diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ff371f5e4..e58b858e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ jobs:
           - 13
           - 14
           - 15
-#          - 16
-#          - 17
+          - 16
+          - 17
     steps:
       - name: Git checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE b/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE
index 7515174f5..5ca111bff 100644
--- a/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE
+++ b/CHANGES_NEXT_RELEASE
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+- [cygnus-ngsi] Upgrade mockito-core dep from 5.5.0 to 5.10.0
+- [cygnus-ngsi-ld] Upgrade mockito-all 1.9.5 to mockito-core 5.10.0, httpcore from 4.3.1 to 4.4.16 and maven dependencies in general
+- [cygnus-ngsi] Upgrade Java version from 1.11 to 1.17 in Dockerfile (#2297, #2304)
+- [cygnus-common][cygnus-ngsi][cygnus-ngsi-ld] Upgrade in source code to support Java 17 build
 - [cygnus-common] [Arcgis] All NGSI DateTime are translated to Millis from Epoch (esriFieldTypeDate) (#2339)
diff --git a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/NameMappingsHandlers.java b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/NameMappingsHandlers.java
index 2dfdfbcdb..433e38748 100644
--- a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/NameMappingsHandlers.java
+++ b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/NameMappingsHandlers.java
@@ -28,13 +28,16 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
 /**
  *
  * @author frb
  */
 public final class NameMappingsHandlers {
-    
+
     private static final CygnusLogger LOGGER = new CygnusLogger(NameMappingsHandlers.class);
     
     /**
@@ -69,7 +72,9 @@ private static NameMappings parseNameMappings(String jsonStr) {
         } // if
 
         // Parse the Json string
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
 
         try {
             nameMappings = gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NameMappings.class);
diff --git a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/PatternTypeAdapter.java b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/PatternTypeAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bebfe95d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/PatternTypeAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Telefonica Investigación y Desarrollo, S.A.U
+ *
+ * This file is part of fiware-cygnus (FI-WARE project).
+ *
+ * fiware-cygnus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero
+ * General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ * fiware-cygnus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+ * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with fiware-cygnus. If not, see
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ *
+ * For those usages not covered by the GNU Affero General Public License please contact with iot_support at tid dot es
+ */
+
+package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management;
+
+import com.google.gson.TypeAdapter;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader;
+import com.google.gson.stream.JsonWriter;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class PatternTypeAdapter extends TypeAdapter<Pattern> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(JsonWriter out, Pattern pattern) throws IOException {
+        if (pattern == null) {
+            out.nullValue();
+            return;
+        }
+        out.value(pattern.pattern());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Pattern read(JsonReader in) throws IOException {
+        String patternString = in.nextString();
+        return Pattern.compile(patternString);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/SubscriptionsHandlers.java b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/SubscriptionsHandlers.java
index 6ca598026..cd5156793 100644
--- a/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/SubscriptionsHandlers.java
+++ b/cygnus-common/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/management/SubscriptionsHandlers.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.backends.http.JsonResponse;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.backends.orion.OrionBackendImpl;
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.OrionEndpoint;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.log.CygnusLogger;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonConstants;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
@@ -117,7 +120,9 @@ public static void get(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
 
         // Get the endpoint string and parse it
         String endpointStr = readPayload(request);
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+                        .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+                        .create();
         OrionEndpoint endpoint;
         
         try {
@@ -276,7 +281,9 @@ public static void post(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response
     private static void postV1(String payload, String fiwareService, String fiwareServicePath,
             HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
         // Parse the payload
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         CygnusSubscriptionV1 cygnusSubscriptionv1;
 
         try {
@@ -341,7 +348,9 @@ private static void postV1(String payload, String fiwareService, String fiwareSe
     private static void postV2(String payload, String fiwareService, String fiwareServicePath,
             HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
         // Parse the payload
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+                        .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+                        .create();
         CygnusSubscriptionV2 cygnusSubscriptionv2;
 
