diff --git a/bescheid-manager/pom.xml b/bescheid-manager/pom.xml
index 0a5321b7e39af84a6ce1962a7b6ba6f082be0858..dcaa64916efd42003af4d99f67d968961c13647b 100644
--- a/bescheid-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/bescheid-manager/pom.xml
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.ozgcloud.bescheid</groupId>
 	<artifactId>bescheid-manager</artifactId>
 	<name>OZG-Cloud Bescheid Manager</name>
-	<version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<properties>
-		<pluto.version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</pluto.version>
+		<pluto.version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</pluto.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
diff --git a/mail-service/pom.xml b/mail-service/pom.xml
index 6c26f43dcfce23eacdf2ad75cfaff92eef6b896d..7bfa5dcd0109e05bcf44e3f4743a087eda731489 100644
--- a/mail-service/pom.xml
+++ b/mail-service/pom.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg.mail</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mail-service</artifactId>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>KOP Vorgang Manager Mail Service</name>
 
 	<properties>
diff --git a/notification-manager/pom.xml b/notification-manager/pom.xml
index 80bee6aac9ce9c1f8066fea5eabcd2d55f4a073f..d390ca65ac42ec0d24f9ece33e78d236459e2eb7 100644
--- a/notification-manager/pom.xml
+++ b/notification-manager/pom.xml
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.notification</groupId>
 	<artifactId>notification-manager</artifactId>
 	<name>KOP Notification Manager</name>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<properties>
 		<user-manager-interface.version>1.1.0</user-manager-interface.version>
diff --git a/pluto-command/pom.xml b/pluto-command/pom.xml
index 51ae8e313f2053234dbc50eba17b16b81c0db00b..0297c9f0a806e5e53de42ab95966d9a37339592d 100644
--- a/pluto-command/pom.xml
+++ b/pluto-command/pom.xml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-dependencies</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 	
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg.pluto</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pluto-command</artifactId>
 	<name>Command Manager</name>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	
 	<properties>
 		<maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
diff --git a/pluto-common/pom.xml b/pluto-common/pom.xml
index ff96261aa61c8cbc84d78f26c3e54002ebcbbe0a..0feafde2cbaa163049ab40d41652d0dff1443ed1 100644
--- a/pluto-common/pom.xml
+++ b/pluto-common/pom.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg.pluto</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pluto-common</artifactId>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>OZG-Cloud Vorgang Manager Common</name>
 
diff --git a/pluto-interface/pom.xml b/pluto-interface/pom.xml
index 99b066b7baac73f4dfe1db4134094ec6dec2b507..6af420ade8caf5327bfabfa707251b4906856982 100644
--- a/pluto-interface/pom.xml
+++ b/pluto-interface/pom.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-dependencies</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg.pluto</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pluto-interface</artifactId>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>KOP Vorgang Manager gRPC Interface</name>
 	<description>Interface (gRPC) for Pluto Server</description>
diff --git a/pluto-server/pom.xml b/pluto-server/pom.xml
index aa4cc012d447974458f41ee8490f98a509f1237b..e74157aa07e768e7a8d65e0dd29a52b123bf129a 100644
--- a/pluto-server/pom.xml
+++ b/pluto-server/pom.xml
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg.pluto</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pluto-server</artifactId>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>KOP Vorgang Manager (Pluto) Server</name>
 	<description>Server Implementierung des VorgangManagers (Pluto)</description>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		<kop.license.version>1.3.0</kop.license.version>
 		<kop.zufi.api.version>0.5.0</kop.zufi.api.version>
 		<user-manager-interface.version>1.11.0</user-manager-interface.version>
-		<bescheid-manager.version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</bescheid-manager.version>
+		<bescheid-manager.version>1.2.0</bescheid-manager.version>
 
 		<zip.version>2.11.1</zip.version>
 		<jsoup.version>1.15.3</jsoup.version>
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.ozgcloud.api-lib</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ozg-cloud-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-			<version>0.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.3.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.ozgcloud.processor</groupId>
 			<artifactId>processor-manager</artifactId>
-			<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>0.0.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchConfig.java b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchConfig.java
index 6c89b0e993887c493d2823009f2822e2894b8e35..86e2e659760e22569774f64a43a1ec1b96856ec9 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchConfig.java
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchConfig.java
@@ -23,20 +23,17 @@
  */
 package de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.search;
 
-import java.security.KeyManagementException;
-import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
-
+import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 
-import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.ssl.SslBundles;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.elc.ElasticsearchConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.support.HttpHeaders;
 
-import jakarta.validation.Valid;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 
 @Configuration
@@ -47,6 +44,9 @@ public class SearchConfig extends ElasticsearchConfiguration {
 	@Valid
 	private SearchProperties properties;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private SslBundles sslBundles;
+
 	@SneakyThrows
 	@Override
 	public ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration() {
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ public class SearchConfig extends ElasticsearchConfiguration {
 				.build();
 	}
 
-	SSLContext createSslContext() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyManagementException {
-		return SSLContextBuilder.create().build();
+	SSLContext createSslContext() {
+		return sslBundles.getBundle("es-root-ca").createSslContext();
 	}
 
