diff --git a/.github/actions/build/action.yml b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
index 8203e8a7..e74f78dc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,13 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
+        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip --update-snapshots dependency:go-offline
         mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip --update-snapshots clean compile test-compile
         mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip -DskipTests -Dmaven.test.skip=true package
         mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip -DskipTests -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dgpg.skip install
+        cd examples/scala
+        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip clean compile test-compile
+        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip -DskipTests -Dmaven.test.skip=true package
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Upload Binaries
@@ -58,6 +62,12 @@ runs:
           !target/*-javadoc.jar
           !target/site
 
+    - name: Upload Dependencies
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: Dependencies-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
+        path: ~/.m2/repository
+
 branding:
   icon: 'check-circle'
   color: 'green'
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-integrate/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-integrate/action.yml
index 69abc4c0..f0f609ec 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-integrate/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-integrate/action.yml
@@ -40,20 +40,21 @@ runs:
         name: Binaries-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
         path: .
 
-    - name: Cache Maven packages
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+    - name: Fetch Dependencies Artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
+        name: Dependencies-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
         path: ~/.m2/repository
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-integrate-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pom.xml') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-integrate-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-build-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
 
-    - name: Cache Spark Binaries
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+    - name: Fetch Spark Binaries Artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
+        name: Spark-Binaries-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.hadoop-version }}
         path: ~/spark
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-spark-binaries-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
+
+    - name: Change file permissions
+      run: chmod u+x ~/spark/bin/* ~/spark/sbin/*
+      shell: bash
 
     - name: Setup JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
@@ -61,17 +62,6 @@ runs:
         java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
         distribution: 'zulu'
 
-    - name: Setup Spark Binaries
-      env:
-        SPARK_PACKAGE: spark-${{ inputs.spark-version }}/spark-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-bin-hadoop${{ inputs.hadoop-version }}.tgz
-      run: |
-        if [[ ! -e ~/spark ]]
-        then
-          wget --progress=dot:giga "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/spark/${SPARK_PACKAGE}?action=download" -O - | tar -xzC "${{ runner.temp }}"
-          archive=$(basename "${SPARK_PACKAGE}") bash -c "mv -v "${{ runner.temp }}/\${archive/%.tgz/}" ~/spark"
-        fi
-      shell: bash
-
     - name: Parametrize
       id: params
       run: |
@@ -84,14 +74,27 @@ runs:
     - name: Prepare Integration Tests
       run: |
         mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip -DskipTests install
-        cd examples/scala
-        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip package
+        (cd examples/scala && mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip package)
         # spark-submit is not capable of downloading these dependencies, fetching them through mvn
-        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip dependency:get -DgroupId=com.google.errorprone -DartifactId=error_prone_annotations -Dversion=2.3.3
-        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip dependency:get -DgroupId=com.google.code.findbugs -DartifactId=jsr305 -Dversion=3.0.2
-        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip dependency:get -DgroupId=org.codehaus.mojo -DartifactId=animal-sniffer-annotations -Dversion=1.17
-        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip dependency:get -DgroupId=com.google.code.gson -DartifactId=gson -Dversion=2.8.9
-        mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip dependency:get -DgroupId=org.slf4j -DartifactId=slf4j-api -Dversion=1.7.16
+        for dep in "org.slf4j#slf4j-api;2.0.16" \
+                   "com.google.protobuf#protobuf-java;4.29.1" \
+                   "io.netty#netty-all;4.1.110.Final" \
+                   "com.google.guava#guava;33.3.1-jre" \
+                   "com.google.guava#failureaccess;1.0.2" \
+                   "com.google.guava#listenablefuture;9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava" \
+                   "org.checkerframework#checker-qual;3.43.0" \
+                   "com.google.j2objc#j2objc-annotations;3.0.0"; do
+          IFS="#;" read group artifact version <<< "$dep"
+          mvn --batch-mode -Dspotless.check.skip dependency:get -DgroupId="$group" -DartifactId="$artifact" -Dversion="$version"
+        done
+        if [[ "${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}" == "3.0" ]]
+        then
+          # spark-submit 3.0 cannot resolve the dgraph4j dependency that has classifier "shaded"
+          # copying it into .ivy2 cache without classifier
+          mkdir -p ~/.ivy2/jars/
+          dgraph4j_version="$(grep -A3 -B2 "<artifactId>dgraph4j</artifactId>" pom.xml | grep "<version>" | sed -e "s/[^>]*>//" -e "s/<.*//")"
+          cp -v ~/.m2/repository/io/dgraph/dgraph4j/${dgraph4j_version}/dgraph4j-${dgraph4j_version}-shaded.jar ~/.ivy2/jars/io.dgraph_dgraph4j-${dgraph4j_version}.jar
+        fi
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Start Dgraph cluster (Small)
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-python/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-python/action.yml
index 753e8e90..e6f8220c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-python/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-python/action.yml
@@ -37,15 +37,11 @@ runs:
         name: Binaries-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
         path: .
 
