diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3d71b46..de65d72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       fqcn: 'middleware_automation/keycloak'
       molecule_tests: >-
-          [ "default", "overridexml", "https_revproxy", "quarkus", "quarkus-devmode", "quarkus_upgrade", "debian", "quarkus_ha" ]
+        [ "default", "overridexml", "https_revproxy", "quarkus", "quarkus-devmode", "quarkus_upgrade", "debian", "quarkus_ha" ]
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 21ddc18..95b60ed 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ virtualenv $PATH_TO_DEV_VIRTUALENV
 # activate the virtual env
 source $PATH_TO_DEV_VIRTUALENV/bin/activate
 # install ansible and tools onto the virtualenv
-pip install yamllint 'molecule>=6.0' 'molecule-plugins[docker]' 'ansible-core>=2.15' ansible-lint
+pip install yamllint 'molecule>=6.0' 'molecule-plugins[docker]' 'ansible-core>=2.16' ansible-lint
 # install collection dependencies
 ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml
 # install python dependencies
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e8c289e..9e9867d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Collection to install and configure [Keycloak](https://www.keycloak.org/) or [Re
 <!--start requires_ansible-->
 ## Ansible version compatibility
 
-This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.15.0**.
+This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: **>=2.16.0**.
 
 Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions. A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions.
 <!--end requires_ansible-->
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index c8f8e2d..303f3a6 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 antsibull>=0.17.0
 antsibull-docs
 antsibull-changelog
-ansible-core>=2.14.1
+ansible-core>=2.16.0
 ansible-pygments
 sphinx-rtd-theme
 git+https://github.com/felixfontein/ansible-basic-sphinx-ext
diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
index a782353..76c46c4 100644
--- a/galaxy.yml
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 namespace: middleware_automation
 name: keycloak
-version: "2.4.3"
+version: "3.0.0"
 readme: README.md
 authors:
   - Romain Pelisse <rpelisse@redhat.com>
diff --git a/meta/runtime.yml b/meta/runtime.yml
index 1e85b01..49c7554 100644
--- a/meta/runtime.yml
+++ b/meta/runtime.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-requires_ansible: ">=2.15.0"
+requires_ansible: ">=2.16.0"
diff --git a/molecule/debian/converge.yml b/molecule/debian/converge.yml
index 1a7d267..e853b38 100644
--- a/molecule/debian/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/debian/converge.yml
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@
   hosts: all
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: instance
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: http://instance:8080
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_start_dev: true
     keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode: none
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
     - role: keycloak_realm
+      keycloak_url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname }}"
       keycloak_context: ''
+      keycloak_admin_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}"
+      keycloak_admin_password: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password }}"
       keycloak_client_users:
         - username: TestUser
           password: password
diff --git a/molecule/debian/prepare.yml b/molecule/debian/prepare.yml
index 6025ef9..267386e 100644
--- a/molecule/debian/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/debian/prepare.yml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         name:
           - sudo
+          # - openjdk-21-jdk-headless # this is not available in ghcr.io/hspaans/molecule-containers:debian-11 (neither in debian-12) since the images are using outdated package sources
           - openjdk-17-jdk-headless
         state: present
diff --git a/molecule/debian/verify.yml b/molecule/debian/verify.yml
index 59bf483..863b820 100644
--- a/molecule/debian/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/debian/verify.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
     keycloak_uri: "http://localhost:{{ 8080 + ( keycloak_jboss_port_offset | default(0) ) }}"
     keycloak_management_port: "http://localhost:{{ 9990 + ( keycloak_jboss_port_offset | default(0) ) }}"
     keycloak_jboss_port_offset: 10
diff --git a/molecule/default/converge.yml b/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 417713f..de97748 100644
--- a/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   hosts: all
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: instance
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: http://instance:8080
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_log_level: debug
     keycloak_quarkus_log_target: /tmp/keycloak
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
     - role: keycloak_realm
+      keycloak_url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname }}"
       keycloak_context: ''
+      keycloak_admin_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}"
+      keycloak_admin_password: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password }}"
       keycloak_client_users:
         - username: TestUser
           password: password
diff --git a/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index c133eee..011c08e 100644
--- a/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init:latest
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
     privileged: true
     command: "/usr/sbin/init"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ platforms:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8443/tcp"
       - "8009/tcp"
+      - "9000/tcp"
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   config_options:
diff --git a/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 899dabd..eefd5cf 100644
--- a/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     - name: Download keycloak archive to controller directory
       ansible.builtin.get_url: # noqa risky-file-permissions delegated, uses controller host user
-        url: https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/24.0.5/keycloak-24.0.5.zip
+        url: https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/26.0.7/keycloak-26.0.7.zip
         dest: /tmp/keycloak
         mode: '0640'
       delegate_to: localhost
diff --git a/molecule/default/verify.yml b/molecule/default/verify.yml
index b880105..ae21396 100644
--- a/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
     keycloak_uri: "http://localhost:8080"
   tasks:
     - name: Populate service facts
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: "{{ keycloak_uri }}/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token"
         method: POST
-        body: "client_id=admin-cli&username=admin&password={{ keycloak_admin_password }}&grant_type=password"
+        body: "client_id=admin-cli&username={{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}&password={{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}&grant_type=password"
         validate_certs: no
       register: keycloak_auth_response
       until: keycloak_auth_response.status == 200
diff --git a/molecule/https_revproxy/converge.yml b/molecule/https_revproxy/converge.yml
index b490721..92994fa 100644
--- a/molecule/https_revproxy/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/https_revproxy/converge.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@
   hosts: all
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_realm: TestRealm
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: instance
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: https://proxy
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled: True
     keycloak_quarkus_http_port: 8080
     keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode: edge
     keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path: /
-    keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url: https://proxy/
+    keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url: http://proxy:8080/realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
diff --git a/molecule/https_revproxy/molecule.yml b/molecule/https_revproxy/molecule.yml
index 48bf375..7ad8db8 100644
--- a/molecule/https_revproxy/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/https_revproxy/molecule.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init:latest
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
     privileged: true
     command: "/usr/sbin/init"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ platforms:
     published_ports:
       - 0.0.0.0:8080:8080/tcp
   - name: proxy
-    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init:latest
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
     privileged: true
     command: "/usr/sbin/init"
diff --git a/molecule/overridexml/molecule.yml b/molecule/overridexml/molecule.yml
index c133eee..011c08e 100644
--- a/molecule/overridexml/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/overridexml/molecule.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init:latest
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
     privileged: true
     command: "/usr/sbin/init"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ platforms:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8443/tcp"
       - "8009/tcp"
+      - "9000/tcp"
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   config_options:
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus-devmode/converge.yml b/molecule/quarkus-devmode/converge.yml
index 2e5d351..6c0b14f 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus-devmode/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus-devmode/converge.yml
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@
   hosts: all
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
     keycloak_realm: TestRealm
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
-    keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url: 'http://localhost:8080/'
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: 'http://localhost:8080'
     keycloak_quarkus_start_dev: True
     keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode: none
     keycloak_quarkus_java_home: /opt/openjdk/
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
     - role: keycloak_realm
+      keycloak_url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname }}"
       keycloak_context: ''
+      keycloak_admin_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}"
+      keycloak_admin_password: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password }}"
       keycloak_client_default_roles:
         - TestRoleAdmin
         - TestRoleUser
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus-devmode/molecule.yml b/molecule/quarkus-devmode/molecule.yml
index 191234d..2da7e01 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus-devmode/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus-devmode/molecule.yml
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init:latest
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
     privileged: true
     command: "/usr/sbin/init"
     port_bindings:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8009/tcp"
+      - "9000/tcp"
     published_ports:
       - 0.0.0.0:8080:8080/tcp
+      - 0.0.0.0:9000:9000/TCP
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   config_options:
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml b/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
index 0860a42..b7c15e1 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/converge.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
   hosts: all
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
     keycloak_realm: TestRealm
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: instance
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: https://instance:8443
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_log_level: debug # needed for the verify step
     keycloak_quarkus_https_key_file_enabled: true
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     keycloak_quarkus_systemd_wait_for_timeout: 20
     keycloak_quarkus_systemd_wait_for_delay: 2
     keycloak_quarkus_systemd_wait_for_log: true
+    keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check: false # would fail because of self-signed cert
     keycloak_quarkus_providers:
       - id: http-client
         spi: connections
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
           repository_url: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/ # https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.keycloak/keycloak-kerberos-federation/24.0.4
           group_id: org.keycloak
           artifact_id: keycloak-kerberos-federation
-          version: 24.0.5 # optional
+          version: 26.0.7 # optional
           # username: myUser # optional
           # password: myPAT # optional
       # - id: my-static-theme
@@ -51,7 +52,10 @@
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
     - role: keycloak_realm
+      keycloak_url: http://instance:8080
       keycloak_context: ''
+      keycloak_admin_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}"
+      keycloak_admin_password: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password }}"
       keycloak_client_default_roles:
         - TestRoleAdmin
         - TestRoleUser
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/molecule.yml b/molecule/quarkus/molecule.yml
index c04e300..cf975e5 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/molecule.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ driver:
   name: docker
 platforms:
   - name: instance
-    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-init:latest
+    image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
     privileged: true
     command: "/usr/sbin/init"
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ platforms:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8443/tcp"
       - "8009/tcp"
+      - "9000/tcp"
     published_ports:
       - 0.0.0.0:8443:8443/tcp
 provisioner:
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ provisioner:
         ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"
   env:
     ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
+    PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY: 0
 verifier:
   name: ansible
 scenario:
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml b/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml
index 21a0f30..d8ef369 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/prepare.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     - name: Make sure a jre is available (for keytool to prepare keystore)
       delegate_to: localhost
       ansible.builtin.package:
-        name: "{{ 'java-17-openjdk-headless' if hera_home | length > 0 else 'openjdk-17-jdk-headless' }}"
+        name: "{{ 'java-21-openjdk-headless' if hera_home | length > 0 else 'openjdk-21-jdk-headless' }}"
         state: present
       become: true
       failed_when: false
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus/verify.yml b/molecule/quarkus/verify.yml
index 63769dc..1d9d2c3 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus/verify.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: all
   vars:
-     keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
   tasks:
     - name: Populate service facts
       ansible.builtin.service_facts:
@@ -35,10 +36,10 @@
         - name: Verify endpoint URLs
           ansible.builtin.assert:
             that:
-              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)["backchannel_authentication_endpoint"] == 'https://instance/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/ext/ciba/auth'
-              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)['issuer'] == 'https://instance/realms/master'
-              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)['authorization_endpoint'] == 'https://instance/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/auth'
-              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)['token_endpoint'] == 'https://instance/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token'
+              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)["backchannel_authentication_endpoint"] == 'https://instance:8443/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/ext/ciba/auth'
+              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)['issuer'] == 'https://instance:8443/realms/master'
+              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)['authorization_endpoint'] == 'https://instance:8443/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/auth'
+              - (openid_config.stdout | from_json)['token_endpoint'] == 'https://instance:8443/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token'
           delegate_to: localhost
 
