diff --git a/archetypes/echo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/echo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 682032ae..19dd4862 100644
--- a/archetypes/echo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/echo/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.9.0</version>
                 <inherited>true</inherited>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
diff --git a/bundles/samples/pom.xml b/bundles/samples/pom.xml
index 68271662..e40cb0ed 100644
--- a/bundles/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/samples/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.6.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <descriptors>
                         <descriptor>src/main/assembly/examples-assembly.xml</descriptor>
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
                         <id>make-assembly</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>attached</goal>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/bundles/websocket-ri-archive/pom.xml b/bundles/websocket-ri-archive/pom.xml
index 8e14fdb4..3ffd6913 100755
--- a/bundles/websocket-ri-archive/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/websocket-ri-archive/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2013, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2013, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <!-- append to the packaging phase. -->
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>attached</goal>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
                             <!-- goals == mojos -->
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/bundles/websocket-risrc-licensee/pom.xml b/bundles/websocket-risrc-licensee/pom.xml
index 68a4302b..7e83c334 100755
--- a/bundles/websocket-risrc-licensee/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/websocket-risrc-licensee/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2013, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2013, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.glassfish.tyrus.bundles</groupId>
         <artifactId>tyrus-bundles</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>1.99-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>websocket-risrc-licensee</artifactId>
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <!-- append to the packaging phase. -->
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>attached</goal>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
                             <!-- goals == mojos -->
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/TyrusClientEngine.java b/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/TyrusClientEngine.java
index 0a5bae98..1625a535 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/TyrusClientEngine.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/client/TyrusClientEngine.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2013, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ public ClientUpgradeInfo processResponse(final UpgradeResponse upgradeResponse,
                             LocalizationMessages.HANDSHAKE_HTTP_RETRY_AFTER_MESSAGE(), delay));
                     return UPGRADE_INFO_FAILED;
                 default:
+                    ((ClientEndpointConfig) endpointWrapper.getEndpointConfig()).getConfigurator().afterResponse(upgradeResponse);
+
                     clientEngineState = TyrusClientEngineState.FAILED;
                     HandshakeException e = new HandshakeException(
                             upgradeResponse.getStatus(),
diff --git a/containers/servlet/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/servlet/TyrusServletFilter.java b/containers/servlet/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/servlet/TyrusServletFilter.java
index 9fa26bdc..eb96fda1 100644
--- a/containers/servlet/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/servlet/TyrusServletFilter.java
+++ b/containers/servlet/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/servlet/TyrusServletFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public boolean isUserInRole(String role) {
             final WebSocketEngine.UpgradeInfo upgradeInfo = engine.upgrade(requestContext, tyrusUpgradeResponse);
             switch (upgradeInfo.getStatus()) {
                 case HANDSHAKE_FAILED:
-                    appendTraceHeaders(httpServletResponse, tyrusUpgradeResponse);
+                    appendAllHeaders(httpServletResponse, tyrusUpgradeResponse);
                     httpServletResponse.sendError(tyrusUpgradeResponse.getStatus());
                     break;
                 case NOT_APPLICABLE:
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ public boolean isUserInRole(String role) {
                     }
 
                     httpServletResponse.setStatus(tyrusUpgradeResponse.getStatus());
-                    for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : tyrusUpgradeResponse.getHeaders().entrySet()) {
-                        httpServletResponse.addHeader(entry.getKey(), Utils.getHeaderFromList(entry.getValue()));
-                    }
+                    appendAllHeaders(httpServletResponse, tyrusUpgradeResponse);
 
                     response.flushBuffer();
                     LOGGER.fine("Handshake Complete");
@@ -283,7 +281,7 @@ public boolean isUserInRole(String role) {
         }
     }
 
-    private void appendTraceHeaders(HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse, TyrusUpgradeResponse
+    private static void appendTraceHeaders(HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse, TyrusUpgradeResponse
             tyrusUpgradeResponse) {
         for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : tyrusUpgradeResponse.getHeaders().entrySet()) {
             if (entry.getKey().contains(UpgradeResponse.TRACING_HEADER_PREFIX)) {
@@ -292,6 +290,13 @@ private void appendTraceHeaders(HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse, TyrusUp
         }
     }
 
