diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index e55e98256e..b0296f45e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@v6
+      - uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
           exempt-issue-labels: pinned
           include-only-assigned: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 97cbc82b08..8241c78e6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-mkdocs-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle*.properties') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-mkdocs-
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
             ~/.local/bin
             ~/.local/lib/python*/site-packages
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml
index 3f52a2f8c5..ec8ec926d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-mkdocs-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle*.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-mkdocs-
+          path: |
+            ~/.local/bin
+            ~/.local/lib/python*/site-packages
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -19,11 +27,26 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           cache: gradle
 
+      - env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          export REMOTE="https://$GITHUB_ACTOR:$GITHUB_TOKEN@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git"
+          git remote set-url origin "$REMOTE"
+          git clone "$REMOTE" --branch gh-pages build/gh-pages
+          ./gradlew build
+          ./gradlew -x build buildSite
+          ls -AlF site/build/site
+
       - env:
           OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
           OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
           SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY }}
           SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
-        run: |
-          ./gradlew build
-          ./gradlew --no-daemon -x test release
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon -x test release
+
+      - run: |
+          cp -rf site/build/site/* build/gh-pages/
+          cd build/gh-pages
+          git add --all
+          git commit -m "Publishing to gh-pages"
+          git push origin gh-pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/site.yml b/.github/workflows/site.yml
index 6706d960ff..41e5455d4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/site.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     defaults:
       run: { shell: bash }
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-mkdocs-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle*.properties') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-mkdocs-
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
             ~/.local/bin
             ~/.local/lib/python*/site-packages
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.ref }}
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/core/media/MediaTypesTest.kt b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/core/media/MediaTypesTest.kt
index 83dd48f9e7..f3d0fce84c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/core/media/MediaTypesTest.kt
+++ b/core/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/core/media/MediaTypesTest.kt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ internal class MediaTypesTest {
     @Test fun `Parse correct media types`() {
         MediaType("*/*").apply {
             assertEquals(ANY, group)
+            assertEquals("any", group.text)
             assertEquals("*", type)
             assertEquals("*/*", fullType)
-
         }
 
         MediaType("text/plain").apply {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0791f81fad..582f063de9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ org.gradle.warning.mode=all
 org.gradle.console=plain
 
 # Gradle
-version=3.6.0
+version=3.6.1
 group=com.hexagonkt
 description=The atoms of your platform
 
diff --git a/gradle/kotlin.gradle b/gradle/kotlin.gradle
index c9c1dff8c7..5b774127a3 100644
--- a/gradle/kotlin.gradle
+++ b/gradle/kotlin.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    final String scriptJunitVersion = findProperty("junitVersion") ?: "5.10.2"
+    final String scriptJunitVersion = findProperty("junitVersion") ?: "5.10.3"
 
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib")
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 6f7a6eb33e..dedd5d1e69 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/HttpTest.kt b/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/HttpTest.kt
index 0fa0e3afa3..15e6f61669 100644
--- a/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/HttpTest.kt
+++ b/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/HttpTest.kt
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 internal class HttpTest {
 
+    @Test fun `Format query string with empty keys`() {
+        assertEquals("", formatQueryString(QueryParameters(QueryParameter("", 1))))
+        assertEquals("", formatQueryString(QueryParameters(QueryParameter(" ", 1))))
+    }
+
+    @Test fun `Basic auth is encoded correctly`() {
+        assertEquals("YTo", basicAuth("a"))
+        assertEquals("YTpi", basicAuth("a", "b"))
+    }
+
     @Test fun `Format query string`() {
         fun testParseFormat(expected: String, queryString: String) {
             assertEquals(expected, formatQueryString(parseQueryString(queryString)))
diff --git a/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/model/CookieTest.kt b/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/model/CookieTest.kt
index c810b70268..213285dc0f 100644
--- a/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/model/CookieTest.kt
+++ b/http/http/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/http/model/CookieTest.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.hexagonkt.http.model
 
+import com.hexagonkt.http.model.CookieSameSite.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import kotlin.IllegalArgumentException
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ internal class CookieTest {
         assertEquals(5, cookie.maxAge)
         assertTrue(cookie.secure)
         assertFalse(cookie.deleted)
+
+        assertEquals(LAX, cookie.copy(sameSite = LAX).sameSite)
+        assertEquals(NONE, cookie.copy(sameSite = NONE).sameSite)
+        assertEquals(STRICT, cookie.copy(sameSite = STRICT).sameSite)
     }
 
