diff --git a/flushall_build_and_run.sh b/flushall_build_and_run.sh
index ed932e3ae5..aefb27d700 100755
--- a/flushall_build_and_run.sh
+++ b/flushall_build_and_run.sh
@@ -181,7 +181,14 @@ if [ "$RUN_BACKGROUND" = true ]; then
     # via `out=$(./flushall_build_and_run.sh --background ...)` never sees EOF
     # — the substitution hangs forever, since the server (and thus the tee
     # process backing the substitution) never exits on its own.
-    nohup java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar > "$RUNTIME_LOG" 2>&1 &
+    env \
+      OBP_CONNECTOR="${OBP_CONNECTOR:-star}" \
+      OBP_HOSTNAME="${OBP_HOSTNAME:-http://localhost:8080}" \
+      OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES="${OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES:-mapped,internal,cardano_vJun2025}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS:-}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT:-}" \
+      OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID="${OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID:-local}" \
+      nohup java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar > "$RUNTIME_LOG" 2>&1 &
     SERVER_PID=$!
     # Report the port the server will actually bind (dev.port in props), so callers
     # that capture this script's output (e.g. smoke_test.sh) can parse it out.
@@ -199,5 +206,12 @@ else
     echo "Press Ctrl+C to stop the server"
     echo "Runtime log also written to: $RUNTIME_LOG"
     echo ""
-    java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar 2>&1 | tee "$RUNTIME_LOG"
+    env \
+      OBP_CONNECTOR="${OBP_CONNECTOR:-star}" \
+      OBP_HOSTNAME="${OBP_HOSTNAME:-http://localhost:8080}" \
+      OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES="${OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES:-mapped,internal,cardano_vJun2025}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS:-}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT:-}" \
+      OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID="${OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID:-local}" \
+      java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar 2>&1 | tee "$RUNTIME_LOG"
 fi
diff --git a/flushall_fast_build_and_run.sh b/flushall_fast_build_and_run.sh
index 274d1c2013..1943c67d82 100755
--- a/flushall_fast_build_and_run.sh
+++ b/flushall_fast_build_and_run.sh
@@ -371,7 +371,14 @@ JAVA_OPTS="--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED \
 
 if [ "$RUN_BACKGROUND" = true ]; then
     # Run in background with output to log file
-    nohup java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar > http4s-server.log 2>&1 &
+    env \
+      OBP_CONNECTOR="${OBP_CONNECTOR:-star}" \
+      OBP_HOSTNAME="${OBP_HOSTNAME:-http://localhost:8080}" \
+      OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES="${OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES:-mapped,internal,cardano_vJun2025}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS:-}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT:-}" \
+      OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID="${OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID:-local}" \
+      nohup java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar > http4s-server.log 2>&1 &
     SERVER_PID=$!
