diff --git a/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index a0d7f17..43b5290 100644
--- a/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/.config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 	<module name="TreeWalker">
 		<!-- Checks - sorted alphabetically -->
 		<module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+		<module name="AvoidDoubleBraceInitialization"/>
 		<module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
 		<module name="ConstantName"/>
 		<module name="DefaultComesLast"/>
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@
 		<module name="FinalParameters"/>
 		<module name="GenericWhitespace"/>
 		<module name="HideUtilityClassConstructor"/>
+		<module name="IllegalCatch">
+			<!-- https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.11.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#avoidcatchingnpe -->
+			<!-- https://docs.pmd-code.org/pmd-doc-7.11.0/pmd_rules_java_errorprone.html#avoidcatchingthrowable -->
+			<property name="illegalClassNames" value="Error,Throwable,NullPointerException,java.lang.Error,java.lang.Throwable,java.lang.NullPointerException"/>
+		</module>
 		<module name="IllegalImport"/>
 		<module name="InterfaceIsType"/>
 		<module name="JavadocStyle">
@@ -93,7 +99,6 @@
 		<module name="MethodParamPad"/>
 		<module name="MissingDeprecated"/>
 		<module name="MissingOverride"/>
-		<module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
 		<module name="ModifierOrder"/>
 		<module name="NeedBraces"/>
 		<module name="NoClone"/>
@@ -122,7 +127,13 @@
 		</module>
 		<module name="TypecastParenPad"/>
 		<module name="TypeName"/>
+		<module name="UnnecessaryParentheses"/>
+		<module name="UnnecessarySemicolonAfterOuterTypeDeclaration"/>
+		<module name="UnnecessarySemicolonAfterTypeMemberDeclaration"/>
+		<module name="UnnecessarySemicolonInEnumeration"/>
+		<module name="UnnecessarySemicolonInTryWithResources"/>
 		<module name="UnusedImports"/>
+		<module name="UnusedLocalVariable"/>
 		<module name="UpperEll"/>
 		<module name="VisibilityModifier">
 			<property name="packageAllowed" value="true"/>
diff --git a/.config/pmd/ruleset.xml b/.config/pmd/ruleset.xml
index 7a03f17..d51fbb5 100644
--- a/.config/pmd/ruleset.xml
+++ b/.config/pmd/ruleset.xml
@@ -10,16 +10,38 @@
 
 	<!-- Only rules that don't overlap with CheckStyle! -->
 
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AvoidPrintStackTrace"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AvoidStringBufferField"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AvoidUsingHardCodedIP"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ConstantsInInterface"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ExhaustiveSwitchHasDefault"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/LiteralsFirstInComparisons"/>
+	<!-- CheckStyle can't handle this switch behavior -> delegated to PMD -->
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/NonExhaustiveSwitch"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/OneDeclarationPerLine">
+		<properties>
+			<property name="strictMode" value="true"/>
+		</properties>
+	</rule>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/PreserveStackTrace"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/SimplifiableTestAssertion"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/SystemPrintln"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnusedAssignment"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnusedFormalParameter"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnusedPrivateField"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UnusedPrivateMethod"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UseCollectionIsEmpty"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UseEnumCollections"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UseStandardCharsets"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/UseTryWithResources"/>
 
 	<!-- Native code is platform dependent; Loading external native libs might pose a security threat -->
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/AvoidUsingNativeCode"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/IdenticalCatchBranches"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/LambdaCanBeMethodReference"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/NoPackage"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/PrematureDeclaration"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/codestyle.xml/UnnecessarySemicolon"/>
 
 	<rule ref="category/java/design.xml">
 		<!-- Sometimes abstract classes have just fields -->
@@ -76,9 +98,6 @@
 
 		<!-- Limit too low -->
 		<exclude name="UseObjectForClearerAPI"/>
-
-		<!-- Handled by checkstyle -->
-		<exclude name="UseUtilityClass"/>
 	</rule>
 
