diff --git a/.github/release-notes.yml b/.github/release-notes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63ec6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-notes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+
+changelog:
+  sections:
+    - title: ":rocket: Enhancements & Features"
+      labels: [ "Type: enhancement", "Type: documentation", "Type: example" ]
+    - title: ":bug: Bug Fixes"
+      labels: [ "Type: bug" ]
+    - title: ":hammer_and_wrench: Chore"
+      labels: [ "Type: dependencies", "Type: build", "Type: codacy" ]
+  issues:
+    exclude:
+      labels: [ "Type: question" ]
+  contributors:
+    exclude:
+      names: [ "dependabot[bot]" ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml b/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml
index 8018c89..5e7360d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-notes.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,33 @@
-changelog:
-  sections:
-    - title: ":rocket: Enhancements & Features"
-      labels: [ "Type: enhancement", "Type: documentation", "Type: example" ]
-    - title: ":bug: Bug Fixes"
-      labels: [ "Type: bug" ]
-    - title: ":hammer_and_wrench: Chore"
-      labels: [ "Type: dependencies", "Type: build", "Type: codacy" ]
-  issues:
-    exclude:
-      labels: [ "Type: question" ]
-  contributors:
-    exclude:
-      names: [ "dependabot[bot]" ]
+# Trigger the workflow on milestone events
+on:
+  milestone:
+    types: [closed]
+name: Milestone Closure
+jobs:
+  create-release-notes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - name: Create Release Notes Markdown
+      uses: docker://decathlon/release-notes-generator-action:3.1.5
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
+        OUTPUT_FOLDER: temp_release_notes
+        USE_MILESTONE_TITLE: "true"
+    - name: Get the name of the created Release Notes file and extract Version
+      run: |
+        RELEASE_NOTES_FILE=$(ls temp_release_notes/*.md | head -n 1)
+        echo "RELEASE_NOTES_FILE=$RELEASE_NOTES_FILE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.event.milestone.title }} | cut -d' ' -f2)
+        echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Create a Draft Release Notes on GitHub
+      id: create_release
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+        release_name:  ${{ env.VERSION }}
+        body_path: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES_FILE }}
+        draft: true
diff --git a/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit4/pom.xml b/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit4/pom.xml
index b8fbde5..6d200ea 100644
--- a/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit4/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit4/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing.examples</groupId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.toolisticon.testing</groupId>
       <artifactId>jgiven-kotlin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.4.0</version>
+      <version>1.2.5.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.6</version>
+      <version>2.0.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.24.1</version>
+      <version>3.24.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11.0</version>
+      <version>5.3.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit5/pom.xml b/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit5/pom.xml
index b50e5c9..b741652 100644
--- a/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit5/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/bankaccount-jgiven-junit5/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing.examples</groupId>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.toolisticon.testing</groupId>
       <artifactId>jgiven-kotlin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.4.0</version>
+      <version>1.2.5.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.6</version>
+      <version>2.0.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.24.1</version>
+      <version>3.24.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 2fd447d..25f28be 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>axon-testing_</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
diff --git a/extension/jgiven/core/pom.xml b/extension/jgiven/core/pom.xml
index 0cd2646..1425c73 100644
--- a/extension/jgiven/core/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/jgiven/core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>extension-jgiven</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing</groupId>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.github.microutils</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-logging-jvm</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.4</version>
+      <version>3.0.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.5</version>
+      <version>1.4.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/extension/jgiven/junit/pom.xml b/extension/jgiven/junit/pom.xml
index 77a2fb5..45aaefc 100644
--- a/extension/jgiven/junit/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/jgiven/junit/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>extension-jgiven</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing</groupId>
diff --git a/extension/jgiven/junit5/pom.xml b/extension/jgiven/junit5/pom.xml
index dec6382..2747397 100644
