diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 09280bc4ec..4fc26c03db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn run benchmark
 
       - name: Store benchmark result
-        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1.19.2
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1.20.3
         with:
           tool: 'benchmarkjs'
           output-file-path: .tmp/benchmark-results/cmd-api-server/run-cmd-api-server-benchmark.ts.log
@@ -508,10 +508,10 @@ jobs:
           auto-push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
           # Show alert with commit comment on detecting possible performance regression
-          alert-threshold: '25%'
+          alert-threshold: '200%'
           comment-on-alert: true
           fail-on-alert: true
-          alert-comment-cc-users: '@petermetz'
+          alert-comment-cc-users: '@hyperledger/cacti-maintainers'
 
   cactus-cmd-socketio-server:
     continue-on-error: false
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ jobs:
         run: yarn run benchmark
 
       - name: Store benchmark result
-        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1.19.2
+        uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1.20.3
         with:
           tool: 'benchmarkjs'
           output-file-path: .tmp/benchmark-results/plugin-ledger-connector-besu/run-plugin-ledger-connector-besu-benchmark.ts.log
@@ -1113,10 +1113,10 @@ jobs:
           auto-push: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
           # Show alert with commit comment on detecting possible performance regression
-          alert-threshold: '5%'
+          alert-threshold: '200%'
           comment-on-alert: true
           fail-on-alert: true
-          alert-comment-cc-users: '@petermetz'
+          alert-comment-cc-users: '@hyperledger/cacti-maintainers'
 
   cpl-connector-polkadot:
     continue-on-error: false
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/Dockerfile b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/Dockerfile
index 4e5d603ff8..60872d9b19 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ WORKDIR /kotlin-spring/
 RUN gradle build
 WORKDIR /
 
-FROM openjdk:8u275-jre-slim-buster
+FROM openjdk:24-slim-bookworm
 
 ARG APP=/usr/src/app
 ENV APP=/usr/src/app
diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/start-app.sh b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/start-app.sh
index a1292106d9..aa317c750d 100755
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/start-app.sh
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/main-server/start-app.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 # Without these we get crashes on JDK 17 an above since the introduction of the
 # Java Modules system.
-EXTRA_JVM_ARGS=""
+
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-exports java.base/sun.security.provider.certpath=ALL-UNNAMED"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-exports java.base/sun.security.util=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-exports java.base/sun.security.rsa=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-exports jdk.crypto.ec/sun.security.ec=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-exports java.base/sun.security.x509=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-opens java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
+EXTRA_JVM_ARGS="--add-opens java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED ${EXTRA_JVM_ARGS}"
 
 for i in 1 2 3; do java $EXTRA_JVM_ARGS -jar ${APP}/kotlin-spring/build/libs/cactus-connector-corda-server-2.0.0-rc.2.jar && break || sleep 5; done