diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1dedfecc..3e3bd942e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,31 +1,99 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-	<parent>
-		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.2.5</version>
-		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
-	</parent>
-	<groupId>com.jpmc</groupId>
-	<artifactId>midas-core</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.0</version>
-	<name>midas-core</name>
-	<description>Midas Core</description>
-	<properties>
-		<java.version>17</java.version>
-	</properties>
-	<dependencies>
-	</dependencies>
-
-	<build>
-		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-			</plugin>
-		</plugins>
-	</build>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
+                             https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>3.2.5</version>
+    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>com.jpmc</groupId>
+  <artifactId>midas-core</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.0</version>
+  <name>midas-core</name>
+  <description>Midas Core</description>
+
+  <properties>
+    <java.version>17</java.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <!-- Spring Data JPA -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Spring Web -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Spring for Kafka -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- H2 in-memory DB -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2.224</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Spring Boot test support (scope=test) -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+      <version>3.2.5</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Spring Kafka test utilities (scope=test) -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Testcontainers Kafka for integration tests (scope=test) -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kafka</artifactId>
+      <version>1.19.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <!-- Compiler plugin to target Java 17 -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.11.0</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <release>17</release>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Spring Boot maven plugin -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
 </project>
+