     - name: Check log folder
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: "https://instance:8443/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token"
         method: POST
-        body: "client_id=admin-cli&username=admin&password={{ keycloak_admin_password }}&grant_type=password"
+        body: "client_id=admin-cli&username={{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}&password={{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password}}&grant_type=password"
         validate_certs: no
       register: keycloak_auth_response
       until: keycloak_auth_response.status == 200
@@ -101,8 +102,8 @@
     - name: "Get Clients"
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: "https://instance:8443/admin/realms/TestRealm/clients"
+        validate_certs: false
         headers:
-          validate_certs: false
           Authorization: "Bearer {{ keycloak_auth_response.json.access_token }}"
       register: keycloak_clients
 
@@ -113,15 +114,15 @@
     - name: "Get Client {{ keycloak_client_uuid }}"
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: "https://instance:8443/admin/realms/TestRealm/clients/{{ keycloak_client_uuid }}"
+        validate_certs: false
         headers:
-          validate_certs: false
           Authorization: "Bearer {{ keycloak_auth_response.json.access_token }}"
       register: keycloak_test_client
 
     - name: "Get Client roles"
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: "https://instance:8443/admin/realms/TestRealm/clients/{{ keycloak_client_uuid }}/roles"
+        validate_certs: false
         headers:
-          validate_certs: false
           Authorization: "Bearer {{ keycloak_auth_response.json.access_token }}"
-      register: keycloak_test_client_roles
\ No newline at end of file
+      register: keycloak_test_client_roles
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_ha/converge.yml b/molecule/quarkus_ha/converge.yml
index 00246b8..fa5314f 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_ha/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_ha/converge.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
   hosts: keycloak
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_realm: TestRealm
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: "http://{{ inventory_hostname }}:8080"
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_log_level: info
     keycloak_quarkus_https_key_file_enabled: true
@@ -25,6 +24,6 @@
     keycloak_quarkus_restart_strategy: restart/serial.yml
     keycloak_quarkus_db_user: keycloak
     keycloak_quarkus_db_pass: mysecretpass
-    keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_url: jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/keycloak
+    keycloak_quarkus_db_url: jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/keycloak
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_ha/molecule.yml b/molecule/quarkus_ha/molecule.yml
index 8e07e0f..ed09971 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_ha/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_ha/molecule.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ platforms:
     port_bindings:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8443/tcp"
+      - "9000/tcp"
   - name: instance2
     image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/ubi-init:latest
     pre_build_image: true
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ platforms:
     port_bindings:
       - "8080/tcp"
       - "8443/tcp"
+      - "9000/tcp"
   - name: postgres
     image: ubuntu/postgres:14-22.04_beta
     pre_build_image: true
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ provisioner:
         ansible_python_interpreter: "{{ ansible_playbook_python }}"
   env:
     ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "true"
+    PYTHONHTTPSVERIFY: 0
 verifier:
   name: ansible
 scenario:
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/converge.yml b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/converge.yml
index 6025b7c..9b57436 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/converge.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
     - vars.yml
   vars:
     keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings: false
-    keycloak_quarkus_version: 24.0.3
+    keycloak_quarkus_version: 26.0.7
   roles:
     - role: keycloak_quarkus
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/molecule.yml b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/molecule.yml
index 77f687f..21782e8 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/molecule.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/molecule.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ platforms:
     privileged: true
     port_bindings:
       - 8080:8080
+      - "9000/tcp"
     published_ports:
       - 0.0.0.0:8080:8080/TCP
+      - 0.0.0.0:9000:9000/TCP
 provisioner:
   name: ansible
   playbooks:
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/prepare.yml b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/prepare.yml
index bebfc68..a6892e3 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/prepare.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     - vars.yml
   vars:
     sudo_pkg_name: sudo
-    keycloak_quarkus_version: 23.0.7
+    keycloak_quarkus_version: 24.0.5
   pre_tasks:
     - name: Install sudo
       ansible.builtin.apt:
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/vars.yml b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/vars.yml
index 81d56b5..1567ae4 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/vars.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/vars.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 keycloak_quarkus_offline_install: false
-keycloak_quarkus_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
-keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
+keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
 keycloak_quarkus_realm: TestRealm
-keycloak_quarkus_host: instance
+keycloak_quarkus_hostname: http://instance:8080
 keycloak_quarkus_log: file
 keycloak_quarkus_https_key_file_enabled: true
 keycloak_quarkus_log_target: /tmp/keycloak
diff --git a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/verify.yml b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/verify.yml
index f5edfd0..1c4a0ba 100644
--- a/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/quarkus_upgrade/verify.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 - name: Verify
   hosts: instance
   vars:
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
     keycloak_quarkus_port: http://localhost:8080
   tasks:
     - name: Populate service facts
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
     - name: Verify we are running on requested jvm
       ansible.builtin.shell: |
         set -eo pipefail
-        ps -ef | grep 'etc/alternatives/.*17' | grep -v grep
+        ps -ef | grep 'etc/alternatives/.*21' | grep -v grep
       changed_when: false
 
