diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index f5ac8f6ee..8cc41f4ff 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ elifePipeline {
 
         stage 'Project tests', {
             sh "IMAGE_TAG=${commit} docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.ci.yml up -d"
+
             dockerComposeProjectTestsParallel('journal', commit, [
                 'phpunit': '/srv/journal/build/ci/phpunit/*.xml',
                 'behat': '/srv/journal/build/ci/behat/*.xml'
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ elifePipeline {
                     './smoke_tests.sh localhost 8080',
                 ]
             ])
+
         }
 
         stage 'Generate critical CSS', {
diff --git a/app/Resources/views/page.html.twig b/app/Resources/views/page.html.twig
index 042bf6c92..a94eba9a5 100644
--- a/app/Resources/views/page.html.twig
+++ b/app/Resources/views/page.html.twig
@@ -209,13 +209,6 @@
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block content %}
-    {% if gtm_id %}
-        <noscript>
-            <iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id={{ gtm_id|raw }}" height="0" width="0"
-                    style="display:none; visibility:hidden"></iframe>
-        </noscript>
-    {% endif %}
-
     <div class="global-wrapper{% if isMagazine ?? false %} page--magazine{% endif %}{% if hasSocialMedia ?? false %} social-media-page--wrapper{% endif %}{% if clean ?? false %} clean{% endif %}" data-behaviour="FragmentHandler Math{% if hypothesis ?? false %} HypothesisLoader{% endif %}"
         {% if item is defined and item is not null %}
             data-item-type="{% if item.type is defined %}{{ item.type }}{% else %}{{ item.identifier.type }}{% endif %}"
@@ -270,44 +263,52 @@
         </div>
 
     </div>
-        <script>
-            window.elifeConfig = window.elifeConfig || {};
-
-            window.elifeConfig.scriptPaths = [
-                '{{ preload(asset('assets/patterns/js/main.js'), {as: 'script', nopush: true}) }}'
-            ];
-
-            {% if hypothesis ?? false %}
-            window.elifeConfig.hypothesis = {
-              usernameUrl: '{{ absolute_url(path('profile', {id: 'placeholder'})|replace({'placeholder': ''})) }}',
-              services: [{
-                apiUrl: '{{ hypothesis_api }}',
-                authority: '{{ hypothesis_authority }}',
-                grantToken: {% if app.user %}'{{ hypothesis_token(app.user) }}'{% else %}null{% endif %}
-                  {%- if not app.user %},
-                onLoginRequest: function () {
-                  window.location.assign('{{ path('log-in') }}');
-                },
-                onSignupRequest: function () {
-                  window.location.assign('{{ path('log-in') }}');
-                }
-                  {%- else %},
-                onLogoutRequest: function () {
-                  window.location.assign('{{ path('log-out') }}');
-                },
-                onProfileRequest: function () {
-                  window.location.assign('{{ path('profile', {id: app.user.username}) }}');
-                }
-                  {%- endif %}
-              }]
-            };
-            {% endif %}
 
-            window.elifeConfig.domain = '{{ app.request.host|split('.')|slice(-2)|join('.') }}';
+    <!-- 'safe' javascript doesn't require visitor consent -->
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        window.elifeConfig = window.elifeConfig || {};
+
+        window.elifeConfig.scriptPaths = [
+            '{{ preload(asset('assets/patterns/js/main.js'), {as: 'script', nopush: true}) }}'
+        ];
+
+        window.elifeConfig.domain = '{{ app.request.host|split('.')|slice(-2)|join('.') }}';
+
+        {% include '@patterns/assets/js/elife-loader.js' %}
 