 	<rule ref="category/java/design.xml/AvoidDeeplyNestedIfStmts">
@@ -114,17 +133,33 @@
 		</properties>
 	</rule>
 
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AssignmentToNonFinalStatic"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AvoidDecimalLiteralsInBigDecimalConstructor"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AvoidMultipleUnaryOperators"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/AvoidUsingOctalValues"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/BrokenNullCheck"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/ComparisonWithNaN"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/DoNotCallGarbageCollectionExplicitly"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/DontImportSun"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/DontUseFloatTypeForLoopIndices"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/EqualsNull"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/IdempotentOperations"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/ImplicitSwitchFallThrough"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/InstantiationToGetClass"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/InvalidLogMessageFormat"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/JumbledIncrementer"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/MisplacedNullCheck"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/MoreThanOneLogger"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/NonStaticInitializer"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/ReturnFromFinallyBlock"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/SingletonClassReturningNewInstance"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/UnconditionalIfStatement"/>
 	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/UnnecessaryCaseChange"/>
+	<rule ref="category/java/errorprone.xml/UselessOperationOnImmutable"/>
 
 
 	<rule ref="category/java/multithreading.xml">
-		<!-- Just bloats code -->
+		<!-- Just bloats code; improved in JEP-491/Java 24+ -->
 		<exclude name="AvoidSynchronizedAtMethodLevel"/>
 
 		<!-- NOPE -->
@@ -159,4 +194,25 @@
 	</rule>
 
 	<rule ref="category/java/security.xml"/>
+
+	<rule name="VaadinNativeHTMLUnsafe"
+		language="java"
+		message="Unescaped native HTML is unsafe and will result in XSS vulnerabilities"
+		class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.xpath.XPathRule" >
+		<description>
+			Do not used native HTML! Use Vaadin layouts and components to create required structure.
+			If you are 100% sure that you escaped the value properly and you have no better options you can suppress this.
+		</description>
+		<priority>2</priority>
+		<properties>
+			<property name="xpath">
+				<value>
+<![CDATA[
+//ConstructorCall[pmd-java:typeIs('com.vaadin.flow.component.Html')] |
+//MethodCall[@MethodName='setAttribute' and //ImportDeclaration[starts-with(@PackageName,'com.vaadin')]]/ArgumentList/StringLiteral[1][contains(lower-case(@Image),'html')]
+]]>
+				</value>
+			</property>
+		</properties>
+	</rule>
 </ruleset>
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index 3174ff6..aef5bf7 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: 🐞 Bug
 description: Create a bug report for something that is broken
 labels: [bug]
+type: bug
 body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement.yml
index a98e6eb..ecad47b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/enhancement.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: ✨ Feature/Enhancement
 description: Suggest a new feature or enhancement
 labels: [enhancement]
+type: feature
 body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml b/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
index 8f98f1a..16a3f37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/broken-links.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Link Checker
         id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@82202e5e9c2f4ef1a55a3d02563e1cb6041e5332 # v2
         with:
           fail: false # Don't fail on broken links, create an issue instead
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create Issue From File
         if: env.lychee_exit_code != 0
-        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5
+        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@e8ef132d6df98ed982188e460ebb3b5d4ef3a9cd # v5
         with:
           issue-number: ${{ steps.find-issue.outputs.number }}
           title: Link Checker Report
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
index bd726cc..05c0e76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build.yml
@@ -127,7 +127,4 @@ jobs:
         name: pmd-report
         if-no-files-found: ignore
         path: |
-          target/site/*.html
-          target/site/css/**
-          target/site/images/logos/maven-feather.png
-          target/site/images/external.png
+          target/reports/**
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8bd23e5..dd32352 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         cache: 'maven'
       
     - name: Build with Maven
-      run: ./mvnw -B clean package -Pproduction
+      run: ./mvnw -B clean package -Pproduction -T2C
       