         try {
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/pom.xml b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/pom.xml
index 40ef56834..53b3cee5e 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/pom.xml
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/pom.xml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
     <dependencies>
         <!-- Required for testing -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-            <version>1.9.5</version>
+          <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+            <version>5.10.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.1</version>
+            <version>4.4.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Required for logging -->
         <dependency>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Required by any agent -->
         <dependency>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <source>1.8</source>
                         <target>1.8</target>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <descriptorRefs>
                             <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.6</version>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <descriptors>
                             <descriptor>src/main/assembly/assemblyCompile.xml</descriptor>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                     <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.5.0</version>
+                    <version>3.1.0</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <phase>compile</phase>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.2</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <reportPlugins>
                             <plugin>
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
                             <plugin>
                                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-report-plugin</artifactId>
-                                <version>2.16</version>
+                                <version>3.0.0</version>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <aggregate>true</aggregate>
                                 </configuration>
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                             <plugin>
                                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
-                                <version>2.12</version>
+                                <version>3.2.1</version>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <configLocation>telefonica_checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                                     <includeTestSourceDirectory>false</includeTestSourceDirectory>
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
                             <plugin>
                                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                                <version>2.9</version>
+                                <version>3.5.0</version>
                                 <configuration>
                                     <aggregate>true</aggregate>
                                 </configuration>
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/containers/NotifyContextRequestLD.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/containers/NotifyContextRequestLD.java
index 266390ef2..b5ea9a9a3 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/containers/NotifyContextRequestLD.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/containers/NotifyContextRequestLD.java
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
-
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -141,7 +142,9 @@ public static class ContextElement {
          * Constructor for Gson, a Json parser.
          */
         public ContextElement(String contextElement) {
-            Gson gson = new Gson();
+            Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+                .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+                .create();
             String cer = contextElement;
             Map<String, Object> map = gson.fromJson(cer, new TypeToken<Map<String, JsonElement>>() {
             }.getType());
@@ -238,4 +241,4 @@ public String toString() {
 
     } // ContextElement
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java
index c81094494..c4325eede 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.handlers;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.log.CygnusLogger;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonConstants;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonUtils;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -271,7 +274,9 @@ public List<Event> getEvents(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) thro
         // Parse the original data into a NotifyContextRequest object
         JSONObject content = new JSONObject(data);
         NotifyContextRequestLD notifyContextRequestLD = null;
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
 
         try {
             notifyContextRequestLD = new NotifyContextRequestLD(content);
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSILDSink.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSILDSink.java
index 519503949..d58af79f7 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSILDSink.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSILDSink.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.sinks;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NotifyContextRequestLD.ContextElement;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.errors.*;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.interceptors.NGSILDEvent;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.sinks.Enums.DataModel;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonConstants;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.NGSIConstants;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import org.apache.flume.*;
 import org.apache.flume.conf.Configurable;
 import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -497,7 +500,9 @@ private Status processNewBatches() {
             } else {
                 // Event comes from file... original and mapped context elements must be re-created
                 String[] contextElementsStr = (new String(event.getBody())).split(CommonConstants.CONCATENATOR);
-                Gson gson = new Gson();
+                Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+                    .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+                    .create();
                 ContextElement originalCE = null;
                 ContextElement mappedCE = null;
                 
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java
index 677b20492..5854d2012 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NameMappings;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NotifyContextRequestLD;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.interceptors.NGSILDEvent;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import org.apache.flume.Context;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 
@@ -98,7 +100,9 @@ public static Context createContextForOrion(String orionHost, String orionPort,
     } // createContextForOrion
 
     public static NotifyContextRequestLD createJsonNotifyContextRequestLD(String jsonStr) throws Exception {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         return gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NotifyContextRequestLD.class);
     } // createJsonNotifyContextRequest
 
@@ -132,7 +136,9 @@ public static NGSILDEvent createNGSIEventLD(String originalCEStr, String mappedC
      * @throws java.lang.Exception
      */
     public static NameMappings createJsonNameMappings(String jsonStr) throws Exception {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         return gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NameMappings.class);
     } // createJsonNameMappings
 
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandlerTest.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandlerTest.java
index cb79e5ea2..cb32fb73e 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandlerTest.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandlerTest.java
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import org.apache.flume.Context;
 import org.apache.flume.Event;
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*; // this is required by "fail" like assertions
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@
  *
  * @author frb
  */
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.Silent.class)
 public class NGSIRestHandlerTest {
     