 	HttpHeaders buildHeaders() {
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchEventListener.java b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchEventListener.java
index 31c3eee44d989af78298a8fc3d04441ee1485249..0651ca3b18b96e8fd6137ad50609504def959be2 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchEventListener.java
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchEventListener.java
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ package de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.search;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.command.Command;
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.vorgang.VorgangService;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 
 @Component
-@ConditionalOnBean(ClientConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "ozgcloud.elasticsearch", name = "address")
 @Log4j2
 public class SearchEventListener {
 
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchIndexInitializer.java b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchIndexInitializer.java
index ed1ee3f776f7c62ec64420efe8e2326de21421bd..d596dbb5633006eefe868e165ed65b48f5c4ed24 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchIndexInitializer.java
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchIndexInitializer.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ package de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.search;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.vorgang.VorgangService;
 import lombok.extern.log4j.Log4j2;
 
 @Component
-@ConditionalOnBean(SearchService.class)
+@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "ozgcloud.elasticsearch", name = "address")
 @Profile("initSearchIndex")
 @Async
 @Log4j2
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchService.java b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchService.java
index 11c083578def321d5dc07a1e65ef359fef9c8b2f..f9c19f01409893229478c6c0f8deb7a855df0e19 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchService.java
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchService.java
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 package de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.search;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.errorhandling.SearchServiceUnavailableException;
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.vorgang.Vorgang;
 import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.vorgang.VorgangHeader;
 
 @Service
-@ConditionalOnBean(ClientConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "ozgcloud.elasticsearch", name = "address")
 public class SearchService {
 
 	@Autowired
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangCustomRepository.java b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangCustomRepository.java
index b2be81c6338a5fa81e9b9ddb5cd89c5e54d8d47c..562dd1204d976bd3c24951a4726a46953e1dd6ac 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangCustomRepository.java
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangCustomRepository.java
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@
  */
 package de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.search;
 
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
 
 import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.vorgang.FindVorgangRequest;
 import de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.vorgang.VorgangHeader;
 
-@ConditionalOnBean(ClientConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "ozgcloud.elasticsearch", name = "address")
 interface SearchVorgangCustomRepository {
 	Page<VorgangHeader> searchBy(FindVorgangRequest request);
 }
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangRepository.java b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangRepository.java
index 7b606c8f864c93891fc628c94670539db5aa44a8..aac8a7b98451f4c68e874615c70eaeb9171864b9 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangRepository.java
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/java/de/itvsh/ozg/pluto/common/search/SearchVorgangRepository.java
@@ -23,10 +23,9 @@
  */
 package de.itvsh.ozg.pluto.common.search;
 
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
-import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.client.ClientConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.ElasticsearchRepository;
 
-@ConditionalOnBean(ClientConfiguration.class)
+@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "ozgcloud.elasticsearch", name = "address")
 interface SearchVorgangRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<IndexedVorgang, String> {
 }
diff --git a/pluto-server/src/main/resources/application.yml b/pluto-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 994a2e24fb41376b5ce87ef165ad52eabe6c1bb7..82c568bcd78ca09654dfc877f46413f023efebe6 100644
--- a/pluto-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/pluto-server/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ spring:
       authentication-database: admin
   freemarker:
     cache: true
-
 grpc:
   client:
     pluto:
diff --git a/pluto-utils/pom.xml b/pluto-utils/pom.xml
index 14c3d306dd26d11e094237b85b854e1635086acb..3e8885ed5a7353019c8b42fdb416954bc28dd46e 100644
--- a/pluto-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/pluto-utils/pom.xml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.itvsh.kop.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>kop-common-dependencies</artifactId>
-		<version>2.3.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1</version>
 		<relativePath/>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg.pluto</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pluto-utils</artifactId>
 	<name>KOP Vorgang Manager (Pluto) Utils</name>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<properties>
 		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.10.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 30a687a359d07f02a420ecceb373d2869c1495ad..1ac38596f180d612b0a25f14175b125fc22e03f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>de.itvsh.ozg</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pluto</artifactId>
-	<version>1.16.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.17.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Pluto Parent</name>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index a5485fcf77f71390f604435bb1984eb9d4fbe509..210dad9a0054ff4eb181ff8d38385b6c1241b492 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ spec:
                 name: elasticsearch-credentials
                 key: index
                 optional: false
+          - name: spring_ssl_bundle_pem_es-root-ca_truststore_certificate
+            value: "/bindings/ca-certificates/es-root-ca.pem"
           {{- end }}
           {{- with (.Values.env).customList }}
 {{ toYaml . | indent 10 }}
diff --git a/src/test/helm/elasticsearch-deployment-test.yaml b/src/test/helm/elasticsearch-deployment-test.yaml
index b0d9a8e075b13f9f9636cbe7aa80580dfdd83d0a..1288ef05a06c006230e63c696f8aebd08ba6f18a 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/elasticsearch-deployment-test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/elasticsearch-deployment-test.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ tests:
                 name: elasticsearch-credentials
                 key: index
                 optional: false
-
+      - contains:
+          path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
+          content:
+            name: spring_ssl_bundle_pem_es-root-ca_truststore_certificate
+            value: /bindings/ca-certificates/es-root-ca.pem      
                         
 
       - contains: