diff --git a/dependency-reduced-pom.xml b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37bbb8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.htmlunit</groupId>
+  <artifactId>htmlunit-websocket-client</artifactId>
+  <name>HtmlUnit WebSocket Client</name>
+  <version>4.21.0</version>
+  <description>The default WebSocket client used by HtmlUnit.
+        The implementation is based on Jetty 12.</description>
+  <url>https://www.htmlunit.org</url>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>GitHub</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit/issues/</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <ciManagement>
+    <system>Jenkins</system>
+    <url>https://jenkins.wetator.org/view/HtmlUnit/</url>
+  </ciManagement>
+  <inceptionYear>2021</inceptionYear>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>rbri</id>
+      <name>Ronald Brill</name>
+      <email>rbri@rbri.de</email>
+      <url>http://www.wetator.org/</url>
+      <timezone>+1</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/HtmlUnit/htmlunit</url>
+  </scm>
+  <organization>
+    <name>Gargoyle Software Inc.</name>
+    <url>http://www.GargoyleSoftware.com/</url>
+  </organization>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${central-publishing-plugin.version}</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${enforcer-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>enforce-maven</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>enforce</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <rules>
+                <requireMavenVersion>
+                  <version>3.6.3</version>
+                </requireMavenVersion>
+                <requireJavaVersion>
+                  <version>17</version>
+                </requireJavaVersion>
+              </rules>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${jar-plugin.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifest>
+              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+              <mainClass>org.htmlunit.websocket.client.Main</mainClass>
+            </manifest>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${shade-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <artifactSet>
+                <excludes />
+              </artifactSet>
+              <filters>
+                <filter>
+                  <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>about.html</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/DEPENDENCIES</exclude>
+                    <exclude>META-INF/NOTICE</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                </filter>
+              </filters>
+              <relocations>
+                <relocation>
+                  <pattern>org.eclipse.jetty</pattern>
+                  <shadedPattern>org.htmlunit.jetty</shadedPattern>
+                </relocation>
+              </relocations>
+              <transformers>
+                <transformer />
+                <transformer />
+              </transformers>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${source-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <quiet>true</quiet>
+          <sourcepath>${basedir}/src/main/java</sourcepath>
+          <additionalparam>--allow-script-in-comments</additionalparam>
+          <links>
+            <link>https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/</link>
+            <link>https://commons.apache.org/logging/apidocs/</link>
+            <link>https://commons.apache.org/codec/apidocs/</link>
+            <link>https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-4.5.x/current/httpclient/apidocs/</link>
+          </links>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${gpg-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>sign</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <properties>
+    <central-publishing-plugin.version>0.9.0</central-publishing-plugin.version>
+    <jetty.version>12.1.8</jetty.version>
+    <enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.2</enforcer-plugin.version>
+    <jar-plugin.version>3.5.0</jar-plugin.version>
+    <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
+    <gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</gpg-plugin.version>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
+    <shade-plugin.version>3.6.1</shade-plugin.version>
+    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+    <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>
+    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+    <source-plugin.version>3.4.0</source-plugin.version>
+    <javadoc-plugin.version>3.12.0</javadoc-plugin.version>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 87bfffb..5edad0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>
         The default WebSocket client used by HtmlUnit.
-        The implementation is based on Jetty 9.
+        The implementation is based on Jetty 12.
     </description>
     <url>https://www.htmlunit.org</url>
 
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
         <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
 
-        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <jetty.version>9.4.58.v20250814</jetty.version>
+        <jetty.version>12.1.8</jetty.version>
 
         <!-- quality -->
         <dependencycheck.version>10.0.4</dependencycheck.version>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
-            <artifactId>websocket-client</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>jetty-websocket-jetty-client</artifactId>
             <version>${jetty.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
                                     <version>3.6.3</version>
                                 </requireMavenVersion>
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <version>1.8.0</version>
+                                    <version>17</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                             </rules>
                         </configuration>