diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_artifacts_size.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_artifacts_size.yml
index 2244f7b06..e7e3158e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_artifacts_size.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_artifacts_size.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   codecheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+      issues: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
       - name: Setup java JDK 11
@@ -62,4 +65,4 @@ jobs:
           comment-id: ${{ steps.find-comment.outputs.comment-id }}
           issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           body-path: 'report.md'
-          edit-mode: replace
\ No newline at end of file
+          edit-mode: replace
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml
index 4fa8dc7c0..634a4ee0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-      - v2
     paths:
       - 'powertools-batch/**'
       - 'powertools-cloudformation/**'
-      - 'powertools-core/**'              # not in v2
-      - 'powertools-common/**'            # v2 only
+      - 'powertools-core/**'
       - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
       - 'powertools-idempotency/**'
       - 'powertools-large-messages/**'
@@ -17,6 +15,8 @@ on:
       - 'powertools-metrics/**'
       - 'powertools-parameters/**'
       - 'powertools-serialization/**'
+      - 'powertools-sqs/**'
+      - 'powertools-test-suite/**'
       - 'powertools-tracing/**'
       - 'powertools-validation/**'
       - 'examples/**'
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - v2
     paths:
       - 'powertools-batch/**'
       - 'powertools-cloudformation/**'
@@ -34,10 +33,12 @@ on:
       - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
       - 'powertools-idempotency/**'
       - 'powertools-large-messages/**'
+      - 'powertools-logging/**'
       - 'powertools-metrics/**'
       - 'powertools-parameters/**'
       - 'powertools-serialization/**'
       - 'powertools-sqs/**'
+      - 'powertools-test-suite/**'
       - 'powertools-tracing/**'
       - 'powertools-validation/**'
       - 'examples/**'
@@ -67,18 +68,14 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
           cache: 'maven'
       - name: Build with Maven
-        if: ${{ matrix.java == '8' }} # If 8 exclude the examples directory
-        run: mvn -B install --file pom.xml -pl '!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-idempotency,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-batch,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-cloudformation,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-core-utilities-cdk,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-core-utilities-sam,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-core-utilities-serverless,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-core-utilities-terraform,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-parameters,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-serialization,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:powertools-examples-validation,!software.amazon.lambda.examples:cdk,!software.amazon.lambda:powertools-examples'
-      - name: Build with Maven
-        if: ${{  matrix.java != '8' }} # If not 8 don't exclude the examples directory
         run: mvn -B install --file pom.xml
       - name: Build Gradle Example - Java
-        if: ${{ matrix.java != '8' }}
-        working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle
+        if: ${{ matrix.java == '8' }} # Gradle example can only be built on Java 8
+        working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core/gradle
         run: ./gradlew build
       - name: Build Gradle Example - Kotlin
-        if: ${{ matrix.java != '8' }}
-        working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin
+        if: ${{ matrix.java == '8' }} # Gradle example can only be built on Java 8
+        working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core/kotlin
         run: ./gradlew build
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@d9f34f8cd5cb3b3eb79b3e4b5dae3a16df499a70 # v3.1.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build_v2.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build_v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2079bcb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build_v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - v2
+    paths:
+      - 'powertools-batch/**'
+      - 'powertools-cloudformation/**'
+      - 'powertools-common/**'
+      - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
+      - 'powertools-idempotency/**'
+      - 'powertools-large-messages/**'
+      - 'powertools-logging/**'
+      - 'powertools-metrics/**'
+      - 'powertools-parameters/**'
+      - 'powertools-serialization/**'
+      - 'powertools-tracing/**'
+      - 'powertools-validation/**'
+      - 'examples/**'
+      - 'pom.xml'
+      - 'examples/pom.xml'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - v2
+    paths:
+      - 'powertools-batch/**'
+      - 'powertools-cloudformation/**'
+      - 'powertools-common/**'
+      - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
+      - 'powertools-idempotency/**'
+      - 'powertools-large-messages/**'
+      - 'powertools-logging/**'
+      - 'powertools-metrics/**'
+      - 'powertools-parameters/**'
+      - 'powertools-serialization/**'
+      - 'powertools-tracing/**'
+      - 'powertools-validation/**'
+      - 'examples/**'
+      - 'pom.xml'
+      - 'examples/pom.xml'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+jobs:
+  build-corretto:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 5
+      matrix:
+        java: [11, 17, 21]
+    name: Java ${{ matrix.java }}
+    env:
+      JAVA: ${{ matrix.java }}
+      AWS_REGION: eu-west-1
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # needed to interact with GitHub's OIDC Token endpoint.
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9  # v3.5.3
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@5ffc13f4174014e2d4d4572b3d74c3fa61aeb2c2 # v3.11.0
+        with:
+          distribution: 'corretto'
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn -B install --file pom.xml
+      - name: Build Gradle Example - Java
+        working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build
+      - name: Build Gradle Example - Kotlin
+        working-directory: examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/kotlin
+        run: ./gradlew build
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@d9f34f8cd5cb3b3eb79b3e4b5dae3a16df499a70 # v3.1.1
+        if: ${{ matrix.java == '11' }} # publish results once
+        with:
+          files: ./powertools-cloudformation/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-core/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-idempotency/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-logging/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-metrics/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-parameters/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-serialization/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-sqs/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-tracing/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-validation/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-large-messages/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml,./powertools-batch/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml
+  savepr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Save PR number if running on PR by dependabot
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Create Directory and save issue
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ./pr
+          echo ${{ github.event.number }}
+          echo ${{ github.event.number }} > ./pr/NR
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce # v3.1.2
+        name: Upload artifact
+        with:
+          name: pr
+          path: pr/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests-v2.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests-v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..255c89cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests-v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Run end-to-end tests
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - v2
+    paths: # add other modules when there are under e2e tests
+      - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
+      - 'powertools-batch/**'
+      - 'powertools-core/**'
+      - 'powertools-common/**'
+      - 'powertools-idempotency/**'
+      - 'powertools-large-message/**'
+      - 'powertools-logging/**'
+      - 'powertools-metrics/**'
+      - 'powertools-parameters/**'
+      - 'powertools-serialization/**'
+      - 'powertools-tracing/**'
+      - 'pom.xml'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - v2
+    paths:
+      - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
+
+jobs:
+  e2e:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 4
+      matrix:
+        java: [ 11, 17, 21 ]
+    name: End-to-end tests java${{ matrix.java }}
+    env:
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: eu-west-1
+      JAVA_VERSION: ${{ matrix.java }}
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # needed to interact with GitHub's OIDC Token endpoint.
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9  # v3.5.3
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@5ffc13f4174014e2d4d4572b3d74c3fa61aeb2c2 # v3.11.0
+        with:
+          distribution: 'corretto'
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          cache: maven
+      - name: Setup AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@5fd3084fc36e372ff1fff382a39b10d03659f355 # v2.2.0
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_ARN_TO_ASSUME }}
+          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      - name: Run e2e test with Maven
+        run: mvn -DskipTests install --file pom.xml && mvn -Pe2e -B verify --file powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
index 5c7bc0b71..b358fe355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - v2
     paths: # add other modules when there are under e2e tests
       - 'powertools-e2e-tests/**'
       - 'powertools-batch/**'
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
index 159ff52cd..70a4a6e3f 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-batch/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.2</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
index f4d82141b..2dd61753a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cdk.version>2.100.0</cdk.version>
+        <cdk.version>2.130.0</cdk.version>
         <constructs.version>[10.0.0,11.0.0)</constructs.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.0</junit.version>
     </properties>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>cdk.CdkApp</mainClass>
                 </configuration>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/src/main/java/helloworld/AppStream.java b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/src/main/java/helloworld/AppStream.java
index 401ef8c48..94806cc38 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/src/main/java/helloworld/AppStream.java
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam/src/main/java/helloworld/AppStream.java
@@ -17,22 +17,43 @@
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestStreamHandler;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.logging.Logging;
 import software.amazon.lambda.powertools.metrics.Metrics;
 
