diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/ConfigMapDependentResource.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/ConfigMapDependentResource.java
index 67532ee159..2e37413766 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/ConfigMapDependentResource.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/ConfigMapDependentResource.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public class ConfigMapDependentResource
     extends CRUDKubernetesDependentResource<
         ConfigMap, CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSACustomResource> {
 
+  public static final String DRKEY = "drkey";
+
   @Override
   protected ConfigMap desired(
       CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSACustomResource primary,
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ protected ConfigMap desired(
             .withName(primary.getMetadata().getName())
             .withNamespace(primary.getMetadata().getNamespace())
             .build());
-    configMap.setData(Map.of("drkey", "v"));
+    configMap.setData(Map.of(DRKEY, "v"));
     return configMap;
   }
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSAIT.java b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSAIT.java
index 5c1923fa55..3c41bae977 100644
--- a/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSAIT.java
+++ b/operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/dependent/createonlyifnotexistsdependentwithssa/CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSAIT.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ class CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSAIT {
   @RegisterExtension
   LocallyRunOperatorExtension extension =
       LocallyRunOperatorExtension.builder()
+          // for the sake of this test, we allow to manage ConfigMaps with SSA
+          // by removing it from the non SSA resources (it is not managed with SSA by default)
+          .withConfigurationService(o -> o.withDefaultNonSSAResource(Set.of()))
           .withReconciler(new CreateOnlyIfNotExistingDependentWithSSAReconciler())
           .build();
 
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ void createsResourceOnlyIfNotExisting() {
         .untilAsserted(
             () -> {
               var currentCM = extension.get(ConfigMap.class, TEST_RESOURCE_NAME);
-              assertThat(currentCM.getData()).containsKey(KEY);
+              assertThat(currentCM.getData()).containsOnlyKeys(KEY);
             });
   }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a91625c2c..21542965c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
     <mokito.version>5.19.0</mokito.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.18.0</commons-lang3.version>
-    <compile-testing.version>0.21.0</compile-testing.version>
+    <compile-testing.version>0.22.0</compile-testing.version>
     <javapoet.version>1.13.0</javapoet.version>
     <assertj.version>3.27.4</assertj.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
diff --git a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
index cf1be19cbb..79521acd47 100644
--- a/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/mysql-schema/pom.xml
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
       <version>1.24.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.33</version>
+      <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+      <version>9.4.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>