diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml
index 17db064d..7d7dcfbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-application.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
     test:
         name: 'PHP ${{ matrix.php-version }} ${{ matrix.dependencies }}'
-        runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+        runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
         strategy:
             fail-fast: false
@@ -25,11 +25,27 @@ jobs:
                     - php-version: '7.4'
                     - php-version: '8.0'
                     - php-version: '8.1'
+                    - php-version: '8.2'
+                    - php-version: '8.3'
 
         steps:
             - name: Checkout project
               uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+            - name: Cache Jackrabbit
+              id: cache-jackrabbit
+              uses: actions/cache@v3
+              with:
+                path: bin/jackrabbit-standalone-*
+                key: jackrabbit
+
+            # default java installation not able to run newer versions of jackrabbit
+            - name: Install and configure Java
+              uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+              with:
+                  distribution: temurin
+                  java-version: '8'
+
             - name: Install and configure PHP
               uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
               with:
@@ -37,14 +53,19 @@ jobs:
                   tools: 'composer:v2'
 
             - name: Install dependencies with Composer
-              uses: ramsey/composer-install@v1
+              uses: ramsey/composer-install@v2
               with:
                   dependency-versions: ${{ matrix.dependencies }}
                   composer-options: --prefer-dist
 
+            - name: Get source version of phpcr-utils
+              run: |
+                  rm -rf vendor/phpcr/phpcr-utils
+                  composer update phpcr/phpcr-utils --prefer-source
+
             - name: Start jackrabbit
               run: |
-                  ./bin/jackrabbit.sh
+                ./bin/jackrabbit.sh
 
             - name: Execute test cases
               run: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2434b6a..77fb4600 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changelog
 Version 1
 =========
 
+1.4.5
+-----
+
+* Improved the bin/jackrabbit.sh script to detect when the .jar fails to be started.
+
 1.4.4
 -----
 
diff --git a/bin/jackrabbit.sh b/bin/jackrabbit.sh
index d59116ed..c4e5077f 100755
--- a/bin/jackrabbit.sh
+++ b/bin/jackrabbit.sh
@@ -9,16 +9,29 @@ JAR=jackrabbit-standalone-$VERSION.jar
 # download jackrabbit jar from archive, as the dist only contains the latest
 # stable versions
 if [ ! -f "$DIR/$JAR" ]; then
-    wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/$VERSION/$JAR
+    wget -nv http://archive.apache.org/dist/jackrabbit/$VERSION/$JAR
 fi
 
 java -jar $DIR/$JAR&
+pid=$!
+echo "started prodcess $pid"
 
 echo "Waiting until Jackrabbit is ready on port 8080"
 while [[ -z `curl -s 'http://localhost:8080' ` ]]
 do
     echo -n "."
     sleep 2s
+    count=$(ps | grep "$pid[^[]" | wc -l)
+    if [[ $count -eq 0 ]]
+    then
+        echo "process $pid not found, waiting on it to determine exit status"
+        if wait $pid; then
+		echo "jackrabbit terminated with success status (this should not happen)"
+        else
+                echo "jackrabbit failed (returned $?)"
+        fi
+	exit 1
+    fi
 done
 
 echo "Jackrabbit is up"