sequenceName + " restrict";
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle b/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle
index 774c8a0a4f95..b84985ddc3b9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-core/hibernate-core.gradle
@@ -45,22 +45,19 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly libs.jacksonXml
     compileOnly jdbcLibs.postgresql
 
-//    annotationProcessor project( ":annotation-descriptor-generator" )
     compileOnly project( ":annotation-descriptor-generator" )
 
     testImplementation project(':hibernate-testing')
     testImplementation project(':hibernate-ant')
     testImplementation project(':hibernate-scan-jandex')
 
-//    testImplementation testLibs.shrinkwrapApi
     testImplementation testLibs.shrinkwrap
     testImplementation testLibs.shrinkwrapDescriptors
-//    testImplementation testLibs.shrinkwrapDescriptorsApi
     testImplementation jakartaLibs.cdi
     testImplementation jakartaLibs.jacc
     testImplementation jakartaLibs.validation
-    testImplementation jakartaLibs.el
-    testImplementation( libs.validator ) {
+    testImplementation testLibs.expressly
+    testImplementation( testLibs.validator ) {
         // for test runtime
         transitive = true
     }
diff --git a/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle b/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
index b50945c6c7c7..feef67cf0778 100644
--- a/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-spatial/hibernate-spatial.gradle
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation jakartaLibs.validation
 	testImplementation libs.jandex
 	testImplementation libs.classmate
-	testImplementation libs.validator
+	testImplementation testLibs.validator
 	testImplementation 'org.dom4j:dom4j:2.1.3@jar'
 
 	testImplementation jdbcLibs.postgresql
 	testImplementation jdbcLibs.h2gis
 
-	testRuntimeOnly jakartaLibs.el
+	testRuntimeOnly testLibs.expressly
 	testRuntimeOnly 'jaxen:jaxen:1.1'
 	testRuntimeOnly libs.byteBuddy
 }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 8d56fcfdfb78..f323fa8888d1 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
 
             def micrometerVersion = version "micrometer", "1.14.1"
 
-            def hibernateValidatorVersion = version "hibernateValidator", "8.0.1.Final"
-
             def antVersion = version "ant", "1.10.15"
 
             library( "antlr", "org.antlr", "antlr4" ).versionRef( antlrVersion )
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library( "jackson", "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", "jackson-databind" ).versionRef( jacksonVersion )
             library( "jacksonXml", "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat", "jackson-dataformat-xml" ).versionRef( jacksonVersion )
             library( "jacksonJsr310", "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype", "jackson-datatype-jsr310" ).versionRef( jacksonVersion )
-            library( "validator", "org.hibernate.validator", "hibernate-validator" ).versionRef( hibernateValidatorVersion )
 
             library( "agroal", "io.agroal", "agroal-api" ).versionRef( agroalVersion )
             library( "agroalPool", "io.agroal", "agroal-pool" ).versionRef( agroalVersion )
@@ -145,7 +142,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
 
             def annotationVersion = version "annotation", "3.0.0"
             def cdiVersion = version "cdi", "4.1.0"
-            def elVersion = version "el", "5.0.0"
             def injectVersion = version "inject", "2.0.1"
             def interceptorsVersion = version "interceptors", "2.2.0"
             def dataVersion = version "data", "1.0.1"
@@ -173,7 +169,6 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library( "jaxbApi", "jakarta.xml.bind", "jakarta.xml.bind-api" ).versionRef( jaxbApiVersion )
             library( "jaxb", "org.glassfish.jaxb", "jaxb-runtime" ).versionRef( jaxbRuntimeVersion )
             library( "xjc", "org.glassfish.jaxb", "jaxb-xjc" ).versionRef( xjcVersion )
-            library( "el", "org.glassfish.expressly", "expressly" ).versionRef( elVersion )
         }
         testLibs {
             def junit5Version = version "junit5", "5.11.3"
@@ -194,6 +189,12 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
 
             def jfrUnitVersion = version "jfrUnit", "1.0.0.Alpha2"
 
+            def hibernateValidatorVersion = version "hibernateValidator", "9.0.0.Beta3"
+            def expresslyVersion = version "expressly", "6.0.0-M1"
+
+            library( "validator", "org.hibernate.validator", "hibernate-validator" ).versionRef( hibernateValidatorVersion )
+            library( "expressly", "org.glassfish.expressly", "expressly" ).versionRef( expresslyVersion )
+
             library( "junit5Api", "org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter-api" ).versionRef( junit5Version )
             library( "junit5Engine", "org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter-engine" ).versionRef( junit5Version )
             library( "junit5Params", "org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter-params" ).versionRef( junit5Version )