diff --git a/dao/pom.xml b/dao/pom.xml
index a65e84833..66c9b1322 100644
--- a/dao/pom.xml
+++ b/dao/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>dao</artifactId>
@@ -43,17 +42,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.spark.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.spark.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.spark.datatype.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security.kerberos</groupId>
diff --git a/data-model/pom.xml b/data-model/pom.xml
index 18c6354f3..45b26fe15 100644
--- a/data-model/pom.xml
+++ b/data-model/pom.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.spark.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.spark.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
             <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
             <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
-            <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${swagger.annotations.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40897e680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2018 ABSA Group Limited
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.parent.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spark-jobs</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.scopt</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scopt_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${scopt.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.scalastyle</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scalastyle-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${scala.maven.plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <args>
+                        <arg>-Xfatal-warnings</arg>
+                        <arg>-unchecked</arg>
+                        <arg>-deprecation</arg>
+                        <arg>-feature</arg>
+                    </args>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.antrun.plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target>
+                                <copy file="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.conf.template"
+                                      tofile="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.conf"
+                                      overwrite="false"/>
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/menas/pom.xml b/menas/pom.xml
index 922c0b2be..61583e713 100644
--- a/menas/pom.xml
+++ b/menas/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
@@ -25,6 +24,279 @@
         <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <scala.xml.version>1.0.4</scala.xml.version>
+        <webui.basedir>${project.basedir}/ui</webui.basedir>
+        <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.parent.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
+        <embedded.mongo.version>2.2.0</embedded.mongo.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- This will run on tomcat, include scala -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
+            <version>${scala.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scala-xml_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${scala.xml.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Spark -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spark-core_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${spark.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Spark-avro for AvroSchema conversions -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spark-avro_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${spark.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spark-sql_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${spark.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- GSON -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>${gson.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- MONGO -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mongodb.scala</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mongo-scala-driver_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${mongo.scala.driver.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.github.cbartosiak</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bson-codecs-jsr310</artifactId>
+            <version>${bson.codec.jsr310.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- SPRING -->
+        <!-- ensuring that log4j used us at least 2.15.0-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- SECURITY -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-ldap</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.ldap.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security.kerberos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-web</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.kerberos.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security.kerberos</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-kerberos-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.kerberos.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${jjwt.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>${jjwt.version}</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
+            <version>${jjwt.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Hadoop -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.htrace</groupId>
+            <artifactId>htrace-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${htrace.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Application -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>data-model</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>migrations</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
+            <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
+            <artifactId>scala-java8-compat_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${scala.java8.compat.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- WebJars -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
+            <artifactId>openui5</artifactId>
+            <version>${openui5.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars.bower</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lodash</artifactId>
+            <version>${lodash.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
+            <artifactId>momentjs</artifactId>
+            <version>${momentjs.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
+            <artifactId>webjars-locator-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${webjars.locator.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.oozie</groupId>
+            <artifactId>oozie-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${oozie.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.oozie</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>oozie-hadoop-auth</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Plot -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.webjars.bower</groupId>
+            <artifactId>chart.js</artifactId>
