diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 7e523af..cad5a1f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
 
 plugins {
     java
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.23"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.0.0"
     `maven-publish`
     jacoco
     id("com.github.kt3k.coveralls") version "2.12.2"
diff --git a/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandler.kt b/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandler.kt
index ff32324..093b59a 100644
--- a/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandler.kt
+++ b/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandler.kt
@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ import com.google.common.net.MediaType
 import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
-import kotlin.reflect.jvm.ExperimentalReflectionOnLambdas
-import kotlin.reflect.jvm.reflect
 
-@Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
 abstract class RequestHandler : RequestHandler<APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent, APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent> {
     open val objectMapper = jacksonObjectMapper()
 
@@ -49,7 +46,6 @@ abstract class RequestHandler : RequestHandler<APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent, APIG
             .apply { headers = headers.mapKeys { it.key.lowercase() } }
             .let { router.filter.then(this::handleRequest)(it) }
 
-    @ExperimentalReflectionOnLambdas
     @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
     private fun handleRequest(input: APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent): APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent {
         log.debug(
@@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ abstract class RequestHandler : RequestHandler<APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent, APIG
                         routerFunction.requestPredicate.matchedAcceptType(input.acceptedMediaTypes())
                             ?: MediaType.parse(router.defaultContentType)
 
-                    val handler: HandlerFunction<Any, Any> = routerFunction.handler
+                    val handler: HandlerFunctionWrapper<Any, Any> = routerFunction.handler
 
                     val response =
                         try {
@@ -74,8 +70,8 @@ abstract class RequestHandler : RequestHandler<APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent, APIG
                                 throw ApiException("missing permissions", "MISSING_PERMISSIONS", 403)
                             } else {
                                 val requestBody = deserializeRequest(handler, input)
-                                val request = Request(input, requestBody, routerFunction.requestPredicate.pathPattern)
-                                (handler as HandlerFunction<*, *>)(request)
+                                val request = Request(input, requestBody, routerFunction.requestPredicate.pathPattern) as Request<Any>
+                                handler.handlerFunction(request)
                             }
                         } catch (e: Exception) {
                             exceptionToResponseEntity(e, input)
@@ -144,22 +140,16 @@ abstract class RequestHandler : RequestHandler<APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent, APIG
 
     open fun predicatePermissionHandlerSupplier(): ((r: APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent) -> PredicatePermissionHandler)? = null
 
-    @ExperimentalReflectionOnLambdas
     private fun deserializeRequest(
-        handler: HandlerFunction<Any, Any>,
+        handler: HandlerFunctionWrapper<Any, Any>,
         input: APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent,
     ): Any? {
-        val requestType =
-            handler.reflect()?.parameters?.first()?.type?.arguments?.first()?.type
-                ?: throw IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "reflection failed, try using a real lambda instead of function references (Kotlin 1.6 bug?)",
-                )
         return when {
-            requestType.classifier as KClass<*> == Unit::class -> Unit
-            input.body == null && requestType.isMarkedNullable -> null
+            handler.requestType.classifier as KClass<*> == Unit::class -> Unit
+            input.body == null && handler.requestType.isMarkedNullable -> null
             input.body == null -> throw ApiException("no request body present", "REQUEST_BODY_MISSING", 400)
-            input.body is String && requestType.classifier as KClass<*> == String::class -> input.body
-            else -> deserializationHandlerChain.deserialize(input, requestType)
+            input.body is String && handler.requestType.classifier as KClass<*> == String::class -> input.body
+            else -> deserializationHandlerChain.deserialize(input, handler.requestType)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/Router.kt b/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/Router.kt
index 87c2236..8dcf202 100644
--- a/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/Router.kt
+++ b/router/src/main/kotlin/io/moia/router/Router.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package io.moia.router
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent.ProxyRequestContext
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.events.APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent
+import kotlin.reflect.KType
+import kotlin.reflect.typeOf
 
 typealias PredicateFactory = (String, String, Set<String>, Set<String>) -> RequestPredicate
 
@@ -33,35 +35,35 @@ class Router(private val predicateFactory: PredicateFactory) {
 
     var filter: Filter = Filter.NoOp
 
-    fun <I, T> GET(
+    inline fun <reified I, reified T> GET(
         pattern: String,
-        handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
-    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "GET", handlerFunction, emptySet())
+        crossinline handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "GET", HandlerFunctionWrapper.invoke(handlerFunction), emptySet())
 
-    fun <I, T> POST(
+    inline fun <reified I, reified T> POST(
         pattern: String,
-        handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
-    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "POST", handlerFunction)
+        crossinline handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "POST", HandlerFunctionWrapper.invoke(handlerFunction))
 
-    fun <I, T> PUT(
+    inline fun <reified I, reified T> PUT(
         pattern: String,
-        handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
-    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "PUT", handlerFunction)
+        crossinline handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "PUT", HandlerFunctionWrapper.invoke(handlerFunction))
 
-    fun <I, T> DELETE(
+    inline fun <reified I, reified T> DELETE(
         pattern: String,
-        handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
-    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "DELETE", handlerFunction, emptySet())
+        crossinline handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "DELETE", HandlerFunctionWrapper.invoke(handlerFunction), emptySet())
 