     // Mocks
@@ -178,7 +181,11 @@ public class NGSIRestHandlerTest {
      * Constructor.
      */
     public NGSIRestHandlerTest() {
-        LogManager.getRootLogger().setLevel(Level.FATAL);
+        LoggerContext ctx = (LoggerContext) LogManager.getContext(false);
+        Configuration config = ctx.getConfiguration();
+        LoggerConfig loggerConfig = config.getLoggerConfig(LogManager.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME);
+        loggerConfig.setLevel(Level.FATAL);
+        ctx.updateLoggers();
     } // NGSIRestHandlerTest
     
     /**
@@ -628,4 +635,4 @@ private Context createContext(String notificationTarget, String defaultService,
         return context;
     } // createContext
 
-} // NGSIRestHandlerTest
\ No newline at end of file
+} // NGSIRestHandlerTest
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSICKANSinkTest.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSICKANSinkTest.java
index 9c5db6ec7..57d0312bb 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSICKANSinkTest.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSICKANSinkTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.sinks.Enums.DataModel;
 import static com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonUtilsForTests.getTestTraceHead;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.apache.flume.Context;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgisSinkTest.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgisSinkTest.java
index dbe3ed3ae..2b8a8eba7 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgisSinkTest.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgisSinkTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgreSQLSinkTest.java b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgreSQLSinkTest.java
index f5fe0ecaf..9dd2b15ec 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgreSQLSinkTest.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi-ld/src/test/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIPostgreSQLSinkTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
 import static com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonUtilsForTests.getTestTraceHead;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi/pom.xml b/cygnus-ngsi/pom.xml
index e9180d9a9..ff59622ad 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi/pom.xml
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.0</version>
+            <version>5.10.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java
index defd98c49..fc88794d7 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/handlers/NGSIRestHandler.java
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.NotifyContextRequestNGSIv2Deserializer;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import org.apache.flume.Context;
 import org.apache.flume.Event;
 import org.apache.flume.source.http.HTTPBadRequestException;
@@ -329,7 +330,9 @@ public List<Event> getEvents(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) thro
         // Parse the original data into a NotifyContextRequest object
         NotifyContextRequest ncr = null;
         NotifyContextRequestNGSIv2 notifyContextRequestNGSIv2 = null;
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
 
         try {
             if (ngsiVersion != null) {
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/interceptors/NGSINameMappingsInterceptor.java b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/interceptors/NGSINameMappingsInterceptor.java
index 2d1366864..3262c7178 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/interceptors/NGSINameMappingsInterceptor.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/interceptors/NGSINameMappingsInterceptor.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.interceptors;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.gson.JsonIOException;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NameMappings;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonConstants;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.JsonUtils;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.NGSIConstants;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.ThreadContext;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -272,7 +275,9 @@ protected void loadNameMappings(String jsonStr) {
         } // if
 
         // Parse the Json string
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
 
         try {
             nameMappings = gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NameMappings.class);
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIKafkaSink.java b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIKafkaSink.java
index d54771eae..333925b43 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIKafkaSink.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSIKafkaSink.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.sinks;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.backends.kafka.KafkaBackendImpl;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NotifyContextRequest.ContextElement;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.errors.CygnusBadConfiguration;
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.log.CygnusLogger;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonConstants;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.NGSICharsets;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.I0Itec.zkclient.ZkClient;
 import org.apache.flume.Context;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
@@ -325,7 +328,9 @@ private String buildMessage(ContextElement contextElement, String fiwareService,
         String message = "{\"headers\":[{\"fiware-service\":\"" + fiwareService + "\"},"
                 + "{\"fiware-servicePath\":\"" + fiwareServicePath + "\"},"
                 + "{\"timestamp\":" + recvTimeTs + "}" + "],\"body\":";
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         String contextElementResponseStr = gson.toJson(contextElement);
         message += contextElementResponseStr + "}";
         return message;
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSISink.java b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSISink.java
index 27651f56b..f0e59b823 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSISink.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/sinks/NGSISink.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.sinks;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NotifyContextRequest.ContextAttribute;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NotifyContextRequest.ContextElement;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.errors.CygnusBadConfiguration;
@@ -45,9 +46,11 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.CommonConstants;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.utils.NGSIConstants;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.apache.flume.Channel;
 import org.apache.flume.Context;
 import org.apache.flume.Event;
@@ -537,7 +540,9 @@ private Status processNewBatches() {
                 } else {
                     // Event comes from file... original and mapped context elements must be re-created
                     String[] contextElementsStr = (new String(event.getBody())).split(CommonConstants.CONCATENATOR);
-                    Gson gson = new Gson();
+                    Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+                        .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+                        .create();
                     ContextElement originalCE = null;
                     ContextElement mappedCE = null;
                 
