diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
index db1ec6c165..d3f110bb90 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-3</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-3</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
                     <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
+            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${hibernate-core.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
@@ -132,6 +134,14 @@
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -238,6 +248,10 @@
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven3-plugin.version>1.9.9</cargo-maven3-plugin.version>
         <apt-maven-plugin.version>1.1.3</apt-maven-plugin.version>
+        <hibernate-core.version>6.4.2.Final</hibernate-core.version>
+        <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.14.0</commons-lang3.version>
+        <start-class>com.baeldung.spring.Application</start-class>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
index 9af3d07bed..99a6a8a3ce 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ package com.baeldung.persistence.model;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
-import javax.persistence.Column;
-import javax.persistence.Entity;
-import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
-import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
-import javax.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
 
 @Entity
 public class Foo implements Serializable {
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java
index dbc2b9360f..8a019eccaf 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package com.baeldung.persistence.model;
 
-import javax.persistence.Entity;
-import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
-import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
-import javax.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.GenerationType;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
 
 @Entity
 public class User {
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/common/AbstractService.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/common/AbstractService.java
index 5a5d9d6241..a7122248d1 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/common/AbstractService.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/common/AbstractService.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.baeldung.persistence.IOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
@@ -40,6 +41,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractService<T extends Serializable> implements IOperat
         return getDao().save(entity);
     }
 
-    protected abstract PagingAndSortingRepository<T, Long> getDao();
+    protected abstract JpaRepository<T, Long> getDao();
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/FooService.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/FooService.java
index 92fb6c28a0..3da077183e 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/FooService.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/impl/FooService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
 import com.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
 import com.baeldung.persistence.service.common.AbstractService;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ public class FooService extends AbstractService<Foo> implements IFooService {
     // API
 
     @Override
-    protected PagingAndSortingRepository<Foo, Long> getDao() {
+    protected JpaRepository<Foo, Long> getDao() {
         return dao;
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
index b5350c33c1..45f9ca443f 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.baeldung.web.controller;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import com.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
 import com.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/AbstractServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/AbstractServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index e66e9d49e2..89f76b2990 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/AbstractServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/persistence/service/AbstractServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;