diff --git a/cannamanage-api/src/main/java/de/cannamanage/api/CannaManageApplication.java b/cannamanage-api/src/main/java/de/cannamanage/api/CannaManageApplication.java
index 68ec08b..3371942 100644
--- a/cannamanage-api/src/main/java/de/cannamanage/api/CannaManageApplication.java
+++ b/cannamanage-api/src/main/java/de/cannamanage/api/CannaManageApplication.java
@@ -2,17 +2,15 @@ package de.cannamanage.api;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
-import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
 
 /**
  * CannaManage Spring Boot application entry point.
- * REST controllers are deferred to Sprint 2.
- * Sprint 1 focus: compliance engine validation only.
+ * Sprint 2: REST API + Spring Security + OpenAPI.
+ *
+ * Entity scanning and repository detection handled automatically
+ * via scanBasePackages covering the full de.cannamanage hierarchy.
  */
 @SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages = "de.cannamanage")
-@EntityScan(basePackages = "de.cannamanage.domain.entity")
-@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "de.cannamanage.service.repository")
 public class CannaManageApplication {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b95a28d..4bbf916 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.4</version>
+        <version>4.0.6</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <!-- Dependency versions -->
-        <hibernate.version>6.5.3.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <flyway.version>10.15.0</flyway.version>
-        <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
-        <mockito.version>5.12.0</mockito.version>
         <!-- JaCoCo -->
         <jacoco.version>0.8.13</jacoco.version>
         <jacoco.minimum.coverage>1.00</jacoco.minimum.coverage>