diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index 49defa2..8074368 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.42.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.43.0
     with:
       java-version: 17
     secrets:
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       signing-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
       ossrh-username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
       ossrh-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
-      github-username: ${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 857e236..d124b9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.42.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.43.0
     with:
       java-version: 17
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 41e8e29..6ff6822 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 plugins {
     // release
-    id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.17"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.2.2"
-    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "2.2.0"
+    id("com.bakdata.release") version "1.4.0"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.4.0"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.4.0"
     id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4" apply false
 }
 
@@ -42,12 +41,6 @@ configure<com.bakdata.gradle.SonatypeSettings> {
     }
 }
 
-configure<org.hildan.github.changelog.plugin.GitHubChangelogExtension> {
-    githubUser = "bakdata"
-    futureVersionTag = findProperty("changelog.releaseVersion")?.toString()
-    sinceTag = findProperty("changelog.sinceTag")?.toString()
-}
-
 subprojects {
     apply(plugin = "java-library")
     apply(plugin = "io.freefair.lombok")
@@ -75,9 +68,3 @@ subprojects {
         "testImplementation"(group = "org.assertj", name = "assertj-core", version = "3.25.3")
     }
 }
-
-release {
-    git {
-        requireBranch.set("master")
-    }
-}
diff --git a/schema-registry-mock/build.gradle.kts b/schema-registry-mock/build.gradle.kts
index d62ce0c..ef01440 100644
--- a/schema-registry-mock/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/schema-registry-mock/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ dependencies {
     "api"(group = "io.confluent", name = "kafka-streams-avro-serde", version = confluentVersion)
 
     implementation(group = "org.wiremock", name = "wiremock", version = "3.4.2")
+    // required because other dependencies use different Jackson versions if this library is used in test scope
+    api(group = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name = "jackson-databind", version = "2.15.3")
 
     val junit5Version: String by project
     testImplementation(group = "org.junit.jupiter", name = "junit-jupiter-api", version = junit5Version)