diff --git a/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle b/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle
index 4c7ba12ae..c51ce841f 100644
--- a/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/sda-commons-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ext {
   awaitalityVersion = '4.2.0'
   bouncycastleVersion = '1.78.1'
   logbackContribVersion = '0.1.5'
-  springBootVersion = '3.3.2'
+  springBootVersion = '3.3.3'
   springCloudVersion = '2023.0.3'
   scalaVersion = '2.13.14'
   swaggerCoreVersion = '2.2.22'
diff --git a/sda-commons-starter-kafka/src/main/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/kafka/SdaKafkaConsumerConfiguration.java b/sda-commons-starter-kafka/src/main/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/kafka/SdaKafkaConsumerConfiguration.java
index 86ccc83d8..c4ca93668 100644
--- a/sda-commons-starter-kafka/src/main/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/kafka/SdaKafkaConsumerConfiguration.java
+++ b/sda-commons-starter-kafka/src/main/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/kafka/SdaKafkaConsumerConfiguration.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ private ExponentialBackOffWithMaxRetries createDefaultRetryBackOff() {
     ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<String, ?> factory =
         new ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory<>();
     factory.setConsumerFactory(
-        new DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<>(kafkaProperties.buildConsumerProperties()));
+        new DefaultKafkaConsumerFactory<>(kafkaProperties.buildConsumerProperties(null)));
     factory.setRecordMessageConverter(new ByteArrayJsonMessageConverter(objectMapper));
     factory.getContainerProperties().setAckMode(AckMode.RECORD);
     // Please note that ConversionExceptions like mapping exception won't be retried and directly
diff --git a/sda-commons-starter-web/src/test/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/web/logging/JsonLoggingTest.java b/sda-commons-starter-web/src/test/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/web/logging/JsonLoggingTest.java
index ec72bb12d..c8276cbef 100644
--- a/sda-commons-starter-web/src/test/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/web/logging/JsonLoggingTest.java
+++ b/sda-commons-starter-web/src/test/java/org/sdase/commons/spring/boot/web/logging/JsonLoggingTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import org.assertj.core.api.InstanceOfAssertFactories;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ void shouldLogJsonUsingDifferentTimeStampFormat(CapturedOutput output)
     assertThat(output).asString().contains("Started JsonLoggingTest.LoggingTestApp");
     for (String json : jsonLines(output)) {
       Map<String, Object> jsonObjectMap =
-          new ObjectMapper().readValue(json, new TypeReference<Map<String, Object>>() {});
+          new ObjectMapper().readValue(json, new TypeReference<>() {});
       assertThat(jsonObjectMap).containsKeys("level", "logger", "timestamp", "message");
 
       assertThat(jsonObjectMap.get("timestamp"))
@@ -92,8 +93,31 @@ private List<String> jsonLines(CapturedOutput capturedOutput) {
   }
 
   private List<String> onlyConfigurableLogLines(List<String> logLines) {
+
+    // intentional in Spring Boot "to aid problem diagnosis", see
+    // https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/42006#issuecomment-2306512921
+    var intentionalSpringLogs =
+        Set.of(
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.joran",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.ConversionRuleModelHandler",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.ModelInterpretationContext",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.LoggerModelHandler",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.jul.LevelChangePropagator",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.AppenderModelHandler",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.classic.model.processor.RootLoggerModelHandler",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.AppenderRefModelHandler",
+            "INFO in ch.qos.logback.core.model.processor.DefaultProcessor",
+            "INFO in org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.SpringBootJoranConfigurator");
+
     return logLines.stream()
         // Logs that are written before any configuration is possible may be filtered here.
+        .filter(l -> intentionalSpringLogs.stream().noneMatch(l::contains))
+        // fixed in Spring Boot, not released yet, see
+        // https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/aea45b5013298dd6c970be3b7149d4390317baee
+        // this should be removed some day
+        .filter(l -> !l.contains("WARN in ch.qos.logback.core.joran.action.ConversionRuleAction"))
+        // logs before configuration end with a blank line
+        .filter(l -> !l.isEmpty())
         .toList();
   }