+    private static void appendAllHeaders(HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse, TyrusUpgradeResponse
+            tyrusUpgradeResponse) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : tyrusUpgradeResponse.getHeaders().entrySet()) {
+            httpServletResponse.addHeader(entry.getKey(), Utils.getHeaderFromList(entry.getValue()));
+        }
+    }
+
     private synchronized JAXBContext getWsadlJaxbContext() throws JAXBException {
         if (wsadlJaxbContext == null) {
             wsadlJaxbContext = JAXBContext.newInstance(Application.class.getPackage().getName());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/core/TyrusWebSocketEngine.java b/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/core/TyrusWebSocketEngine.java
index 7533735b..52751a70 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/core/TyrusWebSocketEngine.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/core/TyrusWebSocketEngine.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -401,8 +401,21 @@ public Map<String, Object> getProperties() {
             }
 
             response.getHeaders().putAll(debugContext.getTracingHeaders());
-            return new SuccessfulUpgradeInfo(endpointWrapper, protocolHandler, incomingBufferSize, request, response,
-                                             extensionContext, debugContext);
+            switch (response.getStatus()) {
+                case 101:
+                case 300:
+                case 301:
+                case 302:
+                case 303:
+                case 307:
+                case 308:
+                case 401:
+                case 503:
+                    return new SuccessfulUpgradeInfo(endpointWrapper, protocolHandler, incomingBufferSize, request, response,
+                            extensionContext, debugContext);
+                default:
+                    return new NoConnectionUpgradeInfo(UpgradeStatus.HANDSHAKE_FAILED);
+            }
         }
 
         response.setStatus(500);
diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index 4a258ee3..76252f87 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2013, 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2013, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <configuration>
-                            <tasks>
+                            <target>
                                 <echo message="Preparing char entities" />
                                 <mkdir dir="${src.dir}" />
                                 <copy todir="${src.dir}">
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                                 <replace file="${src.dir}/tyrus.ent" token="$version" value="${project.version}" />
                                 <replace file="${src.dir}/tyrus.ent" token="$repository" value="${javanet.repository.id}" />
                                 <replace file="${src.dir}/tyrus.ent" token="$websocket-api-version" value="${websocket-api.version}" />
-                            </tasks>
+                            </target>
                         </configuration>
                         <id>process-entities</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
                         <id>make-assembly</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>attached</goal>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 930e1d35..185b9242 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.4.0</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
                     </configuration>
diff --git a/samples/pom.xml b/samples/pom.xml
index 691b6294..fb106eb2 100755
--- a/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+    Copyright (c) 2011, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0, which is available at
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                                     <id>assemble-src-zip</id>
                                     <phase>package</phase>
                                     <goals>
-                                        <goal>attached</goal>
+                                        <goal>single</goal>
                                     </goals>
                                     <configuration>
                                         <descriptors>
diff --git a/tests/e2e/standard-config/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/test/standard_config/HandshakeTest.java b/tests/e2e/standard-config/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/test/standard_config/HandshakeTest.java
index 113cd550..f7f4bc33 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/standard-config/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/test/standard_config/HandshakeTest.java
+++ b/tests/e2e/standard-config/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/test/standard_config/HandshakeTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -18,20 +18,26 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import javax.websocket.ClientEndpointConfig;
 import javax.websocket.DeploymentException;
 import javax.websocket.EndpointConfig;
 import javax.websocket.HandshakeResponse;
+import javax.websocket.OnMessage;
 import javax.websocket.Session;
 import javax.websocket.server.HandshakeRequest;
+import javax.websocket.server.ServerEndpoint;
+import javax.websocket.server.ServerEndpointConfig;
 
 import org.glassfish.tyrus.client.ClientManager;
 import org.glassfish.tyrus.server.Server;
+import org.glassfish.tyrus.spi.UpgradeResponse;
 import org.glassfish.tyrus.test.standard_config.bean.TestEndpoint;
 import org.glassfish.tyrus.test.tools.TestContainer;
 
