diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 6da8cf94..0852ee27 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,21 @@ updates:
 - package-ecosystem: maven
   directory: "/"
   schedule:
-    interval: "daily"
+    interval: "weekly"
   open-pull-requests-limit: 10
+  groups:
+      dev-deps:
+        dependency-type: "development"
+      prod-deps:
+        dependency-type: "production"
+
+- package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "[workflow]"
+    labels:
+      - "dependencies"
+    target-branch: "master"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ce1c4ae3..d8010a8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Build
 
-on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jdk-ea.yml b/.github/workflows/jdk-ea.yml
index ed8e24dd..28e94bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jdk-ea.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jdk-ea.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name: JDK EA
 
 on:
+  push:
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     - cron: '39 6 * * 1,3,5'
diff --git a/blackbox-test/pom.xml b/blackbox-test/pom.xml
index 9c343dbb..0a768671 100644
--- a/blackbox-test/pom.xml
+++ b/blackbox-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>blackbox-test</artifactId>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-jsonb</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+      <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
 <!--    <dependency>-->
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-inject</artifactId>
-      <version>9.11</version>
+      <version>9.12</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+      <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-generator/pom.xml b/jsonb-generator/pom.xml
index 85a9fcc6..5ff3986d 100644
--- a/jsonb-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-generator/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-generator</artifactId>
   <name>jsonb generator</name>
   <description>annotation processor generating source code json adapters for avaje-jsonb</description>
   <properties>
-    <avaje.prisms.version>1.21</avaje.prisms.version>
+    <avaje.prisms.version>1.24</avaje.prisms.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/jsonb-generator/src/main/java/io/avaje/jsonb/generator/ProcessingContext.java b/jsonb-generator/src/main/java/io/avaje/jsonb/generator/ProcessingContext.java
index b8a0583c..2ca9ef5c 100644
--- a/jsonb-generator/src/main/java/io/avaje/jsonb/generator/ProcessingContext.java
+++ b/jsonb-generator/src/main/java/io/avaje/jsonb/generator/ProcessingContext.java
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
 import static io.avaje.jsonb.generator.APContext.logWarn;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
-
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.*;
 import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
@@ -30,8 +28,7 @@ private static final class Ctx {
     private boolean validated;
 
     Ctx(ProcessingEnvironment env) {
-      this.injectPresent =
-          env.getElementUtils().getTypeElement("io.avaje.inject.Component") != null;
+      this.injectPresent = env.getElementUtils().getTypeElement("io.avaje.inject.Component") != null;
     }
   }
 
@@ -52,20 +49,16 @@ static FileObject createMetaInfWriterFor(String interfaceType) throws IOExceptio
 
   static void addImportedPrism(ImportPrism prism, Element element) {
     if (!prism.subtypes().isEmpty() && prism.value().size() > 1) {
-      logError(
-          element, "subtypes cannot be used when an import annotation imports more than one class");
+      logError(element, "subtypes cannot be used when an import annotation imports more than one class");
       return;
     }
     final var json = CTX.get().importedJsonMap;
     final var subtypes = CTX.get().importedSubtypeMap;
-    prism
-        .value()
-        .forEach(
-            m -> {
-              final var type = m.toString();
-              json.put(type, prism.jsonSettings());
-              subtypes.put(type, prism.subtypes());
-            });
+    prism.value().forEach(m -> {
+      final var type = m.toString();
+      json.put(type, prism.jsonSettings());
+      subtypes.put(type, prism.subtypes());
+    });
   }
 
   static Optional<JsonPrism> importedJson(TypeElement type) {
@@ -76,35 +69,54 @@ static List<SubTypePrism> importedSubtypes(TypeElement type) {
     return CTX.get().importedSubtypeMap.getOrDefault(type.asType().toString(), List.of());
   }
 
+  private static boolean buildPluginAvailable() {
+    return resourceExists("target/avaje-plugin-exists.txt")
+      || resourceExists("build/avaje-plugin-exists.txt");
+  }
+
+  private static boolean resourceExists(String relativeName) {
+    try {
+      final String resource =
+        filer()
+          .getResource(StandardLocation.CLASS_OUTPUT, "", relativeName)
+          .toUri()
+          .toString()
+          .replaceFirst("/target/classes", "")
+          .replaceFirst("/build/classes/java/main", "");
+      return Paths.get(new URI(resource)).toFile().exists();
+    } catch (final Exception e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   static void validateModule(String fqn) {
     var module = getProjectModuleElement();
     if (module != null && !CTX.get().validated && !module.isUnnamed()) {
-
       var injectPresent = CTX.get().injectPresent;
       CTX.get().validated = true;
 
       try (var reader = getModuleInfoReader()) {
-
         var moduleInfo = new ModuleInfoReader(module, reader);
 
         boolean noInjectPlugin =
-            injectPresent && !moduleInfo.containsOnModulePath("io.avaje.jsonb.plugin");
+          injectPresent && !moduleInfo.containsOnModulePath("io.avaje.jsonb.plugin");
 
         var noProvides =
-            moduleInfo.provides().stream()
-                .flatMap(s -> s.implementations().stream())
-                .noneMatch(s -> s.contains(fqn));
+          moduleInfo.provides().stream()
+            .flatMap(s -> s.implementations().stream())
+            .noneMatch(s -> s.contains(fqn));
 
-        if (noProvides) {
-          logError(
-              module, "Missing `provides io.avaje.jsonb.Jsonb.GeneratedComponent with %s;`", fqn);
+        var buildPluginAvailable = buildPluginAvailable();
+        if (noProvides && !buildPluginAvailable) {
+          logError(module, "Missing `provides io.avaje.jsonb.Jsonb.GeneratedComponent with %s;`", fqn);
         }
 
-        if (noInjectPlugin) {
-          logWarn(
-              module,
-              "`requires io.avaje.jsonb.plugin` must be explicity added or else avaje-inject may fail to detect and wire the default Jsonb instance",
-              fqn);
+        final var noDirectJsonb =
+          moduleInfo.requires().stream()
+            .noneMatch(r -> r.getDependency().getQualifiedName().contentEquals("io.avaje.jsonb"));
+
+        if (noInjectPlugin && (!buildPluginAvailable || noDirectJsonb)) {
+          logWarn(module, "`requires io.avaje.jsonb.plugin` must be explicity added or else avaje-inject may fail to detect and wire the default Jsonb instance", fqn);
         }
 
       } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml b/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml
index d9b6cc5f..b9cb39c5 100644
--- a/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-inject-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
-    <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-inject-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-inject</artifactId>
-      <version>9.11</version>
+      <version>9.12</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml b/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml
index 55eab6cd..e92b2bd1 100644
--- a/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-jackson/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
-    <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-jackson</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-jakarta/pom.xml b/jsonb-jakarta/pom.xml
index 074d8ed2..2a971bd4 100644
--- a/jsonb-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml b/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml
index 2cf878dc..12d0842f 100644
--- a/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-spring-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
-    <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-spring-starter</artifactId>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.3</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jsonb/pom.xml b/jsonb/pom.xml
index 4be011e8..77f1713e 100644
--- a/jsonb/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>avaje-jsonb</artifactId>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.helidon.webserver</groupId>
       <artifactId>helidon-webserver</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.5</version>
+      <version>4.0.9</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4</version>
+      <version>1.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 398559a2..c11dbd69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
     <artifactId>java11-oss</artifactId>
-    <version>4.0</version>
+    <version>4.3</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
   <artifactId>avaje-jsonb-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>1.11-RC3</version>
+  <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>jsonb parent</name>