+            <version>${bower.chart.js.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Data formats -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.cobrix</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spark-cobol_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${cobrix.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- guava 27 for spring & wire mock testing, too -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
+            <artifactId>atum-model_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${atum.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- Test -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- WireMock - to act as SchemaRegistry for IntegTest-->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wiremock-jre8</artifactId>
+            <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>de.flapdoodle.embed</groupId>
+            <artifactId>de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo</artifactId>
+            <version>${embedded.mongo.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -32,106 +304,47 @@
                 <artifactId>dockerfile-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${dockerfile.maven.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <repository>${dockerfile.menas.repository}</repository>
+                    <repository>${dockerfile.repository}</repository>
                     <tag>${dockerfile.tag}</tag>
                     <buildArgs>
-                        <DOCKER_BASE_ARTIFACT>${dockerfile.menas.repository}</DOCKER_BASE_ARTIFACT>
-                        <DOCKER_BASE_TAG>${dockerfile.tag}</DOCKER_BASE_TAG>
+                        <WAR_FILE>${project.build.finalName}.war</WAR_FILE>
+                        <PROPERTY_FILE>${dockerfile.property.file}</PROPERTY_FILE>
                     </buildArgs>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <filesets>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <directory>${basedir}/ui/dist</directory>
-                            <directory>${basedir}/ui/node_modules</directory>
-                        </fileset>
-                    </filesets>
-                </configuration>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.scalastyle</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scalastyle-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
-                <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.7.6</version>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <installDirectory>target</installDirectory>
-                    <workingDirectory>ui</workingDirectory>
-                    <nodeVersion>v16.19.0</nodeVersion>
+                    <mainClass>za.co.absa.enceladus.menas.Application</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>install node and npm</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>install</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>npm</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <arguments>install</arguments>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>sync version to package.json</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>npm</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <arguments>version ${project.parent.version} --allow-same-version</arguments>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>ui5 build</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>npm</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <arguments>run ui5-build</arguments>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>clean node_modules</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>npm</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <arguments>prune --production</arguments>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
             </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.antrun.plugin.version}</version>
+                <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${scala.maven.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>Clean up after generating component preload</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <delete dir="${project.basedir}/ui/dist/dist"/>
-                                <delete dir="${project.basedir}/ui/node"/>
-                                <move toDir="${project.basedir}/ui/dist/node_modules">
-                                    <fileset dir="${project.basedir}/ui/node_modules/" includes="**/*" />
-                                </move>
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                            <goal>testCompile</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <args>
+                        <arg>-Xfatal-warnings</arg>
+                        <arg>-unchecked</arg>
+                        <arg>-deprecation</arg>
+                        <arg>-feature</arg>
+                    </args>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -140,7 +353,7 @@
                     <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                     <webResources>
                         <resource>
-                            <directory>ui/dist</directory>
+                            <directory>ui</directory>
                             <targetPath>/</targetPath>
                             <filtering>false</filtering>
                         </resource>
@@ -153,10 +366,115 @@
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <useDefaultDelimiters>false</useDefaultDelimiters>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.antrun.plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target>
+                                <copy file="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.properties.template"
+                                      tofile="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.properties"
+                                      overwrite="false"/>
+                                <copy file="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/docker.properties.template"
+                                      tofile="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/docker.properties"
+                                      overwrite="false"/>
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>generateComponentPreload</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.7.6</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>install node and npm</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>install-node-and-npm</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>install grunt-openui5</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>npm</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <arguments>install grunt grunt-cli grunt-openui5 --save-dev</arguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>generate preload</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>grunt</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <arguments>openui5_preload</arguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <workingDirectory>ui</workingDirectory>
+                            <nodeVersion>v10.16.0</nodeVersion>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven.antrun.plugin.version}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>Clean up after generating component preload</id>
+                                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <target>