@@ -118,4 +124,72 @@ public void onOpen(Session session) {
             stopServer(server);
         }
     }
+
+
+    static final int STATUS = 499;
+    static final String HEADER = "TEST_HEADER";
+
+    public static class StatusSetterConfiguration extends ServerEndpointConfig.Configurator {
+        @Override
+        public void modifyHandshake(ServerEndpointConfig sec, HandshakeRequest request, HandshakeResponse response) {
+            ((UpgradeResponse) response).setStatus(STATUS);
+            response.getHeaders().put(HEADER, Collections.singletonList(HEADER));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void customResponseTest() throws DeploymentException, IOException {
+        @ServerEndpoint(value = "/status", configurator = StatusSetterConfiguration.class)
+        class StatusSetterEndpoint {
+            @OnMessage
+            public void onMessage(String message) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("ON MESSAGE");
+            }
+        }
+
+        final AtomicReference<Integer> status = new AtomicReference<>();
+        final AtomicReference<String> header = new AtomicReference<>();
+
+        Server server = startServer(StatusSetterEndpoint.class);
+
+        ClientEndpointConfig.Configurator cecc = new ClientEndpointConfig.Configurator() {
+            @Override
+            public void afterResponse(HandshakeResponse hr) {
+                status.set(((UpgradeResponse) hr).getStatus());
+                header.set(((UpgradeResponse) hr).getFirstHeaderValue(HEADER));
+            }
+        };
+
+        ClientEndpointConfig cec = ClientEndpointConfig.Builder.create().configurator(cecc).build();
+
+        try {
+            ClientManager client = createClient();
+            Session session = client.connectToServer(new TestEndpointAdapter() {
+                @Override
+                public void onMessage(String message) {
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public void onOpen(Session session) {
+                    try {
+                        session.getBasicRemote().sendText("This should never be sent");
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                @Override
+                public EndpointConfig getEndpointConfig() {
+                    return cec;
+                }
+            }, cec, getURI(StatusSetterEndpoint.class));
+
+            throw new IllegalStateException("DeploymentException was not thrown");
+        } catch (DeploymentException de) {
+            Assert.assertEquals(STATUS, status.get().intValue());
+            Assert.assertEquals(HEADER, header.get());
+        } finally {
+            server.stop();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/BrowserTest.java b/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/BrowserTest.java
index 6a52a823..de9732a6 100644
--- a/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/BrowserTest.java
+++ b/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/BrowserTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ private void twoClientsChat(SeleniumToolkit.Browser alice, SeleniumToolkit.Brows
     }
 
     private void chatScalabitlity(SeleniumToolkit.Browser browser) throws InterruptedException, Exception {
-        logger.log(Level.INFO, "=============testScalabilityWith" + TestScenarios.MAX_CHAT_CLIENTS +
-                "Users===============================");
+        logger.log(Level.INFO, "=============testScalabilityWith" + TestScenarios.MAX_CHAT_CLIENTS
+                + "Users===============================");
         List<SeleniumToolkit> toolkits = new ArrayList<SeleniumToolkit>();
         // Launch 100 browsers
         for (int idx = 0; idx < TestScenarios.MAX_CHAT_CLIENTS; idx++) {
diff --git a/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/SeleniumToolkit.java b/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/SeleniumToolkit.java
index f79b8ad8..2a2add3c 100644
--- a/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/SeleniumToolkit.java
+++ b/tests/qa/browser-test/src/test/java/org/glassfish/tyrus/tests/qa/SeleniumToolkit.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011, 2017 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -20,14 +20,19 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
-import org.openqa.selenium.*;
+import org.openqa.selenium.By;
+import org.openqa.selenium.ChromeDriverService;
+import org.openqa.selenium.FirefoxProfile;
+import org.openqa.selenium.InternetExplorerDriverService;
+import org.openqa.selenium.Platform;
+import org.openqa.selenium.SafariDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver;
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriverService;
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxBinary;
@@ -44,11 +49,9 @@
 public class SeleniumToolkit {
 
     enum Browser {
-
         FIREFOX, IE, CHROME, SAFARI
     }
 
-    ;
     private final String WIN_FIREFOX_BIN = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe";
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(SeleniumToolkit.class.getCanonicalName());
     private static List<WebDriver> webDriverInstances = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<WebDriver>();
@@ -147,8 +150,8 @@ public void setUpChrome() {
     public void setUpExplorer() {
         try {
             System.setProperty(InternetExplorerDriverService.IE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY, getEnv("IE_DRIVER"));
-            assert new File(System.getProperty(InternetExplorerDriverService.IE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY)).exists() :
-                    "IE_DRIVER exists";
+            assert new File(System.getProperty(InternetExplorerDriverService.IE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY)).exists()
+                    : "IE_DRIVER exists";
             driver = new InternetExplorerDriver();
             commonBrowserSetup();
             logger.log(Level.INFO, "IE Setup PASSED");