diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index a63166f..15455fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php-versions: ['8.1']
+        php-versions: ['8.4']
 
     name: Upload coverage report
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 7b6013c..113f6cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   analyze:
-    name: PHP 8.1 Test / Analysis / Coverage
+    name: PHP 8.4 Test / Analysis / Coverage
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup PHP
         uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
         with:
-          php-version: '8.1'
+          php-version: '8.4'
           extensions: mbstring, intl, xdebug, sqlite3, xml, simplexml
           tools: composer:v2
           coverage: xdebug
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install
         run: |
+          composer self-update
+          rm -rf composer.lock
           composer install --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress
           composer update
 
@@ -37,32 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           composer global require php-coveralls/php-coveralls
           export CODECOVERAGE=1 && vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-clover=clover.xml
           php-coveralls --coverage_clover=clover.xml -v
-  test:
-    name: PHP 8.3 Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup PHP
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-        with:
-          php-version: '8.3'
-          extensions: mbstring, intl, xdebug, sqlite3
-
-      - name: PHP Version
-        run: php -v
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.composer-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          composer self-update
-          composer validate
-          composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
-
-      - name: Test Suite
-        run: |
-          composer test
 
   #
   # CakePHP version compatability
@@ -72,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        version: ['~5.0']
+        version: ['~5.0.0', '^5.0']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f1deeba..7fda956 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
         "cakephp/cakephp": "^5.0",
-        "kcs/class-finder": "^0.3"
+        "kcs/class-finder": "^0.6"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "^5.0",
-        "phpmd/phpmd": "^2.10",
-        "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.8.5",
+        "cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer": "~5.3.0",
+        "phpmd/phpmd": "~2.15.0",
+        "phpstan/phpstan": "~1.12.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10"
     },
     "autoload": {
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
index e231060..f3d0172 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml
+++ b/phpcs.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <ruleset name="App">
-    <config name="installed_paths" value="../../cakephp/cakephp-codesniffer" />
     <rule ref="CakePHP"/>
 </ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Model/Model.php b/src/Model/Model.php
index f5a45f3..48a11da 100644
--- a/src/Model/Model.php
+++ b/src/Model/Model.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Model
     public function __construct(
         private TableSchema $schema,
         private Table $table,
-        private EntityInterface $entity
+        private EntityInterface $entity,
     ) {
         $this->assignProperties();
     }
diff --git a/src/Model/ModelFactory.php b/src/Model/ModelFactory.php
index 13446b5..8be8c37 100644
--- a/src/Model/ModelFactory.php
+++ b/src/Model/ModelFactory.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function create(): ?Model
         return new Model(
             $this->connection->getSchemaCollection()->describe($this->table->getTable()),
             $this->table,
-            new $entityFqn()
+            new $entityFqn(),
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/ModelPropertyFactory.php b/src/Model/ModelPropertyFactory.php
index 282da8a..10b4516 100644
--- a/src/Model/ModelPropertyFactory.php
+++ b/src/Model/ModelPropertyFactory.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private TableSchema $schema,
         private Table $table,
         private string $columnName,
-        private EntityInterface $entity
+        private EntityInterface $entity,
     ) {
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Response/ResponseModifier.php b/src/Response/ResponseModifier.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 09a01f7..0000000
--- a/src/Response/ResponseModifier.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-declare(strict_types=1);
-
-namespace MixerApi\Core\Response;
-
-use Cake\Event\Event;
-use Cake\Event\EventManager;
-
-class ResponseModifier
-{
-    /**
-     * @param string $type Type Alias that will be used to modify the response e.g. jsonld or hal+json
-     * @param string $viewClass The View Class associated with $this->type alias
-     */
-    public function __construct(private string $type, private string $viewClass)
-    {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Registers Controller.initialize listener which performs the following actions:
-     * - Modifies the CakePHP Response type map if necessary to add additional mime types (note: this will be removed
-     * in a future version of the application).
-     * - Sets the view class map to render responses in the requested mime type.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function listen(): void
-    {
-        EventManager::instance()
-            ->on('Controller.initialize', function (Event $event): void {
-
-                /** @var \Cake\Controller\Controller $controller */
-                $controller = $event->getSubject();
-                if ($controller->components()->has('RequestHandler')) {
-                    $controller->RequestHandler->setConfig(
-                        'viewClassMap.' . $this->type,
-                        $this->viewClass
-                    );
-                }
-            });
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/Utility/NamespaceUtility.php b/src/Utility/NamespaceUtility.php
index 6a44409..d7bfe7c 100644
--- a/src/Utility/NamespaceUtility.php
+++ b/src/Utility/NamespaceUtility.php
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ public static function findClasses(?string $namespace = null, array $paths = [])
 
         $finder = (new ComposerFinder())
             ->inNamespace($namespace)
-            ->in($paths);
+            ->in($paths)
+            ->useAutoloading(false);
+
         $classes = [];
         foreach ($finder as $className => $reflector) {
             $classes[] = $className;
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Response/ResponseModifierTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Response/ResponseModifierTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index fedbd57..0000000
--- a/tests/TestCase/Response/ResponseModifierTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace MixerApi\Core\Test\TestCase\Response;
-
-use Cake\Event\EventManager;
-use Cake\Http\Response;
-use Cake\Http\ServerRequest;
-use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
-use MixerApi\Core\Response\ResponseModifier;
-use ReflectionFunction;
-
-class ResponseModifierTest extends TestCase
-{
-    public function test_event_listener(): void
-    {
-        $modifier = new ResponseModifier('jsonld', 'MixerApi/JsonLdView.JsonLd');
-        $modifier->listen();
-        $eventManager = EventManager::instance();
-        $listeners = $eventManager->matchingListeners('Controller.initialize');
-        $names = [];
-        foreach ($listeners['Controller.initialize'] as $listens) {
-            foreach ($listens as $listen) {
-                $names[] = (new ReflectionFunction($listen['callable']))->name;
-            }
-        }
-
-        $results = array_filter($names, function($name) {
-            return strstr($name, 'MixerApi\Core\Response\{closure}');
-        });
-
-        $this->assertNotEmpty($results);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index 3fa28a2..2add66d 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -26,28 +26,21 @@
  * Add additional configuration/setup your application needs when running
  * unit tests in this file.
  */
-require dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
-
 // Path constants to a few helpful things.
 if (!defined('DS')) {
     define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 }
+
 define('ROOT', dirname(__DIR__));
-define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT . DS . 'vendor' . DS . 'cakephp' . DS . 'cakephp');
 define('CORE_PATH', ROOT . DS . 'vendor' . DS . 'cakephp' . DS . 'cakephp' . DS);
 define('CAKE', CORE_PATH . 'src' . DS);
-define('TESTS', ROOT . DS . 'tests');
 define('APP', ROOT . DS . 'tests' . DS . 'test_app' . DS);
 define('APP_DIR', 'test_app');
-define('WEBROOT_DIR', 'webroot');
-define('WWW_ROOT', APP . 'webroot' . DS);
 
 require_once CORE_PATH . 'config/bootstrap.php';
 
 $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] = '/';
 
-define('IS_TEST', true);
-
 Configure::write('App.fullBaseUrl', 'http://localhost');
 putenv('DB=sqlite');
 
@@ -66,6 +59,7 @@
 
 define('TMP', sys_get_temp_dir() . DS);
 define('CACHE', TMP . 'cache' . DS);
+
 Cache::setConfig([
     '_cake_core_' => [
         'engine' => 'File',