diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91843c063..fefc32bb0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ bin/**
 **/generated
 **/.DS_Store
 **/generated/**
+/deptree.txt
diff --git a/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml b/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml
index 0bac8a419..7e84904a6 100644
--- a/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-cockroachdb/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/driver-jdbc/pom.xml b/driver-jdbc/pom.xml
index eaafb60ef..443f349a9 100644
--- a/driver-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/driver-jmx/pom.xml b/driver-jmx/pom.xml
index 0798776b7..e83b2a076 100644
--- a/driver-jmx/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-jmx/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/driver-kafka/pom.xml b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
index 7961f084d..0d8ff4b4b 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/pom.xml b/driver-pulsar/pom.xml
index 08065272c..11daa2ccc 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-pulsar/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 481d67440..6e64ea493 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/nb5/pom.xml b/nb5/pom.xml
index 1800b107f..b1e02d8dc 100644
--- a/nb5/pom.xml
+++ b/nb5/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
             <artifactId>nbr</artifactId>
             <version>4.17.32-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<!--            <exclusions>-->
+<!--                <exclusion>-->
+<!--                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>-->
+<!--                </exclusion>-->
+<!--            </exclusions>-->
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Everything below this line is in common between nb and nb5 -->
@@ -80,6 +86,12 @@
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
             <artifactId>adapter-cqld4</artifactId>
             <version>4.17.32-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<!--            <exclusions>-->
+<!--                <exclusion>-->
+<!--                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>-->
+<!--                </exclusion>-->
+<!--            </exclusions>-->
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -92,6 +104,12 @@
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
             <artifactId>adapter-pulsar</artifactId>
             <version>4.17.32-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<!--            <exclusions>-->
+<!--                <exclusion>-->
+<!--                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>-->
+<!--                </exclusion>-->
+<!--            </exclusions>-->
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -104,6 +122,12 @@
             <groupId>io.nosqlbench</groupId>
             <artifactId>adapter-kafka</artifactId>
             <version>4.17.32-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<!--            <exclusions>-->
+<!--                <exclusion>-->
+<!--                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>-->
+<!--                </exclusion>-->
+<!--            </exclusions>-->
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java b/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java
index a99f133c2..51a1de96b 100644
--- a/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java
+++ b/nbr-examples/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/nbr/examples/ScriptExampleTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_error.js b/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_error.js
index f156ba439..d2e8ac5ab 100644
--- a/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_error.js
+++ b/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_error.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_init_error.js b/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_init_error.js
index eb94db38d..42e2fbb74 100644
--- a/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_init_error.js
+++ b/nbr-examples/src/test/resources/scripts/examples/activity_init_error.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+ * Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/nbr/pom.xml b/nbr/pom.xml
index d74607f99..3ec8e3cf6 100644
--- a/nbr/pom.xml
+++ b/nbr/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e764f44b3..91cd66d16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 nosqlbench
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022-2023 nosqlbench
   ~
   ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
         <module>engine-docker</module>
         <module>engine-docs</module>
         <module>engine-cli</module>
-        <module>engine-rest</module>
-        <module>engine-clients</module>
+<!--        <module>engine-rest</module>-->
+<!--        <module>engine-clients</module>-->
         <module>adapters-api</module>
 
         <!-- driver modules -->