diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66b00dc497..61fc9faab3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ that enables FAIR-compliant data access.
 ![language](https://img.shields.io/badge/language-groovy,%20java-blue.svg)
 [![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/468238683.svg)](https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10371779)
 
+[![Security Rating](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=security_rating)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+[![Vulnerabilities](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=vulnerabilities)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+[![Maintainability Rating](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=sqale_rating)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+[![Code Smells](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=code_smells)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+[![Bugs](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=bugs)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+[![Duplicated Lines (%)](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=duplicated_lines_density)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+[![Quality Gate Status](https://sonarcloud.io/api/project_badges/measure?project=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app&metric=alert_status)](https://sonarcloud.io/summary/new_code?id=qbicsoftware_data-manager-app)
+
 </div>
 
 ## Overview:
diff --git a/application-commons/pom.xml b/application-commons/pom.xml
index 9e68f00b9a..8f9a7fc664 100644
--- a/application-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/application-commons/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>application-commons</artifactId>
diff --git a/broadcasting/pom.xml b/broadcasting/pom.xml
index 0acc22f031..e29395a630 100644
--- a/broadcasting/pom.xml
+++ b/broadcasting/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>broadcasting</artifactId>
diff --git a/domain-concept/pom.xml b/domain-concept/pom.xml
index a35b4b12d4..c315d79ad1 100644
--- a/domain-concept/pom.xml
+++ b/domain-concept/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>domain-concept</artifactId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>2.18.0</version>
+      <version>2.18.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/email-service-provider/pom.xml b/email-service-provider/pom.xml
index d960a1d1ad..9993a31327 100644
--- a/email-service-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/email-service-provider/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>life.qbic.infrastructure</groupId>
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>project-management</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/finances-api/pom.xml b/finances-api/pom.xml
index de24678cbe..94867df95a 100644
--- a/finances-api/pom.xml
+++ b/finances-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>life.qbic.finances</groupId>
diff --git a/finances-infrastructure/pom.xml b/finances-infrastructure/pom.xml
index e1c21e9eef..658b2c0165 100644
--- a/finances-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/finances-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>finances-infrastructure</artifactId>
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>finances</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/finances/pom.xml b/finances/pom.xml
index 9314785bb7..cd06344b05 100644
--- a/finances/pom.xml
+++ b/finances/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>finances</artifactId>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.finances</groupId>
       <artifactId>finances-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/identity-api/pom.xml b/identity-api/pom.xml
index 0f06fb4740..94e25c139c 100644
--- a/identity-api/pom.xml
+++ b/identity-api/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>life.qbic.datamanager</groupId>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>application-commons</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/identity-infrastructure/pom.xml b/identity-infrastructure/pom.xml
index 2d3b01f8c8..908b6a15e9 100644
--- a/identity-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/identity-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>identity-infrastructure</artifactId>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/identity/pom.xml b/identity/pom.xml
index 9297a56fa5..3f430e0485 100644
--- a/identity/pom.xml
+++ b/identity/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -45,25 +45,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>broadcasting</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>application-commons</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>domain-concept</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.datamanager</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/logging/pom.xml b/logging/pom.xml
index 843ac90505..3797447252 100644
--- a/logging/pom.xml
+++ b/logging/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
         <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.11</version>
+        <version>1.5.12</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>subscription-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 69c5b06fbd..5fa1d3cfb8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
   <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
   <name>Data Manager</name>
-  <version>1.5.0</version>
+  <version>1.6.0</version>
   <modules>
     <module>user-interface</module>
     <module>identity</module>
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <jakarta.persistence.version>3.2.0</jakarta.persistence.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <jackson.version>2.18.0</jackson.version>
+    <jackson.version>2.18.1</jackson.version>
   </properties>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.3.3</version>
+    <version>3.3.5</version>
   </parent>
 
