diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 40b197d..8202de0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Camunda specific stages and scenarios for the BDD testing tool JGiven written in Kotlin.
 
 [![stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-STABLE-green.svg)](https://github.com/holisticon#open-source-lifecycle)
+[![Camunda 7.20](https://img.shields.io/badge/Camunda%20Version-7.20-orange.svg)]([https://github.com/holisticon#open-source-lifecycle](https://docs.camunda.org/manual/7.20/))
 [![Development braches](https://github.com/holunda-io/camunda-bpm-jgiven/workflows/Development%20braches/badge.svg)](https://github.com/holunda-io/camunda-bpm-jgiven/workflows) 
 [![Maven Central](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.holunda.testing/camunda-bpm-jgiven/badge.svg)](https://maven-badges.herokuapp.com/maven-central/io.holunda.testing/camunda-bpm-jgiven)
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Add the following dependency to your Maven pom:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>io.holunda.testing</groupId>
   <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven</artifactId>
-  <version>0.4.0</version>
+  <version>1.20.0</version>
   <scope>test</scope>
 </dependency>
 ```
@@ -39,17 +40,18 @@ Stages contain assert and action methods and may be subclassed. This library pro
 `ProcessStage` for building your process testing stages. Here is how the test then looks like
 (written in Kotlin):
 
-### JUnit4
+### JUnit5
 
 ```kotlin
 @Deployment(resources = [ApprovalProcessBean.RESOURCE])
-open class ApprovalProcessTest : ScenarioTest<ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessThenStage>() {
+internal class ApprovalProcessTest :
+  ScenarioTest<ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessThenStage>() {
 
-    @get: Rule 
-    val rule: ProcessEngineRule = StandaloneInMemoryTestConfiguration().rule()
+    @RegisterExtension
+    val extension = TestProcessEngine.DEFAULT
 
     @ScenarioState
-    val camunda = rule.processEngine
+    val camunda = extension.processEngine
 
     @Test
     fun`should automatically approve`() {
@@ -77,49 +79,46 @@ open class ApprovalProcessTest : ScenarioTest<ApprovalProcessActionStage, Approv
 }
 ```
 
-If you want to collect process test coverage during the test run, make sure to replace your rule declaration by the following: 
+Here is the corresponding stage, providing the steps used in the test:
 
 ```kotlin
-  companion object {
-  @get: ClassRule
-  @JvmStatic
-  val processEngineRule: ProcessEngineRule = TestCoverageProcessEngineRuleBuilder.create().build()
-}
-
-@get:Rule
-val rule: ProcessEngineRule = processEngineRule
-
-```
+class ApprovalProcessActionStage : ProcessStage<ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessBean>() {
 
-and add the following content into your `camunda.cfg.xml`:
+  @BeforeStage
+  fun `automock all delegates`() {
+    CamundaMockito.registerJavaDelegateMock(DETERMINE_APPROVAL_STRATEGY)
+    CamundaMockito.registerJavaDelegateMock(AUTOMATICALLY_APPROVE_REQUEST)
+    CamundaMockito.registerJavaDelegateMock(ApprovalProcessBean.Expressions.LOAD_APPROVAL_REQUEST)
+  }
 
-```xml
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+  fun process_is_started_for_request(approvalRequestId: String) = step {
+    processInstanceSupplier = ApprovalProcessBean(camunda.processEngine)
+    processInstanceSupplier.start(approvalRequestId)
+    assertThat(processInstanceSupplier.processInstance).isNotNull
+    assertThat(processInstanceSupplier.processInstance).isStarted
+  }
 
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+  fun approval_strategy_can_be_applied(approvalStrategy: String) = step {
+    getJavaDelegateMock(DETERMINE_APPROVAL_STRATEGY).onExecutionSetVariables(Variables.putValue(APPROVAL_STRATEGY, approvalStrategy))
+  }
 
-  <bean id="processEngineConfiguration"
-        class="org.camunda.community.process_test_coverage.engine.platform7.ProcessCoverageInMemProcessEngineConfiguration">
-    <property name="history" value="full"/>
-  </bean>
-</beans>
+  fun automatic_approval_returns(approvalDecision: String) = step {
+    getJavaDelegateMock(AUTOMATICALLY_APPROVE_REQUEST).onExecutionSetVariables(Variables.putValue(APPROVAL_DECISION, approvalDecision))
+  }
+}
 ```
 
-
-### JUnit5
+### JUnit4
 
