diff --git a/.composer.json b/.composer.json
index 7bb9de59aa4..5b0acf1a2a0 100644
--- a/.composer.json
+++ b/.composer.json
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
     "test:functional": [
       "../../bin/phpunit --colors --stop-on-failure -c ../../Build/BuildEssentials/PhpUnit/FunctionalTests.xml Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Tests/Functional"
     ],
-    "test:behat-cli": "../../bin/behat -f progress --strict --no-interaction",
+    "test:behat-cli": [
+      "Composer\\Config::disableProcessTimeout",
+      "../../bin/behat -f progress --strict --no-interaction"
+    ],
     "test:behavioral": [
       "@test:behat-cli -c Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Tests/Behavior/behat.yml.dist",
       "@test:behat-cli -c Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/Tests/Behavior/behat.yml.dist",
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/CRBehavioralTestsSubjectProvider.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/CRBehavioralTestsSubjectProvider.php
index 24d758de0f4..355c1e29b1f 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/CRBehavioralTestsSubjectProvider.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/CRBehavioralTestsSubjectProvider.php
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 use Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\ContentRepository;
+use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Dimension\ContentDimensionSourceInterface;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Factory\ContentRepositoryId;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\TestSuite\Behavior\Features\Bootstrap\Helpers\GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource;
 use Neos\EventStore\EventStoreInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 
 /**
  * Subject provider for behavioral tests
@@ -40,6 +42,10 @@ trait CRBehavioralTestsSubjectProvider
 
     protected ?ContentRepository $currentContentRepository = null;
 
+    private ?array $nodeTypesConfiguration = null;
+
+    private ?ContentDimensionSourceInterface $contentDimensionsToUse = null;
+
     /**
      * @throws \DomainException if the requested content repository instance does not exist
      */
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ protected function getContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId
      */
     public function usingNoContentDimensions(): void
     {
-        GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory::$contentDimensionsToUse = GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource::createEmpty();
+        $this->contentDimensionsToUse = GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource::createEmpty();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -65,7 +71,7 @@ public function usingNoContentDimensions(): void
      */
     public function usingTheFollowingContentDimensions(TableNode $contentDimensions): void
     {
-        GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory::initializeFromTableNode($contentDimensions);
+        $this->contentDimensionsToUse = GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource::fromGherkinTableNode($contentDimensions);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ public function usingTheFollowingContentDimensions(TableNode $contentDimensions)
      */
     public function usingTheFollowingNodeTypes(PyStringNode $serializedNodeTypesConfiguration): void
     {
-        GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory::initializeWithPyStringNode($serializedNodeTypesConfiguration);
+        $this->nodeTypesConfiguration = Yaml::parse($serializedNodeTypesConfiguration->getRaw()) ?? [];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -83,9 +89,14 @@ public function usingIdentifierIDefineAContentRepository(string $contentReposito
     {
         if (array_key_exists($contentRepositoryId, $this->contentRepositories)) {
             throw new \DomainException('already defined content repository ' . $contentRepositoryId);
-        } else {
-            $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId] = $this->setUpContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId));
         }
+        if ($this->nodeTypesConfiguration !== null) {
+            GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory::registerNodeTypeConfigurationForContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId), $this->nodeTypesConfiguration);
+        }
+        if ($this->contentDimensionsToUse !== null) {
+            GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory::registerContentDimensionsForContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId), $this->contentDimensionsToUse);
+        }
+        $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId] = $this->setUpContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -95,14 +106,12 @@ public function iChangeTheContentDimensionsInContentRepositoryTo(string $content
     {
         if (!array_key_exists($contentRepositoryId, $this->contentRepositories)) {
             throw new \DomainException('undeclared content repository ' . $contentRepositoryId);
-        } else {
-            $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
-            GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory::$nodeTypesToUse = $contentRepository->getNodeTypeManager();
-            GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory::initializeFromTableNode($contentDimensions);
-            $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId] = $this->createContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId));
-            if ($this->currentContentRepository->id->value === $contentRepositoryId) {
-                $this->currentContentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
-            }
+        }
+        $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
+        GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory::registerContentDimensionsForContentRepository($contentRepository->id, GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource::fromGherkinTableNode($contentDimensions));
+        $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId] = $this->createContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId));
+        if ($this->currentContentRepository->id->value === $contentRepositoryId) {
+            $this->currentContentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
         }
     }
 
