diff --git a/.github/workflows/composites/pre-test-actions/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/composites/pre-test-actions/action.yaml
index 1a39eaa5ec..b11abd2616 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/composites/pre-test-actions/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/composites/pre-test-actions/action.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ runs:
     - name: build project
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        ./mvnw clean install -Dspring-boot.build-image.skip=true -DskipITs -DskipTests -T1C -U -B -q  
+        ./mvnw clean install -P 'run-on-github-actions' -Dspring-boot.build-image.skip=true -DskipITs -DskipTests -T1C -U -B -q  
 
     - name: build controllers project
       uses: ./.github/workflows/composites/build-controllers-project
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/KubernetesClientAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/KubernetesClientAutoConfiguration.java
index 9f143ad799..a6a6ae63eb 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/KubernetesClientAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-autoconfig/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/KubernetesClientAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -40,20 +40,11 @@
 @AutoConfigureAfter(KubernetesCommonsAutoConfiguration.class)
 public class KubernetesClientAutoConfiguration {
 
-	/**
-	 * this bean will be based on
-	 * {@link org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.discovery.KubernetesDiscoveryProperties}
-	 * in the next major release.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
-	public ApiClient apiClient(Environment environment) {
+	public ApiClient apiClient(KubernetesClientProperties clientProperties) {
 		ApiClient apiClient = kubernetesApiClient();
-		// it's too early to inject KubernetesClientProperties here, all its properties
-		// are missing. For the time being work-around with reading from the environment.
-		apiClient.setUserAgent(environment.getProperty("spring.cloud.kubernetes.client.user-agent",
-				KubernetesClientProperties.DEFAULT_USER_AGENT));
+		apiClient.setUserAgent(clientProperties.userAgent());
 		return apiClient;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java
index 6bb155bca9..cf0706da0e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2020 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -35,22 +35,6 @@ public class ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator extends ConfigMap
 
 	private ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator configMapPropertySourceLocator;
 
-	/**
-	 * This constructor is deprecated, and we do not use it anymore internally. It will be
-	 * removed in the next major release.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-	public ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator(
-			ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator configMapPropertySourceLocator, ConfigMapConfigProperties properties) {
-		super(properties);
-		this.configMapPropertySourceLocator = configMapPropertySourceLocator;
-		this.retryTemplate = RetryTemplate.builder()
-			.maxAttempts(properties.retry().maxAttempts())
-			.exponentialBackoff(properties.retry().initialInterval(), properties.retry().multiplier(),
-					properties.retry().maxInterval())
-			.build();
-	}
-
 	public ConfigDataRetryableConfigMapPropertySourceLocator(
 			ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator configMapPropertySourceLocator, ConfigMapConfigProperties properties,
 			ConfigMapCache cache) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator.java
index d0c70e72f3..f9208a15cf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,22 +34,6 @@ public class ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator extends SecretsProp
 
 	private SecretsPropertySourceLocator secretsPropertySourceLocator;
 
-	/**
-	 * This constructor is deprecated, and we do not use it anymore internally. It will be
-	 * removed in the next major release.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-	public ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator(SecretsPropertySourceLocator propertySourceLocator,
-			SecretsConfigProperties secretsConfigProperties) {
-		super(secretsConfigProperties);
-		this.secretsPropertySourceLocator = propertySourceLocator;
-		this.retryTemplate = RetryTemplate.builder()
-			.maxAttempts(properties.retry().maxAttempts())
-			.exponentialBackoff(properties.retry().initialInterval(), properties.retry().multiplier(),
-					properties.retry().maxInterval())
-			.build();
-	}
-
 	public ConfigDataRetryableSecretsPropertySourceLocator(SecretsPropertySourceLocator propertySourceLocator,
 			SecretsConfigProperties secretsConfigProperties, SecretsCache cache) {
 		super(secretsConfigProperties, cache);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java
index 4fe25ff676..575ad8861e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -56,16 +56,6 @@ public abstract class ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator implements PropertySourceLo
 
 	protected final ConfigMapConfigProperties properties;
 
-	/**
-	 * This constructor is deprecated, and we do not use it anymore internally. It will be
-	 * removed in the next major release.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-	public ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator(ConfigMapConfigProperties properties) {
-		this.properties = properties;
-		this.cache = new ConfigMapCache.NOOPCache();
-	}
-
 	public ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator(ConfigMapConfigProperties properties, ConfigMapCache cache) {
 		this.properties = properties;
 		this.cache = cache;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/SecretsPropertySourceLocator.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/SecretsPropertySourceLocator.java
index cecd3232ea..a259ce3a5c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/SecretsPropertySourceLocator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/SecretsPropertySourceLocator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -62,16 +62,6 @@ public abstract class SecretsPropertySourceLocator implements PropertySourceLoca
 
 	protected final SecretsConfigProperties properties;
 
-	/**
-	 * This constructor is deprecated, and we do not use it anymore internally. It will be
-	 * removed in the next major release.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
-	public SecretsPropertySourceLocator(SecretsConfigProperties properties) {
-		this.properties = properties;
-		this.cache = new SecretsCache.NOOPCache();
-	}
-
 	public SecretsPropertySourceLocator(SecretsConfigProperties properties, SecretsCache cache) {
 		this.properties = properties;
 		this.cache = cache;