diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant/pom.xml
index a66f90d5157..3829b6f2dd0 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant/pom.xml
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
   <name>openHAB Add-ons :: Bundles :: MQTT HomeAssistant Convention</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <bnd.importpackage>!sun.misc.*,
-      !sun.reflect.*,
-      !com.sun.management.*,
-      !jdk.internal.reflect.*,
-      !jdk.vm.ci.services</bnd.importpackage>
-
     <graalpy.version>24.2.0</graalpy.version>
     <!-- define a property to overwrite it on Windows, as venv has a different structure -->
     <graalpy.executable>bin/python3</graalpy.executable>
diff --git a/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/itest.bndrun b/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/itest.bndrun
index 3f5f97fdd25..b3575745536 100644
--- a/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/itest.bndrun
+++ b/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/itest.bndrun
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Import-Package: \
 #
 # done
 #
+
+# Note:
+# Do NOT add org.apache.servicemix.specs.stax-api-1.2 or stax2-api as runbundle,
+# as they break the CI build causing issues with GraalPy
 -runbundles: \
 	jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api;version='[2.0.1,2.0.2)',\
 	org.hamcrest;version='[3.0.0,3.0.1)',\
@@ -106,24 +110,35 @@ Import-Package: \
 	org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.addon;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
+	org.openhab.core.automation;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
+	org.openhab.core.automation.module.script;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.config.core;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.config.discovery;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
+	org.openhab.core.ephemeris;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.io.console;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.io.transport.mqtt;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
+	org.openhab.core.semantics;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.test;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.thing;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	org.openhab.core.transform;version='[5.0.0,5.0.1)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-annotations;version='[2.18.2,2.18.3)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core;version='[2.18.2,2.18.3)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind;version='[2.18.2,2.18.3)',\
-	com.google.guava.failureaccess;version='[1.0.2,1.0.3)',\
-	javassist;version='[3.30.2,3.30.3)',\
-	org.apache.commons.commons-net;version='[3.11.1,3.11.2)',\
-	org.apache.commons.lang3;version='[3.17.0,3.17.1)',\
 	org.yaml.snakeyaml;version='[2.3.0,2.3.1)',\
-	com.google.guava;version='[33.3.1,33.3.2)',\
 	biz.aQute.tester.junit-platform;version='[7.1.0,7.1.1)',\
 	org.osgi.service.cm;version='[1.6.0,1.6.1)',\
 	com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.jackson-dataformat-yaml;version='[2.18.2,2.18.3)',\
+	com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.jackson-dataformat-xml;version='[2.18.2,2.18.3)',\
 	jakarta.annotation-api;version='[2.1.1,2.1.2)',\
-	jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api;version='[1.0.5,1.0.6)'
\ No newline at end of file
+	jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api;version='[1.0.5,1.0.6)',\
+	de.focus_shift.jollyday-core;version='[1.5.0,1.5.1)',\
+	de.focus_shift.jollyday-jackson;version='[1.5.0,1.5.1)',\
+	org.threeten.extra;version='[1.8.0,1.8.1)',\
+	org.graalvm.sdk.collections;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.sdk.jniutils;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.sdk.nativeimage;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.sdk.word;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.shadowed.icu4j;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.shadowed.xz;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.truffle.truffle-compiler;bundle-version="24.2.0",\
+	org.graalvm.truffle.truffle-runtime;bundle-version="24.2.0"
diff --git a/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/pom.xml b/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/pom.xml
index ee79cb57974..dad32e5b841 100644
--- a/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/org.openhab.binding.mqtt.homeassistant.tests/pom.xml
@@ -16,9 +16,59 @@
 
   <properties>
     <mqttbroker.port>1883</mqttbroker.port>
+    <graalpy.version>24.2.0</graalpy.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.sdk.collections</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.sdk.jniutils</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.sdk.nativeimage</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.sdk.word</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.shadowed.icu4j</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.shadowed.xz</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.truffle.truffle-compiler</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.openhab.osgiify</groupId>
+      <artifactId>org.graalvm.truffle.truffle-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>${graalpy.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openhab.addons.bundles</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.openhab.binding.mqtt</artifactId>