The integrated H2 database needed upgrading, therefore the database format need to be upgraded as well.

Procedure:

Upgraded Component From Release To Release
H2 database lib update 1.4.199 2.1.212
Oracle ojdbc8 12.2.0.1 21.5.0.0
com.microsoft.sqlserver 7.2.0.jre11 9.2.0.jre15
org.hibernate 5.4.1 5.6.7
org.springframework.boot 2.4.2 2.6.6
com.google.guava 30.1-jre > 31.1-jre 31.1-jre
com.github.waffle 1.9.1 3.1.1.
io.springfox removed
org.apache.tomcat.embed 9.0.43 9.0.62
com.github.waffle 1.9.1 3.1.1
com.onelogin.saml 2.6.0 2.9.0
org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient 4.5.8 4.5.13
commons-io 2.6 2.11.0
JDE_libs 9.2.3.2 9.2.6.1
org.jsoup 1.12.1 1.14.3
commons-io 2.6 2.11.0
JDK update JDK 11 JDK 18