diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7558d9e18..b1dde771a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -134,6 +134,26 @@ pytest-codspeed = ">=2.2.0"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 addopts = '--ignore=singer_sdk/helpers/_simpleeval.py -m "not external"'
+filterwarnings = [
+    "error",
+    "ignore:Could not configure external gitlab tests:UserWarning",
+    "ignore:No records were available to test:UserWarning",
+    # https://github.com/meltano/sdk/issues/1354
+    "ignore:The function singer_sdk.testing.get_standard_tap_tests is deprecated:DeprecationWarning",
+    # https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#deprecated
+    # https://github.com/danthedeckie/simpleeval/blob/master/simpleeval.py
+    "ignore:ast.NameConstant is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:simpleeval",
+    # https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#deprecated
+    # https://github.com/danthedeckie/simpleeval/blob/master/simpleeval.py
+    "ignore:ast.Num is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:simpleeval",
+    # https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/1518
+    "ignore:ast.Num is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:joblib._utils",
+    # https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#deprecated
+    # https://github.com/danthedeckie/simpleeval/blob/master/simpleeval.py
+    "ignore:ast.Str is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:simpleeval",
+    # https://github.com/joblib/joblib/pull/1518
+    "ignore:Attribute n is deprecated:DeprecationWarning:joblib._utils",
+]
 markers = [
     "external: Tests relying on external resources",
     "windows: Tests that only run on Windows",
diff --git a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/gitlab_rest_streams.py b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/gitlab_rest_streams.py
index 0d5968132..53e0c8fa1 100644
--- a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/gitlab_rest_streams.py
+++ b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/gitlab_rest_streams.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     DateTimeType,
     DateType,
     IntegerType,
+    ObjectType,
     PropertiesList,
     Property,
     StringType,
@@ -158,7 +159,6 @@ class EpicsStream(ProjectBasedStream):
         Property("title", StringType),
         Property("description", StringType),
         Property("state", StringType),
-        Property("author_id", IntegerType),
         Property("start_date", DateType),
         Property("end_date", DateType),
         Property("due_date", DateType),
@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ class EpicsStream(ProjectBasedStream):
         Property("labels", ArrayType(StringType)),
         Property("upvotes", IntegerType),
         Property("downvotes", IntegerType),
+        Property(
+            "author",
+            ObjectType(
+                Property("id", IntegerType),
+                Property("name", StringType),
+                Property("username", StringType),
+                Property("state", StringType),
+                Property("avatar_url", StringType),
+                Property("web_url", StringType),
+            ),
+        ),
     ).to_dict()
 
     def get_child_context(
diff --git a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/issues.json b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/issues.json
index 98119c7f8..3bdd3cf7b 100644
--- a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/issues.json
+++ b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/issues.json
@@ -1,223 +1,365 @@
 {
-    "type": "object",
-    "properties": {
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "project_id": {
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "id": {
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "iid": {
+      "type": "integer"
+    },
+    "milestone": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "object"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
         "project_id": {
-            "type": "integer"
+          "type": "integer"
         },
-        "id": {
-            "type": "integer"
+        "description": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        },
+        "state": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        },
+        "due_date": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ],
+          "format": "date"
         },
         "iid": {
-            "type": "integer"
+          "type": "integer"
         },
-        "milestone_id": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "created_at": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ],
+          "format": "date-time"
         },
-        "author_id": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "title": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
-        "assignee_id": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "id": {
+          "type": "integer"
         },
-        "assignees": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-                "type": "object",
-                "properties": {
-                    "id": {
-                        "type": "integer"
-                    },
-                    "name": {
-                        "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    "username": {
-                        "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    "state": {
-                        "type": "string"
-                    },
-                    "avatar_url": {
-                        "type": [
-                            "null",
-                            "string"
-                        ]
-                    },
-                    "web_url": {
-                        "type": [
-                            "null",
-                            "string"
-                        ]
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        "closed_by_id": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "updated_at": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ],
+          "format": "date-time"
+        }
+      },
+      "example": {
+        "project_id" : 1,
+        "description" : "Ducimus nam enim ex consequatur cumque ratione.",
+        "state" : "closed",
+        "due_date" : null,
+        "iid" : 2,
+        "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z",
+        "title" : "v4.0",
+        "id" : 17,
+        "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z"
+      }
+    },
+    "author": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "object"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "id": {
+          "type": "integer"
         },
-        "title": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
         },
-        "description": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+        "username": {
+          "type": "string"