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
 public class AppStream implements RequestStreamHandler {
     private static final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    private final static Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(AppStream.class);
 
     @Override
     @Logging(logEvent = true)
     @Metrics(namespace = "ServerlessAirline", service = "payment", captureColdStart = true)
-    public void handleRequest(InputStream input, OutputStream output, Context context) throws IOException {
-        Map map = mapper.readValue(input, Map.class);
+    // RequestStreamHandler can be used instead of RequestHandler for cases when you'd like to deserialize request body or serialize response body yourself, instead of allowing that to happen automatically
+    // Note that you still need to return a proper JSON for API Gateway to handle 
+    // See Lambda Response format for examples: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/apigateway/latest/developerguide/http-api-develop-integrations-lambda.html
+    public void handleRequest(InputStream input, OutputStream output, Context context) {
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+             PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(output, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)))) {
 
-        System.out.println(map.size());
+            log.info("Received: " + mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValueAsString(mapper.readTree(reader)));
+
+            writer.write("{\"body\": \"" + System.currentTimeMillis() + "\"} ");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Something has gone wrong: ", e);
+        }
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
index a08747ff2..928e56e3a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.3</version>
+            <version>3.11.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- JUnit 5 requires Surefire version 3.1.0 or higher -->
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>dev.aspectj</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
index 106fe7cbb..96afc3ea0 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.3</version>
+            <version>3.11.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 92d8f8291..20679d64f 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <constructs.version>10.3.0</constructs.version>
-        <cdk.version>2.109.0</cdk.version>
+        <cdk.version>2.130.0</cdk.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
             <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.2</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/powertools-logging/pom.xml b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
index 43c65a3b0..a1148a9cd 100644
--- a/powertools-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-logging/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT>JSON</AWS_LAMBDA_LOG_FORMAT>
diff --git a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
index 6c90e30a8..0f2b37151 100644
--- a/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-parameters/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.2.5</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <environmentVariables>
                         <AWS_REGION>eu-central-1</AWS_REGION>