diff --git a/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/SuppressWarningsTest.java b/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/SuppressWarningsTest.java
index 2fea34a088a..a569c39b94d 100644
--- a/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/SuppressWarningsTest.java
+++ b/pmd-apex/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/apex/SuppressWarningsTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public String getMessage() {
 
         @Override
         public Object visit(ASTUserClass clazz, Object ctx) {
-            if (clazz.getSimpleName().equalsIgnoreCase("bar")) {
+            if ("bar".equalsIgnoreCase(clazz.getSimpleName())) {
                 asCtx(ctx).addViolation(clazz);
             }
             return super.visit(clazz, ctx);
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/internal/NodeStreamBlanketTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/internal/NodeStreamBlanketTest.java
index 755f948c7c2..83be8001b3c 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/internal/NodeStreamBlanketTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/internal/NodeStreamBlanketTest.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static Collection<NodeStream<?>> allNodeStreamVariants() {
                 stream.precedingSiblings(),
                 stream.descendantsOrSelf(),
                 stream.children(),
-                stream.children().filter(c -> c.getImage().equals("0")),
+                stream.children().filter(c -> "0".equals(c.getImage())),
                 stream.children(DummyNode.class)
             )
         ).flatMap(
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/internal/LatticeRelationTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/internal/LatticeRelationTest.java
index 1670e9307c7..df237b9d6d7 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/internal/LatticeRelationTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/rule/internal/LatticeRelationTest.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ void testFilterOnChain() {
     void testTransitiveSucc() {
 
         LatticeRelation<String, String, Set<String>> lattice =
-            stringLattice(s -> s.equals("c") || s.equals("bc"));
+            stringLattice(s -> "c".equals(s) || "bc".equals(s));
 
         lattice.put("abc", "val");
         lattice.put("bc", "v2");
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/IteratorUtilTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/IteratorUtilTest.java
index c58f39afc06..4be176e648d 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/IteratorUtilTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/IteratorUtilTest.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void testFlatmapEmpty2() {
     void testFlatmapIsLazy() {
         Iterator<String> iter = iterOf("a", "b");
         Function<String, Iterator<String>> fun = s -> {
-            if (s.equals("a")) {
+            if ("a".equals(s)) {
                 return iterOf("a");
             } else {
                 throw new AssertionError("This statement shouldn't be reached");
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/treeexport/XmlTreeRendererTest.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/treeexport/XmlTreeRendererTest.java
index 49986694c60..10380a0c6cf 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/treeexport/XmlTreeRendererTest.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/treeexport/XmlTreeRendererTest.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ void testRenderFilterAttributes() throws IOException {
         XmlRenderingConfig strategy = new XmlRenderingConfig() {
             @Override
             public boolean takeAttribute(Node node, Attribute attribute) {
-                return attribute.getName().equals("ohio");
+                return "ohio".equals(attribute.getName());
             }
         }.lineSeparator("\n");
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symbols/internal/TypeAnnotTestUtil.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symbols/internal/TypeAnnotTestUtil.java
index 05ad17dba8d..37f0364fb7d 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symbols/internal/TypeAnnotTestUtil.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symbols/internal/TypeAnnotTestUtil.java
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ public static <A extends Annotation> A createAnnotationInstance(Class<A> annotat
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static <A extends Annotation> A createAnnotationInstance(Class<A> annotationClass, Map<String, Object> attributes) {
         return (A) Proxy.newProxyInstance(annotationClass.getClassLoader(), new Class[] { annotationClass }, (proxy, method, args) -> {
-            if (method.getName().equals("annotationType") && args == null) {
+            if ("annotationType".equals(method.getName()) && args == null) {
                 return annotationClass;
-            } else if (method.getName().equals("toString") && args == null) {
+            } else if ("toString".equals(method.getName()) && args == null) {
                 return AnnotationUtils.toString((Annotation) proxy);
-            } else if (method.getName().equals("hashCode") && args == null) {
+            } else if ("hashCode".equals(method.getName()) && args == null) {
                 return AnnotationUtils.hashCode((Annotation) proxy);
-            } else if (method.getName().equals("equals") && args.length == 1) {
+            } else if ("equals".equals(method.getName()) && args.length == 1) {
                 if (args[0] instanceof Annotation) {
                     return AnnotationUtils.equals((Annotation) proxy, (Annotation) args[0]);
                 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bd94455b02..99aecfb3555 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -483,38 +483,18 @@
                     <configuration>
                         <exclusions>
                             <exclusion>**Chars.java</exclusion> <!-- // @SuppressWarnings("PMD.MissingOverride") -->
-                            <exclusion>**Jep441_PatternMatchingForSwitch.java</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**Dummy**.java</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**FooRule.java</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**jdkversiontests**</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**missingoverride**</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**private_method_in_inner_class_interface*.java</exclusion>
                             <exclusion>**testdata**</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**unnecessaryimport**</exclusion>
+                            <exclusion>**uselessoverridingmethod**</exclusion>
                         </exclusions>
                         <activeRecipes>
-                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.RemoveUnusedImports</recipe>
                             <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.EqualsAvoidsNull</recipe>
                             <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.ModifierOrder</recipe>
-                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveUnusedPrivateMethods</recipe>
-                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.text.EndOfLineAtEndOfFile</recipe>
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.AutoFormat</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.BlankLines</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.NormalizeFormat</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.NormalizeLineBreaks</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.RemoveTrailingWhitespace</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.Spaces</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.TabsAndIndents</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.format.WrappingAndBraces</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.migrate.UpgradeToJava17</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.migrate.UpgradeToJava21</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.testing.assertj.Assertj</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.testing.cleanup.AssertTrueNullToAssertNull</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.testing.cleanup.TestsShouldNotBePublic</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.java.testing.junit5.JUnit5BestPractices</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.maven.OrderPomElements</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.CodeCleanup</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.CommonStaticAnalysis</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.FinalizeLocalVariables</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.MissingOverrideAnnotation</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RedundantFileCreation</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveUnusedLocalVariables</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.RemoveUnusedPrivateFields</recipe>-->
-<!--                            <recipe>org.openrewrite.staticanalysis.StringLiteralEquality</recipe>-->
                         </activeRecipes>
                         <failOnDryRunResults>true</failOnDryRunResults>
                         <rewriteSkip>${rewrite.skip}</rewriteSkip>
@@ -531,12 +511,7 @@
                         <dependency>
                             <groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
                             <artifactId>rewrite-static-analysis</artifactId>
-                            <version>2.11.0</version>
-                        </dependency>
-                        <dependency>
-                            <groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
-                            <artifactId>rewrite-testing-frameworks</artifactId>
-                            <version>3.12.0</version>
+                            <version>2.12.0</version>
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                 </plugin>