diff --git a/applications/mp/pom.xml b/applications/mp/pom.xml
index 215327acced..309ce06da94 100644
--- a/applications/mp/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/mp/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
                             <execution>
                                 <id>build-native-image</id>
                                 <goals>
-                                    <goal>compile</goal>
+                                    <goal>compile-no-fork</goal>
                                 </goals>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/applications/se/pom.xml b/applications/se/pom.xml
index f99de637622..5c550a6a5b0 100644
--- a/applications/se/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/se/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
                             <execution>
                                 <id>build-native-image</id>
                                 <goals>
-                                    <goal>compile</goal>
+                                    <goal>compile-no-fork</goal>
                                 </goals>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
diff --git a/integrations/cdi/hibernate-cdi/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/io.helidon.integrations.cdi/helidon-integrations-cdi-hibernate/reflect-config.json b/integrations/cdi/hibernate-cdi/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/io.helidon.integrations.cdi/helidon-integrations-cdi-hibernate/reflect-config.json
index 43d0fdf81ba..826742f0e0e 100644
--- a/integrations/cdi/hibernate-cdi/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/io.helidon.integrations.cdi/helidon-integrations-cdi-hibernate/reflect-config.json
+++ b/integrations/cdi/hibernate-cdi/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/io.helidon.integrations.cdi/helidon-integrations-cdi-hibernate/reflect-config.json
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
             }
         ]
     },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.ColumnOrderingStrategyStandard",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name" : "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
     {
         "name": "org.hibernate.cache.internal.DisabledCaching",
         "allPublicMethods": true
@@ -351,5 +359,417 @@
                 ]
             }
         ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.CockroachDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2400Dialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2Dialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2iDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2zDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.HANAColumnStoreDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.HANARowStoreDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.PostgresPlusDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SpannerDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseASEDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.TiDBDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>",
+                "parameterTypes": [
+                    "org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi.DialectResolutionInfo"
+                ]
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.CockroachDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2400Dialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2Dialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2iDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DB2zDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.HANAColumnStoreDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.HANARowStoreDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.PostgresPlusDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SpannerDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseASEDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.TiDBDialect",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.OracleArrayJdbcTypeConstructor",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.OracleNestedTableJdbcTypeConstructor",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "org.hibernate.dialect.OracleStructJdbcType",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "com.arjuna.ats.internal.arjuna.utils.SocketProcessId",
+        "methods": [
+            {
+                "name": "<init>"
+            }
+        ]
     }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/README.md b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/README.md
index cae0e88fb07..2ca98b112ad 100644
--- a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/README.md
+++ b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/README.md
@@ -1,39 +1,25 @@
-#GraalVM native image integration test MP-2
+# GraalVM native image integration test MP-2
 _____
 
-This is a manual (for the time being) test of integration with native-image.
+## Build
 
-To run this test:
-
-```shell script
-export GRAALVM_HOME=${path.to.graal.with.native-image}
+```shell
 mvn clean package -Pnative-image
-./target/helidon-tests-native-image-mp-2
 ```  
 
-Requires at least GraalVM 23.1.0
-
-This test validates that JPA integration (using Hibernate) and JTA
-integration work in native image.
-
-This test requires a running oracle database on `jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521/XE`
-    username `system`, password `oracle` (or modify `microprofile-config.properties` to match your DB) 
-with the following table and data:
+## Run
 
-```sql
-CREATE TABLE GREETING (FIRSTPART VARCHAR2(100), SECONDPART VARCHAR2(100), PRIMARY KEY (FIRSTPART))
-INSERT INTO GREETING (FIRSTPART, SECONDPART) VALUES ('Jack', 'The Ripper')
+Start the database:
+```shell
+docker run -it --rm \
+  -name oracledb \
+  -e ORACLE_PWD=oracle \
+  -v $PWD/init.sql:/opt/oracle/scripts/startup/init.sql \
+  -p 1521:1521 \
+  container-registry.oracle.com/database/express:latest
 ```
 