     - name: Verify token api call
       ansible.builtin.uri:
         url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_port }}/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token"
         method: POST
-        body: "client_id=admin-cli&username=admin&password={{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_password }}&grant_type=password"
+        body: "client_id=admin-cli&username=admin&password={{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password }}&grant_type=password"
         validate_certs: no
       register: keycloak_auth_response
       until: keycloak_auth_response.status == 200
diff --git a/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus.yml b/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus.yml
index f2649a5..b8aedf2 100644
--- a/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus.yml
+++ b/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 - name: Playbook for Keycloak X Hosts with HTTPS enabled
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: localhost
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: http://localhost
     keycloak_quarkus_port: 8443
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode: none
diff --git a/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus_dev.yml b/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus_dev.yml
index 533db79..c8bb54e 100644
--- a/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus_dev.yml
+++ b/playbooks/keycloak_quarkus_dev.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 - name: Playbook for Keycloak X Hosts in develop mode
   hosts: all
   vars:
-    keycloak_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
-    keycloak_quarkus_host: localhost
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password: "remembertochangeme"
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: http://localhost
     keycloak_quarkus_port: 8080
     keycloak_quarkus_log: file
     keycloak_quarkus_start_dev: true
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml b/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml
index cfa9a3f..137111f 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/defaults/main.yml
@@ -118,3 +118,7 @@ keycloak_no_log: true
 
 ### logging configuration
 keycloak_log_target: /var/log/keycloak
+
+# locations
+keycloak_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_http_port + keycloak_jboss_port_offset }}"
+keycloak_management_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port + keycloak_jboss_port_offset }}"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/meta/main.yml b/roles/keycloak/meta/main.yml
index a27afb8..59499e6 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/meta/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ galaxy_info:
 
   license: Apache License 2.0
 
-  min_ansible_version: "2.15"
+  min_ansible_version: "2.16"
 
   platforms:
     - name: EL
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_cli.yml b/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_cli.yml
index fd41dd6..e40dec8 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_cli.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_cli.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 - name: Ensure required params for CLI have been provided
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
-      - query is defined
+      - cli_query is defined
     fail_msg: "Missing required parameters to execute CLI."
     quiet: true
 
-- name: "Execute CLI query: {{ query }}"
+- name: "Execute CLI query: {{ cli_query }}"
   ansible.builtin.command: >
-    {{ keycloak.cli_path }} --connect --command='{{ query }}' --controller={{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port }}
+    {{ keycloak.cli_path }} --connect --command='{{ cli_query }}' --controller={{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port }}
   changed_when: false
   register: cli_result
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_patch.yml b/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_patch.yml
index e7ac3f0..23d75bf 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_patch.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/tasks/rhsso_patch.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 - name: "Check installed patches"
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rhsso_cli.yml
   vars:
-    query: "patch info"
+    cli_query: "patch info"
   args:
     apply:
       become: true
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     - name: "Apply patch {{ patch_version }} to server"
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rhsso_cli.yml
       vars:
-        query: "patch apply {{ patch_archive }}"
+        cli_query: "patch apply {{ patch_archive }}"
       args:
         apply:
           become: true
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     - name: "Restart server to ensure patch content is running"
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rhsso_cli.yml
       vars:
-        query: "shutdown --restart"
+        cli_query: "shutdown --restart"
       when:
         - cli_result.rc == 0
       args:
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     - name: "Query installed patch after restart"
       ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rhsso_cli.yml
       vars:
-        query: "patch info"
+        cli_query: "patch info"
       args:
         apply:
           become: true
diff --git a/roles/keycloak/vars/main.yml b/roles/keycloak/vars/main.yml
index 7f7dfd1..fe706db 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak/vars/main.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ---
 # internal variables below
 
-# locations
-keycloak_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_http_port + keycloak_jboss_port_offset }}"
-keycloak_management_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port + keycloak_jboss_port_offset }}"
 
 
 keycloak:
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
index 034c021..7f93a9f 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Role Defaults
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_version`| keycloak.org package version | `24.0.5` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_version`| keycloak.org package version | `26.0.7` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_offline_install` | Perform an offline install | `False`|
 |`keycloak_quarkus_dest`| Installation root path | `/opt/keycloak` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_download_url` | Download URL for keycloak | `https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}/{{ keycloak_quarkus_archive }}` |
@@ -44,45 +44,27 @@ Role Defaults
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_user`| Administration console user account | `admin` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_bind_address`| Address for binding service ports | `0.0.0.0` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_host`| Hostname for the Keycloak server | `localhost` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_port`| The port used by the proxy when exposing the hostname | `-1` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_path`| This should be set if proxy uses a different context-path for Keycloak | |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_http_port`| HTTP listening port | `8080` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_port`| TLS HTTP listening port | `8443` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ajp_port`| AJP port | `8009` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user`| Administration console user account | `admin` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_user`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user` instead. | |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_bind_address`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_http_host` instead |  `0.0.0.0` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_host`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_hostname` instead. | |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_port`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_hostname` instead. | |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_path`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_hostname` instead. | |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_user`| Posix account username | `keycloak` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_group`| Posix account group | `keycloak` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_restart_always`| systemd restart always behavior activation | `False` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_restart_on_failure`| systemd restart on-failure behavior activation | `False` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_service_restartsec`| systemd RestartSec | `10s` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package`| RHEL java package runtime | `java-17-openjdk-headless` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package`| RHEL java package runtime | `java-21-openjdk-headless` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_java_home`| JAVA_HOME of installed JRE, leave empty for using specified keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package RPM path | `None` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_java_heap_opts`| Heap memory JVM setting | `-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_java_jvm_opts`| Other JVM settings | same as keycloak |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_java_opts`| JVM arguments; if overridden, it takes precedence over `keycloak_quarkus_java_*` | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_java_heap_opts + ' ' + keycloak_quarkus_java_jvm_opts }}` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_additional_env_vars` | List of additional env variables of { key: str, value: str} to be put in sysconfig file | `[]` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url`| Set the base URL for frontend URLs, including scheme, host, port and path | |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_url`| Set the base URL for accessing the administration console, including scheme, host, port and path | |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path` | Set the path relative to / for serving resources. The path must start with a / | `/` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled`| Enable listener on HTTP port | `True` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url_path`| Path to the health check endpoint; scheme, host and keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path will be prepended automatically | `realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_file_enabled`| Enable listener on HTTPS port | `False` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_key_file_copy_enabled`| Enable copy of key file to target host | `False` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_key_content`| Content of the TLS private key. Use `"{{ lookup('file', 'server.key.pem') }}"` to lookup a file. | `""` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_key_file`| The file path to a private key in PEM format | `/etc/pki/tls/private/server.key.pem` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_copy_enabled`| Enable copy of cert file to target host | `False`|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_src`| Set the source file path | `""` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file`| The file path to a server certificate or certificate chain in PEM format | `/etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt.pem` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_enabled`| Enable configuration of HTTPS via a key store | `False` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_key_store_file`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_file` instead. ||
-|`keycloak_quarkus_key_store_password`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_password` instead.||
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_file`| The file path to the key store | `{{ keycloak.home }}/conf/key_store.p12` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_password`| Password for the key store | `""` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_enabled`| Enable configuration of the https trust store | `False` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_file`| The file path to the trust store | `{{ keycloak.home }}/conf/trust_store.p12` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_password`| Password for the trust store | `""` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_hostname` instead. | |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_url`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin` instead. | |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url`| Full URL (including scheme, host, path, fragment etc.) used for health check endpoint; keycloak_quarkus_hostname will NOT be prepended; helpful when health checks should happen against http port, but keycloak_quarkus_hostname uses https scheme per default | `` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url_path`| Path to the health check endpoint; keycloak_quarkus_hostname will be prepended automatically; Note that keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url takes precedence over this property | `realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_proxy_headers`| Parse reverse proxy headers (`forwarded` or `xforwarded`) | `""` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_config_key_store_file`| Path to the configuration key store; only used if `keycloak_quarkus_keystore_password` is not empty  | `{{ keycloak.home }}/conf/conf_store.p12` if `keycloak_quarkus_keystore_password != ''`, else `''` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_config_key_store_password`| Password of the configuration keystore; if non-empty, `keycloak_quarkus_db_pass` will be saved to the keystore at `keycloak_quarkus_config_key_store_file` instead of being written to the configuration file in clear text | `""` |
@@ -106,7 +88,7 @@ Role Defaults
 |`keycloak_quarkus_restart_strategy`| Strategy task file for restarting in HA (one of provided restart/['serial.yml','none.yml','serial_then_parallel.yml']) or path to file when providing custom strategy | `restart/serial.yml` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check`| Whether to wait for successful health check after restart | `true` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_delay`| Seconds to let pass before starting healch checks | `10` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_reries`| Number of attempts for successful health check before failing | `25` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_retries`| Number of attempts for successful health check before failing | `25` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_restart_pause`| Seconds to wait between restarts in HA strategy | `15` |
 
