diff --git a/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/assembler/classic/ReloadableEntityManagerFactory.java b/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/assembler/classic/ReloadableEntityManagerFactory.java
index dbf809b3a88..f3701f6a921 100644
--- a/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/assembler/classic/ReloadableEntityManagerFactory.java
+++ b/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/assembler/classic/ReloadableEntityManagerFactory.java
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ public EntityManager createEntityManager() {
         try {
             em = delegate().createEntityManager();
         } catch (final LinkageError le) {
+            if (delegate == null) {
+                LOGGER.error("Could not initialize EntityManagerFactory delegate", le);
+                throw le; // it's already a OpenEJBRuntimeException
+            }
             em = delegate.createEntityManager();
         }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 729c2bc8a52..3df5e305c48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     <!-- org.glassfish -->
     <version.mojarra>4.0.1</version.mojarra>
     <!-- org.hibernate -->
-    <version.hibernate.orm>6.3.1.Final</version.hibernate.orm>
+    <version.hibernate.orm>6.4.1.Final</version.hibernate.orm>
     <version.hibernate.validator>7.0.5.Final</version.hibernate.validator>
 
     <!-- Other API and Impl. not in Jakarta EE -->
@@ -1455,6 +1455,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
             <artifactId>activemq-broker</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.jms-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1483,8 +1487,12 @@
         <version>${version.geronimo.components}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.resource</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.resource-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.objectweb.howl</groupId>
@@ -1498,8 +1506,12 @@
         <version>${version.geronimo.components}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.resource</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.resource-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.objectweb.howl</groupId>
@@ -1532,6 +1544,24 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
         <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
         <version>${version.openjpa}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.jms-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.persistence</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.persistence-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -1780,6 +1810,14 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
             <artifactId>xbean-finder-shaded</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1793,8 +1831,8 @@
         <version>${version.openwebbeans}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
@@ -1803,24 +1841,29 @@
         <artifactId>openwebbeans-ejb</artifactId>
         <version>${version.openwebbeans}</version>
         <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
+
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
         <artifactId>openwebbeans-ee</artifactId>
         <version>${version.openwebbeans}</version>
-          <exclusions>
+        <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>geronimo-el_2.2_spec</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.el</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.el-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.transaction</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.transaction-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
@@ -1833,12 +1876,30 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
             <artifactId>xbean-finder-shaded</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans</groupId>
         <artifactId>openwebbeans-el22</artifactId>
         <version>${version.openwebbeans}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <artifactId>openwebbeans-ee-common</artifactId>
@@ -1846,12 +1907,12 @@
         <version>${version.openwebbeans}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>geronimo-atinject_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tomee/pom.xml b/tomee/pom.xml
index 24456665731..6ce1ef27b64 100644
--- a/tomee/pom.xml
+++ b/tomee/pom.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
             <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -231,16 +243,32 @@
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>geronimo-jcdi_1.0_spec</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
-            <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>
             <artifactId>*</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
             <groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.inject</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.inject-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -308,6 +336,12 @@
         <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
         <artifactId>jakarta.faces</artifactId>
         <version>${version.mojarra}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>