diff --git a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-jetty.dockerfile b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-jetty.dockerfile
index 80fc05c124d..626e50bc7ff 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-jetty.dockerfile
+++ b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-jetty.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM maven:3.9.9-eclipse-temurin-24 AS build
+FROM maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-25 AS build
 WORKDIR /avaje-jex
 COPY pom.xml pom.xml
+RUN mvn dependency:go-offline -q
 COPY src src
 RUN mvn package -q -P jetty
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["java", "-XX:+UseNUMA", "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-p", "./target/modules/", "-m", "avaje.techempower"]
+CMD ["java", "-XX:+UseNUMA", "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders", "-p", "./target/modules/", "-m", "avaje.techempower"]
diff --git a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-robaho.dockerfile b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-robaho.dockerfile
index d62eb71d124..714692c16cf 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-robaho.dockerfile
+++ b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex-robaho.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM maven:3.9.9-eclipse-temurin-24 AS build
+FROM maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-25 AS build
 WORKDIR /avaje-jex
 COPY pom.xml pom.xml
+RUN mvn dependency:go-offline -q
 COPY src src
 RUN mvn package -q -P robaho
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["java", "-XX:+UseNUMA", "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-p", "./target/modules/", "-m", "avaje.techempower"]
+CMD ["java", "-XX:+UseNUMA", "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders", "-p", "./target/modules/", "-m", "avaje.techempower"]
diff --git a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex.dockerfile b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex.dockerfile
index a9c8578c4f5..d450ab12bfe 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex.dockerfile
+++ b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/avaje-jex.dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM maven:3.9.9-eclipse-temurin-24 AS build
+FROM maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-25 AS build
 WORKDIR /avaje-jex
 COPY pom.xml pom.xml
+RUN mvn dependency:go-offline -q
 COPY src src
 RUN mvn package -q
 EXPOSE 8080
 
-CMD ["java", "-XX:+UseNUMA", "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-p", "./target/modules/", "-m", "avaje.techempower"]
+CMD ["java", "-XX:+UseNUMA", "-XX:+UseParallelGC", "-XX:+UseCompactObjectHeaders", "-p", "./target/modules/", "-m", "avaje.techempower"]
diff --git a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/pom.xml b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/pom.xml
index 4ede9b91c6a..e6c7aea4266 100644
--- a/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/pom.xml
+++ b/frameworks/Java/avaje-jex/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>avaje-jex-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.2</version>
+    <version>3.5-RC8</version>
   </parent>
   <groupId>benchmark</groupId>
   <artifactId>avaje-jex</artifactId>
   <version>1.0</version>
 
   <properties>
-    <maven.compiler.release>24</maven.compiler.release>
+    <maven.compiler.release>25</maven.compiler.release>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
   </properties>
 
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
       <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-      <version>6.3.0</version>
+      <version>7.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>42.7.7</version>
+      <version>42.7.10</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       <artifactId>jstachio</artifactId>
       <version>1.3.7</version>
     </dependency>
-    
+
     <!-- Annotation Processors -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.jstach</groupId>
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@
         <artifactId>avaje-provides-maven-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.3</version>
       </plugin>
-      
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>com.spotify.fmt</groupId>
         <artifactId>fmt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.25</version>
+        <version>2.29</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -110,6 +110,18 @@
             </goals>
           </execution>
         </executions>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.googlejavaformat</groupId>
+            <artifactId>google-java-format</artifactId>
+            <version>1.35.0</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.15.0</version>
       </plugin>
 
       <!-- Create Modular Jar and copy dependencies -->
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
           <artifactId>jetty-http-spi</artifactId>
-          <version>12.0.19</version>
+          <version>12.1.7</version>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>