diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d9a8eb21a..067bcf12ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@
                 <module>lombok-modules/lombok-custom</module>
 
                 <module>muleesb</module>
-
+                <module>web-modules/java-lite</module>
+                <module>web-modules/restx</module>
                 <module>persistence-modules/deltaspike</module> <!-- delta spike it doesn't support yet the jakarta API-->
                 <module>persistence-modules/hibernate-ogm</module> <!-- hibernate-ogm wasn't updated because it doesn't support jakarta API -->
                 <module>persistence-modules/java-cassandra</module> <!-- JAVA-21464 cassandra-unit library doesn't support to run with jdk9 and above -->
@@ -541,7 +542,8 @@
 
                 <module>lombok-modules/lombok-custom</module>
                 <module>muleesb</module>
-
+                <module>web-modules/java-lite</module>
+                <module>web-modules/restx</module>
                 <module>persistence-modules/deltaspike</module> <!-- delta spike it doesn't support yet the jakarta API-->
                 <module>persistence-modules/hibernate-ogm</module> <!-- hibernate-ogm wasn't updated because it doesn't support jakarta API -->
                 <module>persistence-modules/java-cassandra</module> <!-- JAVA-21464 cassandra-unit library doesn't support to run with jdk9 and above -->
diff --git a/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml b/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
index 0e44e72b09..7f1c9182f7 100644
--- a/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
                     <systemProperties>
                         <systemProperty>
                             <name>activejdbc.log</name>
-                            <value></value>
                         </systemProperty>
                         <systemProperty>
                             <name>active_reload</name>
diff --git a/web-modules/ninja/pom.xml b/web-modules/ninja/pom.xml
index eb59a0ff9e..b8ddb641cd 100644
--- a/web-modules/ninja/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/ninja/pom.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,15 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <resources>
             <resource>
@@ -206,8 +215,8 @@
         <bootstrap.version>3.3.4</bootstrap.version>
         <jquery.version>2.1.3</jquery.version>
         <compiler.plugin.version>3.2</compiler.plugin.version>
-        <source.version>1.8</source.version>
-        <target.version>1.8</target.version>
+        <source.version>17</source.version>
+        <target.version>17</target.version>
         <enforcer.plugin.version>1.3.1</enforcer.plugin.version>
         <deploy.plugin.version>2.8.2</deploy.plugin.version>
         <shade.plugin.version>2.2</shade.plugin.version>
diff --git a/web-modules/pom.xml b/web-modules/pom.xml
index 5d71f105b8..97ef2a25e1 100644
--- a/web-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/pom.xml
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@
         <module>dropwizard</module>
         <module>google-web-toolkit</module>
         <module>jakarta-ee</module>
-       <!-- <module>java-lite</module>-->
+       <!-- <module>java-lite</module> Not upgradable to java-17 adding in default-second and  integration-lite-second profile that uses JDK 8-->
         <module>javax-servlets</module>
         <module>javax-servlets-2</module>
         <module>jee-7</module>
         <module>jooby</module>
         <module>linkrest</module>
-       <!-- <module>ninja</module>-->
+        <module>ninja</module>
         <!-- <module>play-modules</module> --> <!-- Not a maven project -->
         <!-- <module>raml-modules</module> --> <!-- Not a maven project -->
-        <!--<module>ratpack</module>-->
+        <module>ratpack</module>
         <module>resteasy</module>
-        <!--<module>restx</module>-->
+        <!--<module>restx</module> Not upgradable to java-17 adding in default-second and  integration-lite-second profile that uses JDK 8 -->
         <module>spark-java</module>
         <module>struts-2</module>
         <module>vraptor</module>
diff --git a/web-modules/ratpack/pom.xml b/web-modules/ratpack/pom.xml
index 2a63b4118c..156080ccca 100644
--- a/web-modules/ratpack/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/ratpack/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <ratpack.version>1.5.4</ratpack.version>
+        <ratpack.version>1.9.0</ratpack.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.3</httpclient.version>
         <httpcore.version>4.4.6</httpcore.version>
         <hystrix.version>1.5.12</hystrix.version>