     # Report the port the server will actually bind (dev.port in props), so callers
     # that capture this script's output (e.g. smoke_test.sh) can parse it out.
@@ -387,7 +394,14 @@ else
     # Run in foreground (Ctrl+C to stop)
     echo "Press Ctrl+C to stop the server"
     echo ""
-    java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar
+    env \
+      OBP_CONNECTOR="${OBP_CONNECTOR:-star}" \
+      OBP_HOSTNAME="${OBP_HOSTNAME:-http://localhost:8080}" \
+      OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES="${OBP_STARCONNECTOR_SUPPORTED_TYPES:-mapped,internal,cardano_vJun2025}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADERS:-}" \
+      OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT="${OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_MANDATORY_HEADER_CONSENT:-}" \
+      OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID="${OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID:-local}" \
+      java $JAVA_OPTS -jar obp-api/target/obp-api.jar
 fi
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/obp-api/pom.xml b/obp-api/pom.xml
index 6c0811ab60..ff9e320503 100644
--- a/obp-api/pom.xml
+++ b/obp-api/pom.xml
@@ -29,13 +29,20 @@
       <version>1.5.18</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.OpenBankProject.lift-persistence</groupId>
+      <groupId>net.liftweb</groupId>
       <artifactId>lift-persistence_${scala.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json4s</groupId>
       <artifactId>json4s-native_${scala.version}</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- for LiftConsole -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
+      <artifactId>scala-compiler</artifactId>
+      <version>${scala.compiler}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -198,13 +205,6 @@
       <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-client</artifactId>
       <version>8.19.12</version>
     </dependency>
-    <!-- for LiftConsole -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scala-compiler</artifactId>
-      <version>${scala.compiler}</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
       <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
diff --git a/obp-commons/pom.xml b/obp-commons/pom.xml
index 0a916a82fa..f5d4a6ccb0 100644
--- a/obp-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/obp-commons/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.github.OpenBankProject.lift-persistence</groupId>
+            <groupId>net.liftweb</groupId>
             <artifactId>lift-persistence_${scala.version}</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff08870465..db45b34902 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <!-- v1.0.5 is the first tag published for both Scala versions. Up to v1.0.4 JitPack ran its
          default `sbt clean publishM2`, which publishes only the default Scala version, so
          lift-persistence_2.13 did not exist however the tag was numbered. -->
-    <lift.version>v1.0.5</lift.version>
+    <lift.version>3.5.0-lift-persistence-dev-20260903</lift.version>
     <http4s.version>0.23.30</http4s.version>
     <!-- Common plugin settings -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.github.OpenBankProject.lift-persistence</groupId>
+        <groupId>net.liftweb</groupId>
         <artifactId>lift-persistence_${scala.version}</artifactId>
         <version>${lift.version}</version>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/run_tests_parallel.sh b/run_tests_parallel.sh
index b37ff9e29a..8e0e93982f 100755
--- a/run_tests_parallel.sh
+++ b/run_tests_parallel.sh
@@ -237,6 +237,19 @@ run_shard() {
     OBP_HOSTNAME="http://localhost:${port}" \
     OBP_HTTP4S_TEST_PORT="${http4s_port}" \
     OBP_MAIL_TEST_MODE="true" \
+    OBP_ALLOW_SANDBOX_DATA_IMPORT="true" \
+    OBP_TRANSACTIONREQUESTS_ENABLED="true" \
+    OBP_ALLOW_PUBLIC_VIEWS="true" \
+    OBP_CONSENTS_ALLOWED="true" \
+    OBP_BERLIN_GROUP_V1_3_ALIAS_PATH="0.6/v1" \
+    OBP_ALLOWED_INTERNAL_REDIRECT_URLS="/,/oauth/authorize" \
+    OBP_RESETPASSWORDURLENABLED="true" \
+    OBP_SIMPLE_OTP_INSTRUCTION_TRANSPORT="dummy" \
+    OBP_ACCOUNT_OTP_INSTRUCTION_TRANSPORT="dummy" \
+    OBP_SEPA_OTP_INSTRUCTION_TRANSPORT="dummy" \
+    OBP_FREE_FORM_OTP_INSTRUCTION_TRANSPORT="dummy" \
+    OBP_COUNTERPARTY_OTP_INSTRUCTION_TRANSPORT="dummy" \
+    OBP_SEPA_CREDIT_TRANSFERS_OTP_INSTRUCTION_TRANSPORT="dummy" \
     OBP_DYNAMIC_CODE_SANDBOX_PERMISSIONS='[new java.net.NetPermission("specifyStreamHandler"), new java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission("suppressAccessChecks"), new java.lang.RuntimePermission("getenv.*"), new java.lang.RuntimePermission("accessDeclaredMembers"), new java.lang.RuntimePermission("getClassLoader")]' \
     OBP_ALLOW_USER_GENERATED_SCALA_CODE="true" \
     OBP_API_INSTANCE_ID="shard_${n}_${port}" \
@@ -579,4 +592,4 @@ else
     echo "FAIL" > test-results/parallel/RESULT
 fi
 
-exit $OVERALL_RC
\ No newline at end of file
+exit $OVERALL_RC