   <repositories>
diff --git a/project-management-infrastructure/pom.xml b/project-management-infrastructure/pom.xml
index bdd2ff0a8f..d3de804199 100644
--- a/project-management-infrastructure/pom.xml
+++ b/project-management-infrastructure/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <groupId>life.qbic.identity</groupId>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>project-management</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/project-management/pom.xml b/project-management/pom.xml
index 8cbf26fedb..55522304a6 100644
--- a/project-management/pom.xml
+++ b/project-management/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>project-management</artifactId>
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>application-commons</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>domain-concept</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.datamanager</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.finances</groupId>
       <artifactId>finances-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/subscription-api/pom.xml b/subscription-api/pom.xml
index c2de1a24d7..ed4b3dac02 100644
--- a/subscription-api/pom.xml
+++ b/subscription-api/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>life.qbic.logging</groupId>
diff --git a/subscription-provider/pom.xml b/subscription-provider/pom.xml
index bd7696ddaf..f867a76745 100644
--- a/subscription-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/subscription-provider/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>life.qbic.logging</groupId>
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>subscription-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/all.css b/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/all.css
index 6e94c8d77c..5459a0ef94 100644
--- a/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/all.css
+++ b/user-interface/frontend/themes/datamanager/components/all.css
@@ -234,3 +234,6 @@
   border-radius: var(--lumo-space-s);
 }
 
+.overflow-auto {
+  overflow: auto;
+}
diff --git a/user-interface/pom.xml b/user-interface/pom.xml
index 7bfe775727..6e368acb8d 100644
--- a/user-interface/pom.xml
+++ b/user-interface/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
     <artifactId>datamanager</artifactId>
-    <version>1.5.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.0</version>
   </parent>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -244,31 +244,31 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>identity-infrastructure</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>broadcasting</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>application-commons</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>logging</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -278,24 +278,24 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>project-management</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.logging</groupId>
       <artifactId>subscription-provider</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>domain-concept</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic</groupId>
       <artifactId>finances-infrastructure</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -305,13 +305,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.identity</groupId>
       <artifactId>project-management-infrastructure</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>life.qbic.infrastructure</groupId>
       <artifactId>email-service-provider</artifactId>
-      <version>1.5.0</version>
+      <version>1.6.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/templates/measurement/ProteomicsMeasurementRegisterTemplate.java b/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/templates/measurement/ProteomicsMeasurementRegisterTemplate.java
index 5c3c4faa10..7517e20a36 100644
--- a/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/templates/measurement/ProteomicsMeasurementRegisterTemplate.java
+++ b/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/templates/measurement/ProteomicsMeasurementRegisterTemplate.java
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public byte[] getContent() {
       }
 
       setAutoWidth(sheet);
+
       workbook.setActiveSheet(0);
 
       lockSheet(hiddenSheet);
diff --git a/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/info/ProjectSummaryComponent.java b/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/info/ProjectSummaryComponent.java
index cf4019f843..d1ffd6ff7e 100644
--- a/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/info/ProjectSummaryComponent.java
+++ b/user-interface/src/main/java/life/qbic/datamanager/views/projects/project/info/ProjectSummaryComponent.java
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
 @SpringComponent
 public class ProjectSummaryComponent extends PageArea {
 
+  private static final String DATE_TIME_PATTERN = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm";
   public static final String FIXED_MEDIUM_WIDTH_CSS = "fixed-medium-width";
   public static final String PROJECT_EDIT_CANCEL_CONFIRMATION_MESSAGE = "project.edit.cancel-confirmation.message";
   public static final String PROJECT_UPDATED_SUCCESS = "project.updated.success";
-  private static final String DATE_TIME_PATTERN = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm";
   private final transient ProjectInformationService projectInformationService;
   private final transient ROCreateBuilder roCrateBuilder;
   private final transient TempDirectory tempDirectory;
@@ -502,6 +502,12 @@ private void buildDesignSection(ProjectOverview projectInformation, Project proj
     projectDesignSection.setContent(content);
   }
 
+  private static SimpleParagraph buildObjectiveParagraph(String objective) {
+    var paragraph = new SimpleParagraph(objective);
+    paragraph.addClassNames("max-height-10rem", "overflow-auto");
+    return paragraph;
+  }
+
   private void updateProjectDesign(ProjectId projectId, ProjectInformation projectInformation) {
     projectInformationService.updateTitle(projectId, projectInformation.getProjectTitle());
     projectInformationService.updateObjective(projectId, projectInformation.getProjectObjective());
@@ -612,7 +618,7 @@ public AvatarGroup createAvatarGroup(Collection<UserInfo> userInfo) {
 
   private Div createTags(ProjectOverview projectOverview) {
     var tags = new Div();
-    tags.addClassNames("tag-list", "gap-large");
+    tags.addClassNames("tag-list", "gap-small");
     buildTags(projectOverview).forEach(tags::add);
     return tags;
   }