 ```kotlin
 @Deployment(resources = [ApprovalProcessBean.RESOURCE])
-internal class ApprovalProcessTest :
-  ScenarioTest<ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessThenStage>() {
+open class ApprovalProcessTest : ScenarioTest<ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessThenStage>() {
 
-    @RegisterExtension
-    val extension = TestProcessEngine.DEFAULT
+    @get: Rule 
+    val rule: ProcessEngineRule = StandaloneInMemoryTestConfiguration().rule()
 
     @ScenarioState
-    val camunda = extension.processEngine
+    val camunda = rule.processEngine
 
     @Test
     fun`should automatically approve`() {
@@ -147,35 +146,37 @@ internal class ApprovalProcessTest :
 }
 ```
 
-Here is the corresponding stage, providing the steps used in the test:
+If you want to collect process test coverage during the test run, make sure to replace your rule declaration by the following: 
 
 ```kotlin
-class ApprovalProcessActionStage : ProcessStage<ApprovalProcessActionStage, ApprovalProcessBean>() {
+  companion object {
+  @get: ClassRule
+  @JvmStatic
+  val processEngineRule: ProcessEngineRule = TestCoverageProcessEngineRuleBuilder.create().build()
+}
 
-  @BeforeStage
-  fun `automock all delegates`() {
-    CamundaMockito.registerJavaDelegateMock(DETERMINE_APPROVAL_STRATEGY)
-    CamundaMockito.registerJavaDelegateMock(AUTOMATICALLY_APPROVE_REQUEST)
-    CamundaMockito.registerJavaDelegateMock(ApprovalProcessBean.Expressions.LOAD_APPROVAL_REQUEST)
-  }
+@get:Rule
+val rule: ProcessEngineRule = processEngineRule
 
-  fun process_is_started_for_request(approvalRequestId: String) = step {
-    processInstanceSupplier = ApprovalProcessBean(camunda.processEngine)
-    processInstanceSupplier.start(approvalRequestId)
-    assertThat(processInstanceSupplier.processInstance).isNotNull
-    assertThat(processInstanceSupplier.processInstance).isStarted
-  }
+```
 
-  fun approval_strategy_can_be_applied(approvalStrategy: String) = step {
-    getJavaDelegateMock(DETERMINE_APPROVAL_STRATEGY).onExecutionSetVariables(Variables.putValue(APPROVAL_STRATEGY, approvalStrategy))
-  }
+and add the following content into your `camunda.cfg.xml`:
 