     - name: Check for uncommited changes
       run: |
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         mvnwPath=$(readlink -f ./mvnw)
         modules=("") # root
-        modules+=($(grep -ozP '(?<=module>)[^<]+' 'pom.xml' | tr -d '\0'))
+        modules+=($(grep -oP '(?<=<module>)[^<]+' 'pom.xml'))
         for i in "${modules[@]}"
         do
             echo "Processing $i/pom.xml"
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
     
     - name: Create Release
       id: create_release
-      uses: shogo82148/actions-create-release@v1
+      uses: shogo82148/actions-create-release@e5f206451d4ace2da9916d01f1aef279997f8659 # v1
       with:
         tag_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.release }}
         release_name: v${{ steps.version.outputs.release }}
@@ -124,22 +124,22 @@ jobs:
         git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
         git pull
     
-    - name: Set up JDK Apache Maven Central
+    - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
         java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        server-id: ossrh
+        server-id: sonatype-central-portal
         server-username: MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME
         server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
         gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
         gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
-    - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
-      run: ../mvnw -B deploy -Possrh -DskipTests
+    - name: Publish to Central Portal
+      run: ../mvnw -B deploy -P publish-sonatype-central-portal -DskipTests
       env:
-        MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.S01_OSS_SONATYPE_MAVEN_USERNAME }}
-        MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.S01_OSS_SONATYPE_MAVEN_TOKEN }}
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_CENTRAL_PORTAL_USERNAME }}
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_CENTRAL_PORTAL_TOKEN }}
         MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       working-directory: ${{ env.PRIMARY_MAVEN_MODULE }}
 
@@ -168,10 +168,11 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ${{ env.PRIMARY_MAVEN_MODULE }}
 
     - name: Deploy to Github pages
-      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
+      uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@4f9cc6602d3f66b9c108549d475ec49e8ef4d45e # v4
       with:
         github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         publish_dir: ./${{ env.PRIMARY_MAVEN_MODULE }}/target/site
+        force_orphan: true
 
   after-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         mvnwPath=$(readlink -f ./mvnw)
         modules=("") # root
-        modules+=($(grep -ozP '(?<=module>)[^<]+' 'pom.xml' | tr -d '\0'))
+        modules+=($(grep -oP '(?<=<module>)[^<]+' 'pom.xml'))
         for i in "${modules[@]}"
         do
             echo "Processing $i/pom.xml"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
index c9d7ec7..dc67287 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           sparse-checkout: .github/labels.yml
 
-      - uses: EndBug/label-sync@v2
+      - uses: EndBug/label-sync@52074158190acb45f3077f9099fea818aa43f97a # v2
         with:
           config-file: .github/labels.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
index 03f5339..8a85891 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-deploy.yml
@@ -13,21 +13,21 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     
-    - name: Set up JDK OSSRH
+    - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: '17'
-        server-id: ossrh
+        server-id: sonatype-central-portal
         server-username: MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME
         server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
         gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
         gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
 
-    - name: Publish to OSSRH
-      run: ../mvnw -B deploy -Possrh -DskipTests
+    - name: Publish to Central Portal
+      run: ../mvnw -B deploy -P publish-sonatype-central-portal -DskipTests
       working-directory: ${{ env.PRIMARY_MAVEN_MODULE }}
       env:
-        MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.S01_OSS_SONATYPE_MAVEN_USERNAME }}
-        MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.S01_OSS_SONATYPE_MAVEN_TOKEN }}
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_CENTRAL_PORTAL_USERNAME }}
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_CENTRAL_PORTAL_TOKEN }}
         MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-from-template.yml b/.github/workflows/update-from-template.yml
index 905a123..bfa8ac9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-from-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-from-template.yml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.UPDATE_FROM_TEMPLATE_PAT }}
         run: |
           not_failed_conclusion="skipped|neutral|success"
-          not_relevant_app_slug="dependabot|github-pages|sonarcloud"
+          not_relevant_app_slug="dependabot|github-pages|sonarqubecloud"
 
           echo "Waiting for checks to start..."
           sleep 40s
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
 
             echo "Checking if update-branch-merged exists"
             git fetch
-            if [[ $(git rev-parse origin/${{ env.UPDATE_BRANCH_MERGED }}) ]]; then
+            if [[ $(git ls-remote --heads origin refs/heads/${{ env.UPDATE_BRANCH_MERGED }}) ]]; then
               echo "Branch still exists; Continuing..."
             else
               echo "Branch origin/${{ env.UPDATE_BRANCH_MERGED }} is missing"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41570f9..8ffb470 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ vite.generated.ts
 .idea/*
 !.idea/saveactions_settings.xml
 !.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
+!.idea/externalDependencies.xml
 
