diff --git a/broker/pom.xml b/broker/pom.xml
index 0983c4c8599b..dcba060cbbd7 100644
--- a/broker/pom.xml
+++ b/broker/pom.xml
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfiguration.java b/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfiguration.java
index 4b13c6b9088d..64e3e10214d6 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfiguration.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfiguration.java
@@ -7,25 +7,27 @@
  */
 package io.camunda.zeebe.broker.exporter.context;
 
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
-import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
-import io.camunda.zeebe.exporter.api.ExporterException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser.Feature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.MapperFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.exporter.api.context.Configuration;
+import io.camunda.zeebe.util.ReflectUtil;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public final class ExporterConfiguration implements Configuration {
-  private static final Gson CONFIG_INSTANTIATOR = new GsonBuilder().create();
+public record ExporterConfiguration(String id, Map<String, Object> arguments)
+    implements Configuration {
 
-  private final String id;
-  private final Map<String, Object> arguments;
-
-  private JsonElement intermediateConfiguration;
-
-  public ExporterConfiguration(final String id, final Map<String, Object> arguments) {
-    this.id = id;
-    this.arguments = arguments;
-  }
+  // Accepts more lenient cases, such that the property "something" would match a field "someThing"
+  // Note however that if a field "something" and "someThing" are present, only one of them will be
+  // instantiated (the last declared one), using the last matching value.
+  private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER =
+      JsonMapper.builder()
+          .enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_ENUMS)
+          .enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_PROPERTIES)
+          .enable(MapperFeature.ACCEPT_CASE_INSENSITIVE_VALUES)
+          .enable(Feature.IGNORE_UNDEFINED, Feature.ALLOW_SINGLE_QUOTES)
+          .build();
 
   @Override
   public String getId() {
@@ -40,25 +42,9 @@ public Map<String, Object> getArguments() {
   @Override
   public <T> T instantiate(final Class<T> configClass) {
     if (arguments != null) {
-      return CONFIG_INSTANTIATOR.fromJson(getIntermediateConfiguration(), configClass);
+      return MAPPER.convertValue(arguments, configClass);
     } else {
-      try {
-        return configClass.newInstance();
-      } catch (final Exception e) {
-        throw new ExporterException(
-            "Unable to instantiate config class "
-                + configClass.getName()
-                + " with default constructor",
-            e);
-      }
+      return ReflectUtil.newInstance(configClass);
     }
   }
-
-  private JsonElement getIntermediateConfiguration() {
-    if (intermediateConfiguration == null) {
-      intermediateConfiguration = CONFIG_INSTANTIATOR.toJsonTree(arguments);
-    }
-
-    return intermediateConfiguration;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterDescriptor.java b/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterDescriptor.java
index 16d5dfa6f2ae..4577d52f5817 100644
--- a/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterDescriptor.java
+++ b/broker/src/main/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterDescriptor.java
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ public ExporterConfiguration getConfiguration() {
   }
 
   public String getId() {
-    return configuration.getId();
+    return configuration.id();
   }
 }
diff --git a/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfigurationTest.java b/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ebd6b0564c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/context/ExporterConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Camunda Services GmbH and/or licensed to Camunda Services GmbH under
+ * one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed
+ * with this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * Licensed under the Zeebe Community License 1.1. You may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the Zeebe Community License 1.1.
+ */
+package io.camunda.zeebe.broker.exporter.context;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.Execution;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.parallel.ExecutionMode;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
+
+@Execution(ExecutionMode.CONCURRENT)
+final class ExporterConfigurationTest {
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(strings = {"numberofshards", "numberOfShards", "NUMBEROFSHARDS"})
+  void shouldInstantiateConfigWithCaseInsensitiveProperties(final String property) {
+    // given
+    final var args = Map.<String, Object>of(property, 1);
+    final var expected = new Config(1);
+    final var config = new ExporterConfiguration("id", args);
+
+    // when
+    final var instance = config.instantiate(Config.class);
+
+    // then
+    assertThat(instance).isEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @ValueSource(strings = {"numberofshards", "numberOfShards", "NUMBEROFSHARDS"})
+  void shouldInstantiateNestedConfigWithCaseInsensitiveProperties(final String property) {
+    // given
+    final var args = Map.<String, Object>of("nested", Map.of(property, 1));
+    final var expected = new ContainerConfig(new Config(1));
+    final var config = new ExporterConfiguration("id", args);
+
+    // when
+    final var instance = config.instantiate(ContainerConfig.class);
+
+    // then
+    assertThat(instance).isEqualTo(expected);
+  }
+
+  private record Config(int numberOfShards) {}
+
+  private record ContainerConfig(Config nested) {}
+}
diff --git a/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterRepositoryTest.java b/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterRepositoryTest.java
index 61ccdc1c26de..1c45f97a6aae 100644
--- a/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterRepositoryTest.java
+++ b/broker/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/broker/exporter/repo/ExporterRepositoryTest.java
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ void shouldLoadExternalExporter(final @TempDir File tempDir) throws Exception {
 
     // then
     assertThat(config.isExternal()).isTrue();
-    assertThat(descriptor.getConfiguration().getArguments()).isEqualTo(config.getArgs());
-    assertThat(descriptor.getConfiguration().getId()).isEqualTo("exported");
+    assertThat(descriptor.getConfiguration().arguments()).isEqualTo(config.getArgs());
+    assertThat(descriptor.getConfiguration().id()).isEqualTo("exported");
     assertThat(descriptor.newInstance().getClass().getCanonicalName())
         .isEqualTo(ExternalExporter.EXPORTER_CLASS_NAME);
   }
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 9c7c5dbcfa4f..c876793ecc9f 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -606,12 +606,6 @@
         <version>${version.guava}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.gson}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.zeebe</groupId>
         <artifactId>zeebe-test-container</artifactId>
@@ -924,6 +918,13 @@
         <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
         <version>${version.hamcrest}</version>
       </dependency>
+
+      <!-- grpc-core & protobuf-java-util require different versions of gson -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        <version>${version.gson}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml b/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 0910b6e96eee..b1a915af9464 100644
--- a/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/qa/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -251,12 +251,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/qa/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/it/smoke/StandaloneBrokerIT.java b/qa/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/it/smoke/StandaloneBrokerIT.java
index 3fdf5b8afe18..70da58db7be7 100644
--- a/qa/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/it/smoke/StandaloneBrokerIT.java
+++ b/qa/integration-tests/src/test/java/io/camunda/zeebe/it/smoke/StandaloneBrokerIT.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
-import org.springframework.boot.web.server.LocalServerPort;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.server.LocalServerPort;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringExtension;