diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce0dbfb..7a56c3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@
 	<properties>
 		<jdk.version>11</jdk.version>
 		<jbehave.version>5.2.0</jbehave.version>
-		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
+		<junit.version>5.10.1</junit.version>
 		<mockito.version>5.7.0</mockito.version>
+		<hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
 		<apache.maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</apache.maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<apache.maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</apache.maven-source-plugin.version>
 		<apache.maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.2</apache.maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
@@ -185,37 +186,49 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jbehave</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jbehave-core</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<version>${jbehave.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
+			<groupId>
+				org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+			<version>
+				${junit.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+			<artifactId>
+				mockito-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${mockito.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
+			<version>${hamcrest.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<profiles>
 		<profile>
-			<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+			<id>
+				sign-artifacts</id>
 			<activation>
 				<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
 			</activation>
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<groupId>
+							org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>${apache.maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
+						<version>
+							${apache.maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
-								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+								<id>
+									sign-artifacts</id>
 								<phase>verify</phase>
 								<goals>
 									<goal>sign</goal>
@@ -227,7 +240,8 @@
 			</build>
 		</profile>
 		<profile>
-			<id>ci</id>
+			<id>
+				ci</id>
 			<activation>
 				<property>
 					<name>env.CI</name>
@@ -237,15 +251,18 @@
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+						<groupId>
+							org.jacoco</groupId>
 						<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>${jacoco.jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+						<version>
+							${jacoco.jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
 						<executions>
 							<!-- Prepares the property pointing to the JaCoCo
 							runtime agent which is passed as VM argument when Maven the Surefire plugin
 							is executed. -->
 							<execution>
-								<id>pre-unit-test</id>
+								<id>
+									pre-unit-test</id>
 								<goals>
 									<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
 								</goals>
@@ -253,7 +270,8 @@
 							<!-- Ensures that the code coverage report for
 							unit tests is created after unit tests have been run. -->
 							<execution>
-								<id>post-unit-test</id>
+								<id>
+									post-unit-test</id>
 								<phase>test</phase>
 								<goals>
 									<goal>report</goal>
@@ -262,14 +280,19 @@
 						</executions>
 					</plugin>
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
+						<groupId>
+							org.eluder.coveralls</groupId>
 						<artifactId>coveralls-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>${eluder.coveralls-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+						<version>
+							${eluder.coveralls-maven-plugin.version}</version>
 						<dependencies>
 							<dependency>
-								<groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
-								<artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
-								<version>${jakarta.xml.bind-api.version}</version>
+								<groupId>
+									jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
+								<artifactId>
+									jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
+								<version>
+									${jakarta.xml.bind-api.version}</version>
 							</dependency>
 						</dependencies>
 					</plugin>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/JUnitDescriptionGeneratorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/JUnitDescriptionGeneratorTest.java
index 3e619e3..9cb3878 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/JUnitDescriptionGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/JUnitDescriptionGeneratorTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -335,8 +336,15 @@ public void shouldCountBeforeScenarioStepWithExampleType()  {
 	private void mockListBeforeOrAfterScenarioCall(ScenarioType... scenarioTypes) {
 		Method method = new Object(){}.getClass().getEnclosingMethod();
 		for(ScenarioType scenarioType : scenarioTypes) {
-			when(steps.listBeforeOrAfterScenario(scenarioType)).thenReturn(
-					singletonList(new BeforeOrAfterStep(Stage.BEFORE, method, null)));
+			List<BeforeOrAfterStep> list = singletonList(new BeforeOrAfterStep(method, 1, Outcome.ANY, null));
+			Map<ScenarioType, List<BeforeOrAfterStep>> map = new HashMap<ScenarioType, List<BeforeOrAfterStep>>();
+			map.put(scenarioType, list);
+			when(steps.listBeforeScenario()).thenReturn(map);
+
+			list = singletonList(new BeforeOrAfterStep(method, 1, Outcome.ANY, null));
+			map = new HashMap<ScenarioType, List<BeforeOrAfterStep>>();
+			map.put(scenarioType, list);
+			when(steps.listAfterScenario()).thenReturn(map);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -359,7 +367,7 @@ private List<Description> createDescriptionFrom(boolean storyAllowed, boolean sc
 				story.getScenarios());
 
 		PerformableStory performableStory = mock(PerformableStory.class);
-		when(performableStory.isAllowed()).thenReturn(Boolean.valueOf(storyAllowed));
+		when(performableStory.isExcluded()).thenReturn(Boolean.valueOf(!storyAllowed));
 		when(performableStory.getStory()).thenReturn(story);
 		when(performableStory.getScenarios()).thenReturn(performableScenarios);
 
@@ -387,7 +395,7 @@ private List<PerformableScenario> mockPerformableScenarios(String storyPath, boo
 
 	private PerformableScenario mockPerformableScenario(Scenario scenario, String storyPath, boolean allowed) {
 		PerformableScenario performableScenario = new PerformableScenario(scenario, storyPath);
-		performableScenario.allowed(allowed);
+		performableScenario.excluded(!allowed);
 		if (scenario.hasExamplesTable()) {
 			for (Map<String, String> row : scenario.getExamplesTable().getRows()) {
 				ExamplePerformableScenario exampleScenario = mock(ExamplePerformableScenario.class);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/StoryPathsExtractorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/StoryPathsExtractorTest.java
index 7bad845..886bace 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/StoryPathsExtractorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/StoryPathsExtractorTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public static class TestJUnitStory extends JUnitStory {
 
 	public static class TestJUnitStories extends JUnitStories {
 		@Override
-		protected List<String> storyPaths() {
+		public List<String> storyPaths() {
 			return JUNIT_STORIES_PATHS;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStories.java b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStories.java
index ab6c6c8..a5f7d55 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStories.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStories.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public Configuration configuration() {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected List<String> storyPaths() {
+	public List<String> storyPaths() {
 		return Arrays.asList("com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/Multiplication.story",
 				"com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/Empty.story");
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStoriesLocalized.java b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStoriesLocalized.java
index 5bc729a..7f5cad8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStoriesLocalized.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/ExampleScenarioJUnitStoriesLocalized.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import org.jbehave.core.configuration.Configuration;
 import org.jbehave.core.i18n.LocalizedKeywords;
-import org.jbehave.core.parsers.RegexStoryParser;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 @RunWith(JUnitReportingRunner.class)
@@ -17,17 +16,11 @@ public class ExampleScenarioJUnitStoriesLocalized extends ExampleScenarioJUnitSt
 
 	@Override
 	public Configuration configuration() {
-		LocalizedKeywords keywords = new LocalizedKeywords(Locale.GERMAN);
-		Configuration configuration = super.configuration();
-		RegexStoryParser storyParser = new RegexStoryParser(keywords, configuration.storyLoader(),
-				configuration.tableTransformers());
-		return configuration
-				.useKeywords(keywords)
-				.useStoryParser(storyParser);
+		return super.configuration().useKeywords(new LocalizedKeywords(Locale.GERMAN));
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected List<String> storyPaths() {
+	public List<String> storyPaths() {
 		return Collections.singletonList("com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/Multiplication_de.story");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/MathStories.java b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/MathStories.java
index f7df4fb..b0403bc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/MathStories.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/MathStories.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public InjectableStepsFactory stepsFactory() {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected List<String> storyPaths() {
+	public List<String> storyPaths() {
 		return Collections.singletonList("com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/Multiplication.story");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/StoriesWithAllSortsOfBeforeAndAfter.java b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/StoriesWithAllSortsOfBeforeAndAfter.java
index b66b585..984dba6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/StoriesWithAllSortsOfBeforeAndAfter.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/StoriesWithAllSortsOfBeforeAndAfter.java
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
 import org.jbehave.core.failures.FailingUponPendingStep;
 import org.jbehave.core.io.LoadFromClasspath;
 import org.jbehave.core.junit.JUnitStories;
-import org.jbehave.core.reporters.CrossReference;
 import org.jbehave.core.reporters.Format;
 import org.jbehave.core.reporters.StoryReporterBuilder;
 import org.jbehave.core.steps.DelegatingStepMonitor;
 import org.jbehave.core.steps.InjectableStepsFactory;
 import org.jbehave.core.steps.InstanceStepsFactory;
+import org.jbehave.core.steps.NullStepMonitor;
 import org.jbehave.core.steps.ParameterControls;
 import org.jbehave.core.steps.StepMonitor;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -38,19 +38,15 @@ public class StoriesWithAllSortsOfBeforeAndAfter extends JUnitStories {
 	private final Configuration configuration;
 
 	public StoriesWithAllSortsOfBeforeAndAfter() {
-		CrossReference crossReference = new CrossReference("dummy")
-				.withJsonOnly().withOutputAfterEachStory(true)
-				.excludingStoriesWithNoExecutedScenarios(true);
 		StepMonitor stepMonitor = new DelegatingStepMonitor(
-				crossReference.getStepMonitor());
+				new NullStepMonitor());
 		configuration = new MostUsefulConfiguration()
 				.useStepMonitor(stepMonitor)
 				.usePendingStepStrategy(new FailingUponPendingStep())
 				.useStoryReporterBuilder(
 						new StoryReporterBuilder().withDefaultFormats()
 								.withFailureTrace(true)
-								.withFormats(Format.XML, Format.HTML)
-								.withCrossReference(crossReference))
+								.withFormats(Format.XML, Format.HTML))
 				.useParameterControls(new ParameterControls("<", ">", true));
 		JUnitReportingRunner.recommendedControls(configuredEmbedder());
 	}
@@ -70,7 +66,7 @@ public InjectableStepsFactory stepsFactory() {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected List<String> storyPaths() {
+	public List<String> storyPaths() {
 		return Collections.singletonList(
 				"com/github/TurquoiseSpace/jbehave/junit/monitoring/story/MultiplicationWithExamplesAndGiven.story");
 	}