         },
         "state": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+          "type": "string"
         },
-        "labels": {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-                "type": "string"
-            }
+        "avatar_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
-        "created_at": {
-            "anyOf": [
-                {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "format": "date-time"
-                },
-                {
-                    "type": "null"
-                }
-            ]
+        "web_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "assignee": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "object"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "state": {
+          "type": "string"
         },
-        "updated_at": {
-            "anyOf": [
-                {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "format": "date-time"
-                },
-                {
-                    "type": "null"
-                }
-            ]
+        "id": {
+          "type": "integer"
         },
-        "closed_at": {
-            "anyOf": [
-                {
-                    "type": "string",
-                    "format": "date-time"
-                },
-                {
-                    "type": "null"
-                }
-            ]
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
         },
-        "subscribed": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "boolean"
-            ]
-        },
-        "upvotes": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "web_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
-        "downvotes": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "avatar_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
-        "merge_requests_count": {
+        "username": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "assignees": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "username": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "state": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "avatar_url": {
             "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
+              "null",
+              "string"
             ]
-        },
-        "user_notes_count": {
+          },
+          "web_url": {
             "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
+              "null",
+              "string"
             ]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "closed_by": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "object"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "state": {
+          "type": "string"
         },
-        "due_date": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+        "id": {
+          "type": "integer"
         },
-        "weight": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
         },
         "web_url": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
-        "confidential": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "boolean"
-            ]
+        "avatar_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
-        "discussion_locked": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "boolean"
-            ]
+        "username": {
+          "type": "string"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "title": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
+    },
+    "description": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
+    },
+    "state": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
+    },
+    "labels": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
+    },
+    "created_at": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
         },
-        "has_tasks": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "boolean"
-            ]
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "updated_at": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
         },
-        "task_status": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "closed_at": {
+      "anyOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
         },
+        {
+          "type": "null"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "upvotes": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "integer"
+      ]
+    },
+    "downvotes": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "integer"
+      ]
+    },
+    "merge_requests_count": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "integer"
+      ]
+    },
+    "user_notes_count": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "integer"
+      ]
+    },
+    "due_date": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ],
+      "format": "date"
+    },
+    "weight": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "integer"
+      ]
+    },
+    "web_url": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
+    },
+    "confidential": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "boolean"
+      ]
+    },
+    "discussion_locked": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "boolean"
+      ]
+    },
+    "has_tasks": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "boolean"
+      ]
+    },
+    "task_status": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
+    },
+    "time_stats": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "object"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
         "time_estimate": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "integer"
+          ]
         },
         "total_time_spent": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "integer"
-            ]
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "integer"
+          ]
         },
         "human_time_estimate": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         },
         "human_total_time_spent": {
-            "type": [
-                "null",
-                "string"
-            ]
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
         }
+      }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  }
+}
diff --git a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/projects.json b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/projects.json
index d02858e5f..2f9ececc4 100644
--- a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/projects.json
+++ b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/projects.json
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
     "avatar_url": {
       "type": ["null", "string"]
     },
-    "builds_enabled": {
-      "type": ["null", "boolean"]
+    "builds_access_level": {
+      "type": ["null", "string"],
+      "enum": ["disabled", "private", "enabled"]
     },
     "container_registry_enabled": {
       "type": ["null", "boolean"]
@@ -86,15 +87,12 @@
     "only_allow_merge_if_all_discussions_are_resolved": {
       "type": ["null", "boolean"]
     },
-    "only_allow_merge_if_build_succeeds": {