--- a/extension/jgiven/junit5/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/jgiven/junit5/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>extension-jgiven</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing</groupId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.toolisticon.testing</groupId>
       <artifactId>jgiven-kotlin</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.4.0</version>
+      <version>1.2.5.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.5</version>
+      <version>1.4.7</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/extension/jgiven/pom.xml b/extension/jgiven/pom.xml
index d4e6e23..cdb51af 100644
--- a/extension/jgiven/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/jgiven/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>extension-jgiven</artifactId>
diff --git a/extension/pom.xml b/extension/pom.xml
index 42978b8..e220727 100644
--- a/extension/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>axon-testing_</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
diff --git a/extension/upcaster-test-core/pom.xml b/extension/upcaster-test-core/pom.xml
index e392892..eba89a4 100644
--- a/extension/upcaster-test-core/pom.xml
+++ b/extension/upcaster-test-core/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>extension</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing</groupId>
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       <groupId>org.axonframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>axon-test</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.dom4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
@@ -70,9 +71,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.6</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>2.0.7</version>
     </dependency>
-
-
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/extension/upcaster-test-core/src/test/kotlin/AccountCreatedV0V1UpcasterTest.kt b/extension/upcaster-test-core/src/test/kotlin/AccountCreatedV0V1UpcasterTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e06772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extension/upcaster-test-core/src/test/kotlin/AccountCreatedV0V1UpcasterTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package io.holixon.axon.testing.upcaster
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.jacksonObjectMapper
+import io.holixon.axon.testing.upcaster.UpcasterTestSupport.Companion.initialEvent
+import io.holixon.axon.testing.upcaster.UpcasterTestSupport.Companion.jsonTestEventData
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.axonframework.serialization.Revision
+import org.axonframework.serialization.SerializedObject
+import org.axonframework.serialization.SimpleSerializedType
+import org.axonframework.serialization.json.JacksonSerializer
+import org.axonframework.serialization.upcasting.event.EventUpcasterChain
+import org.axonframework.serialization.upcasting.event.IntermediateEventRepresentation
+import org.axonframework.serialization.upcasting.event.SingleEventUpcaster
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.streams.toList
+
+/**
+ * Let's assume we had a revision "0" of accountCreated which had different field names and one missing required field.
+ */
+class AccountCreatedV0V1UpcasterTest {
+  private val om = jacksonObjectMapper()
+  private val jsonSerializer = JacksonSerializer.builder().objectMapper(om).build()
+
+  @Test
+  fun `upcast v0 to v1`() {
+    // GIVEN: a new event with accountId and required field maximalBalance
+    @Revision("1")
+    data class AccountCreatedEvent(
+      val accountId: String,
+      val customerId: String,
+      val initialBalance: Int,
+      val maximalBalance: Int
+    )
+
+    val payloadType = AccountCreatedEvent::class.java.name
+    val targetRevision = AccountCreatedEvent::class.java.getAnnotation(Revision::class.java).value
+
+    // AND GIVEN: an old event with revision "0" with bankAccountId (has to be renamed to accountId), and maximalBalance is missing!
+    val eventData = jsonTestEventData(
+      payloadJson = """{"bankAccountId":"1","customerId":"3","initialBalance":0}""",
+      payloadTypeName = payloadType,
+      revisionNumber = "0"
+    )
+
+    // AND an upcaster we wrote for this usecase
+    val upcaster = upcaster(payloadType = payloadType, sourceRevision = eventData.payload.type.revision, targetRevision = targetRevision) {
+      (it as ObjectNode).apply {
+        put("accountId", get("bankAccountId").asText())
+        remove("bankAccountId")
+        put("maximalBalance", 1000)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // WHEN we run the upcaster chain on a stream with a single event
+    val serializedResult: SerializedObject<*> = EventUpcasterChain(upcaster)
+      .upcast(initialEvent(entry = eventData, serializer = jsonSerializer))
+      .toList()
+      .first().data
+
+    // AND deserialize to target data class
+    val revision1data: AccountCreatedEvent = jsonSerializer.deserialize(serializedResult)
+
+    // THEN the fields are renamed and set
+    assertThat(revision1data.accountId).isEqualTo("1")
+    assertThat(revision1data.customerId).isEqualTo("3")
+    assertThat(revision1data.initialBalance).isEqualTo(0)
+    assertThat(revision1data.maximalBalance).isEqualTo(1000)
+  }
+
+  private fun upcaster(payloadType: String, sourceRevision: String, targetRevision: String, upcastFunction: (JsonNode) -> JsonNode) =
+    object : SingleEventUpcaster() {
+      override fun canUpcast(representation: IntermediateEventRepresentation): Boolean =
+        representation.type.name == payloadType && representation.type.revision == sourceRevision