+                                        <delete dir="${project.basedir}/ui/node_modules"/>
+                                        <delete dir="${project.basedir}/ui/node"/>
+                                    </target>
+                                </configuration>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>run</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven.jar.plugin.version}</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <archive>
+                                <manifest>
+                                    <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
+                                </manifest>
+                            </archive>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>license-check</id>
             <build>
@@ -168,6 +486,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <excludes>
                                 <exclude>**/node_modules/**</exclude>
+                                <exclude>ui/3rdParty/cRonstrue/cronstrue.min.js</exclude>
                                 <exclude>ui/dist/**</exclude>
                             </excludes>
                         </configuration>
diff --git a/migrations-cli/pom.xml b/migrations-cli/pom.xml
index 8e8bcf914..3f398e3ca 100644
--- a/migrations-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/migrations-cli/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.parent.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
+        <json4s.version>3.5.3</json4s.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.16</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@
             <groupId>org.json4s</groupId>
             <artifactId>json4s-jackson_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${json4s.version}</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/migrations/pom.xml b/migrations/pom.xml
index 200219201..b4793a897 100644
--- a/migrations/pom.xml
+++ b/migrations/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.databind.version}</version>
+            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- MONGO -->
diff --git a/plugins-builtin/pom.xml b/plugins-builtin/pom.xml
index 0b1a7dafe..58508cc35 100644
--- a/plugins-builtin/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins-builtin/pom.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
   ~ Copyright 2018 ABSA Group Limited
   ~
@@ -12,32 +13,29 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>plugins-builtin</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
+
     <properties>
         <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.parent.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
-        <kafka.avro.serializer.version>7.3.0</kafka.avro.serializer.version>
+        <kafka.avro.serializer.version>5.2.2</kafka.avro.serializer.version>
         <javax.servlet.api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet.api.version>
     </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
             <artifactId>plugins-api</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
             <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
@@ -53,6 +51,7 @@
             <artifactId>kafka-avro-serializer</artifactId>
             <version>${kafka.avro.serializer.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
         <!-- WireMock - to act as SchemaRegistry for IntegTest-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@
                     </args>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 443a007bd..b884e4ee2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,22 +12,27 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
     <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
     <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
     <name>Enceladus</name>
     <description>Enceladus is a Dynamic Conformance Engine which allows data from different formats to be standardized to parquet and conformed to group-accepted common reference.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/AbsaOSS/enceladus</url>
     <inceptionYear>2018</inceptionYear>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/AbsaOSS/enceladus.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:AbsaOSS/enceladus.git</developerConnection>
         <url>http://github.com/AbsaOSS/enceladus/tree/master</url>
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
+
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
@@ -35,10 +40,12 @@
             <distribution>repo</distribution>
         </license>
     </licenses>
+
     <organization>
         <name>ABSA Group Limited</name>
         <url>https://www.absa.africa</url>
     </organization>
+
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <id>lokm01</id>
@@ -88,19 +95,8 @@
             <timezone>Europe/Prague</timezone>
             <url>https://github.com/AdrianOlosutean</url>
         </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <id>lsulak</id>
-            <name>Ladislav Šulák</name>
-            <timezone>Europe/Prague</timezone>
-            <url>https://github.com/lsulak</url>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <id>jakipatryk</id>
-            <name>Bartlomiej Baj</name>
-            <timezone>Europe/Warsaw</timezone>
-            <url>https://github.com/jakipatryk</url>
-        </developer>
     </developers>
+
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
@@ -111,6 +107,7 @@
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
+
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>confluent</id>
@@ -120,33 +117,29 @@
             </releases>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
+
     <modules>
         <module>dao</module>
         <module>data-model</module>
+        <module>examples</module>
         <module>menas</module>
-        <module>migrations</module>
         <module>migrations-cli</module>
+        <module>migrations</module>
         <module>plugins-api</module>
         <module>plugins-builtin</module>
-        <module>rest-api</module>
         <module>spark-jobs</module>
         <module>utils</module>
     </modules>
+
     <properties>
-        <default.scalatest.argLine>-Xmx4000m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</default.scalatest.argLine>
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <scalatest.argLine>${default.scalatest.argLine}</scalatest.argLine>
-        <skip.integration.tests>true</skip.integration.tests>
-        <skip.unit.tests>false</skip.unit.tests>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <!--plugin versions-->
         <dockerfile.maven.version>1.4.13</dockerfile.maven.version>
         <gitflow.maven.plugin.version>1.16.0</gitflow.maven.plugin.version>
-        <jacoco.version>0.8.10</jacoco.version>
         <maven.antrun.plugin.version>1.8</maven.antrun.plugin.version>
-        <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.gpg.plugin.version>1.6</maven.gpg.plugin.version>
         <maven.jar.plugin.version>3.2.0</maven.jar.plugin.version>
         <maven.rat.plugin.version>0.12</maven.rat.plugin.version>
@@ -154,29 +147,25 @@
         <maven.source.plugin.version>3.0.1</maven.source.plugin.version>
         <maven.surefire.plugin.version>2.18.1</maven.surefire.plugin.version>
         <maven.war.plugin.version>2.2</maven.war.plugin.version>
-        <scala.maven.plugin.version>4.8.1</scala.maven.plugin.version>
-        <scalatest.maven.version>2.0.2</scalatest.maven.version>
+        <scala.maven.plugin.version>4.4.0</scala.maven.plugin.version>
         <scoverage.maven.plugin.version>1.3.0</scoverage.maven.plugin.version>
         <!--dependency versions-->
-        <apache.commons.configuration2.version>2.4</apache.commons.configuration2.version>
-        <abris.version>6.2.0</abris.version>
-        <absa.commons.version>1.1.0</absa.commons.version>
-        <absa.spark.commons.version>0.4.0</absa.spark.commons.version>
-        <atum.version>3.9.0</atum.version>
+        <abris.version>3.1.1</abris.version>
+        <absa.commons.version>0.0.27</absa.commons.version>
+        <atum.version>3.7.0</atum.version>
         <bower.chart.js.version>2.7.3</bower.chart.js.version>
         <bson.codec.jsr310.version>3.5.4</bson.codec.jsr310.version>
-        <cobrix.version>2.6.0</cobrix.version>
+        <cobrix.version>2.4.2</cobrix.version>
         <diffson.version>2.0.2</diffson.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
-        <guava.version>30.1-jre</guava.version>
-        <fixed.width.version>0.2.0</fixed.width.version>
-        <hadoop.version>3.3.4</hadoop.version>
+        <guava.version>27.0.1-jre</guava.version>
+        <hadoop.version>2.8.5</hadoop.version>
         <htrace.version>3.1.0-incubating</htrace.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.4.1</httpclient.version>
-        <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
-        <jackson.databind.version>2.14.1</jackson.databind.version>
+        <jackson.spark.datatype.version>2.10.4</jackson.spark.datatype.version>
+        <jackson.spark.version>2.10.4</jackson.spark.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version>
         <jjwt.version>0.10.7</jjwt.version>
-        <json4s.version>3.5.3</json4s.version>
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
         <kafka.spark.version>0-10</kafka.spark.version>
         <lodash.version>4.17.10</lodash.version>
@@ -186,48 +175,46 @@
         <momentjs.version>2.22.2</momentjs.version>
         <mongo.java.driver.version>3.6.4</mongo.java.driver.version>
         <mongo.scala.driver.version>2.7.0</mongo.scala.driver.version>
+        <oozie.version>4.3.0</oozie.version>
         <openui5.version>1.67.1</openui5.version>
-        <parquet.version>1.12.2</parquet.version>
+        <parquet.version>1.10.0</parquet.version>
         <requests.version>0.1.6</requests.version>
-        <scala.compat.version>2.12</scala.compat.version>
+        <scala.compat.version>2.11</scala.compat.version>
         <scala.java8.compat.version>0.9.0</scala.java8.compat.version>
-        <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
+        <scala.version>2.11.12</scala.version>
+        <scalatest.maven.version>2.0.0</scalatest.maven.version>
         <scalatest.version>3.2.2</scalatest.version>
         <scopt.version>4.0.0</scopt.version>
-        <spark.compat.version>3.2</spark.compat.version>
-        <spark.data.standardization.version>0.2.0</spark.data.standardization.version>
-        <spark.fast.tests.version>1.0.0</spark.fast.tests.version>
+        <spark.compat.version>2.4</spark.compat.version>
         <spark.hats.version>0.2.2</spark.hats.version>
         <spark.hofs.version>0.4.0</spark.hofs.version>
-        <spark.version>3.2.2</spark.version>
+        <spark.version>2.4.4</spark.version>
         <spark.xml.version>0.5.0</spark.xml.version>
-        <specs.version>3.8.6</specs.version>
+        <specs.version>2.4.16</specs.version>
+        <spline.version>0.3.9</spline.version>
         <spray.json.version>1.3.5</spray.json.version>
         <spring.kerberos.version>1.0.1.RELEASE</spring.kerberos.version>
         <spring.ldap.version>5.0.14.RELEASE</spring.ldap.version>
         <spring.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
-        <springdoc.version>1.6.14</springdoc.version>
-        <swagger.annotations.version>2.2.8</swagger.annotations.version> <!-- set compatible to springdoc version -->
         <typesafe.config.version>1.3.1</typesafe.config.version>
         <ujson.version>0.7.1</ujson.version>
         <webjars.locator.version>0.35</webjars.locator.version>
-        <wiremock.version>2.27.2</wiremock.version>
+        <wiremock.version>2.26.3</wiremock.version>
         <!--other properties-->
         <quiet.scalastyle.check>true</quiet.scalastyle.check>
         <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
-        <dockerfile.rest-api.repository>docker.io/absaoss/menas</dockerfile.rest-api.repository>
-        <dockerfile.menas.repository>docker.io/absaoss/menas-ui</dockerfile.menas.repository>
+        <dockerfile.repository>docker.io/absaoss/menas</dockerfile.repository>
         <dockerfile.tag>${project.version}</dockerfile.tag>
-        <span.scale.factor>1</span.scale.factor>
         <!-- Name of property file that will be used by the Docker image. -->
         <dockerfile.property.file>docker</dockerfile.property.file>
+        <skip.integration.tests>true</skip.integration.tests>
         <!-- logging-->
         <log.level.base>WARN</log.level.base>
         <log.level.testcode>ERROR</log.level.testcode>
         <log.pattern>[%p] %d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %c{4}: %m%n</log.pattern>
         <log.specialfilters.acceptonmatch>false</log.specialfilters.acceptonmatch>
     </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
@@ -291,15 +278,6 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                     <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <!-- in order to use higher version instead of builtin 2.6.7 -->
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -316,10 +294,6 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
                     <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -375,6 +349,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <sourceDirectory>src/main/scala</sourceDirectory>
         <testSourceDirectory>src/test/scala</testSourceDirectory>
@@ -406,11 +381,21 @@
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
+            <!-- disable surefire -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <!-- enable scalatest -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
                 <artifactId>scalatest-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${scalatest.maven.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/surefire-reports</reportsDirectory>
                     <junitxml>.</junitxml>
                     <filereports>WDF TestSuite.txt</filereports>
                     <!--
@@ -418,8 +403,7 @@
                         end to end test could run. This can be removed later when dynamic conformance
                         becomes more efficient
                     -->
-                    <argLine>${scalatest.argLine}</argLine>
-                    <spanScaleFactor>${span.scale.factor}</spanScaleFactor>