 
@@ -114,49 +96,67 @@ Role Defaults
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path`| Set the path relative to / for serving resources. The path must start with a / | `/` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_hostname`| Address at which is the server exposed. Can be a full URL, or just a hostname. When only hostname is provided, scheme, port and context path are resolved from the request. | |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin`| Set the base URL for accessing the administration console, including scheme, host, port and path | |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict`| Disables dynamically resolving the hostname from request headers | `true` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel`| By default backchannel URLs are dynamically resolved from request headers to allow internal and external applications. If all applications use the public URL this option should be enabled. | `false` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic`| Enables dynamic resolving of backchannel URLs, including hostname, scheme, port and context path. Set to true if your application accesses Keycloak via a private network. If set to true, hostname option needs to be specified as a full URL. | `false` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel`| Deprecated, use (the inverted!)`keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic` instead. |  |
+
+
+#### HTTP(S) configuration
+| Variable | Description | Default |
+|:---------|:------------|:--------|
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path`| Set the path relative to / for serving resources. The path must start with a / | `/` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_host`| The http host, ie. the address used to bind the service |  `0.0.0.0` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_port`| HTTP listening port | `8080` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_port`| TLS HTTP listening port | `8443` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_management_port`| Port of the management interface. Relevant only when something is exposed on the management interface - see the guide for details. | `9000` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_file`| The file path to the key store | `{{ keycloak.home }}/conf/key_store.p12` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_password`| Password for the key store | `""` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_enabled`| Enable configuration of the https trust store | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_file`| The file path to the trust store | `{{ keycloak.home }}/conf/trust_store.p12` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_password`| Password for the trust store | `""` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_file_enabled`| Enable listener on HTTPS port | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_key_file_copy_enabled`| Enable copy of key file to target host | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_key_content`| Content of the TLS private key. Use `"{{ lookup('file', 'server.key.pem') }}"` to lookup a file. | `""` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_key_file`| The file path to a private key in PEM format | `/etc/pki/tls/private/server.key.pem` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_copy_enabled`| Enable copy of cert file to target host | `False`|
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_src`| Set the source file path | `""` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cert_file`| The file path to a server certificate or certificate chain in PEM format | `/etc/pki/tls/certs/server.crt.pem` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_enabled`| Enable configuration of HTTPS via a key store | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_key_store_file`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_file` instead. ||
+|`keycloak_quarkus_key_store_password`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_https_key_store_password` instead.||
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path` | Set the path relative to / for serving resources. The path must start with a / | `/` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path` | Set the path relative to / for serving resources from management interface. The path must start with a /. If not given, the value is inherited from HTTP options. Relevant only when something is exposed on the management interface - see the guide for details. | `/` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled`| Enable listener on HTTP port | `True` |
 
 
 #### Database configuration
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine` | Database engine [mariadb,postres,mssql] | `postgres` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_db_engine` | Database engine [mariadb,postres,mssql] | `postgres` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_db_user` | User for database connection | `keycloak-user` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_db_pass` | Password for database connection | `keycloak-pass` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_url` | JDBC URL for connecting to database | `jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/keycloak` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_driver_version` | Version for JDBC driver | `9.4.1212` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_db_url` | JDBC URL for connecting to database | `jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/keycloak` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_db_driver_version` | Version for JDBC engine driver | `9.4.1212` |
 
 
-#### Remote caches configuration
+#### Cache configuration
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_user` | Username for connecting to infinispan | `supervisor` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_pass` | Password for connecting to infinispan | `supervisor` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_hosts` | host name/port for connecting to infinispan, eg. host1:11222;host2:11222 | `localhost:11222` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_sasl_mechanism` | Infinispan auth mechanism | `SCRAM-SHA-512` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_use_ssl` | Whether infinispan uses TLS connection | `false` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_path` | Path to infinispan server trust certificate | `/etc/pki/java/cacerts` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_password` | Password for infinispan certificate keystore | `changeit` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_username` | Username for connecting to infinispan | `supervisor` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_password` | Password for connecting to infinispan | `supervisor` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_host` | host name/port for connecting to infinispan, eg. host1:11222;host2:11222 | `localhost:11222` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_sasl_mechanism` | Infinispan auth mechanism | `SCRAM-SHA-512` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_tls_enabled` | Whether infinispan uses TLS connection | `false` |
 
 
-#### Miscellaneous configuration
+#### Logging configuration
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_metrics_enabled`| Whether to enable metrics | `False` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled`| If the server should expose health check endpoints | `True` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_archive` | keycloak install archive filename | `keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}.zip` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_installdir` | Installation path | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_dest }}/keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_home` | Installation work directory | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_installdir }}` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_config_dir` | Path for configuration | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_home }}/conf` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_master_realm` | Name for rest authentication realm | `master` |
-|`keycloak_auth_client` | Authentication client for configuration REST calls | `admin-cli` |
-|`keycloak_force_install` | Remove pre-existing versions of service | `False` |
-|`keycloak_url` | URL for configuration rest calls | `http://{{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}:{{ keycloak_http_port }}` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_log`| Enable one or more log handlers in a comma-separated list | `file` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_log_level`| The log level of the root category or a comma-separated list of individual categories and their levels | `info` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_log_file`| Set the log file path and filename relative to keycloak home | `data/log/keycloak.log` |
@@ -165,6 +165,21 @@ Role Defaults
 |`keycloak_quarkus_log_max_file_size`| Set the maximum log file size before a log rotation happens; A size configuration option recognises string in this format (shown as a regular expression): `[0-9]+[KkMmGgTtPpEeZzYy]?`. If no suffix is given, assume bytes. | `10M` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_log_max_backup_index`| Set the maximum number of archived log files to keep" | `10` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_log_file_suffix`| Set the log file handler rotation file suffix. When used, the file will be rotated based on its suffix; Note: If the suffix ends with `.zip` or `.gz`, the rotation file will also be compressed. | `.yyyy-MM-dd.zip` |
+
+
+#### Miscellaneous configuration
+
+| Variable | Description | Default |
+|:---------|:------------|:--------|
+|`keycloak_quarkus_metrics_enabled`| Whether to enable metrics | `False` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled`| If the server should expose health check endpoints on the management interface | `True` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_archive` | keycloak install archive filename | `keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}.zip` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_installdir` | Installation path | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_dest }}/keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_home` | Installation work directory | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_installdir }}` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_config_dir` | Path for configuration | `{{ keycloak_quarkus_home }}/conf` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_master_realm` | Name for rest authentication realm | `master` |
+|`keycloak_auth_client` | Authentication client for configuration REST calls | `admin-cli` |
+|`keycloak_force_install` | Remove pre-existing versions of service | `False` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_proxy_mode`| The proxy address forwarding mode if the server is behind a reverse proxy | `edge` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_start_dev`| Whether to start the service in development mode (start-dev) | `False` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_transaction_xa_enabled`| Whether to use XA transactions | `True` |
@@ -172,7 +187,7 @@ Role Defaults
 |`keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings`| Whether deprecation warnings should be shown | `True` |
 
