diff --git a/.github/workflows/all-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/all-tests.yml
index 68c9ff90..8241db95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/all-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/all-tests.yml
@@ -24,32 +24,50 @@ jobs:
       # check path to bundled Maven executable; it should be then used in ATLAS_MVN
       - run: mvn -version
 
+  prepare:
+    name: Prepare Matrix
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      unit-tests-matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.unit-tests-matrix }}
+      jira-it-matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.jira-it-matrix }}
+      confluence-it-matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.confluence-it-matrix }}
+      bitbucket-it-matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.bitbucket-it-matrix }}
+      # TODO: Remove these flags when new major jira (10.x) and bitbucket (9.x) are released
+      skip-jira-its: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.skip-jira-its }}
+      skip-bitbucket-its: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.skip-bitbucket-its }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
+      - id: set-matrix
+        run: bin/build/prepare-matrices.sh
+
   unit-tests:
     name: Unit Tests
+    needs: prepare
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     # around 800 Mb of dependencies need to be loaded; it may take long first time until it's cached
     timeout-minutes: 30
     if: "(github.event.inputs.jobs == '' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'unit-tests')) && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
     strategy:
-      matrix:
-        java-version: [8, 11]
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.unit-tests-matrix) }}
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: adopt
       - run: bin/build/install-plugin-sdk.sh
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: maven-unit
       - run: bin/build/override-plugin-sdk-maven.sh
       - run: bin/build/run-unit-tests.sh
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: unit-tests-coverage-java-${{ matrix.java-version }}
           path: '**/target/site/jacoco/**'
@@ -58,39 +76,33 @@ jobs:
     name: Jira
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
-    if: github.event.inputs.jobs == '' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'integration-tests-jira')
-    needs: unit-tests
+    if: (github.event.inputs.jobs == '' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'integration-tests-jira')) && !needs.prepare.outputs.skip-jira-its
+    needs: [prepare, unit-tests]
     strategy:
-      matrix:
-        java-version: [8, 11, 17]
-        jira-version: [8.15.0, 9.5.0]
-        # Java 17 support is added only since Jira 9.5: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jiracore/preparing-for-jira-9-5-1167834011.html
-        exclude:
-          - java-version: 17
-            jira-version: 8.15.0
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.jira-it-matrix) }}
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: adopt
       - run: bin/build/install-plugin-sdk.sh
       - run: bin/build/override-plugin-sdk-maven.sh
       - run: bin/build/install-int-test-libs.sh
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: maven-unit
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository/com/atlassian/jira
           key: maven-integration-jira-${{ matrix.jira-version }}
       - run: bin/build/install-common-modules.sh
       - run: VERSION=${{ matrix.jira-version }} bin/build/run-jira-its.sh
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: webdriver-screenshots-jira-${{ matrix.jira-version }}
@@ -101,40 +113,32 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
     if: github.event.inputs.jobs == '' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'integration-tests-confluence')
-    needs: unit-tests
+    needs: [prepare, unit-tests]
     strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # every version part should be 0 <= <version> <= 255; otherwise Confluence fails to start
-        java-version: [8, 11, 17]
-        confluence-version: [7.10.0, 8.0.0]
-        exclude:
-          - java-version: 8
-            confluence-version: 8.0.0 # Confluence 8 doesn't support Java 8 anymore
-          - java-version: 17
-            confluence-version: 7.10.0
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.confluence-it-matrix) }}
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: adopt
       - run: bin/build/install-plugin-sdk.sh
       - run: bin/build/override-plugin-sdk-maven.sh
       - run: bin/build/install-int-test-libs.sh
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: maven-unit
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository/com/atlassian/confluence
           key: maven-integration-confluence-${{ matrix.confluence-version }}
       - run: bin/build/install-common-modules.sh
       - run: VERSION=${{ matrix.confluence-version }} bin/build/run-confluence-its.sh
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: webdriver-screenshots-confluence-${{ matrix.confluence-version }}-java-${{ matrix.java-version }}
