diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-build.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-build.yml
index 6820560..81350d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-build.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ jobs:
           sonar-run-on-java-version: 21
           sonar-token: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # clean install required for slingfeature-maven-plugin
+          maven-verify-args: -s ./.maven-settings.xml -Pcontinuous-integration -B -U clean install
diff --git a/integration-test/helloworld-consumer/src/main/java/io/wcm/caravan/jaxws/integrationtest/helloworld/consumer/HelloWorldConsumer.java b/integration-test/helloworld-consumer/src/main/java/io/wcm/caravan/jaxws/integrationtest/helloworld/consumer/HelloWorldConsumer.java
index 6e11389..5f54bda 100644
--- a/integration-test/helloworld-consumer/src/main/java/io/wcm/caravan/jaxws/integrationtest/helloworld/consumer/HelloWorldConsumer.java
+++ b/integration-test/helloworld-consumer/src/main/java/io/wcm/caravan/jaxws/integrationtest/helloworld/consumer/HelloWorldConsumer.java
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Activate;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Reference;
+import org.osgi.service.metatype.annotations.AttributeDefinition;
+import org.osgi.service.metatype.annotations.Designate;
+import org.osgi.service.metatype.annotations.ObjectClassDefinition;
 
 import io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.consumer.JaxWsClientFactory;
 
@@ -31,16 +34,26 @@
  * Hello World SOAP Client.
  */
 @Component(service = HelloWorldConsumer.class)
+@Designate(ocd = HelloWorldConsumer.Config.class)
 public class HelloWorldConsumer {
 
+  @ObjectClassDefinition(name = "HelloWorld Consumer",
+      description = "Integration Test Configuration")
+  @interface Config {
+
+    @AttributeDefinition(description = "Server URL")
+    String serverUrl() default "http://localhost:8080";
+
+  }
+
   @Reference
   private JaxWsClientFactory jaxWsClientFactory;
 
   private Greeter greeterClient;
 
   @Activate
-  private void activate() {
-    String url = System.getProperty("launchpad.http.server.url") + "/helloWorldService";
+  private void activate(Config config) {
+    String url = config.serverUrl() + "/helloWorldService";
     greeterClient = jaxWsClientFactory.create(Greeter.class, url);
   }
 
diff --git a/integration-test/launchpad-test/pom.xml b/integration-test/launchpad-test/pom.xml
index 111fceb..6faba9a 100644
--- a/integration-test/launchpad-test/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-test/launchpad-test/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   <groupId>io.wcm.caravan</groupId>
   <artifactId>io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.launchpad-test</artifactId>
   <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  <packaging>slingstart</packaging>
 
   <name>JAX-WS Integration Test Launchpad Test</name>
   <description>
@@ -41,21 +40,15 @@
   </description>
 
   <properties>
-    <!-- hostname for integration tests -->
-    <test.host>localhost</test.host>
+    <!-- Java version -->
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
 
-    <!--
-        Set this to true to stop mvn once the integration test Jetty instance is
-        started. Useful to manually test the integration testing webapp.
-    -->
-    <launchpad.keep.running>false</launchpad.keep.running>
+    <!-- Sling Starter version -->
+    <sling.starter.version>14-SNAPSHOT</sling.starter.version>
 
-    <!--
-      If set to "true" this will start the launchpad with standard debug options,
-      or set to a string to provide custom debug settings
-    -->
-    <launchpad.debug/>
-    
+    <!-- start with -DkeepITServerRunning=true to allow to rerun ITs or inspect the server after the ITs have been executed there -->
+    <starter.min.bundles.count>200</starter.min.bundles.count>
+    <it.startTimeoutSeconds>60</it.startTimeoutSeconds>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -64,20 +57,55 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.apache.sling.junit.teleporter</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.18</version>
+      <version>1.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- Dependencies for the Test Build and Run -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.apache.sling.junit.core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.26</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+        <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>org.apache.sling.commons.testing</artifactId>
+        <version>2.2.0</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-dep</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>asm</groupId>
+            <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackrabbit-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
-      <artifactId>org.apache.sling.testing.tools</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.16</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.json-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.johnzon</groupId>
+      <artifactId>johnzon-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -129,13 +157,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- actual dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.wcm.caravan</groupId>
-      <artifactId>io.wcm.caravan.integration-test.minimal-launchpad</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.0</version>
-      <type>slingfeature</type>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
@@ -155,18 +176,18 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.9.1</version>
         <executions>
+          <!-- Find free ports to run our server -->
           <execution>
             <id>reserve-network-port</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>reserve-network-port</goal>
             </goals>
-            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+            <phase>initialize</phase>
             <configuration>
               <portNames>
+                <!-- reserved port must be stored in property because it must be passed to the feature-launcher-maven-plugin -->
                 <portName>http.port</portName>
-                <portName>sling.control.port</portName>
               </portNames>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -174,55 +195,127 @@
       </plugin>
 