-  fun automatic_approval_returns(approvalDecision: String) = step {
-    getJavaDelegateMock(AUTOMATICALLY_APPROVE_REQUEST).onExecutionSetVariables(Variables.putValue(APPROVAL_DECISION, approvalDecision))
-  }
-}
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans   http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+  <bean id="processEngineConfiguration"
+        class="org.camunda.community.process_test_coverage.engine.platform7.ProcessCoverageInMemProcessEngineConfiguration">
+    <property name="history" value="full"/>
+  </bean>
+</beans>
 ```
 
+
 The resulting report:
 
 ![JGiven Process Report](docs/report.png)
@@ -185,7 +186,10 @@ Interested? Check out the examples.
 
 ## License
 
-APACHE 2.0
+This library is developed under
+
+[![Apache 2.0 License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](/LICENSE)
+
 
 ## Contribution
 
@@ -201,11 +205,3 @@ If you have permissions to release, make sure all branches are fetched and run:
 from cli. This will update the poms of `develop` and `master` branches 
 and start GitHub actions producing a new release.
 
-
-### Current maintainers
-
-* [Simon Zambrovski](https://github.com/zambrovski)
-* [Simon Sprünker](https://github.com/srsp)
-* [Jan Galinski](https://github.com/jangalinski)
-* [Andre Hegerath](https://github.com/a-hegerath)
-* [Stefan Zilske](https://github.com/stefanzilske)
diff --git a/examples/basic-junit4/pom.xml b/examples/basic-junit4/pom.xml
index 914997c..b8f29fd 100644
--- a/examples/basic-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/basic-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holunda.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.20.0</version>
+    <version>1.21.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-examples-basic-junit4</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/basic-junit5/pom.xml b/examples/basic-junit5/pom.xml
index 610f6fa..29eacc5 100644
--- a/examples/basic-junit5/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/basic-junit5/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holunda.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-examples</artifactId>
-    <version>1.20.0</version>
+    <version>1.21.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-examples-basic-junit5</artifactId>
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.camunda.bpm.extension</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
       <artifactId>camunda-bpm-junit5</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/basic-junit5/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/testing/examples/basic/junit5/TestProcessEngine.kt b/examples/basic-junit5/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/testing/examples/basic/junit5/TestProcessEngine.kt
index be96eb4..7d8a99e 100644
--- a/examples/basic-junit5/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/testing/examples/basic/junit5/TestProcessEngine.kt
+++ b/examples/basic-junit5/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/testing/examples/basic/junit5/TestProcessEngine.kt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEnginePlugin
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.cfg.StandaloneInMemProcessEngineConfiguration
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.impl.history.HistoryLevel
+import org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.junit5.ProcessEngineExtension
 import org.camunda.bpm.engine.test.mock.MockExpressionManager
-import org.camunda.bpm.extension.junit5.test.ProcessEngineExtension
 import org.camunda.community.process_test_coverage.engine.platform7.ProcessCoverageConfigurator
 import org.camunda.community.process_test_coverage.junit5.platform7.ProcessEngineCoverageExtension
 import java.util.*
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 8b9d724..fa45002 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holunda.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.20.0</version>
+    <version>1.21.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
-    <spring-boot.version>3.1.4</spring-boot.version>
-    <camunda-process-test-coverage.version>2.2.0</camunda-process-test-coverage.version>
-    <camunda-platform-7-mockito.version>6.19.1</camunda-platform-7-mockito.version>
+    <spring-boot.version>3.2.5</spring-boot.version>
+    <camunda-process-test-coverage.version>2.6.0</camunda-process-test-coverage.version>
+    <camunda-platform-7-mockito.version>7.21.0</camunda-platform-7-mockito.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/extension/pom.xml b/extension/pom.xml
index 17b977b..f5c3a22 100644
--- a/extension/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holunda.testing</groupId>
     <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.20.0</version>
+    <version>1.21.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01ef591..b190172 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.holunda.testing</groupId>
   <artifactId>camunda-bpm-jgiven-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.20.0</version>
+  <version>1.21.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 
 
   <properties>
-    <camunda.version>7.20.0</camunda.version>
-    <jgiven.version>1.3.0</jgiven.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
-    <jgiven-kotlin.version>1.3.0.0</jgiven-kotlin.version>
+    <camunda.version>7.21.0</camunda.version>
+    <jgiven.version>1.3.1</jgiven.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.26.0</assertj.version>
+    <jgiven-kotlin.version>1.3.1.0</jgiven-kotlin.version>
 
     <java.version>17</java.version>
-    <kotlin.version>1.9.10</kotlin.version>
+    <kotlin.version>2.0.0</kotlin.version>
     <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
     <kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>${java.version}</kotlin.compiler.jvmTarget>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@
         <artifactId>camunda-bpm-assert</artifactId>
         <version>${camunda.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.camunda.bpm</groupId>
+        <artifactId>camunda-bpm-junit5</artifactId>
+        <version>${camunda.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.1</version>
+          <version>3.5.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>enforce-maven</id>
@@ -135,14 +141,14 @@
           <!-- cleaning -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.1</version>
+          <version>3.4.0</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
           <!-- java compiler -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.11.0</version>
+          <version>3.13.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
             <source>${java.version}</source>
@@ -177,13 +183,13 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.2</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
@@ -200,7 +206,7 @@
           <!-- git flow -->
           <groupId>com.amashchenko.maven.plugin</groupId>
           <artifactId>gitflow-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.20.0</version>
+          <version>1.21.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <gitFlowConfig>
               <productionBranch>master</productionBranch>
@@ -296,7 +302,7 @@
           <!-- javadoc for kotlin -->
           <groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
           <artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.9.0</version>
+          <version>1.9.20</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>test</phase>
@@ -312,7 +318,7 @@
           <!-- source from kotlin -->
           <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
           <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.0</version>
+          <version>3.6.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <phase>generate-sources</phase>
@@ -332,7 +338,7 @@
           <!-- attach sources -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.0</version>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -352,7 +358,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.0</version>
+          <version>3.2.4</version>
           <configuration>
             <gpgArguments>
               <arg>--batch</arg>
@@ -375,7 +381,7 @@
         <!-- Deploy -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.1</version>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
           <configuration>
             <skip>true</skip>
           </configuration>
@@ -383,7 +389,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6.13</version>
+          <version>1.7.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>default-deploy</id>
@@ -403,7 +409,7 @@
         <!-- Install -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.1</version>
+          <version>3.1.2</version>
         </plugin>
 
       </plugins>