+
+      override fun doUpcast(intermediateRepresentation: IntermediateEventRepresentation): IntermediateEventRepresentation =
+        intermediateRepresentation.upcastPayload(
+          SimpleSerializedType(payloadType, targetRevision),
+          JsonNode::class.java,
+          upcastFunction
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/fixtures/bankaccount/pom.xml b/lib/fixtures/bankaccount/pom.xml
index 34c0583..0a8581d 100644
--- a/lib/fixtures/bankaccount/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/fixtures/bankaccount/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>fixtures</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing.lib</groupId>
diff --git a/lib/fixtures/giftcard/pom.xml b/lib/fixtures/giftcard/pom.xml
index 186bd41..6a2ee8c 100644
--- a/lib/fixtures/giftcard/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/fixtures/giftcard/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>fixtures</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing.lib</groupId>
diff --git a/lib/fixtures/pom.xml b/lib/fixtures/pom.xml
index d8187fa..c9b2333 100644
--- a/lib/fixtures/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/fixtures/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>lib</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>fixtures</artifactId>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-      <version>1.18.24</version>
+      <version>1.18.26</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index 3b57dd1..29e9c62 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
     <artifactId>axon-testing_</artifactId>
-    <version>0.3.0</version>
+    <version>0.4.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>lib</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfd7335..d8a42eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.holixon.axon.testing._</groupId>
   <artifactId>axon-testing_</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.0</version>
+  <version>0.4.0</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <modules>
@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@
     <java.version>11</java.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-    <kotlin.version>1.8.0</kotlin.version>
+    <kotlin.version>1.8.21</kotlin.version>
 
     <!-- LIBS -->
     <axon-bom.version>4.6.3</axon-bom.version>
-    <jgiven.version>1.2.4</jgiven.version>
-    <jgiven-kotlin.version>1.2.4.0</jgiven-kotlin.version>
+    <jgiven.version>1.2.5</jgiven.version>
+    <jgiven-kotlin.version>1.2.5.0</jgiven-kotlin.version>
 
     <!-- TEST -->
-    <jackson.version>2.14.1</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-    <junit5.version>5.9.1</junit5.version>
-    <dom4j.version>2.1.3</dom4j.version>
-    <assertj.version>3.24.1</assertj.version>
+    <junit5.version>5.9.3</junit5.version>
+    <dom4j.version>2.1.4</dom4j.version>
+    <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
 
     <!-- MAVEN -->
     <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.10.1</version>
+          <version>3.11.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
             <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
         <!-- Resources -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.3.0</version>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           </configuration>
@@ -191,14 +191,14 @@
         <!-- Install -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.0</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <!-- Assembly -->
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.2</version>
+          <version>3.5.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <descriptorSourceDirectory>assembly</descriptorSourceDirectory>
             <archiverConfig>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
         <!-- Release -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.3</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <mavenExecutorId>forked-path</mavenExecutorId>
             <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
           <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.8.8</version>
+          <version>0.8.10</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>pre-unit-test</id>
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
         <!-- Surefire -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.22.2</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
           <configuration>
             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
             <shutdown>kill</shutdown>
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.22.2</version>
+          <version>3.0.0</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <!-- KDoc generation -->
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.jetbrains.dokka</groupId>
           <artifactId>dokka-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>1.7.20</version>
+          <version>1.8.10</version>
           <configuration>
             <!-- Conditional on maven property set per-project -->
             <skip>${dokka.skip}</skip>
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
         <!-- Enforcer -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.1.0</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>enforce-java</id>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
         <!-- Deploy -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
           <configuration>
             <skip>true</skip>
           </configuration>