-    - name: Cache Maven packages
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+    - name: Fetch Dependencies Artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
+        name: Dependencies-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
         path: ~/.m2/repository
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-python-test-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pom.xml') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-python-test-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-test-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-build-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
 
     - name: Setup JDK 11
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
diff --git a/.github/actions/test-scala/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-scala/action.yml
index 7e61a216..1d6eea32 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-scala/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-scala/action.yml
@@ -37,14 +37,11 @@ runs:
         name: Binaries-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
         path: .
 
-    - name: Cache Maven packages
-      uses: actions/cache@v4
+    - name: Fetch Dependencies Artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
+        name: Dependencies-${{ inputs.spark-compat-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}
         path: ~/.m2/repository
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-test-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-${{ hashFiles('pom.xml') }}
-        restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-test-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
-          ${{ runner.os }}-mvn-build-${{ inputs.spark-version }}-${{ inputs.scala-compat-version }}-
 
     - name: Setup JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 58638722..04f7f220 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ jobs:
           git diff
         shell: bash
 
+  download-spark:
+    name: "Spark"
+    uses: "./.github/workflows/download-spark.yml"
+
   build:
     name: "Build"
     uses: "./.github/workflows/build.yml"
@@ -129,15 +133,17 @@ jobs:
 
   test-integration:
     name: "Test Integration"
-    needs: [test-dgraph, test-spark]
+    needs: [download-spark, test-dgraph, test-spark]
     uses: "./.github/workflows/test-integration.yml"
 
-  delete_binaries:
-    name: "Delete Binaries"
+  delete_artifacts:
+    name: "Delete Artifacts"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [test-dgraph, test-spark, test-scala, test-python, test-integration]
     steps:
-      - name: Delete Binaries Artifact
+      - name: Delete Artifacts
         uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v5
         with:
-          name: "Binaries-*"
+          name: |
+            Binaries-*
+            Dependencies-*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download-spark.yml b/.github/workflows/download-spark.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3dd98ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/download-spark.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  download:
+    name: Download (Spark ${{ matrix.spark-version }} Hadoop ${{ matrix.hadoop-version }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        # use spark versions from test-integration.yaml workflow
+        include:
+          - spark-version: '3.0.3'
+            hadoop-version: '2.7'
+          - spark-version: '3.1.3'
+            hadoop-version: '2.7'
+          - spark-version: '3.2.4'
+            hadoop-version: '2.7'
+          - spark-version: '3.3.4'
+            hadoop-version: '3'
+          - spark-version: '3.4.3'
+            hadoop-version: '3'
+          - spark-version: '3.5.3'
+            hadoop-version: '3'
+          - spark-version: '4.0.0-preview2'
+            hadoop-version: '3'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Cache Spark Binaries
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/spark
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-spark-binaries-${{ matrix.spark-version }}-${{ matrix.scala-compat-version }}
+
+      - name: Setup Spark Binaries
+        env:
+          SPARK_PACKAGE: spark-${{ matrix.spark-version }}/spark-${{ matrix.spark-version }}-bin-hadoop${{ matrix.hadoop-version }}.tgz
+        run: |
+          if [[ ! -e ~/spark ]]
+          then
+            wget --progress=dot:giga "https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/spark/${SPARK_PACKAGE}?action=download" -O - | tar -xzC "${{ runner.temp }}"
+            archive=$(basename "${SPARK_PACKAGE}") bash -c "mv -v "${{ runner.temp }}/\${archive/%.tgz/}" ~/spark"
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Upload Spark Binaries
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: Spark-Binaries-${{ matrix.spark-version }}-${{ matrix.hadoop-version }}
+          path: ~/spark
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 270545f8..f135f51c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>uk.co.gresearch.dgraph</groupId>
-      <artifactId>dgraph4j-shaded</artifactId>
-      <version>21.12.0-0</version>
+      <groupId>io.dgraph</groupId>
+      <artifactId>dgraph4j</artifactId>
+      <version>24.1.1</version>
+      <classifier>shaded</classifier>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>