-            {% include '@patterns/assets/js/elife-loader.js' %}
+    </script>
+
+    <script type="text/plain" data-cookieconsent="statistics">
+
+        window.Elife.initialiseUnsafeComponentList()
+
+        {% if hypothesis ?? false %}
+        window.elifeConfig.hypothesis = {
+          usernameUrl: '{{ absolute_url(path('profile', {id: 'placeholder'})|replace({'placeholder': ''})) }}',
+          services: [{
+            apiUrl: '{{ hypothesis_api }}',
+            authority: '{{ hypothesis_authority }}',
+            grantToken: {% if app.user %}'{{ hypothesis_token(app.user) }}'{% else %}null{% endif %}
+              {%- if not app.user %},
+            onLoginRequest: function () {
+              window.location.assign('{{ path('log-in') }}');
+            },
+            onSignupRequest: function () {
+              window.location.assign('{{ path('log-in') }}');
+            }
+              {%- else %},
+            onLogoutRequest: function () {
+              window.location.assign('{{ path('log-out') }}');
+            },
+            onProfileRequest: function () {
+              window.location.assign('{{ path('profile', {id: app.user.username}) }}');
+            }
+              {%- endif %}
+          }]
+        };
+        {% endif %}
 
-        </script>
+    </script>
 
     <link href="{{ preload(asset('assets/patterns/css/all.css'), {as: 'style', nopush: true}) }}" rel="stylesheet">
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 74fba3be9..c18cfe7fd 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         "elife/api-client": "^1.0@dev",
         "elife/api-sdk": "dev-master",
         "elife/civi-contacts": "dev-master",
-        "elife/patterns": "dev-master",
+        "elife/patterns": "dev-cookiebot-auto-blocking",
         "fabpot/goutte": "^3.2",
         "fig/link-util": "^1.0",
         "firebase/php-jwt": "^5.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 45f0b7902..91088db10 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "cc6b3eb8581ce24b68d16d11a9db35f5",
+    "content-hash": "5719592e5bf2eab8e53e883a841738fa",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "beberlei/assert",
@@ -1334,16 +1334,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "elife/patterns",
-            "version": "dev-master",
+            "version": "dev-cookiebot-auto-blocking",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/elifesciences/patterns-php.git",
-                "reference": "85d707ea5e408b388e4453ac6fb484db81f7999d"
+                "reference": "21522946269018f2ecd5cb5cccfd8b6da1a18818"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/elifesciences/patterns-php/zipball/85d707ea5e408b388e4453ac6fb484db81f7999d",
-                "reference": "85d707ea5e408b388e4453ac6fb484db81f7999d",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/elifesciences/patterns-php/zipball/21522946269018f2ecd5cb5cccfd8b6da1a18818",
+                "reference": "21522946269018f2ecd5cb5cccfd8b6da1a18818",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -1366,7 +1366,6 @@
             "suggest": {
                 "twig/twig": "^2.0, to use PatternExtension"
             },
-            "default-branch": true,
             "type": "library",
             "autoload": {
                 "files": [
@@ -1382,9 +1381,9 @@
             ],
             "description": "eLife patterns",
             "support": {
-                "source": "https://github.com/elifesciences/patterns-php/tree/master"
+                "source": "https://github.com/elifesciences/patterns-php/tree/cookiebot-auto-blocking"
             },
-            "time": "2024-03-25T12:04:32+00:00"
+            "time": "2024-03-27T03:21:24+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "fabpot/goutte",
@@ -6346,5 +6345,5 @@
     "platform-overrides": {
         "php": "7.1.33"
     },
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.6.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.3.0"
 }
diff --git a/test/Controller/HomeControllerTest.php b/test/Controller/HomeControllerTest.php
index 9320fbcf1..a9c425530 100644
--- a/test/Controller/HomeControllerTest.php
+++ b/test/Controller/HomeControllerTest.php
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ public function it_configures_javascript_libraries_through_a_script_element()
         $this->assertSame(200, $client->getResponse()->getStatusCode());
 
         $scriptTag = $crawler->filter('script')->last()->text();
-        $this->assertContains('window.elifeConfig.domain = \'localhost\';', $scriptTag);
+        $this->assertContains('window.Elife.initialiseUnsafeComponentList', $scriptTag);
     }
 
     /**