 !.idea/inspectionProfiles/
 .idea/inspectionProfiles/*
diff --git a/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml b/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
index 5f35e01..b52c3e2 100644
--- a/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
+++ b/.idea/checkstyle-idea.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="CheckStyle-IDEA" serialisationVersion="2">
-    <checkstyleVersion>10.20.1</checkstyleVersion>
+    <checkstyleVersion>10.21.0</checkstyleVersion>
     <scanScope>JavaOnlyWithTests</scanScope>
     <suppressErrors>true</suppressErrors>
     <copyLibs>true</copyLibs>
diff --git a/.idea/externalDependencies.xml b/.idea/externalDependencies.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78be5b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/externalDependencies.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ExternalDependencies">
+    <plugin id="CheckStyle-IDEA" />
+    <plugin id="software.xdev.saveactions" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/saveactions_settings.xml b/.idea/saveactions_settings.xml
index 506f17e..848c311 100644
--- a/.idea/saveactions_settings.xml
+++ b/.idea/saveactions_settings.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
         <option value="reformatChangedCode" />
         <option value="fieldCanBeFinal" />
         <option value="localCanBeFinal" />
-        <option value="localCanBeFinalExceptImplicit" />
         <option value="unqualifiedFieldAccess" />
         <option value="unqualifiedMethodAccess" />
         <option value="missingOverrideAnnotation" />
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5dd3f7..65c7b6d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 2.0.2
+* Migrated deployment to _Sonatype Maven Central Portal_ [#155](https://github.com/xdev-software/standard-maven-template/issues/155)
+* Updated dependencies
+
 # 2.0.1
 * Make it possible to control how filtering is applied to Grid #32
 * Updated dependencies
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d490e07..85b36ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ A description how to get it running can be found [below](#run-the-demo).
 | --- | --- |
 | Vaadin 24+ (latest) | ``1+`` |
 
+### Spring-Boot
+* You may have to include ``software/xdev`` inside [``vaadin.allowed-packages``](https://vaadin.com/docs/latest/integrations/spring/configuration#configure-the-scanning-of-packages)
+
 ## Run the Demo
 * Checkout the repo
 * Run ``mvn install && mvn -f vaadin-grid-filter-demo spring-boot:run``
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ccee500..1ac56a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
-			<name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+			<name>Apache-2.0</name>
 			<url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
 			<distribution>repo</distribution>
 		</license>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>10.20.1</version>
+								<version>10.23.1</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.13.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.13.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/pom.xml b/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/pom.xml
index b42290f..2dc8cd4 100644
--- a/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/pom.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 		<mainClass>software.xdev.vaadin.Application</mainClass>
 
 		<!-- Dependency-Versions -->
-		<vaadin.version>24.5.4</vaadin.version>
+		<vaadin.version>24.7.4</vaadin.version>
 
-		<org.springframework.boot.version>3.3.5</org.springframework.boot.version>
+		<org.springframework.boot.version>3.4.5</org.springframework.boot.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.13.0</version>
+				<version>3.14.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
 					<compilerArgs>
diff --git a/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/Application.java b/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/Application.java
index f5a4d96..32833af 100644
--- a/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/Application.java
+++ b/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/Application.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import com.vaadin.flow.spring.annotation.EnableVaadin;
 
