diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fee4e71969..6823069d5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@
         <!-- Make sure all these versions are aligned and use a compatible OpenRewrite version -->
         <!-- The rewrite-recipe-bom release notes should contain the Maven and Gradle plugin versions to target -->
         <!-- https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.openrewrite.recipe/rewrite-recipe-bom/versions -->
-        <rewrite-recipe-bom.version>2.15.0</rewrite-recipe-bom.version>
+        <rewrite-recipe-bom.version>2.17.0</rewrite-recipe-bom.version>
         <!--   https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.openrewrite.maven/rewrite-maven-plugin/versions -->
-        <rewrite-maven-plugin.version>5.36.0</rewrite-maven-plugin.version>
+        <rewrite-maven-plugin.version>5.39.0</rewrite-maven-plugin.version>
         <!--   https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.openrewrite.rewrite -->
-        <rewrite-gradle-plugin.version>6.16.4</rewrite-gradle-plugin.version>
+        <rewrite-gradle-plugin.version>6.18.0</rewrite-gradle-plugin.version>
         <!-- align with https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.openrewrite/rewrite-core -->
         <micrometer-core.version>1.9.17</micrometer-core.version>
         <!-- tests-->
diff --git a/recipes-tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/updates/core/CoreUpdate37Test.java b/recipes-tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/updates/core/CoreUpdate37Test.java
index b8844a772f..6abbbf2c0c 100644
--- a/recipes-tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/updates/core/CoreUpdate37Test.java
+++ b/recipes-tests/src/test/java/io/quarkus/updates/core/CoreUpdate37Test.java
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void testMavenPluginUpdates() {
 
                 <properties>
                     <compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</compiler-plugin.version>
+                    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
                     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
                     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
                     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ void testMavenPluginUpdatesDefaultGroupId() {
 
                 <properties>
                     <compiler-plugin.version>3.12.1</compiler-plugin.version>
+                    <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
                     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
                     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
                     <quarkus.platform.artifact-id>quarkus-bom</quarkus.platform.artifact-id>
@@ -266,6 +268,26 @@ void testJpaModelgenNoChanges() {
                         </plugins>
                     </build>
                 </project>
+                """,
+                """
+                <project>
+                    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>release</artifactId>
+                    <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
+                    <build>
+                        <plugins>
+                            <plugin>
+                                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                                <version>3.12.1</version>
+                            </plugin>
+                        </plugins>
+                    </build>
+                </project>
                 """));
     }
 
@@ -302,6 +324,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenOldDependency() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <build>
                         <plugins>
                             <plugin>
@@ -357,6 +382,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenNewDependency() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <build>
                         <plugins>
                             <plugin>
@@ -423,6 +451,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenNewDependencyManagedByQuarkusBom() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
@@ -492,6 +523,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenExistingConfig() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <build>
                         <plugins>
                             <plugin>
@@ -556,6 +590,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenAnotherProcessor() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <build>
                         <plugins>
                             <plugin>
@@ -623,6 +660,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenAnnotationProcessorAlreadyPresent() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <build>
                         <plugins>
                             <plugin>
@@ -696,6 +736,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenOldJpaModelgenAnnotationProcessorAlreadyPresent() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
@@ -782,6 +825,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenOldJpaModelgenAnnotationProcessorAlreadyPresentWithOutdatedV
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
@@ -851,6 +897,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenNoBuildSection() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
@@ -927,6 +976,9 @@ void testJpaModelgenNoMavenCompilerPlugin() {
                     <groupId>io.quarkus.bot</groupId>
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                    <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+                    </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
                         <dependencies>
                             <dependency>
@@ -1013,6 +1065,7 @@ void testSyncVersion() {
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
                     <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
                         <quarkus.version>3.7.0.CR1</quarkus.version>
                     </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -1102,6 +1155,7 @@ void testResteasyClientRenaming() {
                     <artifactId>release</artifactId>
                     <version>999-SNAPSHOT</version>
                     <properties>
+                        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
                         <quarkus.version>3.7.0.CR1</quarkus.version>
                     </properties>
                     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/recipes/src/main/resources/quarkus-updates/core/3.0.yaml b/recipes/src/main/resources/quarkus-updates/core/3.0.yaml
index 84a4c70aeb..f022b63856 100644
--- a/recipes/src/main/resources/quarkus-updates/core/3.0.yaml
+++ b/recipes/src/main/resources/quarkus-updates/core/3.0.yaml
@@ -768,32 +768,33 @@ type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
 name: io.quarkus.updates.core.quarkus30.JavaxPersistenceXmlToJakartaPersistenceXml
 displayName: Migrate xmlns entries in `persistence.xml` files
 description: Java EE has been rebranded to Jakarta EE, necessitating an XML namespace relocation.
-
+preconditions:
+  - org.openrewrite.FindSourceFiles:
+      filePattern: '**/persistence.xml'
 recipeList:
-  # TODO upgrade for JPA 3.1
   - org.openrewrite.xml.ChangeTagAttribute:
       attributeName: name
       elementName: //property
       oldValue: javax.persistence
       newValue: jakarta.persistence
-      fileMatcher: "**/persistence.xml"
   - org.openrewrite.xml.ChangeTagAttribute:
       attributeName: version
       elementName: persistence
       newValue: 3.0
-      fileMatcher: "**/persistence.xml"
   - org.openrewrite.xml.ChangeTagAttribute:
       attributeName: xmlns
       elementName: persistence
       oldValue: http://xmlns.jcp.org
       newValue: https://jakarta.ee
-      fileMatcher: "**/persistence.xml"
+  - org.openrewrite.xml.ChangeTagAttribute:
+      attributeName: xmlns
+      elementName: persistence
+      oldValue: http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence
+      newValue: https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/persistence
   - org.openrewrite.xml.ChangeTagAttribute:
       attributeName: xsi:schemaLocation
       elementName: persistence
       newValue: https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/persistence https://jakarta.ee/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_3_0.xsd
-      fileMatcher: "**/persistence.xml"
-
 ---
 type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
 name: io.quarkus.updates.core.quarkus30.JacksonJavaxToJakarta
@@ -1105,7 +1106,7 @@ recipeList:
       oldGroupId: io.quarkus
       oldArtifactId: quarkus-bootstrap-maven-plugin
       newGroupId: io.quarkus
-      newArtifactId: quarkus-extension-maven-plugin
+      newArtifact: quarkus-extension-maven-plugin
 
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 # Additional recipes for Kotlin