@@ -115,14 +124,12 @@ public function iChangeTheNodeTypesInContentRepositoryTo(
     ): void {
         if (!array_key_exists($contentRepositoryId, $this->contentRepositories)) {
             throw new \DomainException('undeclared content repository ' . $contentRepositoryId);
-        } else {
-            $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
-            GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory::initializeWithPyStringNode($serializedNodeTypesConfiguration);
-            GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory::$contentDimensionsToUse = $contentRepository->getContentDimensionSource();
-            $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId] = $this->createContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId));
-            if ($this->currentContentRepository->id->value === $contentRepositoryId) {
-                $this->currentContentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
-            }
+        }
+        $contentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
+        GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory::registerNodeTypeConfigurationForContentRepository($contentRepository->id, Yaml::parse($serializedNodeTypesConfiguration->getRaw()) ?? []);
+        $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId] = $this->createContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId::fromString($contentRepositoryId));
+        if ($this->currentContentRepository->id->value === $contentRepositoryId) {
+            $this->currentContentRepository = $this->contentRepositories[$contentRepositoryId];
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory.php
index 026136c0ca3..49314ee3515 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 namespace Neos\ContentRepository\BehavioralTests\TestSuite\Behavior;
 
 use Behat\Gherkin\Node\PyStringNode;
+use JsonException;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Factory\ContentRepositoryId;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\NodeType\NodeLabelGeneratorFactoryInterface;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\NodeType\NodeLabelGeneratorInterface;
@@ -29,23 +30,22 @@
  */
 final class GherkinPyStringNodeBasedNodeTypeManagerFactory implements NodeTypeManagerFactoryInterface
 {
-    public static ?NodeTypeManager $nodeTypesToUse = null;
-
     /**
      * @param array<string,mixed> $options
      */
     public function build(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId, array $options): NodeTypeManager
     {
-        if (!self::$nodeTypesToUse) {
-            throw new \DomainException('NodeTypeManagerFactory uninitialized');
+        $nodeTypesConfigurationJson = file_get_contents(self::cacheFileName($contentRepositoryId));
+        if ($nodeTypesConfigurationJson === false) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('NodeTypeManagerFactory uninitialized for ContentRepository "%s"', $contentRepositoryId->value));
         }
-        return self::$nodeTypesToUse;
-    }
-
-    public static function initializeWithPyStringNode(PyStringNode $nodeTypesToUse): void
-    {
-        self::$nodeTypesToUse = new NodeTypeManager(
-            fn (): array => Yaml::parse($nodeTypesToUse->getRaw()) ?? [],
+        try {
+            $nodeTypesConfiguration = json_decode($nodeTypesConfigurationJson, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+        } catch (JsonException $e) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Failed to parse JSON for node types configuration: %s', $nodeTypesConfigurationJson));
+        }
+        return new NodeTypeManager(
+            fn () => $nodeTypesConfiguration,
             new class implements NodeLabelGeneratorFactoryInterface {
                 public function create(NodeType $nodeType): NodeLabelGeneratorInterface
                 {
@@ -60,8 +60,20 @@ public function getLabel(Node $node): string
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<mixed> $nodeTypeConfiguration
+     */
+    public static function registerNodeTypeConfigurationForContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId, array $nodeTypeConfiguration): void
+    {
+        file_put_contents(self::cacheFileName($contentRepositoryId), json_encode($nodeTypeConfiguration, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR));
+    }
+
     public static function reset(): void
     {
-        self::$nodeTypesToUse = null;
+    }
+
+    private static function cacheFileName(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId): string
+    {
+        return sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'nodeTypesConfiguration_' . $contentRepositoryId->value . '.json';
     }
 }
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory.php b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory.php
index cea611ec680..e34aa59565d 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Classes/TestSuite/Behavior/GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 namespace Neos\ContentRepository\BehavioralTests\TestSuite\Behavior;
 