 
-#### Vault SPI
+#### Vault configuration
 
 | Variable | Description | Default |
 |:---------|:------------|:--------|
@@ -200,7 +215,7 @@ keycloak_quarkus_providers:
   - id: http-client                         # required; "{{ id }}.jar" identifies the file name on RHBK
     spi: connections                        # required if neither url, local_path nor maven are specified; required for setting properties
     default: true                           # optional, whether to set default for spi, default false
-    restart: true                           # optional, whether to restart, default true
+    restart: true                           # optional, whether to rebuild config and restart the service after deploying, default true
     url: https://.../.../custom_spi.jar     # optional, url for download via http
     local_path: my_theme_spi.jar            # optional, path on local controller for SPI to be uploaded
     maven:                                  # optional, for download using maven
@@ -243,9 +258,8 @@ Role Variables
 
 | Variable | Description | Required |
 |:---------|:------------|----------|
-|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass`| Password of console admin account | `yes` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url`| Base URL for frontend URLs, including scheme, host, port and path | `no` |
-|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_url`| Base URL for accessing the administration console, including scheme, host, port and path | `no` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password`| Password of console admin account | `yes` |
+|`keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass`| Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password` instead. | |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_ks_vault_pass`| The password for accessing the keystore vault SPI | `no` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_alternate_download_url`| Alternate location with optional authentication for downloading RHBK | `no` |
 |`keycloak_quarkus_download_user`| Optional username for http authentication  | `no*` |
@@ -265,7 +279,7 @@ The role uses the following [custom facts](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/late
 
 | Variable | Description |
 |:---------|:------------|
-|`general.bootstrapped` | A custom fact indicating whether this role has been used for bootstrapping keycloak on the respective host before; set to `false` (e.g., when starting off with a new, empty database) ensures that the initial admin user as defined by `keycloak_quarkus_admin_user[_pass]` gets created |
+|`general.bootstrapped` | A custom fact indicating whether this role has been used for bootstrapping keycloak on the respective host before; set to `false` (e.g., when starting off with a new, empty database) ensures that the initial admin user as defined by `keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user[_password]` gets created |
 
 License
 -------
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml
index 148d84d..7fefc5a 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 ### Configuration specific to keycloak
-keycloak_quarkus_version: 24.0.5
+keycloak_quarkus_version: 26.0.7
 keycloak_quarkus_archive: "keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}.zip"
 keycloak_quarkus_download_url: "https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/releases/download/{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}/{{ keycloak_quarkus_archive }}"
 keycloak_quarkus_installdir: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_dest }}/keycloak-{{ keycloak_quarkus_version }}"
@@ -27,19 +27,17 @@ keycloak_quarkus_configure_firewalld: false
 keycloak_quarkus_configure_iptables: false
 
 ### administrator console password
-keycloak_quarkus_admin_user: admin
-keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass:
+keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: admin
+keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password:
 keycloak_quarkus_master_realm: master
 
 ### Configuration settings
-keycloak_quarkus_bind_address: 0.0.0.0
-keycloak_quarkus_host: localhost
-keycloak_quarkus_port: -1
-keycloak_quarkus_path:
+keycloak_quarkus_bind_address: 0.0.0.0 # deprecated use keycloak_quarkus_http_host
+keycloak_quarkus_http_host: 0.0.0.0
 keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled: true
 keycloak_quarkus_http_port: 8080
 keycloak_quarkus_https_port: 8443
-keycloak_quarkus_ajp_port: 8009
+keycloak_quarkus_http_management_port: 9000
 keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port: 7800
 keycloak_quarkus_java_heap_opts: "-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m"
 keycloak_quarkus_java_jvm_opts: "-XX:MetaspaceSize=96M -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=256m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.stdout.encoding=UTF-8
@@ -81,8 +79,8 @@ keycloak_quarkus_systemd_wait_for_timeout: 60
 keycloak_quarkus_systemd_wait_for_delay: 10
 
 ### keycloak frontend url
-keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url:
-keycloak_quarkus_admin_url:
+keycloak_quarkus_hostname:
+keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin:
 
 ### Set the path relative to / for serving resources. The path must start with a /
 ### (set to `/auth` for retrocompatibility with pre-quarkus releases)
@@ -91,9 +89,9 @@ keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path: /
 # Disables dynamically resolving the hostname from request headers.
 # Should always be set to true in production, unless proxy verifies the Host header.
 keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict: true
-# By default backchannel URLs are dynamically resolved from request headers to allow internal and external applications.
-# If all applications use the public URL this option should be enabled.
-keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel: false
+# Enables dynamic resolving of backchannel URLs, including hostname, scheme, port and context path.
+# Set to true if your application accesses Keycloak via a private network. If set to true, keycloak_quarkus_hostname option needs to be specified as a full URL.
+keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic: false
 
 # The proxy headers that should be accepted by the server. ['', 'forwarded', 'xforwarded']
 keycloak_quarkus_proxy_headers: ""
@@ -122,12 +120,12 @@ keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_path: /etc/pki/java/cacerts
 keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_password: changeit
 
