diff --git a/core-common/pom.xml b/core-common/pom.xml
index 424315b1be..27d61f34b7 100644
--- a/core-common/pom.xml
+++ b/core-common/pom.xml
@@ -848,6 +848,9 @@
 
         <profile>
             <id>securityOff</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[24,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
             <properties>
                <surefire.security.argline />
             </properties>
@@ -856,12 +859,17 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <excludes>
-                                <exclude>**/SecurityManagerConfiguredTest.java</exclude>
-                                <exclude>**/ReflectionHelperTest.java</exclude>
-                            </excludes>
-                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>default-test</id>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>**/SecurityManagerConfiguredTest.java</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>**/ReflectionHelperTest.java</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
diff --git a/core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/internal/config/ExternalPropertiesConfigurationFactoryTest.java b/core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/internal/config/ExternalPropertiesConfigurationFactoryTest.java
index 6f1f7b163e..ff3e9ef9bd 100644
--- a/core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/internal/config/ExternalPropertiesConfigurationFactoryTest.java
+++ b/core-common/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/internal/config/ExternalPropertiesConfigurationFactoryTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@
 
 public class ExternalPropertiesConfigurationFactoryTest {
 
+    private static boolean isSecurityManager;
+
     /**
      * Predefine some properties to be read from config
      */
     @BeforeAll
     public static void setUp() {
+        isSecurityManager = System.getSecurityManager() != null;
         System.setProperty(CommonProperties.ALLOW_SYSTEM_PROPERTIES_PROVIDER, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
 
         System.setProperty("jersey.config.server.provider.scanning.recursive", "PASSED");
@@ -53,7 +56,11 @@ public static void tearDown() {
     public void readSystemPropertiesTest() {
         final Object result =
                 readExternalPropertiesMap().get("jersey.config.server.provider.scanning.recursive");
-        Assertions.assertNull(result);
+        if (isSecurityManager) {
+            Assertions.assertNull(result);
+        } else {
+            Assertions.assertEquals("PASSED", result);
+        }
         Assertions.assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE,
                 getConfig().isProperty(CommonProperties.JSON_PROCESSING_FEATURE_DISABLE));
         Assertions.assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE,
@@ -81,8 +88,11 @@ public void mergePropertiesTest() {
         inputProperties.put("org.jersey.microprofile.config.added", "ADDED");
         getConfig().mergeProperties(inputProperties);
         final Object result = readExternalPropertiesMap().get("jersey.config.server.provider.scanning.recursive");
-        Assertions.assertNull(result);
-        Assertions.assertNull(readExternalPropertiesMap().get("org.jersey.microprofile.config.added"));
+        final Object resultAdded = readExternalPropertiesMap().get("org.jersey.microprofile.config.added");
+        if (isSecurityManager) {
+            Assertions.assertNull(result);
+            Assertions.assertNull(resultAdded);
+        }
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/core-server/pom.xml b/core-server/pom.xml
index b3373059ac..3e0a8fd2a2 100644
--- a/core-server/pom.xml
+++ b/core-server/pom.xml
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@
         </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>securityOff</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[24,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
             <properties>
                 <surefire.security.argline />
             </properties>
diff --git a/core-server/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/server/internal/inject/ParamConverterDateTest.java b/core-server/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/server/internal/inject/ParamConverterDateTest.java
index fd841f1a7b..d6200c92e3 100644
--- a/core-server/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/server/internal/inject/ParamConverterDateTest.java
+++ b/core-server/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/server/internal/inject/ParamConverterDateTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class ParamConverterDateTest extends AbstractTest {
+    private final String format = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy";
+    private final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, new Locale("US"));
 
     @Path("/")
     public static class DateResource {
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ public String doGet(@QueryParam("d") final Date d) {
     public void testDateResource() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         initiateWebApplication(getBinder(), ParamConverterDateTest.DateResource.class);
         final ContainerResponse responseContext = getResponseContext(UriBuilder.fromPath("/")
-                .queryParam("d", new Date()).build().toString());
+                .queryParam("d", formatter.format(new Date())).build().toString());
 