diff --git a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java
index e6e89a9d5..0f6b0b00f 100644
--- a/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java
+++ b/cygnus-ngsi/src/main/java/com/telefonica/iot/cygnus/utils/NGSIUtilsForTests.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NameMappings;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.containers.NotifyContextRequest;
 import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.interceptors.NGSIEvent;
+import com.telefonica.iot.cygnus.management.PatternTypeAdapter;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -122,7 +125,10 @@ public static Context createContextForArcGis(String url, String username,
      * @throws java.lang.Exception
      */
     public static NotifyContextRequest createJsonNotifyContextRequest(String jsonStr) throws Exception {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        // Parse the Json string
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         return gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NotifyContextRequest.class);
     } // createJsonNotifyContextRequest
 
@@ -133,7 +139,9 @@ public static NotifyContextRequest createJsonNotifyContextRequest(String jsonStr
      * @throws java.lang.Exception
      */
     public static NotifyContextRequest.StatusCode createJsonStatusCode(String jsonStr) throws Exception {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         return gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NotifyContextRequest.StatusCode.class);
     } // createJsonStatusCode
 
@@ -166,7 +174,9 @@ public static NGSIEvent createNGSIEvent(String originalCEStr, String mappedCEStr
      * @throws java.lang.Exception
      */
     public static NameMappings createJsonNameMappings(String jsonStr) throws Exception {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         return gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NameMappings.class);
     } // createJsonNameMappings
 
@@ -193,7 +203,9 @@ public static NGSIEvent createInterceptedNGSIEvent(String originalCEStr, String
      * @throws java.lang.Exception
      */
     public static NotifyContextRequest.ContextElement createJsonContextElement(String jsonStr) throws Exception {
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
+        Gson gson = new GsonBuilder()
+            .registerTypeAdapter(Pattern.class, new PatternTypeAdapter())
+            .create();
         return gson.fromJson(jsonStr, NotifyContextRequest.ContextElement.class);
     } // createJsonContextElement
 
diff --git a/docker/cygnus-ngsi/Dockerfile b/docker/cygnus-ngsi/Dockerfile
index 577c3b853..cf30c7d26 100644
--- a/docker/cygnus-ngsi/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/cygnus-ngsi/Dockerfile
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ ENV FLUME_HOME "/opt/apache-flume"
 ENV FLUME_TGZ "apache-flume-${FLUME_VER}-bin.tar.gz"
 ENV FLUME_URL "https://archive.apache.org/dist/flume/${FLUME_VER}/${FLUME_TGZ}"
 
-ENV JAVA_VERSION "1.11.0"
+ENV JAVA_VERSION "1.17.0"
 
 COPY / ${CYGNUS_HOME}
 
@@ -269,14 +269,8 @@ RUN \
     apt-get -y update && \
     apt-get -y upgrade && \
     # Install dependencies
-    # Debian 12 comes with Java 17 but we have found some problems with it (see https://github.com/telefonicaid/fiware-cygnus/issues/2297)
-    # so we "downgrade" to Java 11
     apt-get -y install curl git python3 && \
-    curl -s --insecure -L 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/o/openjdk-11/openjdk-11-jdk_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb' > openjdk-11-jdk_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb && \
-    curl -s --insecure -L 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/o/openjdk-11/openjdk-11-jre_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb' > openjdk-11-jre_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb && \
-    curl -s --insecure -L 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/o/openjdk-11/openjdk-11-jdk-headless_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb' > openjdk-11-jdk-headless_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb && \
-    curl -s --insecure -L 'http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/o/openjdk-11/openjdk-11-jre-headless_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb' > openjdk-11-jre-headless_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb && \
-    apt-get -y install  ./openjdk-11-jre-headless_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb ./openjdk-11-jre_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb ./openjdk-11-jdk-headless_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb ./openjdk-11-jdk_11.0.22+7-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb && \
+    apt-get -y install openjdk-17-jdk openjdk-17-jdk-headless openjdk-17-jre openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
     apt-get -y install maven && \
     # Add Cygnus user
     adduser ${CYGNUS_USER} && \