 
+@SuppressWarnings({"checkstyle:HideUtilityClassConstructor", "PMD.UseUtilityClass"})
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableVaadin
 @Push
diff --git a/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/resources/application.yml b/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/resources/application.yml
index b336051..9ef9e9d 100644
--- a/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/vaadin-grid-filter-demo/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 vaadin:
   allowed-packages: software/xdev,com/vaadin/flow
+  devmode:
+    usageStatistics:
+      enabled: false
 
 spring:
   devtools:
diff --git a/vaadin-grid-filter/pom.xml b/vaadin-grid-filter/pom.xml
index a015b54..61ef864 100644
--- a/vaadin-grid-filter/pom.xml
+++ b/vaadin-grid-filter/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 	<licenses>
 		<license>
-			<name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+			<name>Apache-2.0</name>
 			<url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
 			<distribution>repo</distribution>
 		</license>
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<!-- Dependency-Versions -->
-		<vaadin.version>24.5.4</vaadin.version>
+		<vaadin.version>24.7.4</vaadin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -64,41 +64,6 @@
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
-	<repositories>
-		<!-- The order of definitions matters. Explicitly defining central here 
-			to make sure it has the highest priority. -->
-		<repository>
-			<id>central</id>
-			<url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
-
-	<pluginRepositories>
-		<!-- The order of definitions matters. Explicitly defining central here 
-			to make sure it has the highest priority. -->
-		<pluginRepository>
-			<id>central</id>
-			<url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2</url>
-			<snapshots>
-				<enabled>false</enabled>
-			</snapshots>
-		</pluginRepository>
-	</pluginRepositories>
-
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>ossrh</id>
-			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>ossrh</id>
-			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-		</repository>
-	</distributionManagement>
-
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
@@ -117,7 +82,7 @@
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 					<artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-					<version>3.8.0</version>
+					<version>3.9.0</version>
 				</plugin>
 			</plugins>
 		</pluginManagement>
@@ -125,7 +90,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
 				<artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>4.6</version>
+				<version>5.0.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<properties>
 						<email>${project.organization.url}</email>
@@ -169,7 +134,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.13.0</version>
+				<version>3.14.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
 					<compilerArgs>
@@ -180,11 +145,11 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.11.1</version>
+				<version>3.11.2</version>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
-						<phase>verify</phase>
+						<phase>package</phase>
 						<goals>
 							<goal>jar</goal>
 						</goals>
@@ -202,7 +167,7 @@
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<id>attach-sources</id>
-						<phase>verify</phase>
+						<phase>package</phase>
 						<goals>
 							<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
 						</goals>
@@ -237,13 +202,13 @@
 	</build>
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
-			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<id>publish-sonatype-central-portal</id>
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 						<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6.0</version>
+						<version>1.7.0</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
 						</configuration>
@@ -281,16 +246,13 @@
 					</plugin>
 					
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.7.0</version>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>0.7.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
-							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-							<nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-							<!-- Sometimes OSSRH is really slow -->
-							<stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>30</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
-							<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+							<publishingServerId>sonatype-central-portal</publishingServerId>
+							<autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
@@ -308,7 +270,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>10.20.1</version>
+								<version>10.23.1</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
@@ -345,12 +307,12 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-core</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.13.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>net.sourceforge.pmd</groupId>
 								<artifactId>pmd-java</artifactId>
-								<version>7.7.0</version>
+								<version>7.13.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/vaadin-grid-filter/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/gridfilter/business/operation/IsEmptyOp.java b/vaadin-grid-filter/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/gridfilter/business/operation/IsEmptyOp.java
index 970d265..d10cc84 100644
--- a/vaadin-grid-filter/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/gridfilter/business/operation/IsEmptyOp.java
+++ b/vaadin-grid-filter/src/main/java/software/xdev/vaadin/gridfilter/business/operation/IsEmptyOp.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public String displayKey()
 	@Override
 	public boolean test(final Object input, final NoValue filterValue)
 	{
-		return input == null || (input instanceof final String s && s.isEmpty());
+		return input == null
+			|| input instanceof final String s
+			&& s.isEmpty();
 	}
 }