diff --git a/core/idrepo/rest-cxf/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/rest/cxf/JavaDocUtils.java b/core/idrepo/rest-cxf/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/rest/cxf/JavaDocUtils.java
index f1899f6432..010ea190f5 100644
--- a/core/idrepo/rest-cxf/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/rest/cxf/JavaDocUtils.java
+++ b/core/idrepo/rest-cxf/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/rest/cxf/JavaDocUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public final class JavaDocUtils {
 
     private static URL toURL(final String classPathEntry) {
         try {
-            return new File(classPathEntry).toURI().toURL();
+            return Path.of(classPathEntry).toUri().toURL();
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("URL could not be created from '" + classPathEntry + "'", e);
         }
diff --git a/core/persistence-api/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/api/utils/URIUtils.java b/core/persistence-api/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/api/utils/URIUtils.java
index ad85519b3a..44668f290a 100644
--- a/core/persistence-api/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/api/utils/URIUtils.java
+++ b/core/persistence-api/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/api/utils/URIUtils.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.syncope.core.persistence.api.utils;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 public final class URIUtils {
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public static URI buildForConnId(final String location) throws MalformedURLExcep
 
         URI uri;
         if (candidate.startsWith("file:")) {
-            uri = new File(new URI(candidate).toURL().getFile()).getAbsoluteFile().toURI();
+            uri = Path.of(new URI(candidate)).toAbsolutePath().toFile().toURI();
         } else {
             uri = new URI(candidate);
         }
diff --git a/core/persistence-jpa/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java b/core/persistence-jpa/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java
index 48341d28bd..159b4a0c4f 100644
--- a/core/persistence-jpa/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java
+++ b/core/persistence-jpa/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/jpa/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
-import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public void findById() {
     public void save() throws ClassNotFoundException {
         ConnInstance connInstance = entityFactory.newEntity(ConnInstance.class);
 
-        connInstance.setLocation(new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")).toURI().toString());
+        connInstance.setLocation(Path.of(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")).toUri().toString());
 
         // set connector version
         connInstance.setVersion("1.0");
diff --git a/core/persistence-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/neo4j/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java b/core/persistence-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/neo4j/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java
index 29ca773e65..91b2c16b1f 100644
--- a/core/persistence-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/neo4j/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java
+++ b/core/persistence-neo4j/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/core/persistence/neo4j/inner/ConnInstanceTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
-import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public void findById() {
     public void save() throws ClassNotFoundException {
         ConnInstance connInstance = entityFactory.newEntity(ConnInstance.class);
 
-        connInstance.setLocation(new File(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")).toURI().toString());
+        connInstance.setLocation(Path.of(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")).toUri().toString());
 
         // set connector version
         connInstance.setVersion("1.0");
diff --git a/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/ConnectorFacadeProxy.java b/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/ConnectorFacadeProxy.java
index b2f147b7af..9aafd47da9 100644
--- a/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/ConnectorFacadeProxy.java
+++ b/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/ConnectorFacadeProxy.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
@@ -539,7 +540,7 @@ private static Object getPropertyValue(final String propType, final List<?> valu
             } else if (URI.class.equals(propertySchemaClass)) {
                 value = URI.create(values.get(0).toString());
             } else if (File.class.equals(propertySchemaClass)) {
-                value = new File(values.get(0).toString());
+                value = Path.of(values.get(0).toString()).toFile();
             } else if (String[].class.equals(propertySchemaClass)) {
                 value = values.toArray(String[]::new);
             } else {
diff --git a/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/DefaultConnIdBundleManager.java b/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/DefaultConnIdBundleManager.java
index 5da3886abc..85cb1477c4 100644
--- a/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/DefaultConnIdBundleManager.java
+++ b/core/provisioning-java/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/core/provisioning/java/DefaultConnIdBundleManager.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public List<URI> getLocations() {
 
     protected void initLocal(final URI location) {
         // 1. Find bundles inside local directory
-        File bundleDirectory = new File(location);
+        File bundleDirectory = Path.of(location).toFile();
         String[] bundleFiles = bundleDirectory.list();
         if (bundleFiles == null) {
             throw new NotFoundException("Local bundles directory " + location);
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ protected void initLocal(final URI location) {
         List<URL> bundleFileURLs = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String file : bundleFiles) {
             try {
-                bundleFileURLs.add(IOUtil.makeURL(bundleDirectory, file));
+                bundleFileURLs.add(IOUtil.makeURL(bundleDirectory.toPath(), file));
             } catch (IOException ignore) {
                 // ignore exception and don't add bundle
                 LOG.debug("{}/{} is not a valid connector bundle", bundleDirectory.toString(), file, ignore);
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ public Pair<URI, ConnectorInfo> getConnectorInfo(final ConnInstance connInstance
 
         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
             LOG.debug("\nBundle name: {}\nBundle version: {}\nBundle class: {}",
-                key.getBundleName(), key.getBundleVersion(), key.getConnectorName());
+                    key.getBundleName(), key.getBundleVersion(), key.getConnectorName());
         }
 
         // get the specified connector
diff --git a/fit/core-reference/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/reference/TestFileAuditProcessor.java b/fit/core-reference/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/reference/TestFileAuditProcessor.java
index 790c2a0edd..9554d8ce8d 100644
--- a/fit/core-reference/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/reference/TestFileAuditProcessor.java
+++ b/fit/core-reference/src/main/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/reference/TestFileAuditProcessor.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.syncope.fit.core.reference;
 
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.syncope.common.lib.types.OpEvent;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public void process(final String domain, final AuditEvent event) {
         String content = POJOHelper.serialize(auditEventDAO.toAuditEventTO(event)) + '\n';
         try {
             Files.writeString(
-                    Paths.get(fileName),
+                    Path.of(fileName),
                     content,
                     StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.APPEND);
         } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/AuditITCase.java b/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/AuditITCase.java
index 6bcf7e128e..6b8cfb7edd 100644
--- a/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/AuditITCase.java
+++ b/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/AuditITCase.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -453,8 +452,7 @@ public void auditEventProcessor() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
             Properties props = new Properties();
             props.load(propStream);
 
-            Path auditFilePath = Paths.get(props.getProperty("test.log.dir")
-                    + File.separator + "audit_for_Master_file");
+            Path auditFilePath = Path.of(props.getProperty("test.log.dir") + File.separator + "audit_for_Master_file");
 
             // check that resource update is transformed and logged onto an audit file.
             ResourceTO resource = RESOURCE_SERVICE.read(RESOURCE_NAME_CSV);
diff --git a/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/PullTaskITCase.java b/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/PullTaskITCase.java
index 807214cf91..73d990d33b 100644
--- a/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/PullTaskITCase.java
+++ b/fit/core-reference/src/test/java/org/apache/syncope/fit/core/PullTaskITCase.java
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeFalse;
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -282,8 +283,8 @@ public void fromCSV() throws Exception {
         try (InputStream propStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/test.properties")) {
             props.load(propStream);
 
-            try (InputStream src = new FileInputStream(props.getProperty("test.csv.src"));
-                    FileOutputStream dst = new FileOutputStream(props.getProperty("test.csv.dst"))) {
+            try (InputStream src = Files.newInputStream(Path.of(props.getProperty("test.csv.src")));
+                    OutputStream dst = Files.newOutputStream(Path.of(props.getProperty("test.csv.dst")))) {
 
                 IOUtils.copy(src, dst);
             }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 593c6e9577..8cfeed9fef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -395,10 +395,10 @@ under the License.
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-12-27T11:02:14Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <syncope.version>${project.version}</syncope.version>
 
-    <connid.version>1.6.0.0-RC3</connid.version>
-    <connid.soap.version>1.5.0-RC2</connid.soap.version>
-    <connid.rest.version>1.1.0-RC2</connid.rest.version>
-    <connid.db.version>2.4.0-RC1</connid.db.version>
+    <connid.version>1.6.0.0-SNAPSHOT</connid.version>
+    <connid.soap.version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</connid.soap.version>
+    <connid.rest.version>1.1.0-SNAPSHOT</connid.rest.version>
+    <connid.db.version>2.4.0-SNAPSHOT</connid.db.version>
     <connid.csvdir.version>0.8.9</connid.csvdir.version>
     <connid.ldap.version>1.5.9</connid.ldap.version>
     <connid.ad.version>1.3.9</connid.ad.version>
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ under the License.
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.gaul</groupId>
         <artifactId>modernizer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.9.0</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
         <configuration>
           <javaVersion>${targetJdk}</javaVersion>
           <ignorePackages>
@@ -2263,6 +2263,7 @@ under the License.
         <ianal.phase>none</ianal.phase>
         <modernizer.skip>true</modernizer.skip>
         <rat.skip>true</rat.skip>
+        <modernizer.skip>true</modernizer.skip>
         <checkstyle.skip>true</checkstyle.skip>
       </properties>