+                    <argLine>-Xmx4000m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8</argLine>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -429,7 +413,6 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <suffixes>(?&lt;!IntegrationSuite)</suffixes>
-                            <skipTests>${skip.unit.tests}</skipTests>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                     <execution>
@@ -452,6 +435,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <installProject>true</installProject>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
+
                     <gitFlowConfig>
                         <productionBranch>master</productionBranch>
                         <developmentBranch>develop</developmentBranch>
@@ -463,10 +447,12 @@
                     </gitFlowConfig>
                     <commitDevelopmentVersionAtStart>true</commitDevelopmentVersionAtStart>
                     <versionDigitToIncrement>1</versionDigitToIncrement>
+
                     <commitMessages>
                         <hotfixStartMessage>Update versions for hotfix v@{version}</hotfixStartMessage>
                         <hotfixFinishMessage>Update for next development version @{version}</hotfixFinishMessage>
                         <hotfixVersionUpdateMessage>Update to hotfix version @{version}</hotfixVersionUpdateMessage>
+
                         <releaseStartMessage>Update versions for release v@{version}</releaseStartMessage>
                         <releaseFinishMessage>Update for next development version @{version}</releaseFinishMessage>
                         <releaseVersionUpdateMessage>Update for next development version @{version}</releaseVersionUpdateMessage>
@@ -484,9 +470,13 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
+                <groupId>org.scoverage</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scoverage-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${scoverage.maven.plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <scalaVersion>${scala.version}</scalaVersion>
+                    <aggregate>true</aggregate>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <resources>
@@ -502,6 +492,7 @@
             </testResource>
         </testResources>
     </build>
+
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>integration</id>
@@ -606,49 +597,5 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>code-coverage</id>
-            <properties>
-                <scalatest.argLine>${default.scalatest.argLine} ${argLine}</scalatest.argLine>
-                <skip.integration.tests>false</skip.integration.tests>
-                <skip.unit.tests>false</skip.unit.tests>
-            </properties>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>za.co.absa.jacoco</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${jacoco.version}</version>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- examples of class excluding -->
-                            <!-- excludes>
-                                <exclude>za/co/absa/enceladus/migrations/continuous/EntityVersionMap.class</exclude>
-                                <exclude>za/co/absa/enceladus/rest_api/exceptions/ValidationException.class</exclude>
-                            </excludes
-                            -->
-                        </configuration>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>jacoco-prepare-agent</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>jacoco-report</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>report</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <title>${project.name} - ${scala.version}</title>
-                                    <doMethodFiltration>true</doMethodFiltration>
-                                    <doScalaMethodFiltration>true</doScalaMethodFiltration>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/rest-api/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/enceladus/rest_api/repositories/MongoRepository.scala b/rest-api/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/enceladus/rest_api/repositories/MongoRepository.scala
index ccc3e2c69..6c3fbc169 100644
--- a/rest-api/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/enceladus/rest_api/repositories/MongoRepository.scala
+++ b/rest-api/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/enceladus/rest_api/repositories/MongoRepository.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ abstract class MongoRepository[C](mongoDb: MongoDatabase)(implicit ct: ClassTag[
   }
 
   def count(): Future[Long] = {
-    collection.countDocuments().toFuture()
+    collection.estimatedDocumentCount().toFuture()
   }
 
   private[repositories] def getNameFilter(name: String): Bson = {
diff --git a/spark-jobs/pom.xml b/spark-jobs/pom.xml
index 1401efcff..9a94233de 100644
--- a/spark-jobs/pom.xml
+++ b/spark-jobs/pom.xml
@@ -12,21 +12,24 @@
   ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
-
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>spark-jobs</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
+
     <properties>
         <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.parent.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
         <hyperdrive.version>4.5.2</hyperdrive.version>
-        <spark.sql.kafka.version>3.0.2</spark.sql.kafka.version>
+        <spark.sql.kafka.version>2.4.5</spark.sql.kafka.version>
     </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <!-- Dependent modules -->
         <dependency>
@@ -44,17 +47,14 @@
             <artifactId>dao</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
         <!-- Atum -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
             <artifactId>atum_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${atum.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-data-standardization_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${spark.data.standardization.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Data formats support -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.databricks</groupId>
@@ -64,18 +64,14 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
             <artifactId>fixed-width_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${fixed.width.version}</version>
+            <version>0.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa.cobrix</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-cobol_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${cobrix.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-partition-sizing-spark${spark.compat.version}_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>0.2.0</version>
-        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Hyperdrive -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa.hyperdrive</groupId>
@@ -83,16 +79,13 @@
             <version>${hyperdrive.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>za.co.absa.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${absa.commons.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-commons-spark${spark.compat.version}_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${absa.spark.commons.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Libraries -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.typesafe</groupId>