-    fun <I, T> PATCH(
+    inline fun <reified I, reified T> PATCH(
         pattern: String,
-        handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
-    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "PATCH", handlerFunction)
+        crossinline handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+    ) = defaultRequestPredicate(pattern, "PATCH", HandlerFunctionWrapper.invoke(handlerFunction))
 
-    private fun <I, T> defaultRequestPredicate(
+    fun <I, T> defaultRequestPredicate(
         pattern: String,
         method: String,
-        handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+        handlerFunction: HandlerFunctionWrapper<I, T>,
         consuming: Set<String> = defaultConsuming,
     ) = predicateFactory(method, pattern, consuming, defaultProducing)
         .also { routes += RouterFunction(it, handlerFunction) }
@@ -108,9 +110,28 @@ fun Filter.then(next: APIGatewayRequestHandlerFunction): APIGatewayRequestHandle
 typealias APIGatewayRequestHandlerFunction = (APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent) -> APIGatewayProxyResponseEvent
 typealias HandlerFunction<I, T> = (request: Request<I>) -> ResponseEntity<T>
 
+abstract class HandlerFunctionWrapper<I, T> {
+    abstract val requestType: KType
+    abstract val responseType: KType
+
+    abstract val handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T>
+
+    companion object {
+        inline operator fun <reified I, reified T> invoke(crossinline handler: HandlerFunction<I, T>): HandlerFunctionWrapper<I, T> {
+            val requestType = typeOf<I>()
+            val responseType = typeOf<T>()
+            return object : HandlerFunctionWrapper<I, T>() {
+                override val requestType: KType = requestType
+                override val responseType: KType = responseType
+                override val handlerFunction: HandlerFunction<I, T> = { request -> handler.invoke(request) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 class RouterFunction<I, T>(
     val requestPredicate: RequestPredicate,
-    val handler: HandlerFunction<I, T>,
+    val handler: HandlerFunctionWrapper<I, T>,
 ) {
     override fun toString(): String {
         return "RouterFunction(requestPredicate=$requestPredicate)"
diff --git a/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandlerTest.kt b/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandlerTest.kt
index b51982b..7c0e5ec 100644
--- a/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RequestHandlerTest.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import io.mockk.mockk
 import io.moia.router.Router.Companion.router
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
 import java.time.LocalDate
 
 @Suppress("ktlint:standard:max-line-length")
@@ -710,7 +709,7 @@ class RequestHandlerTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `should fail for function references when using Kotlin 1_6_10`() {
+    fun `should be able to use function references as handler`() {
         class DummyHandler : RequestHandler() {
             val dummy =
                 object {
@@ -725,7 +724,8 @@ class RequestHandlerTest {
                     GET("/some", dummy::handler).producing("application/json")
                 }
         }
-        assertThrows<IllegalArgumentException> {
+
+        val response =
             DummyHandler().handleRequest(
                 APIGatewayProxyRequestEvent()
                     .withHttpMethod("GET")
@@ -733,7 +733,8 @@ class RequestHandlerTest {
                     .withAcceptHeader("application/json"),
                 mockk(),
             )
-        }
+
+        assertThat(response.statusCode).isEqualTo(200)
     }
 
     class TestRequestHandlerAuthorization : RequestHandler() {
@@ -864,16 +865,16 @@ class RequestHandlerTest {
                 POST("/no-content") { _: Request<TestRequest> ->
                     ResponseEntity.noContent()
                 }
-                POST("/create-without-location") { _: Request<TestRequest> ->
+                POST<TestRequest, Unit>("/create-without-location") { _: Request<TestRequest> ->
                     ResponseEntity.created(null, null, emptyMap())
                 }
-                POST("/create-with-location") { r: Request<TestRequest> ->
+                POST<TestRequest, Unit>("/create-with-location") { r: Request<TestRequest> ->
                     ResponseEntity.created(null, r.apiRequest.location("test"), emptyMap())
                 }
                 DELETE("/delete-me") { _: Request<Unit> ->
                     ResponseEntity.noContent()
                 }
-                GET("/non-existing-path-parameter") { request: Request<Unit> ->
+                GET<Unit, Unit>("/non-existing-path-parameter") { request: Request<Unit> ->
                     request.getPathParameter("foo")
                     ResponseEntity.ok(null)
                 }
@@ -883,7 +884,7 @@ class RequestHandlerTest {
     class TestQueryParamParsingHandler : RequestHandler() {
         override val router =
             router {
-                GET("/search") { r: Request<TestRequestHandler.TestRequest> ->
+                GET<TestRequestHandler.TestRequest, Unit>("/search") { r: Request<TestRequestHandler.TestRequest> ->
                     assertThat(r.getQueryParameter("testQueryParam")).isNotNull()
                     assertThat(r.getQueryParameter("testQueryParam")).isEqualTo("foo")
                     assertThat(r.queryParameters!!["testQueryParam"]).isNotNull()
diff --git a/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RouterTest.kt b/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RouterTest.kt
index e75b218..f0e2a44 100644
--- a/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RouterTest.kt
+++ b/router/src/test/kotlin/io/moia/router/RouterTest.kt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class RouterTest {
     fun `should not consume for a deletion route`() {
         val router =
             router {
-                DELETE("/delete-me") { _: Request<Unit> ->
+                DELETE<Unit, Unit>("/delete-me") { _: Request<Unit> ->
                     ResponseEntity.ok(null)
                 }
             }