diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping-2/pom.xml
index 1b9a3e45d3..3fc47c609a 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping-2/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             <version>${org.springframework.data.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <com.sun.xml.version>4.0.2</com.sun.xml.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
+        <hibernate.version>6.4.2.Final</hibernate.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
index 45d8e24b41..3ad502af3d 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-mapping/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version> <!-- needs to be specified as it fails with parent's 1.4.200 -->
-        <hibernate.version>6.1.7.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>6.4.2.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-types.version>2.21.1</hibernate-types.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <org.glassfish.javax.el.version>3.0.1-b11</org.glassfish.javax.el.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
index 0a736346a4..a554e51e8e 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate.orm</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <target>17</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <properties>
         <org.springframework.version>6.0.6</org.springframework.version>
         <org.springframework.data.version>3.0.3</org.springframework.data.version>
@@ -99,7 +112,7 @@
         <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.6.0</mariaDB4j.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
-        <hibernate.version>6.3.1.Final</hibernate.version>
+        <hibernate.version>6.4.2.Final</hibernate.version>
         <testcontainers.mysql.version>1.17.6</testcontainers.mysql.version>
     </properties>