 ### database backend engine: values [ 'postgres', 'mariadb' ]
-keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine: postgres
+keycloak_quarkus_db_engine: postgres
 ### database backend credentials
 keycloak_quarkus_db_user: keycloak-user
 keycloak_quarkus_db_pass: keycloak-pass
-keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].url }}"
-keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_driver_version: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].version }}"
+keycloak_quarkus_db_url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].url }}"
+keycloak_quarkus_db_driver_version: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].version }}"
 # override the variables above, following defaults show minimum supported versions
 keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc:
   postgres:
@@ -138,9 +136,9 @@ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc:
     version: 2.7.4
   mssql:
     url: 'jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=keycloak;'
-    version: 12.4.2
-    driver_jar_url: "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/microsoft/sqlserver/mssql-jdbc/12.4.2.jre11/mssql-jdbc-12.4.2.jre11.jar"
-    # cf. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/24.0/html/server_guide/db-#db-installing-the-microsoft-sql-server-driver
+    version: 12.8.1
+    driver_jar_url: "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/microsoft/sqlserver/mssql-jdbc/12.8.1.jre11/mssql-jdbc-12.8.1.jre11.jar"
+    # cf. https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/26.0/html-single/server_configuration_guide/index#db-installing-the-microsoft-sql-server-driver
 ### logging configuration
 keycloak_quarkus_log: file
 keycloak_quarkus_log_level: info
@@ -165,5 +163,5 @@ keycloak_quarkus_supported_policy_types: ['password-blacklists']
 keycloak_quarkus_restart_strategy: restart/serial.yml
 keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check: true
 keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_delay: 10
-keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_reries: 25
+keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_retries: 25
 keycloak_quarkus_restart_pause: 15
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/handlers/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/handlers/main.yml
index 37d65c5..eec7789 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ---
+- name: "Invalidate {{ keycloak.service_name }} theme cache"
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: invalidate_theme_cache.yml
+  listen: "invalidate keycloak theme cache"
 # handler should be invoked anytime a [build configuration](https://www.keycloak.org/server/all-config?f=build) changes
 - name: "Rebuild {{ keycloak.service_name }} config"
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: rebuild_config.yml
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 51fd6d8..51b0d1f 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ argument_specs:
     main:
         options:
             keycloak_quarkus_version:
-                default: "24.0.5"
+                default: "26.0.7"
                 description: "keycloak.org package version"
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_archive:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ argument_specs:
                 description: "Perform an offline install"
                 type: "bool"
             keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package:
-                default: "java-11-openjdk-headless"
+                default: "java-21-openjdk-headless"
                 description: "RHEL java package runtime"
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_java_home:
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: "10s"
                 description: "systemd RestartSec for service"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_admin_user:
+            keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user:
                 default: "admin"
-                description: "Administration console user account"
+                description: "Administration user account, only for bootstrapping"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass:
+            keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password:
                 required: true
-                description: "Password of console admin account"
+                description: "Password of admin account, only for bootstrapping"
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_master_realm:
                 default: "master"
@@ -82,31 +82,40 @@ argument_specs:
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_bind_address:
                 default: "0.0.0.0"
-                description: "Address for binding service ports"
+                description: "Deprecated, use `keycloak_quarkus_http_host`"
+                type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_hostname:
+                description: >-
+                    Address at which is the server exposed.
+                    Can be a full URL, or just a hostname. When only hostname is provided, scheme, port and context path are resolved from the request.
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_host:
-                default: "localhost"
-                description: "Hostname for the Keycloak server"
+                description: "Deprecated in v26, use keycloak_quarkus_hostname instead."
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_port:
-                default: -1
-                description: "The port used by the proxy when exposing the hostname"
+                description: "Deprecated in v26, use keycloak_quarkus_hostname instead."
                 type: "int"
             keycloak_quarkus_path:
-                required: false
-                description: "This should be set if proxy uses a different context-path for Keycloak"
+                description: "Deprecated in v26, use keycloak_quarkus_hostname instead."
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled:
                 default: true
                 description: "Enable listener on HTTP port"
                 type: "bool"
+            keycloak_quarkus_http_host:
+                default: '0.0.0.0'
+                description: "HTTP host, address for binding service ports"
+                type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_http_port:
                 default: 8080
                 description: "HTTP port"
                 type: "int"
+            keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url:
+                description: "Full URL (including scheme, host, path, fragment etc.) used for health check endpoint; keycloak_quarkus_hostname will NOT be prepended; helpful when health checks should happen against http port, but keycloak_quarkus_hostname uses https scheme per default"
+                type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url_path:
                 default: "realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration"
-                description: "Path to the health check endpoint; scheme, host and keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path will be prepended automatically"
+                description: "Path to the health check endpoint; keycloak_quarkus_hostname will be prepended automatically; Note that keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url takes precedence over this property"
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_https_key_file_enabled:
                 default: false
@@ -182,9 +191,9 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: 8443
                 description: "HTTPS port"
                 type: "int"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ajp_port:
-                default: 8009
-                description: "AJP port"
+            keycloak_quarkus_http_management_port:
+                default: 9000
+                description: "Port of the management interface. Relevant only when something is exposed on the management interface - see the guide for details."
                 type: "int"
             keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port:
                 default: 7800
@@ -226,13 +235,21 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: /
                 description: "Set the path relative to / for serving resources. The path must start with a /"
                 type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path:
+                required: false
+                description: "Set the path relative to / for serving resources from management interface. The path must start with a /. If not given, the value is inherited from HTTP options. Relevant only when something is exposed on the management interface - see the guide for details."
+                type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url:
                 required: false
-                description: "Service public URL"
+                description: "Deprecated in v26, use keycloak_quarkus_hostname instead."
+                type: "str"
+            keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin:
+                required: false
+                description: "Service URL for the admin console"
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_admin_url:
                 required: false
-                description: "Service URL for the admin console"
+                description: "Deprecated in v26, use keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin instead."
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_metrics_enabled:
                 default: false
@@ -240,37 +257,29 @@ argument_specs:
                 type: "bool"
             keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled:
                 default: true
-                description: "If the server should expose health check endpoints"
+                description: "If the server should expose health check endpoints on the management interface"
                 type: "bool"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_user:
+            keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_username:
                 default: "supervisor"
                 description: "Username for connecting to infinispan"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_pass:
+            keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_password:
                 default: "supervisor"
                 description: "Password for connecting to infinispan"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_hosts:
+            keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_host:
                 default: "localhost:11222"
                 description: "host name/port for connecting to infinispan, eg. host1:11222;host2:11222"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_sasl_mechanism:
+            keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_sasl_mechanism:
                 default: "SCRAM-SHA-512"
                 description: "Infinispan auth mechanism"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_use_ssl:
+            keycloak_quarkus_cache_remote_tls_enabled:
                 default: false
                 description: "Whether infinispan uses TLS connection"
                 type: "bool"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_path:
-                default: "/etc/pki/java/cacerts"
-                description: "Path to infinispan server trust certificate"
-                type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_ispn_trust_store_password:
-                default: "changeit"
-                description: "Password for infinispan certificate keystore"
-                type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine:
+            keycloak_quarkus_db_engine:
                 default: "postgres"
                 description: "Database engine [mariadb,postres,mssql]"
                 type: "str"
@@ -282,12 +291,12 @@ argument_specs:
                 default: "keycloak-pass"
                 description: "Password for database connection"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_url:
-                default: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].url }}"
+            keycloak_quarkus_db_url:
+                default: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].url }}"
                 description: "JDBC URL for connecting to database"
                 type: "str"
-            keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_driver_version:
-                default: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].version }}"
+            keycloak_quarkus_db_driver_version:
+                default: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].version }}"
                 description: "Version for JDBC driver"
                 type: "str"
             keycloak_quarkus_log:
@@ -348,24 +357,18 @@ argument_specs:
                 description: >
                   Disables dynamically resolving the hostname from request headers. Should always be set to true in production, unless
                   proxy verifies the Host header.
-            keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel:
+            keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic:
                 default: false
                 type: "bool"
                 description: >
-                  By default backchannel URLs are dynamically resolved from request headers to allow internal and external applications. If all
-                  applications use the public URL this option should be enabled.
+                    Enables dynamic resolving of backchannel URLs, including hostname, scheme, port and context path.
+                    Set to true if your application accesses Keycloak via a private network. If set to true, hostname option needs to be specified as a full URL.
             keycloak_quarkus_spi_sticky_session_encoder_infinispan_should_attach_route:
                 default: true
                 type: "bool"
                 description: >
                   If the route should be attached to cookies to reflect the node that owns a particular session. If false, route is not attached to cookies
                   and we rely on the session affinity capabilities from reverse proxy
-            keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https:
-                type: "bool"
-                required: false
-                description: >
-                  By default, Keycloak requires running using TLS/HTTPS. If the service MUST run without TLS/HTTPS, then set
-                  this option to "true"
             keycloak_quarkus_ks_vault_enabled:
                 default: false
                 type: "bool"
@@ -453,7 +456,7 @@ argument_specs:
                 description: "Seconds to let pass before starting healch checks"
                 default: 10
                 type: 'int'
-            keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_reries:
+            keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_retries:
                 description: "Number of attempts for successful health check before failing"
                 default: 25
                 type: 'int'
@@ -468,7 +471,7 @@ argument_specs:
     downstream:
         options:
             rhbk_version:
-                default: "24.0.3"
+                default: "26.0.7"
                 description: "Red Hat Build of Keycloak version"
                 type: "str"
             rhbk_archive:
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/main.yml
index 40a487f..65b5e50 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/meta/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ galaxy_info:
 
   license: Apache License 2.0
 
-  min_ansible_version: "2.15"
+  min_ansible_version: "2.16"
 
   platforms:
     - name: EL
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/deprecations.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/deprecations.yml
index 27ea6e3..0d370d5 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/deprecations.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/deprecations.yml
@@ -49,5 +49,114 @@
   notify:
     - print deprecation warning
 
+# https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/26.0/html-single/upgrading_guide/index#new_hostname_options
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url -> keycloak_quarkus_hostname
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname is not defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url != ''
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url }}"
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+
+# https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/26.0/html-single/upgrading_guide/index#new_hostname_options
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https + keycloak_quarkus_host + keycloak_quarkus_port + keycloak_quarkus_path -> keycloak_quarkus_hostname
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname is not defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is defined or keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url is defined or keycloak_quarkus_port is defined or keycloak_quarkus_path is defined
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname: >-
+      {% set protocol = '' %}
+      {% if keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https %}
+        {% set protocol = 'https://' %}
+      {% elif keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is defined and keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is False %}
+        {% set protocol = 'http://' %}
+      {% endif %}
+      {{ protocol }}{{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}:{{ keycloak_quarkus_port }}/{{ keycloak_quarkus_path }}
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https or keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url or keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url or keycloak_quarkus_hostname" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+
+# https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/26.0/html-single/upgrading_guide/index#new_hostname_options
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_admin_url -> keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin is not defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_admin_url is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_admin_url != ''
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_url }}"
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_admin_url" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+
+# https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/26.0/html-single/upgrading_guide/index#new_hostname_options
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel -> keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic is not defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel != ''
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel == False }}"
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+
+# https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/30009
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_admin_user -> keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user is not defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_admin_user is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_admin_user != ''
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_user }}"
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_admin_user" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+
+# https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak/issues/30009
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass -> keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password is not defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass != ''
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass }}"
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+
+- name: Check deprecation of keycloak_quarkus_bind_address -> keycloak_quarkus_http_host
+  when:
+    - keycloak_quarkus_bind_address is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_bind_address != '0.0.0.0'
+  delegate_to: localhost
+  run_once: true
+  changed_when: keycloak_quarkus_show_deprecation_warnings
+  ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+    keycloak_quarkus_http_host: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_bind_address }}"
+    deprecated_variable: "keycloak_quarkus_bind_address" # read in deprecation handler
+  notify:
+    - print deprecation warning
+  
 - name: Flush handlers
   ansible.builtin.meta: flush_handlers
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/firewalld.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/firewalld.yml
index 2c3ef74..2d48124 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/firewalld.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/firewalld.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     enabled: true
     state: started
 