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slingfeature-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.9.2</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+
+        <configuration>
+          <replacePropertyVariables>apache-cxf-version</replacePropertyVariables>
+          <skipAddFeatureDependencies>true</skipAddFeatureDependencies>
+          <aggregates>
+            <aggregate>
+              <classifier>app</classifier>
+              <filesInclude>*.json</filesInclude>
+              <variablesOverrides>
+                <http.port>${http.port}</http.port>
+              </variablesOverrides>
+              <includeArtifact>
+                <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.apache.sling.starter</artifactId>
+                <classifier>nosample_base</classifier>
+                <version>${sling.starter.version}</version>
+                <type>slingosgifeature</type>
+              </includeArtifact>
+              <includeArtifact>
+                <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.apache.sling.starter</artifactId>
+                <classifier>oak_persistence_sns</classifier>
+                <version>${sling.starter.version}</version>
+                <type>slingosgifeature</type>
+              </includeArtifact>
+              <includeArtifact>
+                <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
+                <artifactId>org.apache.sling.starter</artifactId>
+                <classifier>junit</classifier>
+                <version>${sling.starter.version}</version>
+                <type>slingosgifeature</type>
+              </includeArtifact>
+            </aggregate>
+          </aggregates>
+          <scans>
+            <scan>
+              <includeClassifier>app</includeClassifier>
+            </scan>
+          </scans>
+        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
+            <id>prepare-features</id>
+            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
             <goals>
-              <goal>integration-test</goal>
-              <goal>verify</goal>
+              <goal>aggregate-features</goal>
+              <goal>analyse-features</goal>
+              <goal>attach-features</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
-          <systemPropertyVariables>
-            <launchpad.http.server.url>http://${test.host}:${http.port}</launchpad.http.server.url>
-            <launchpad.webdav.server.url>http://${test.host}:${http.port}/${webdav.workspace.path}</launchpad.webdav.server.url>
-          </systemPropertyVariables>
-        </configuration>
       </plugin>
 
+      <!-- launch the Sling instances to test -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.sling</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slingstart-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
-        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <artifactId>feature-launcher-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <launches>
+            <launch>
+              <id>sling-starter-oak-tar</id>
+              <feature>
+                <groupId>io.wcm.caravan</groupId>
+                <artifactId>io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.launchpad-test</artifactId>
+                <version>1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                <classifier>app</classifier>
+                <type>slingosgifeature</type>
+              </feature>
+              <launcherArguments>
+                <vmOptions>
+                  <value>--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED</value>
+                  <value>--add-opens java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED</value>
+                </vmOptions>
+                <frameworkProperties>
+                  <org.osgi.service.http.port>${http.port}</org.osgi.service.http.port>
+                  <org.apache.felix.http.jetty.responseBufferSize>5000000</org.apache.felix.http.jetty.responseBufferSize>
+                </frameworkProperties>
+              </launcherArguments>
+              <startTimeoutSeconds>${it.startTimeoutSeconds}</startTimeoutSeconds>
+            </launch>
+          </launches>
+        </configuration>
         <executions>
           <execution>
-            <id>start-container</id>
             <goals>
               <goal>start</goal>
               <goal>stop</goal>
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- run the ITs -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <usePomDependencies>true</usePomDependencies>
-          <usePomVariables>true</usePomVariables>
-          <servers>
-            <server>
-              <port>${http.port}</port>
-              <controlPort>${sling.control.port}</controlPort>
-              <contextPath>${http.base.path}</contextPath>
-              <debug>${launchpad.debug}</debug>
-              <!-- pass through http.port as system property -->
-              <vmOpts>-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dlaunchpad.http.server.url=http://${test.host}:${http.port}</vmOpts>
-            </server>
-          </servers>
+          <systemPropertyVariables>
+            <launchpad.http.server.url>http://localhost:${http.port}/</launchpad.http.server.url>
+            <starter.http.test.ports>false:${http.port}</starter.http.test.ports>
+            <starter.min.bundles.count>${starter.min.bundles.count}</starter.min.bundles.count>
+            <!-- Comma-separated list of paths to check for 200 status -->
+            <starter.check.paths>
+              /system/console/bundles,
+            </starter.check.paths>
+          </systemPropertyVariables>
         </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>integration-test</goal>
+              <goal>verify</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
       </plugin>
-
+      
       <!-- do not deploy this pom into maven repository -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -309,16 +402,6 @@
       </properties>
     </profile>
 
