diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/pom.xml
index f376623a3..bd8c9c89d 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -83,13 +87,13 @@
         <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Checksum.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Checksum.java
index d32e5fb5e..5c9e2f0fa 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Checksum.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Checksum.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ package org.apache.archiva.checksum;
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import org.apache.commons.codec.DecoderException;
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
+
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ public class Checksum
         if (this.result.length==0) {
             finish();
         }
-        return Hex.encode( this.result );
+        return Hex.encodeHexString( this.result );
     }
 
     public byte[] getChecksumBytes() {
@@ -110,6 +113,10 @@ public class Checksum
         if (this.result == null || this.result.length==0) {
             finish();
         }
-        return MessageDigest.isEqual(this.result, Hex.decode( hexString ));
+        try {
+            return MessageDigest.isEqual(this.result, Hex.decodeHex( hexString ));
+        } catch (DecoderException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Hex.java b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Hex.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6353a87f1..000000000
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-checksum/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/checksum/Hex.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package org.apache.archiva.checksum;
-
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you 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.
- */
-
-import javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
-
-/**
- * Hex - simple hex conversions. 
- *
- *
- */
-public class Hex
-{
-
-    public static String encode( byte[] data )
-    {
-        try
-        {
-            return DatatypeConverter.printHexBinary( data ).trim( ).toLowerCase( );
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            return "";
-        }
-    }
-
-    public static String encode( String raw )
-    {
-        return encode( raw.getBytes() );
-    }
-
-    public static byte[] decode( String data ) {
-        try
-        {
-            return DatatypeConverter.parseHexBinary( data.trim( ) );
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            return new byte[0];
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
index 6e2f82f47..e049ce2d5 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
index abad21899..310ff577f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ Using provided scope to avoid adding it to packaging.
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
index 59a7642af..9dc186ec9 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
@@ -147,13 +147,13 @@
         <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
index dc3c7da0d..840b829f1 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
index d6bf57fda..69f933c31 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@
         <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/pom.xml
index 653256609..841ef71b5 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/pom.xml
index 140652477..71d3efed2 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-maven/archiva-maven-repository/pom.xml
@@ -377,13 +377,13 @@
         <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml
index eeed333a3..fbc01e61f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
index 16f4d02bf..2fd158e24 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -564,4 +564,27 @@
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>jdk9+</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[1.9,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
index dc73e13a5..e44ea64d8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@
       <dependencies>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/pom.xml
index 8b30065c0..b94505b9f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/problem-reports/pom.xml
@@ -168,13 +168,13 @@
         <!-- Needed for JDK >= 9 -->
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
           <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 12dbaf57a..c9717de2f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <jakarta.servlet.version>4.0.4</jakarta.servlet.version>
     <jakarta.inject.version>1.0</jakarta.inject.version>
     <jakarta.annotation.version>1.3.5</jakarta.annotation.version>
-    <jakarta.xml.bind.version>3.0.0</jakarta.xml.bind.version>
+    <jakarta.xml.bind.version>2.3.3</jakarta.xml.bind.version>
     <jakarta.transaction.version>1.3.3</jakarta.transaction.version>
     <jakarta.validation.version>2.0.2</jakarta.validation.version>
     <jakarta.ws.rs.version>2.1.6</jakarta.ws.rs.version>
@@ -1706,6 +1706,16 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
+        <artifactId>plexus-classworlds</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6.0</version>
+      </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.ehcache</groupId>