         assertEquals(200, responseContext.getStatus());
     }
@@ -80,8 +82,6 @@ public T fromString(final String value) {
                                     );
                                 }
                                 try {
-                                    final String format = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy";
-                                    final SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(format, new Locale("US"));
                                     return rawType.cast(formatter.parse(value));
                                 } catch (final ParseException ex) {
                                     throw new ExtractorException(ex);
diff --git a/examples/groovy/pom.xml b/examples/groovy/pom.xml
index 320bf243d6..84fd62f0ed 100644
--- a/examples/groovy/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/groovy/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>4.0.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>1</id>
@@ -99,10 +99,12 @@
                             <goal>removeTestStubs</goal>
                             <goal>groovydoc</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <targetBytecode>11</targetBytecode>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/pom.xml b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/pom.xml
index 5c46db93ea..2079a95a72 100644
--- a/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/osgi-helloworld-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@
     <name>jersey-examples-osgi-helloworld-webapp</name>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
-    <modules>
-        <module>war-bundle</module>
-        <module>functional-test</module>
-        <module>lib-bundle</module>
-        <module>additional-bundle</module>
-        <module>alternate-version-bundle</module>
-    </modules>
-
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>securityOn</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[1.8,24)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <modules>
+                <module>war-bundle</module>
+                <module>functional-test</module>
+                <module>lib-bundle</module>
+                <module>additional-bundle</module>
+                <module>alternate-version-bundle</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>pre-release</id>
             <build>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 33243b2c08..ac6b963ede 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
         <!--<module>feed-combiner-java8-webapp</module>-->
         <module>freemarker-webapp</module>
         <!--<module>flight-mgmt-webapp</module>-->
-        <module>groovy</module>
         <module>helloworld</module>
         <module>helloworld-benchmark</module>
         <module>helloworld-cdi2-se</module>
@@ -281,5 +280,16 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
     </build>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>GROOVY-EXAMPLE</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[11,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <modules>
+                <module>groovy</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/incubator/pom.xml b/incubator/pom.xml
index 86d124c376..ada684372b 100644
--- a/incubator/pom.xml
+++ b/incubator/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
         <module>cdi-inject-weld</module>
         <module>declarative-linking</module>
         <module>gae-integration</module>
-        <module>html-json</module>
         <module>injectless-client</module>
         <module>kryo</module>
         <module>open-tracing</module>
@@ -53,4 +52,16 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>HTML-JSON-FOR-PRE-JDK24</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[1.8, 24)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <modules>
+                <module>html-json</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd4efe38b3..79644cecf6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@
         <resources.mvn.plugin.version>3.3.1</resources.mvn.plugin.version>
         <shade.mvn.plugin.version>3.6.0</shade.mvn.plugin.version>
         <source.mvn.plugin.version>3.3.1</source.mvn.plugin.version>
-        <surefire.mvn.plugin.version>3.3.1</surefire.mvn.plugin.version>
+        <surefire.mvn.plugin.version>3.5.2</surefire.mvn.plugin.version>
         <war.mvn.plugin.version>3.4.0</war.mvn.plugin.version>
         <wiremock.mvn.plugin.version>2.11.0</wiremock.mvn.plugin.version>
         <xml.mvn.plugin.version>1.1.0</xml.mvn.plugin.version>
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@
         <findbugs.glassfish.version>1.7</findbugs.glassfish.version>
         <freemarker.version>2.3.33</freemarker.version>
         <gae.version>2.0.29</gae.version>
-        <groovy.version>4.0.22</groovy.version>
+        <groovy.version>5.0.0-alpha-11</groovy.version>
         <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>
         <guava.version>33.3.0-jre</guava.version>
         <hamcrest.version>3.0</hamcrest.version>
diff --git a/tests/integration/microprofile/rest-client/pom.xml b/tests/integration/microprofile/rest-client/pom.xml
index 3f374e96cb..535e3b999c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/microprofile/rest-client/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration/microprofile/rest-client/pom.xml
@@ -218,6 +218,15 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>securityOff</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[24,)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <surefire.security.argline />
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/tests/pom.xml b/tests/pom.xml
index 9122b05cb6..1ea4733d04 100644
--- a/tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
         <module>e2e-testng</module>
         <module>e2e-tls</module>
         <module>integration</module>
-        <module>jmockit</module>
         <module>mem-leaks</module>
         <module>osgi</module>
         <module>stress</module>
@@ -117,5 +116,14 @@
                 <module>release-test</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>JMOCKIT-MODULE-FOR-PRE-JDK24</id>
+            <activation>
+                <jdk>[1.8,24)</jdk>
+            </activation>
+            <modules>
+                <module>jmockit</module>
+            </modules>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>