-    <!-- Start on port 8080 and keep running -->
-    <profile>
-      <id>run8080</id>
-      <properties>
-        <launchpad.keep.running>true</launchpad.keep.running>
-        <launchpad.debug>true</launchpad.debug>
-        <http.port>8080</http.port>
-      </properties>            
-    </profile>
-
   </profiles>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/main/features/launcher.json b/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/main/features/launcher.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fe3636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/main/features/launcher.json
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "variables": {
+    "http.port": "8080"
+  },
+  "bundles": [
+    {
+      "id": "org.apache.servicemix.specs/org.apache.servicemix.specs.jaxws-api-2.3/2.3_3",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "org.apache.servicemix.specs/org.apache.servicemix.specs.saaj-api-1.4/1.4_2",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.saaj-impl/1.5.1_1",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "jakarta.jws/jakarta.jws-api/2.1.0",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "org.apache.servicemix.specs/org.apache.servicemix.specs.jaxb-api-2.3/2.3_3",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.jaxb-impl/2.2.11_1",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "io.wcm.osgi.wrapper/io.wcm.osgi.wrapper.cxf/${apache-cxf-version}-0000",
+      "start-order": 15
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.consumer/1.1.3-SNAPSHOT",
+      "start-order": 20
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.publisher/1.0.3-SNAPSHOT",
+      "start-order": 20
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.helloworld-proxy/1-SNAPSHOT",
+      "start-order": 20
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.helloworld-publisher/1-SNAPSHOT",
+      "start-order": 20
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.helloworld-consumer/1-SNAPSHOT",
+      "start-order": 20
+    }
+  ],
+  "configurations": {
+    "io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integrationtest.helloworld.consumer.HelloWorldConsumer": {
+      "serverUrl": "http://localhost:${http.port}"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/main/provisioning/integration-test.txt b/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/main/provisioning/integration-test.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b9b3d3d..0000000
--- a/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/main/provisioning/integration-test.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[feature name=integration-test]
-
-[artifacts]
-  io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.integration-test.minimal-launchpad//slingfeature
-
-[artifacts startLevel=15]
-  io.wcm.osgi.wrapper/io.wcm.osgi.wrapper.cxf
-
-[artifacts startLevel=20]
-  io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.consumer
-  io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.publisher
-  io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.helloworld-proxy
-  io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.helloworld-publisher
-  io.wcm.caravan/io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.integration-test.helloworld-consumer
-  org.apache.sling/org.apache.sling.junit.core
-  org.apache.sling/org.apache.sling.testing.tools
diff --git a/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/junit/teleporter/customizers/ITCustomizer.java b/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/junit/teleporter/customizers/ITCustomizer.java
index ac076c7..bf274df 100644
--- a/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/junit/teleporter/customizers/ITCustomizer.java
+++ b/integration-test/launchpad-test/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/junit/teleporter/customizers/ITCustomizer.java
@@ -19,21 +19,37 @@
  */
 package org.apache.sling.junit.teleporter.customizers;
 
+import org.apache.sling.commons.testing.integration.HttpTest;
 import org.apache.sling.junit.rules.TeleporterRule;
 import org.apache.sling.testing.teleporter.client.ClientSideTeleporter;
-import org.apache.sling.testing.tools.sling.TimeoutsProvider;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+/** TeleporterRule Customizer used for Sling launchpad integration tests.
+ *  Waits for Sling to be ready and sets the appropriate parameters
+ *  on the ClientSideTeleporter.
+ */
 public class ITCustomizer implements TeleporterRule.Customizer {
 
-  public static final String BASE_URL_PROP = "launchpad.http.server.url";
+    private static final HttpTest H = new HttpTest();
+    private static final int testReadyTimeout = Integer.getInteger("ClientSideTeleporter.testReadyTimeoutSeconds", 12);
 
-  @Override
-  public void customize(TeleporterRule t, String options) {
-    final ClientSideTeleporter cst = (ClientSideTeleporter)t;
-    cst.setBaseUrl(System.getProperty(BASE_URL_PROP, BASE_URL_PROP + "_IS_NOT_SET"));
-    cst.setServerCredentials("admin", "admin");
-    cst.includeDependencyPrefix("io.wcm.caravan.jaxws.publisher.it");
-    cst.setTestReadyTimeoutSeconds(TimeoutsProvider.getInstance().getTimeout(10));
-  }
+    @Override
+    /** Customize the client-side TeleporterRule by first waiting
+     *  for Sling to be ready and then setting it up with the test server
+     *  URL, timeout etc.
+     */
+    public void customize(TeleporterRule t, String options) {
+        // Setup Sling and the ClientSideTeleporter
+        try {
+            H.setUp();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            fail("HttpTest setup failed: " + e);
+        }
+        final ClientSideTeleporter cst = (ClientSideTeleporter)t;
+        cst.setBaseUrl(HttpTest.HTTP_BASE_URL);
+        cst.setTestReadyTimeoutSeconds(testReadyTimeout);
 
+        cst.setServerCredentials("admin", "admin");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/integration-test/pom.xml b/integration-test/pom.xml
index 585cc40..6b86058 100644
--- a/integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@
     <module>helloworld-proxy</module>
     <module>helloworld-publisher</module>
     <module>helloworld-consumer</module>
-    <!-- diable actual integration test, it has to be fixed for Java 11
     <module>launchpad-test</module>
-    -->
   </modules>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index fa3de12..fe00ced 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <site.url.module.prefix>jaxws</site.url.module.prefix>
-    <apache-cxf-version>3.1.9</apache-cxf-version>
+    <apache-cxf-version>3.1.10</apache-cxf-version>
   </properties>
   
   <dependencies>