     @Test fun `Cookie can be deleted`() {
diff --git a/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallback.kt b/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallback.kt
index 4ca94062f6..e23e49317a 100644
--- a/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallback.kt
+++ b/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallback.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import com.hexagonkt.serialization.serialize
 
 class SerializeRequestCallback : HttpCallback {
 
+    init {
+        check(SerializationManager.formats.isNotEmpty()) {
+            "Serialization callbacks require at least one registered format"
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun invoke(context: HttpContext): HttpContext {
         val requestBody = context.request.body
 
diff --git a/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallback.kt b/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallback.kt
index bc23fbb3b7..d66872dff5 100644
--- a/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallback.kt
+++ b/http/rest/src/main/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallback.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ import com.hexagonkt.serialization.serialize
 
 class SerializeResponseCallback: HttpCallback {
 
+    init {
+        check(SerializationManager.formats.isNotEmpty()) {
+            "Serialization callbacks require at least one registered format"
+        }
+    }
+
     override fun invoke(context: HttpContext): HttpContext {
         val responseBody = context.response.body
 
diff --git a/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallbackTest.kt b/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallbackTest.kt
index fdc32b322f..e29275fd5a 100644
--- a/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallbackTest.kt
+++ b/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeRequestCallbackTest.kt
@@ -8,13 +8,25 @@ import com.hexagonkt.serialization.SerializationManager
 import com.hexagonkt.serialization.jackson.json.Json
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
 import kotlin.test.assertSame
 
 internal class SerializeRequestCallbackTest {
 
-    private val callback = SerializeRequestCallback()
+    private val callback by lazy { SerializeRequestCallback() }
+
+    @Test fun `Serialization callback fails if no formats are defined`() {
+        val formats = SerializationManager.formats
+
+        SerializationManager.formats = emptySet()
+        val e = assertFailsWith<IllegalStateException> { SerializeRequestCallback() }
+        assertEquals("Serialization callbacks require at least one registered format", e.message)
+
+        SerializationManager.formats = formats
+    }
 
     @Test fun `Serialize empty request callback creates the proper response`() {
+        SerializationManager.formats = setOf(Json)
         val stringContext = HttpContext().send(body = "")
         assertSame(stringContext, callback(stringContext))
 
diff --git a/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallbackTest.kt b/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallbackTest.kt
index 642d8a0c92..6aa8043371 100644
--- a/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallbackTest.kt
+++ b/http/rest/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/SerializeResponseCallbackTest.kt
@@ -8,13 +8,25 @@ import com.hexagonkt.serialization.SerializationManager
 import com.hexagonkt.serialization.jackson.json.Json
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.test.assertFailsWith
 import kotlin.test.assertSame
 
 internal class SerializeResponseCallbackTest {
 
-    private val callback = SerializeResponseCallback()
+    private val callback by lazy { SerializeResponseCallback() }
+
+    @Test fun `Serialization callback fails if no formats are defined`() {
+        val formats = SerializationManager.formats
+
+        SerializationManager.formats = emptySet()
+        val e = assertFailsWith<IllegalStateException> { SerializeResponseCallback() }
+        assertEquals("Serialization callbacks require at least one registered format", e.message)
+
+        SerializationManager.formats = formats
+    }
 
     @Test fun `Serialize empty response callback creates the proper response`() {
+        SerializationManager.formats = setOf(Json)
         val stringContext = HttpContext().send(body = "")
         assertSame(stringContext, callback(stringContext))
 
diff --git a/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/DynamicHttpServerTest.kt b/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/DynamicHttpServerTest.kt
index 42bd4e81d5..06491d2a5f 100644
--- a/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/DynamicHttpServerTest.kt
+++ b/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/DynamicHttpServerTest.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class DynamicHttpServerTest {
     private val dynamicServer: DynamicHttpServer = DynamicHttpServer(JettyServletAdapter())
 
     @BeforeAll fun `Set up mock services`() {
+        SerializationManager.formats = setOf(Json)
         dynamicServer.start()
     }
 
diff --git a/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/StateHttpClientTest.kt b/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/StateHttpClientTest.kt
index f05f2fcb98..96881323fb 100644
--- a/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/StateHttpClientTest.kt
+++ b/http/rest_tools/src/test/kotlin/com/hexagonkt/rest/tools/StateHttpClientTest.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import com.hexagonkt.http.model.HttpMethod.PUT
 import com.hexagonkt.http.model.HttpResponsePort
 import com.hexagonkt.http.model.OK_200
 import com.hexagonkt.http.server.jetty.JettyServletAdapter
+import com.hexagonkt.serialization.SerializationManager
+import com.hexagonkt.serialization.jackson.json.Json
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ internal class StateHttpClientTest {
     private val text = ContentType(TEXT_PLAIN)
 