-use Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Dimension\ContentDimensionSourceInterface;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\Core\Factory\ContentRepositoryId;
 use Neos\ContentRepository\TestSuite\Behavior\Features\Bootstrap\Helpers\GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource;
@@ -12,26 +11,29 @@
 
 class GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSourceFactory implements ContentDimensionSourceFactoryInterface
 {
-    public static ?ContentDimensionSourceInterface $contentDimensionsToUse = null;
+    public static function registerContentDimensionsForContentRepository(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId, GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource $contentDimensions): void
+    {
+        file_put_contents(self::cacheFileName($contentRepositoryId), serialize($contentDimensions));
+    }
 
     /**
      * @param array<string,mixed> $options
      */
     public function build(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId, array $options): ContentDimensionSourceInterface
     {
-        if (!self::$contentDimensionsToUse) {
-            throw new \DomainException('Content dimension source not initialized.');
+        $contentDimensionSource = file_get_contents(self::cacheFileName($contentRepositoryId));
+        if ($contentDimensionSource === false) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Content dimension source uninitialized for ContentRepository "%s"', $contentRepositoryId->value));
         }
-        return self::$contentDimensionsToUse;
+        return unserialize($contentDimensionSource);
     }
 
-    public static function initializeFromTableNode(TableNode $contentDimensionsToUse): void
+    public static function reset(): void
     {
-        self::$contentDimensionsToUse = GherkinTableNodeBasedContentDimensionSource::fromGherkinTableNode($contentDimensionsToUse);
     }
 
-    public static function reset(): void
+    private static function cacheFileName(ContentRepositoryId $contentRepositoryId): string
     {
-        self::$contentDimensionsToUse = null;
+        return sys_get_temp_dir() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'contentDimensionsConfiguration_' . $contentRepositoryId->value . '.json';
     }
 }
diff --git a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/composer.json b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/composer.json
index 2ef917d4816..d1b62f49b3e 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/composer.json
+++ b/Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/composer.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
         "GPL-3.0-or-later"
     ],
     "require": {
-        "neos/contentrepository-core": "self.version"
+        "neos/contentrepository-core": "self.version",
+        "neos/contentrepositoryregistry": "*"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ef5a937ac53..5067e50a878 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
         "neos/flow-development-collection": "9.0.x-dev",
         "doctrine/dbal": "^2.8",
         "doctrine/migrations": "*",
-        "neos/eventstore": "~1.0.0",
-        "neos/eventstore-doctrineadapter": "~1.0.0",
+        "neos/eventstore": "^1",
+        "neos/eventstore-doctrineadapter": "^1 || ^2",
         "php": "^8.2",
         "neos/error-messages": "*",
         "neos/utility-objecthandling": "*",
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@
         "test:functional": [
             "../../bin/phpunit --colors --stop-on-failure -c ../../Build/BuildEssentials/PhpUnit/FunctionalTests.xml Neos.ContentRepository.Core/Tests/Functional"
         ],
-        "test:behat-cli": "../../bin/behat -f progress --strict --no-interaction",
+        "test:behat-cli": [
+            "Composer\\Config::disableProcessTimeout",
+            "../../bin/behat -f progress --strict --no-interaction"
+        ],
         "test:behavioral": [
             "@test:behat-cli -c Neos.ContentRepository.BehavioralTests/Tests/Behavior/behat.yml.dist",
             "@test:behat-cli -c Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/Tests/Behavior/behat.yml.dist",