-Once the test is done against Oracle DB database, switch to h2:
-
-Make sure the table exists and contains expected data:
-```sql
-CREATE TABLE GREETING (FIRSTPART VARCHAR NOT NULL, SECONDPART VARCHAR NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (FIRSTPART))
-INSERT INTO GREETING (FIRSTPART, SECONDPART) VALUES ('Jack', 'The Ripper')
+Run the application:
+```shell
+./target/helidon-tests-native-image-mp-2
 ```
-
-
-1. Comment out `ojdbc` and uncomment `h2` in `pom.xml`
-2. Comment out `org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect"` and uncomment `org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect` in `persistence.xml`
-3. Comment out all oracle driver properties and uncomment all h2 driver properties in `microprofile-config.properties`
diff --git a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/init.sql b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63855a70fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CREATE TABLE SYSTEM.GREETING (FIRSTPART VARCHAR2(100), SECONDPART VARCHAR2(100), PRIMARY KEY (FIRSTPART));
+INSERT INTO SYSTEM.GREETING (FIRSTPART, SECONDPART) VALUES ('Jack', 'The Ripper');
diff --git a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/pom.xml b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/pom.xml
index eccfe5b2689..6ad69a95eab 100644
--- a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/pom.xml
@@ -96,16 +96,19 @@
             <artifactId>helidon-integrations-cdi-jpa</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-<!--        <dependency>-->
-<!--            <groupId>io.helidon.integrations.db</groupId>-->
-<!--            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>-->
-<!--            <scope>runtime</scope>-->
-<!--        </dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.helidon.integrations.db</groupId>
             <artifactId>ojdbc</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.helidon.logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>helidon-logging-jul</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <!-- Testing -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/java/io/helidon/tests/integration/nativeimage/mp2/Mp2Main.java b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/java/io/helidon/tests/integration/nativeimage/mp2/Mp2Main.java
index e4f2df6ed91..f7a4f1fab32 100644
--- a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/java/io/helidon/tests/integration/nativeimage/mp2/Mp2Main.java
+++ b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/java/io/helidon/tests/integration/nativeimage/mp2/Mp2Main.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020, 2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 package io.helidon.tests.integration.nativeimage.mp2;
 
 import io.helidon.common.Errors;
-import io.helidon.microprofile.cdi.Main;
+import io.helidon.microprofile.server.Server;
 
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.Client;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
@@ -41,27 +41,39 @@ private Mp2Main() {
      * @param args command line arguments.
      */
     public static void main(final String[] args) {
-        // start CDI
-        Main.main(args);
+        Server server = Server.create().start();
 
+        boolean failed = false;
         long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        test();
+        try {
+            test(server.port());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace(System.out);
+            failed = true;
+        }
         long time = System.currentTimeMillis() - now;
         System.out.println("Tests finished in " + time + " millis");
-    }
 
-    private static void test() {
-        Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
-        WebTarget target = client.target("http://localhost:8087");
+        server.stop();
+
+        if (failed) {
+            System.exit(-1);
+        }
+    }
 
-        Errors.Collector collector = Errors.collector();
+    private static void test(int port) {
+        WebTarget target;
+        try (Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient()) {
+            target = client.target("http://localhost:" + port);
+            Errors.Collector collector = Errors.collector();
 
-        // testing all modules
-        validateJaxrs(collector, target);
-        validateDb(collector, target);
+            // testing all modules
+            validateJaxrs(collector, target);
+            validateDb(collector, target);
 
-        collector.collect()
-                .checkValid();
+            collector.collect()
+                    .checkValid();
+        }
     }
 
     private static void validateJaxrs(Errors.Collector collector, WebTarget target) {
diff --git a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties b/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d0d4b0e120..00000000000
--- a/tests/integration/native-image/mp-2/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2020 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-# Byte code for JPA must be generated at compile time.
-# This is a limitation of native image
-hibernate.bytecode.provider=none
-