-- name: "Configure firewall for {{ keycloak.service_name }} ports"
+- name: "Configure firewall for {{ keycloak.service_name }} http port"
   become: true
   ansible.posix.firewalld:
     port: "{{ item }}"
@@ -21,5 +21,16 @@
     immediate: true
   loop:
     - "{{ keycloak_quarkus_http_port }}/tcp"
+  when: keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled | bool
+
+- name: "Configure firewall for {{ keycloak.service_name }} ports"
+  become: true
+  ansible.posix.firewalld:
+    port: "{{ item }}"
+    permanent: true
+    state: enabled
+    immediate: true
+  loop:
     - "{{ keycloak_quarkus_https_port }}/tcp"
+    - "{{ keycloak_quarkus_http_management_port }}/tcp"
     - "{{ keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port }}/tcp"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml
index 809e07e..c664d05 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/install.yml
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@
     - keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_copy_enabled is defined and keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_copy_enabled
     - keycloak_quarkus_cert_file_src | length > 0
 
-- name: "Install {{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine }} JDBC driver"
+- name: "Install {{ keycloak_quarkus_db_engine }} JDBC driver"
   ansible.builtin.include_tasks: jdbc_driver.yml
   when:
     - rhbk_enable is defined and rhbk_enable
-    - keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].driver_jar_url is defined
+    - keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].driver_jar_url is defined
 
 - name: "Download custom providers via http"
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
   become: true
   loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
   when: item.url is defined and item.url | length > 0
-  notify: "{{ ['rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or not item.restart else [] }}"
+  notify: "{{ ['invalidate keycloak theme cache', 'rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or item.restart else [] }}"
 
 # this requires the `lxml` package to be installed; we redirect this step to localhost such that we do need to install it on the remote hosts
 - name: "Download custom providers to localhost using maven"
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
   loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
   when: item.maven is defined
   no_log: "{{ item.maven.password is defined and item.maven.password | length > 0 | default(false) }}"
-  notify: "{{ ['rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or not item.restart else [] }}"
+  notify: "{{ ['invalidate keycloak theme cache', 'rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or item.restart else [] }}"
 
 - name: "Copy maven providers"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
   when: item.maven is defined
   no_log: "{{ item.maven.password is defined and item.maven.password | length > 0 | default(false) }}"
 
-- name: "Copy providers"
+- name: "Copy local providers"
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     src: "{{ item.local_path }}"
     dest: "{{ keycloak.home }}/providers/{{ item.id }}.jar"
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
   become: true
   loop: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_providers }}"
   when: item.local_path is defined
+  notify: "{{ ['invalidate keycloak theme cache', 'rebuild keycloak config', 'restart keycloak'] if not item.restart is defined or item.restart else [] }}"
 
 - name: Ensure required folder structure for policies exists
   ansible.builtin.file:
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/invalidate_theme_cache.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/invalidate_theme_cache.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90ff67f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/invalidate_theme_cache.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+# From https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_build_of_keycloak/24.0/html/server_developer_guide/themes#creating_a_theme:
+# If you want to manually delete the content of the themes cache,
+# you can do so by deleting the data/tmp/kc-gzip-cache directory of the server distribution
+# It can be useful for instance if you redeployed custom providers or custom themes without
+# disabling themes caching in the previous server executions.
+- name: "Delete {{ keycloak.service_name }} theme cache directory"
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ keycloak.home }}/data/tmp/kc-gzip-cache"
+    state: absent
+  become: true
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/jdbc_driver.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/jdbc_driver.yml
index 880a915..ba3f4b8 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/jdbc_driver.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/jdbc_driver.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     (keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_download_user is undefined and keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_download_pass is not undefined) or
     (keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_download_pass is undefined and keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_download_user is not undefined)
 
-- name: "Retrieve JDBC Driver from {{ keycloak_jdbc_download_url | default(keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].driver_jar_url) }}"
+- name: "Retrieve JDBC Driver from {{ keycloak_jdbc_download_url | default(keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].driver_jar_url) }}"
   ansible.builtin.get_url:
-    url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_download_url | default(keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine].driver_jar_url) }}"
+    url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_download_url | default(keycloak_quarkus_default_jdbc[keycloak_quarkus_db_engine].driver_jar_url) }}"
     dest: "{{ keycloak.home }}/providers"
     owner: "{{ keycloak.service_user }}"
     group: "{{ keycloak.service_group }}"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml
index bb86b2c..cca6764 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/main.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   register: keycloak_service_status
   changed_when: false
 
-- name: "Notify to remove `keycloak_quarkus_admin_user[_pass]` env vars"
+- name: "Notify to remove `keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user[_password]` env vars"
   when:
     - not ansible_local.keycloak.general.bootstrapped | default(false) | bool # it was not bootstrapped prior to the current role's execution
     - keycloak_service_status.status.ActiveState == "active"                  # but it is now
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml
index 0835aab..9b633f3 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/prereqs.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 - name: Validate admin console password
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
-      - keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass | length > 12
+      - keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password | length > 12
     quiet: true
-    fail_msg: "The console administrator password is empty or invalid. Please set the keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass to a 12+ char long string"
+    fail_msg: "The console administrator password is empty or invalid. Please set the keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password to a 12+ char long string"
     success_msg: "{{ 'Console administrator password OK' }}"
 
-- name: Validate relative path
+- name: Validate http_relative_path
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
       - keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path is regex('^/.*')
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
     fail_msg: "The relative path for keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path must begin with /"
     success_msg: "{{ 'Relative path OK' }}"
 
+- name: Validate http_management_relative_path
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path is regex('^/.*')
+    quiet: true
+    fail_msg: "The relative path for keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path must begin with /"
+    success_msg: "{{ 'Relative mgmt path OK' }}"
+  when: keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path is defined
+
 - name: Validate configuration
   ansible.builtin.assert:
     that:
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/restart.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/restart.yml
index 61356d5..3aa97f6 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/restart.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/restart.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     url: "{{ keycloak.health_url }}"
   register: keycloak_status
   until: keycloak_status.status == 200
-  retries: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_reries }}"
+  retries: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_retries }}"
   delay: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check_delay }}"
   when: internal_force_health_check | default(keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check)
 
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/start.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/start.yml
index a640e89..5a3ad5f 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/start.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/tasks/start.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
   until: keycloak_status.status == 200
   retries: 25
   delay: 10
+  when: internal_force_health_check | default(keycloak_quarkus_restart_health_check)
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/cache-ispn.xml.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/cache-ispn.xml.j2
index fb11cda..e546ab8 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/cache-ispn.xml.j2
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/cache-ispn.xml.j2
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
 
 <infinispan
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-        xsi:schemaLocation="urn:infinispan:config:14.0 http://www.infinispan.org/schemas/infinispan-config-14.0.xsd"
-        xmlns="urn:infinispan:config:14.0">
+        xsi:schemaLocation="urn:infinispan:config:15.0 http://www.infinispan.org/schemas/infinispan-config-15.0.xsd"
+        xmlns="urn:infinispan:config:15.0">
 
