diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 186f623b4ca43143dbdf74ad8ddaca574fe7f257..0e19e18b34b226fd1ee44a6fabeb7b16c133e2da 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pipeline {
           steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                    JAR_TAG = getPomVersion('pom.xml').replace("SNAPSHOT", "${env.BRANCH_NAME}-SNAPSHOT")
+                    JAR_TAG = getPomVersion().replace("SNAPSHOT", "${env.BRANCH_NAME}-SNAPSHOT")
                 }
                 configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: 'maven-settings', variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS')]) {
                     sh "mvn -s $MAVEN_SETTINGS versions:set -DnewVersion=${JAR_TAG} -DprocessAllModules=true"
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateHelmChartVersion()
+                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateImageTag();
 
                     testAndDeployKeycloakHelmChart(HELM_CHART_VERSION)
                 }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ pipeline {
             steps {
                 script {
                     FAILED_STAGE=env.STAGE_NAME
-                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateHelmChartVersion()
+                    HELM_CHART_VERSION = generateImageTag()
 
                     testAndDeployElasticsearchHelmChart(HELM_CHART_VERSION)
                 }
@@ -259,19 +259,6 @@ String getHelmRepoUrl(){
     return "https://nexus.ozg-sh.de/service/rest/v1/components?repository=ozg-base-apps-snapshot"
 }
 
-String generateHelmChartVersion() {
-    def chartVersion = getPomVersion('pom.xml')
-
-    if (isMainBranch()) {
-        chartVersion += "-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}"
-    }
-    else if (!isReleaseBranch()) {
-        chartVersion += "-${env.BRANCH_NAME}"
-    }
-
-    return chartVersion.replaceAll('_', '-')
-}
-
 Boolean isMainBranch() {
     return env.BRANCH_NAME == 'main'
 }
@@ -370,20 +357,33 @@ Void tagAndPushDockerImage(String imageName, String newTag){
     }
 }
 
-String getPomVersion(String pomFile){
-    def pom = readMavenPom file: pomFile
+String generateImageTag() {
+	if (isReleaseBranch()) {
+        return getPomVersion()
+    }
+
+	return "${getPomVersion()}-${validateBranchName(env.BRANCH_NAME)}${getCommitHash()}".replaceAll("_", "-")
+}
+
+String getPomVersion(){
+    def pom = readMavenPom file: 'pom.xml'
 
     return pom.version
 }
 
-String generateImageTag() {
-    def imageTag = "${env.BRANCH_NAME}-${getPomVersion('pom.xml')}"
-
-    if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'main') {
-        imageTag += "-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}"
+String validateBranchName(branchName) {
+    int maxLength = 20
+    if (branchName.length() > maxLength) {
+        String originalBranchName = branchName
+        branchName = branchName.substring(0, maxLength)
+        echo "WARNING: Branch name '${originalBranchName}' exceeded ${maxLength} characters. " +
+             "It has been truncated to '${branchName}' for deployment purposes."
     }
+    return branchName
+}
 
-    return imageTag
+String getCommitHash() {
+    return "-${env.GIT_COMMIT.take(7)}";
 }
 
 String getParentPomVersion(String filePath) {
diff --git a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/pom.xml b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/pom.xml
index 0238e03f664c5c68803310450ad1bd15ddfbec0f..4a4119019dde512fcbe002930601dbce2d616d33 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 	
 	<properties>
 		<spring-boot.build-image.imageName>docker.ozg-sh.de/ozgcloud-keycloak-operator:build-latest</spring-boot.build-image.imageName>
+		<keycloak.version>24.0.5</keycloak.version>
 	</properties>
 		
 	<dependencies>
@@ -57,16 +58,37 @@
 		
 		<!-- keycloak -->
 		<dependency>
-		    <groupId>org.keycloak</groupId>
-		    <artifactId>keycloak-admin-client</artifactId>
+			<groupId>org.keycloak</groupId>
+			<artifactId>keycloak-admin-client</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.keycloak</groupId>
+					<artifactId>keycloak-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.keycloak</groupId>
+					<artifactId>keycloak-common</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
-		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.keycloak</groupId>
+			<artifactId>keycloak-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${keycloak.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.keycloak</groupId>
+			<artifactId>keycloak-common</artifactId>
+			<version>${keycloak.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+
 		<!-- tools -->
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.mapstruct</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>mapstruct</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<!-- javax -->
 		<dependency>
 	    	<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
@@ -88,7 +110,7 @@
 			<groupId>commons-beanutils</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-beanutils</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<!-- test -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f113465263dc15b3b7508086899cd3aa5da69f84..1ef231e18b815deaf31716aec579088ff7be520e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>de.ozgcloud.common</groupId>
 		<artifactId>ozgcloud-common-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>4.7.0</version>
+		<version>4.11.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>de.ozgcloud</groupId>
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
 	</modules>
 
 	<properties>
-		<operator-sdk.version>5.4.1</operator-sdk.version>
+		<operator-sdk.version>5.6.0</operator-sdk.version>
 
 		<!-- tools -->
 		<reflections.version>0.10.2</reflections.version>
 		<validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
 		<!-- test -->
-		<kubernetes-server-mock.version>6.13.4</kubernetes-server-mock.version>
+		<kubernetes-server-mock.version>6.13.5</kubernetes-server-mock.version>
 		<io.javaoperatorsdk.version>0.9.7</io.javaoperatorsdk.version>
 		
 		<!-- plugin -->