     @BeforeAll fun `Set up mock services`() {
+        SerializationManager.formats = setOf(Json)
         server.start()
     }
 
diff --git a/serverless/serverless_http_google/build.gradle.kts b/serverless/serverless_http_google/build.gradle.kts
index 4d680dcae5..f126f4f5bb 100644
--- a/serverless/serverless_http_google/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/serverless/serverless_http_google/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/kotlin.gradle")
-//apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle")
+apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/publish.gradle")
 apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/dokka.gradle")
 apply(from = "$rootDir/gradle/detekt.gradle")
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 989d4816f4..b1b8133e2e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     versionCatalogs {
         create("libs") {
             // Build
-            version("kotlin", "2.0.0")
+            version("kotlin", "2.0.20-RC")
             version("dokka", "1.9.20")
             version("licenseReport", "2.8")
-            version("binValidator", "0.15.0-Beta.2")
+            version("binValidator", "0.16.3")
             version("nativeTools", "0.10.2")
             version("detekt", "1.23.6")
             version("jmhGradle", "0.7.2")
-            version("gradleWrapper", "8.8")
-            version("mkdocsMaterial", "9.5.27")
+            version("gradleWrapper", "8.9")
+            version("mkdocsMaterial", "9.5.31")
             version("mermaidDokka", "0.6.0")
             version("maven", "3.9.8")
 
             // Testing
-            version("junit", "5.10.2")
-            version("mockk", "1.13.11")
+            version("junit", "5.10.3")
+            version("mockk", "1.13.12")
             // TODO Latest version breaks stress test (consider using JMeter)
             //version("gatling", "3.11.3")
             version("gatling", "3.10.5")
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             version("slf4j", "2.0.13")
 
             // http_server_netty
-            version("netty", "4.1.111.Final")
+            version("netty", "4.1.112.Final")
             version("nettyTcNative", "2.0.65.Final")
 
             // http_server_helidon
-            version("helidon", "4.0.10")
+            version("helidon", "4.0.11")
 
             // http_server_servlet
             version("servlet", "6.0.0")
-            version("jetty", "12.0.10")
+            version("jetty", "12.0.12")
 
             // rest_tools
             version("swaggerRequestValidator", "2.41.0")
 
             // serialization
-            version("jackson", "2.17.1")
+            version("jackson", "2.17.2")
             version("dslJson", "2.0.2")
 
             // serverless_http_google
diff --git a/site/build.gradle.kts b/site/build.gradle.kts
index a1b08dd27a..731e78b53f 100644
--- a/site/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/site/build.gradle.kts
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ tasks.register("installMkDocs") {
         exec { commandLine("python -m venv $venv".split(" ")) }
         exec { commandLine("$venv/bin/pip install mkdocs-material==$mkdocsMaterialVersion".split(" ")) }
         exec { commandLine("$venv/bin/pip install mkdocs-htmlproofer-plugin".split(" ")) }
+        exec { commandLine("$venv/bin/pip install mike".split(" ")) }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/site/mkdocs.yml b/site/mkdocs.yml
index fe59520381..b31a46ff8c 100644
--- a/site/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/site/mkdocs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 dev_addr: 127.0.0.1:8000
 
 site_name: Hexagon
-site_url: https://hexagontk.com
+site_url: https://hexagontk.com/
 site_author: Hexagon Toolkit
 site_dir: build/site
 site_description: The atoms of your platform
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ extra:
     provider: google
     property: G-BEKWF2E4DJ
 
+#  version:
+#    provider: mike
+
   twitter_user: hexagontk
   social:
     - icon: fontawesome/brands/github
diff --git a/site/pages/gradle.md b/site/pages/gradle.md
index 909a59ee37..2fcc74371c 100644
--- a/site/pages/gradle.md
+++ b/site/pages/gradle.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ IDEs.
 ## Icons
 Create web icons (favicon and thumbnails for browsers/mobile) from SVG images (logos).
 
-For image rendering you will need [rsvg] (librsvg2-bin) and [imagemagick] installed in the
+For image rendering you will need [rsvg] (librsvg2-bin) and `imagemagick` installed in the
 development machine.
 
 To use it, apply `$gradleScripts/icons.gradle` to your `build.gradle.kts`.
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ To set up this script's parameters, check the [build variables section]. These h
 * iconsDirectory: directory inside `build` where icons will be generated. The default is `icons`.
 
 [rsvg]: https://github.com/GNOME/librsvg
-[imagemagick]: https://imagemagick.org/index.php
 
 ## Kotlin
 Adds Kotlin's Gradle plugin.