+    "only_allow_merge_if_pipeline_succeeds": {
       "type": ["null", "boolean"]
     },
     "open_issues_count": {
       "type": ["null", "integer"]
     },
-    "owner_id": {
-      "type": ["null", "integer"]
-    },
     "path": {
       "type": ["null", "string"]
     },
@@ -128,10 +126,7 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "public": {
-      "type": ["null", "boolean"]
-    },
-    "public_builds": {
+    "public_jobs": {
       "type": ["null", "boolean"]
     },
     "request_access_enabled": {
@@ -166,37 +161,15 @@
     "star_count": {
       "type": ["null", "integer"]
     },
-    "statistics": {
-      "type": ["object", "null"],
-      "properties": {
-        "commit_count": {
-          "type": ["null", "integer"]
-        },
-        "storage_size": {
-          "type": ["null", "integer"]
-        },
-        "repository_size": {
-          "type": ["null", "integer"]
-        },
-        "lfs_objects_size": {
-          "type": ["null", "integer"]
-        },
-        "job_artifacts_size": {
-          "type": ["null", "integer"]
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "tag_list": {
       "type": ["array", "null"],
       "items": {
         "type": "string"
       }
     },
-    "visibility_level": {
-      "type": ["null", "integer"]
-    },
     "visibility": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
+      "type": ["null", "string"],
+      "enum": ["private", "internal", "public"]
     },
     "web_url": {
       "type": ["null", "string"]
diff --git a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/releases.json b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/releases.json
index 9165c802d..972a1f182 100644
--- a/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/releases.json
+++ b/samples/sample_tap_gitlab/schemas/releases.json
@@ -4,20 +4,102 @@
     "tag_name": {
       "type": "string"
     },
-    "author_id": {
-      "type": ["null", "integer"]
+    "author": {
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "object"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "id": {
+          "type": "integer"
+        },
+        "name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "username": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "state": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "avatar_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        },
+        "web_url": {
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        }
+      }
     },
-    "commit_id": {
-      "type": ["string", "null"]
+    "commit": {
+      "type": [
+        "object",
+        "null"
+      ],
+      "properties": {
+        "id": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "short_id": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "title": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "created_at": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
+        },
+        "parent_ids": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        },
+        "message": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "author_name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "author_email": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "authored_date": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
+        },
+        "committer_name": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "committer_email": {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "committed_date": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "format": "date-time"
+        }
+      }
     },
     "project_id": {
       "type": "string"
     },
     "description": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
     },
     "name": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        "string"
+      ]
     },
     "created_at": {
       "anyOf": [
diff --git a/samples/sample_tap_google_analytics/schemas/simple-sample.json b/samples/sample_tap_google_analytics/schemas/simple-sample.json
index 794869260..0a5f97f4d 100644
--- a/samples/sample_tap_google_analytics/schemas/simple-sample.json
+++ b/samples/sample_tap_google_analytics/schemas/simple-sample.json
@@ -1,102 +1,11 @@
 {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
-    "id": {
-      "type": ["string", "null"]
-    },
-    "project_id": {
-      "type": ["integer", "null"]
-    },
-    "short_id": {
-      "type": ["string", "null"]
-    },
-    "title": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
-    },
-    "author_name": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
-    },
-    "author_email": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
-    },
-    "authored_date": {
-      "anyOf": [
-        {
-          "type": "string",
-          "format": "date-time"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "null"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "committer_name": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
-    },
-    "committer_email": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
-    },
-    "committed_date": {
-      "anyOf": [
-        {
-          "type": "string",
-          "format": "date-time"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "null"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "created_at": {
-      "anyOf": [
-        {
-          "type": "string",
-          "format": "date-time"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "null"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "message": {
-      "type": ["null", "string"]
-    },
-    "allow_failure": {
-      "type": ["null", "boolean"]
-    },
-    "parent_ids": {
-      "anyOf": [
-        {
-          "type": "array",
-          "items": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "null"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "stats": {
-      "anyOf": [
-        {
-          "type": "object",
-          "properties": {
-            "additions": {
-              "type": "integer"
-            },
-            "deletions": {
-              "type": "integer"
-            },
-            "total": {
-              "type": "integer"
-            }
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "null"
-        }
-      ]
+    "totals": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "type": "string"
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/core/test_connector_sql.py b/tests/core/test_connector_sql.py
index 816086582..2a3413c01 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_connector_sql.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_connector_sql.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def test_engine_json_serialization(self, connector: SQLConnector):
             sa.Column("attrs", sa.JSON),
         )
         meta.create_all(engine)
-        with engine.connect() as conn:
+        with engine.connect() as conn, conn.begin():
             conn.execute(
                 table.insert(),
                 [