diff --git a/.oktetoignore b/.oktetoignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e14270b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.oktetoignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.git
+.github
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 504bc24e..d4865554 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/okteto/movies
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.22
 
 require github.com/lib/pq v1.10.5
 
diff --git a/catalog/Dockerfile b/catalog/Dockerfile
index d38ba43d..17cc8886 100644
--- a/catalog/Dockerfile
+++ b/catalog/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:16
+FROM node:20
 
 WORKDIR /src
 
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 788a12c0..e5d443e3 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:16 AS dev
+FROM node:20 AS dev
 
 # setup okteto message
 COPY bashrc /root/.bashrc
diff --git a/rent/Dockerfile b/rent/Dockerfile
index 9c46b037..a04e2828 100644
--- a/rent/Dockerfile
+++ b/rent/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-FROM maven:3.8.1-jdk-11
+FROM maven:3.9.8-eclipse-temurin-21
 
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY . .
+
+# copy the project files
+COPY ./pom.xml ./pom.xml
+
+
+# build all dependencies for offline use
+RUN mvn dependency:go-offline -B
+
+# copy the src files
+COPY ./src ./src
+
+# build for release
 RUN mvn clean package
+
 RUN cp ./target/*.jar app.jar
 
 EXPOSE 8080
diff --git a/rent/pom.xml b/rent/pom.xml
index 5ebb8f6e..ae63298f 100644
--- a/rent/pom.xml
+++ b/rent/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>2.5.6</version>
+		<version>3.3.2</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.okteto</groupId>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<name>rent</name>
 	<description>Rent backend service for Movies App</description>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>11</java.version>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>ognl</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ognl</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.21</version>
+			<version>3.4.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/rent/src/main/java/com/okteto/rent/controller/RentController.java b/rent/src/main/java/com/okteto/rent/controller/RentController.java
index a8959b34..fcbe8a9e 100644
--- a/rent/src/main/java/com/okteto/rent/controller/RentController.java
+++ b/rent/src/main/java/com/okteto/rent/controller/RentController.java
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.SendResult;
-import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
-import org.springframework.util.concurrent.ListenableFutureCallback;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -34,29 +31,21 @@ Map<String, String> healthz() {
     }
     
     @PostMapping(path= "/rent", consumes = "application/json", produces = "application/json")
-    List<String> rent(@RequestBody Rent rentInput, HttpServletResponse response) {
+    List<String> rent(@RequestBody Rent rentInput) {
         String catalogID = rentInput.getMovieID();
         String price = rentInput.getPrice();
 
         logger.info("Rent [{},{}] received", catalogID, price);
 
-        ListenableFuture<SendResult<String, String>> future = kafkaTemplate.send(KAFKA_TOPIC, catalogID, price);
-
-        future.addCallback(new ListenableFutureCallback<SendResult<String, String>>() {
-            @Override
-            public void onSuccess(SendResult<String, String> result) {
-                logger.info("Message [{}] delivered with offset {}",
-                        catalogID,
-                        result.getRecordMetadata().offset());
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public void onFailure(Throwable ex) {
-                logger.warn("Unable to deliver message [{}]. {}",
+        kafkaTemplate.send(KAFKA_TOPIC, catalogID, price)
+        .thenAccept(result -> logger.info("Message [{}] delivered with offset {}",
                         catalogID,
-                        ex.getMessage());
-            }
+                        result.getRecordMetadata().offset()))
+        .exceptionally(ex -> {
+            logger.warn("Unable to deliver message [{}]. {}", catalogID, ex.getMessage());
+            return null;
         });
+        
 
         return new LinkedList<>();
     }
diff --git a/worker/go.mod b/worker/go.mod
index a072cf8f..edbbf495 100644
--- a/worker/go.mod
+++ b/worker/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/okteto/movies
 
-go 1.17
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	github.com/Shopify/sarama v1.32.0