@@ -114,11 +107,55 @@
             <artifactId>spark-sql-kafka-0-10_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${spark.sql.kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- Lineage tracking -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.mrpowers</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-fast-tests_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${spark.fast.tests.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.spline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spline-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${spline.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lz4</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.spline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spline-core-spark-adapter-${spark.compat.version}</artifactId>
+            <version>${spline.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lz4</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.spline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spline-persistence-mongo</artifactId>
+            <version>${spline.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lz4</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>za.co.absa.spline</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spline-persistence-hdfs</artifactId>
+            <version>${spline.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>net.jpountz.lz4</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>lz4</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
@@ -161,10 +198,9 @@
                             <include>*:*</include>
                         </includes>
                         <excludes>
-                            <!--
-  org.apache.spark:* should not be excluded. Otherwise, the spark-submit would have to be called with
+<!--  org.apache.spark:* should not be excluded. Otherwise, the spark-submit would have to be called with
 spark-submit -(remove this)-packages org.apache.spark:spark-sql-kafka-0-10_2.11:2.2.0
-                            -->
+-->
                             <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:*</exclude>
                             <exclude>org.scala-lang:scala-actors</exclude>
                             <exclude>org.scala-lang:scala-compiler</exclude>
@@ -174,18 +210,13 @@ spark-submit -(remove this)-packages org.apache.spark:spark-sql-kafka-0-10_2.11:
                         </excludes>
                     </artifactSet>
                     <relocations>
-                        <!--
- This was introduced in #86 Set up Standardization and Conformance Menas auth.
-
-If not shaded the following exception will be thrown:
-                               Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:
-za.co.absa.atum.model.RunState
-                               at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
-
-...
-                               at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser.EnumerationDeserializer.deserialize(EnumerationDeserializerModule.scala:40)
-
-java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/JavaTimeModule
+                        <!-- This was introduced in #86 Set up Standardization and Conformance Menas auth.
+                             If not shaded the following exception will be thrown:
+                               Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: za.co.absa.atum.model.RunState
+	                           at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
+	                           ...
+	                           at com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser.EnumerationDeserializer.deserialize(EnumerationDeserializerModule.scala:40)
+                               java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/JavaTimeModule
                         -->
                         <relocation>
                             <pattern>com.fasterxml.jackson</pattern>
@@ -215,6 +246,25 @@ java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/jsr310/JavaTimeMo
                     </args>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven.antrun.plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy</id>
+                        <phase>validate</phase>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <target>
+                                <copy file="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/spline.properties.template" tofile="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/spline.properties" overwrite="false" />
+                            </target>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index fcaaddbfd..fdd0f2a7b 100644
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -13,18 +13,22 @@
   ~ limitations under the License.
   -->
 
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <parent>
         <groupId>za.co.absa.enceladus</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
+
     <properties>
         <scalastyle.configLocation>${project.parent.basedir}/scalastyle-config.xml</scalastyle.configLocation>
     </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
@@ -53,50 +57,15 @@
             <artifactId>commons_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${absa.commons.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-commons-spark${spark.compat.version}_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${absa.spark.commons.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-commons-test_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${absa.spark.commons.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>za.co.absa</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-data-standardization_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${spark.data.standardization.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalatest-flatspec_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
             <version>${scalatest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>${jackson.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>${guava.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.mrpowers</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spark-fast-tests_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>${spark.fast.tests.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -134,7 +103,7 @@
                         <phase>validate</phase>
                         <configuration>
                             <target>
-                                <copy file="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.conf.template" tofile="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.conf" overwrite="false"/>
+                                <copy file="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.conf.template" tofile="${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/application.conf" overwrite="false" />
                             </target>
                         </configuration>
                         <goals>
@@ -143,15 +112,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
-                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
 </project>