diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 03ea5545e..2b2b7b766 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ libraryDependencies += guice
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.postgresql" % "postgresql" % "42.6.0",
   anormDependency,
-  "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-mailer" % "8.0.1",
+  "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-mailer" % "9.0.0",
   "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-json" % "2.10.3",
   "com.sun.mail" % "javax.mail" % "1.6.2",
   "net.jcazevedo" %% "moultingyaml" % "0.4.2",
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
 
 // UI
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-  "org.webjars" %% "webjars-play" % "2.8.18",
+  "org.webjars" %% "webjars-play" % "2.9.0",
   "org.webjars.bower" % "material-design-lite" % "1.3.0",
   "org.webjars" % "material-design-icons" % "4.0.0",
   "org.webjars.npm" % "roboto-fontface" % "0.10.0",
diff --git a/conf/logback-test.xml b/conf/logback-test.xml
index 788a06e83..53b281214 100644
--- a/conf/logback-test.xml
+++ b/conf/logback-test.xml
@@ -1,36 +1,32 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE configuration>
+
 <!-- https://www.playframework.com/documentation/latest/SettingsLogger -->
 <configuration>
+  <import class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder"/>
+  <import class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender"/>
 
-  <conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.libs.logback.ColoredLevel" />
-
-  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-    <encoder>
-      <pattern>%coloredLevel %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
+  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder class="PatternLayoutEncoder">
+      <pattern>%highlight(%-5level) %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
     </encoder>
   </appender>
 
-  <logger name="play" level="INFO" />
-  <logger name="application" level="DEBUG" />
+  <logger name="play" level="INFO"/>
+  <logger name="application" level="DEBUG"/>
 
   <!-- Off these ones as they are annoying, and anyway we manage configuration ourselves -->
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebean.config.PropertyMapLoader" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.XmlConfigLoader" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.lib.BackgroundThread" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="play.filters.https.RedirectHttpsFilter" level="WARN" />
+  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF"/>
+  <logger name="play.filters.https.RedirectHttpsFilter" level="WARN"/>
 
   <!-- OFF some noisy logs for tests -->
-  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.DefaultCssErrorHandler" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="io.github.classgraph.ClassGraph" level="OFF" />
-
-
+  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.DefaultCssErrorHandler" level="OFF"/>
+  <logger name="com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource" level="OFF"/>
+  <logger name="io.github.classgraph.ClassGraph" level="OFF"/>
 
   <root level="WARN">
-    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
-  </root>
-  <root level="INFO">
-
+    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
   </root>
 
+  <root level="INFO"/>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/conf/logback.xml b/conf/logback.xml
index 7f76594b2..89e45de18 100644
--- a/conf/logback.xml
+++ b/conf/logback.xml
@@ -1,48 +1,56 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE configuration>
+
 <!-- https://www.playframework.com/documentation/latest/SettingsLogger -->
 <configuration>
-
-  <conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.libs.logback.ColoredLevel" />
-
-  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-    <encoder>
-      <pattern>%coloredLevel %d %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
+  <import class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.PatternLayoutEncoder"/>
+  <import class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender"/>
+  <import class="io.sentry.logback.SentryAppender"/>
+  <import class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter"/>
+  <import class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender"/>
+
+  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder class="PatternLayoutEncoder">
+      <pattern>%highlight(%-5level) %d %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
     </encoder>
   </appender>
 
-  <appender name="ASYNCSTDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.classic.AsyncAppender">
-    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+  <appender name="ASYNCSTDOUT" class="AsyncAppender">
+    <!-- increases the default queue size -->
+    <queueSize>512</queueSize>
+    <!-- don't discard messages -->
+    <discardingThreshold>0</discardingThreshold>
+    <!-- block when queue is full -->
+    <neverBlock>false</neverBlock>
+    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
   </appender>
 
-  <logger name="play" level="INFO" />
-  <logger name="application" level="DEBUG" />
+  <logger name="play" level="INFO"/>
+  <logger name="application" level="DEBUG"/>
 
-  <!-- Off these ones as they are annoying, and anyway we manage configuration ourselves -->
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebean.config.PropertyMapLoader" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.XmlConfigLoader" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.lib.BackgroundThread" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF" />
-  <logger name="play.filters.https.RedirectHttpsFilter" level="WARN" />
+  <logger name="com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript" level="OFF"/>
+  <logger name="play.filters.https.RedirectHttpsFilter" level="WARN"/>
 
   <!-- Configure the Console appender -->
-  <appender name="Console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-    <encoder>
+  <appender name="Console" class="ConsoleAppender">
+    <encoder class="PatternLayoutEncoder">
       <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
     </encoder>
   </appender>
 
   <!-- Configure the Sentry appender, overriding the logging threshold to the WARN level -->
-  <appender name="Sentry" class="io.sentry.logback.SentryAppender">
-    <filter class="ch.qos.logback.classic.filter.ThresholdFilter">
+  <appender name="Sentry" class="SentryAppender">
+    <filter class="ThresholdFilter">
       <level>WARN</level>
     </filter>
   </appender>
 
   <root level="WARN">
     <!--<appender-ref ref="ASYNCFILE" />-->
-    <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSTDOUT" />
+    <appender-ref ref="ASYNCSTDOUT"/>
   </root>
+
   <root level="INFO">
-    <appender-ref ref="Sentry" />
+    <appender-ref ref="Sentry"/>
   </root>
-
 </configuration>
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index eb4992227..bccdb9862 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // The Play plugin
 // Important note: when upgrading the play version, check that the correct minor version
 //                 of jackson is set in build.sbt (with the patch version that is not vulnerable)
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin" % "2.8.20")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.play" % "sbt-plugin" % "2.9.0")
 addSbtPlugin("net.virtual-void" % "sbt-dependency-graph" % "0.10.0-RC1")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "2.0.9")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-digest" % "1.1.4")
diff --git a/test/browser/BaseSpec.scala b/test/browser/BaseSpec.scala
index aa0810cfc..89740f64e 100644
--- a/test/browser/BaseSpec.scala
+++ b/test/browser/BaseSpec.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ trait BaseSpec {
 
   def webDriver: WebDriver = {
     val options = new FirefoxOptions()
-      .setHeadless(true)
+    options.addArguments("--headless")
     new FirefoxDriver(options)
   }