diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 38d092c..426a852 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>10.25.1</version>
+								<version>10.26.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.26.0</version>
+						<version>3.27.0</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<includeTests>true</includeTests>
 							<printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>
diff --git a/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml b/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml
index a60f3ec..386c689 100644
--- a/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 		<mainClass>software.xdev.vaadin.Application</mainClass>
 
 		<!-- Dependency-Versions -->
-		<vaadin.version>24.7.6</vaadin.version>
+		<vaadin.version>24.8.0</vaadin.version>
 
 		<org.springframework.boot.version>3.5.3</org.springframework.boot.version>
 	</properties>
@@ -62,10 +62,35 @@
 			<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>vaadin-core</artifactId>
 			<exclusions>
+				<!-- No Hilla is used -->
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hilla-dev</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+					<artifactId>copilot</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<!-- Lumo is used instead -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+					<artifactId>vaadin-material-theme</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<!-- React is not enabled and thus not required -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+					<artifactId>flow-react</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<!-- There is like 10 people on the planet that need this by default -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+					<artifactId>collaboration-engine</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<!-- No Wildfly used here -->
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.vaadin.servletdetector</groupId>
+					<artifactId>throw-if-servlet3</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -79,6 +104,7 @@
 			<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>vaadin-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 			<exclusions>
+				<!-- No Hilla is used -->
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
 					<artifactId>hilla</artifactId>
@@ -122,6 +148,30 @@
 						</goals>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<!-- Can only be true if hilla is used -->
+					<!-- Takes a few seconds to scan everything for hilla -->
+					<frontendHotdeploy>false</frontendHotdeploy>
+					<!-- Prevent scanning for react (not used) -->
+					<reactEnable>false</reactEnable>
+					<!-- Only scan required -->
+					<frontendScanner>
+						<includes>
+							<include>
+								<groupId>software.xdev</groupId>
+								<artifactId>*vaadin*</artifactId>
+							</include>
+							<include>
+								<groupId>com.vaadin</groupId>
+							</include>
+						</includes>
+						<excludes>
+							<exclude>
+								<groupId>com.vaadin.external*</groupId>
+							</exclude>
+						</excludes>
+					</frontendScanner>
+				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/template-placeholder/pom.xml b/template-placeholder/pom.xml
index 04f57df..59b763f 100644
--- a/template-placeholder/pom.xml
+++ b/template-placeholder/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<!-- Dependency-Versions -->
-		<vaadin.version>24.7.6</vaadin.version>
+		<vaadin.version>24.8.0</vaadin.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 							<dependency>
 								<groupId>com.puppycrawl.tools</groupId>
 								<artifactId>checkstyle</artifactId>
-								<version>10.25.1</version>
+								<version>10.26.0</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 						<configuration>
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-pmd-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.26.0</version>
+						<version>3.27.0</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<includeTests>true</includeTests>
 							<printFailingErrors>true</printFailingErrors>