 {% set stack_expression='' %}
 {% if keycloak_quarkus_ha_enabled and keycloak_quarkus_ha_discovery == 'TCPPING' %}
 {% set stack_expression='stack="tcpping"' %}
     <jgroups>
         <stack name="tcpping" extends="tcp">
-            <!-- <TCP external_addr="${env.KC_EXTERNAL_ADDR}" bind_addr="{{ keycloak_quarkus_bind_address }}" bind_port="{{ keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port }}" /> -->
+            <!-- <TCP external_addr="${env.KC_EXTERNAL_ADDR}" bind_addr="{{ keycloak_quarkus_http_host }}" bind_port="{{ keycloak_quarkus_jgroups_port }}" /> -->
             <TCPPING
                 initial_hosts="{{ keycloak_quarkus_cluster_nodes | map(attribute='inventory_host') | join (',') }}"
                 port_range="0"
@@ -55,18 +55,22 @@
         </local-cache>
         <distributed-cache name="sessions" owners="2">
             <expiration lifespan="-1"/>
+            <memory max-count="10000"/>
         </distributed-cache>
         <distributed-cache name="authenticationSessions" owners="2">
             <expiration lifespan="-1"/>
         </distributed-cache>
         <distributed-cache name="offlineSessions" owners="2">
             <expiration lifespan="-1"/>
+            <memory max-count="10000"/>
         </distributed-cache>
         <distributed-cache name="clientSessions" owners="2">
             <expiration lifespan="-1"/>
+            <memory max-count="10000"/>
         </distributed-cache>
         <distributed-cache name="offlineClientSessions" owners="2">
             <expiration lifespan="-1"/>
+            <memory max-count="10000"/>
         </distributed-cache>
         <distributed-cache name="loginFailures" owners="2">
             <expiration lifespan="-1"/>
@@ -98,4 +102,4 @@
             <memory max-count="-1"/>
         </distributed-cache>
     </cache-container>
-</infinispan>
\ No newline at end of file
+</infinispan>
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2
index 2c260a3..244d9aa 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak-sysconfig.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 {% if not ansible_local.keycloak.general.bootstrapped | default(false) | bool %}
-KEYCLOAK_ADMIN={{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_user }}
-KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD='{{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_pass }}'
+KC_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME={{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_user }}
+KC_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD='{{ keycloak_quarkus_bootstrap_admin_password }}'
 {% else %}
 {{ keycloak.bootstrap_mnemonic }}
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2 b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2
index ab4024b..99790c3 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/templates/keycloak.conf.j2
@@ -2,26 +2,18 @@
 
 {% if keycloak_quarkus_db_enabled %}
 # Database
-db={{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_engine }}
-db-url={{ keycloak_quarkus_jdbc_url }}
+db={{ keycloak_quarkus_db_engine }}
+db-url={{ keycloak_quarkus_db_url }}
 db-username={{ keycloak_quarkus_db_user }}
 {% if not keycloak.config_key_store_enabled %}
 db-password={{ keycloak_quarkus_db_pass }}
 {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
-{% if keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is defined and keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is sameas true -%}
-hostname-strict-https=true
-{% endif -%}
-{% if keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is defined and keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_https is sameas false -%}
-hostname-strict-https=false
-{% endif -%}
-
 {% if keycloak.config_key_store_enabled %}
 # Config store
 config-keystore={{ keycloak_quarkus_config_key_store_file }}
 config-keystore-password={{ keycloak_quarkus_config_key_store_password }}
-config-keystore-type=PKCS12
 {% endif %}
 
 # Observability
@@ -30,8 +22,17 @@ health-enabled={{ keycloak_quarkus_health_enabled | lower }}
 
 # HTTP
 http-enabled={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled | lower }}
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled %}
 http-port={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_port }}
+{% endif %}
 http-relative-path={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path }}
+http-host={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_host }}
+
+# Management
+http-management-port={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_management_port }}
+{% if keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path is defined and keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path | length > 0 %}
+http-management-relative-path={{ keycloak_quarkus_http_management_relative_path }}
+{% endif %}
 
 # HTTPS
 https-port={{ keycloak_quarkus_https_port }}
@@ -49,16 +50,10 @@ https-trust-store-password={{ keycloak_quarkus_https_trust_store_password }}
 {% endif %}
 
 # Client URL configuration
-{% if keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url %}
-hostname-url={{ keycloak_quarkus_frontend_url }}
-{% else %}
-hostname={{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}
-hostname-port={{ keycloak_quarkus_port }}
-hostname-path={{ keycloak_quarkus_path }}
-{% endif %}
-hostname-admin-url={{ keycloak_quarkus_admin_url }}
+hostname={{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname }}
+hostname-admin={{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname_admin }}
 hostname-strict={{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict | lower }}
-hostname-strict-backchannel={{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname_strict_backchannel | lower }}
+hostname-backchannel-dynamic={{ keycloak_quarkus_hostname_backchannel_dynamic | lower }}
 
 # Cluster
 {% if keycloak_quarkus_ha_enabled %}
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml
index e59af55..997d7dc 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/main.yml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ keycloak: # noqa var-naming this is an internal dict of interpolated values
   config_dir: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_config_dir }}"
   bundle: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_archive }}"
   service_name: "keycloak"
-  health_url: "{{ 'https' if keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled == False else 'http' }}://{{ keycloak_quarkus_host }}:{{ keycloak_quarkus_https_port if keycloak_quarkus_http_enabled == False else keycloak_quarkus_http_port }}{{ keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path }}{{ '/' \
-               if keycloak_quarkus_http_relative_path | length > 1 else '' }}{{ keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url_path | default('realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration') }}"
+  health_url: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url | default(keycloak_quarkus_hostname ~ '/' ~ (keycloak_quarkus_health_check_url_path | default('realms/master/.well-known/openid-configuration'))) }}"
   cli_path: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_home }}/bin/kcadm.sh"
   service_user: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_service_user }}"
   service_group: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_service_group }}"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/redhat.yml b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/redhat.yml
index c311321..9af167f 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_quarkus/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-keycloak_quarkus_varjvm_package: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package | default('java-17-openjdk-headless') }}"
+keycloak_quarkus_varjvm_package: "{{ keycloak_quarkus_jvm_package | default('java-21-openjdk-headless') }}"
 keycloak_quarkus_prereq_package_list:
       - "{{ keycloak_quarkus_varjvm_package }}"
       - unzip
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/defaults/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_realm/defaults/main.yml
index b9e1e45..a294cbe 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_realm/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/defaults/main.yml
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ keycloak_client_users: []
 
 ### List of Keycloak User Federation
 keycloak_user_federation: []
+
+# other settings
+keycloak_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_http_port + (keycloak_jboss_port_offset | default(0)) }}"
+keycloak_management_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port + (keycloak_jboss_port_offset | default(0)) }}"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/meta/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_realm/meta/main.yml
index ab861ed..97c69d2 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_realm/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/meta/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ galaxy_info:
 
   license: Apache License 2.0
 
-  min_ansible_version: "2.15"
+  min_ansible_version: "2.16"
 
   platforms:
     - name: EL
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/main.yml
index 962016c..7595ba3 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.uri:
     url: "{{ keycloak_url }}{{ keycloak_context }}/admin/realms/{{ keycloak_realm }}"
     method: GET
+    validate_certs: false
     status_code:
       - 200
       - 404
@@ -110,3 +111,6 @@
   loop_control:
     loop_var: client
   when: "'users' in client"
+  
+- name: Provide Access token lifespan
+  ansible.builtin.include_tasks: manage_token_lifespan.yml
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_token_lifespan.yml b/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_token_lifespan.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f16b938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_token_lifespan.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+---
+- name: "Update Access token lifespan"
+  ansible.builtin.uri:
+    url: "{{ keycloak_url }}{{ keycloak_context }}/admin/realms/{{ keycloak_realm }}"
+    method: PUT
+    body:
+      accessTokenLifespan: 300
+    validate_certs: false
+    body_format: json
+    status_code:
+      - 200
+      - 204
+    headers:
+      Authorization: "Bearer {{ keycloak_auth_response.json.access_token }}"
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_user_client_roles.yml b/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_user_client_roles.yml
index 3884f42..f9e0329 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_user_client_roles.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/tasks/manage_user_client_roles.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.uri:
     url: "{{ keycloak_url }}{{ keycloak_context }}/admin/realms/{{ client_role.realm | default(keycloak_realm) }}"
     method: GET
+    validate_certs: false
     status_code:
       - 200
     headers:
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
           default(keycloak_realm) }}/users/{{ (keycloak_user.json | first).id }}/role-mappings/clients/{{ (create_client_result.results | \
           selectattr('end_state.clientId', 'equalto', client_role.client) | list | first).end_state.id }}/available"
     method: GET
+    validate_certs: false
     status_code:
       - 200
     headers:
diff --git a/roles/keycloak_realm/vars/main.yml b/roles/keycloak_realm/vars/main.yml
index 7664f8c..ad9bd8e 100644
--- a/roles/keycloak_realm/vars/main.yml
+++ b/roles/keycloak_realm/vars/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,3 @@
 
 # name of the realm to create, this is a required variable
 keycloak_realm:
-
-# other settings
-keycloak_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_http_port + (keycloak_jboss_port_offset | default(0)) }}"
-keycloak_management_url: "http://{{ keycloak_host }}:{{ keycloak_management_http_port + (keycloak_jboss_port_offset | default(0)) }}"