diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix.js b/.github/workflows/matrix.js
index bf5fcdef0a..cca319b707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix.js
@@ -1,46 +1,7 @@
-let { MatrixBuilder } = require('./matrix_builder');
-const matrix = new MatrixBuilder();
-
-// Add axes for the matrix
-matrix.addAxis({
-    name: 'os',
-    title: x => x.replace('-latest', ''),
-    values: [
-        'ubuntu-latest',
-        'windows-latest'
-    ]
-});
-matrix.addAxis({
-    name: 'java_version',
-    values: ['11', '17']
-});
-matrix.addAxis({
-    name: 'java_distribution',
-    title: x => x,
-    values: [
-        'corretto',
-        'liberica',
-        'microsoft',
-        'temurin',
-        'zulu'
-    ]
-});
-
-// Configure the order of the fields in job name
-matrix.setNamePattern(['os', 'java_version', 'java_distribution']);
+const {MatrixBuilder} = require('./matrix_builder');
+const {configureKotlinDefaults, setMatrix} = require('./matrix_commons');
 
-// Ensure at least one windows and at least one linux job is present (macos is almost the same as linux)
-matrix.generateRow({ os: 'windows-latest' });
-matrix.generateRow({ os: 'ubuntu-latest' });
-
-// Generate more rows, no duplicates would be generated
-const include = matrix.generateRows(process.env.MATRIX_JOBS || 5);
-if (include.length === 0) {
-    throw new Error('Matrix list is empty');
-}
-// Sort jobs by name, however, numeric parts are sorted appropriately
-// For instance, 'windows 8' would come before 'windows 11'
-include.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, { numeric: true }));
+const matrix = new MatrixBuilder();
+configureKotlinDefaults(matrix)
 
-console.log(include);
-console.log('::set-output name=matrix::' + JSON.stringify({ include }));
+setMatrix(matrix, 4);
diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix_commons.js b/.github/workflows/matrix_commons.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7414dd36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/matrix_commons.js
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+//
+//    __                          __
+//   / /____ ___ ____  ___  ___ _/ /       This file is provided to you by https://github.com/tegonal/github-commons
+//  / __/ -_) _ `/ _ \/ _ \/ _ `/ /        Copyright 2022 Tegonal Genossenschaft <info@tegonal.com>
+//  \__/\__/\_, /\___/_//_/\_,_/_/         It is licensed under Apache License 2.0
+//         /___/                           Please report bugs and contribute back your improvements
+//
+//                                         Version: v2.7.1
+//##################################
+// adapted version of https://github.com/vlsi/github-actions-random-matrix/blob/main/examples/matrix.js
+// licensed under Apache License 2.0
+//##################################
+const os = require("os");
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+const javaDistributionAxis = {
+	name: 'java_distribution',
+	values: [
+		'corretto',
+		'liberica',
+		'microsoft',
+		'semeru',
+		'temurin',
+		'zulu',
+	]
+};
+
+const javaVersionAxis = javaVersionAxisBuilder(['11', '17', '21']);
+
+function javaVersionAxisBuilder(values){
+	return {
+		name: 'java_version',
+		title: x => 'Java ' + x,
+		values: values
+	}
+}
+
+const osAxis = {
+	name: 'os',
+	title: x => x.replace('-latest', ''),
+	values: [
+		'ubuntu-latest',
+		'windows-latest',
+		'macos-latest'
+	]
+}
+
+function generateJavaMinMaxRows(matrix) {
+	// generate one with oldest java and one with newest java version
+	matrix.generateRow({java_version: matrix.axisByName.java_version.values[0]});
+	matrix.generateRow({java_version: matrix.axisByName.java_version.values.slice(-1)[0]});
+}
+
+function generateUbuntuWindowsRows(matrix) {
+	matrix.generateRow({os: 'ubuntu-latest'});
+	matrix.generateRow({os: 'windows-latest'});
+}
+
+function configureJavaDefaults(matrix, distributionAxis = javaDistributionAxis, versionAxis = javaVersionAxis, operatingSystemAxis = osAxis ) {
+	matrix.addAxis(distributionAxis);
+	matrix.addAxis(versionAxis);
+	matrix.addAxis(operatingSystemAxis);
+
+	// This specifies the order of axes in CI job name (individual titles would be joined with a comma)
+	matrix.setNamePattern(['java_version', 'java_distribution', 'os']);
+
+	// arm64 architecture is not supported by IBM Semeru
+	matrix.exclude({java_distribution: 'semeru', os: 'macos-latest'});
+
+	generateJavaMinMaxRows(matrix);
+	generateUbuntuWindowsRows(matrix);
+}
+
+function configureKotlinDefaults(matrix) {
+	const kotlinJavaDistributionAxis = {
+		...javaDistributionAxis,
+		values: javaDistributionAxis.values.filter ( x =>
+			// seems to have problems with kotlin https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-61836
+			x != 'semeru'
+		)
+	};
+	configureJavaDefaults(matrix, kotlinJavaDistributionAxis);
+}
+
+function configureScalaDefaults(matrix) {
+	configureJavaDefaults(matrix);
+}
+
+// see https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/1218
+function setOutput(key, value) {
+	// Temporary hack until core actions library catches up with github new recommendations
+	const output = process.env['GITHUB_OUTPUT']
+	if (output !== undefined){
+		fs.appendFileSync(output, `${key}=${value}${os.EOL}`)
+	} else {
+		console.log('::set-output name=' + key + '::' + value);
+	}
+}
+
+function setMatrix(matrix, numberOfJobs) {
+	const include = matrix.generateRows(process.env.MATRIX_JOBS || numberOfJobs);
+	if (include.length === 0) {
+		throw new Error('Matrix list is empty');
+	}
+
+	// Sort jobs by name, however, numeric parts are sorted appropriately
+	// For instance, 'windows 8' would come before 'windows 11'
+	include.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, {numeric: true}));
+
+	console.log(include);
+	setOutput('matrix', JSON.stringify({include}));
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+	javaDistributionAxis,
+	javaVersionAxis,
+	osAxis,
+	setMatrix,
+	generateJavaMinMaxRows,
+	generateUbuntuWindowsRows,
+	configureJavaDefaults,
+	configureKotlinDefaults,
+	configureScalaDefaults,
+};
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1908eb532..fec3aa2a52 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ node_modules
 .metals
 .vscode
 .kotlin
+.gt/**/repo
+.gt/**/gpg
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c40bc18b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gt/remotes/tegonal-gh-commons/gitconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[core]
+	repositoryformatversion = 0
+	filemode = true
+	bare = false
+	logallrefupdates = true
+[remote "tegonal-gh-commons"]
+	url = https://github.com/tegonal/github-commons
+	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/tegonal-gh-commons/*
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new file mode 100644
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new file mode 100644
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