@@ -144,19 +148,13 @@ jobs:
     name: Bitbucket
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 30
-    if: github.event.inputs.jobs == '' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'integration-tests-bitbucket')
-    needs: unit-tests
+    if: (github.event.inputs.jobs == '' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'integration-tests-bitbucket')) && !needs.prepare.outputs.skip-bitbucket-its
+    needs: [prepare, unit-tests]
     strategy:
-      matrix:
-        java-version: [8, 11, 17]
-        bitbucket-version: [7.6.0, 8.8.0]
-        # Bitbucket 8.8.0 is the first one that supports Java 17
-        exclude:
-          - java-version: 17
-            bitbucket-version: 7.6.0
+      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.bitbucket-it-matrix) }}
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
       # Dec 13, 2022
@@ -164,24 +162,24 @@ jobs:
       # install last supported git - 2.37.4; remove this trick once Bitbucket implements support for latest git
       # https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/supported-platforms-776640981.html#Supportedplatforms-dvcsDVCS
       - run: bin/build/install-supported-git.sh
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
           distribution: adopt
       - run: bin/build/install-plugin-sdk.sh
       - run: bin/build/override-plugin-sdk-maven.sh
       - run: bin/build/install-int-test-libs.sh
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: maven-unit
-      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      - uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository/com/atlassian/bitbucket
           key: maven-integration-bitbucket-${{ matrix.bitbucket-version }}
       - run: bin/build/install-common-modules.sh
       - run: VERSION=${{ matrix.bitbucket-version }} bin/build/run-bitbucket-its.sh
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: webdriver-screenshots-bitbucket-${{ matrix.bitbucket-version }}-java-${{ matrix.java-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
index 7f9c1b1a..c19926b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ jobs:
     name: Release Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     timeout-minutes: 15
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        branch: [master, release-1.x]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
       - working-directory: bin/release-check
         run: |
           PRODUCT="jira" \
diff --git a/bin/build/get-plugin-major-version.sh b/bin/build/get-plugin-major-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..67664922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build/get-plugin-major-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# INPUT ENV VARS
+version_type="${1:?Please set pass a version type. Examples: 'jira', 'confluence', 'bitbucket' or 'common'}"
+# [-SNAPSHOT] part prevents matching version in a [parent] section
+version_pattern='<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-SNAPSHOT</version>'
+
+case $version_type in
+  jira)
+    pl_path='jira-slack-server-integration/jira-slack-server-integration-plugin/pom.xml'
+    ;;
+  confluence)
+    pl_path='confluence-slack-integration/confluence-slack-server-integration-plugin/pom.xml'
+    ;;
+  bitbucket)
+    pl_path='bitbucket-slack-server-integration-plugin/pom.xml'
+    ;;
+  common)
+    pl_path='pom.xml'
+    version_pattern='<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+</version>'
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Invalid version type"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+pl_version=$(cat "$SCRIPT_DIR/../../$pl_path" | grep -oE -m 1 $version_pattern | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
+echo "${pl_version%.*.*}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build/java-product-matrix.json b/bin/build/java-product-matrix.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..781228e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build/java-product-matrix.json
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{
+  "current": {
+    "unit-tests": {
+      "java-version": ["17"]
+    },
+    "jira-it": {
+      "java-version": ["17"],
+      "jira-version": ["10.0.0"]
+    },
+    "confluence-it": {
+      "java-version": ["17"],
+      "confluence-version": ["9.0.0-m81"]
+    },
+    "bitbucket-it": {
+      "java-version": ["17"],
+      "bitbucket-version": ["9.0.0"]
+    }
+  },
+  "old": {
+    "unit-tests": {
+      "java-version": ["8", "11"]
+    },
+    "jira-it": {
+      "java-version": ["8", "11", "17"],
+      "jira-version": ["8.15.0", "9.5.0"],
+      "exclude": [
+        {
+          "java-version": "17",
+          "jira-version": "8.15.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "confluence-it": {
+      "java-version": ["8", "11", "17"],
+      "confluence-version": ["7.10.0", "8.0.0"],
+      "exclude": [
+        {
+          "java-version": "8",
+          "confluence-version": "8.0.0"
+        },
+        {
+          "java-version": "17",
+          "confluence-version": "7.10.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "bitbucket-it": {
+      "java-version": ["8", "11", "17"],
+      "bitbucket-version": ["7.6.0", "8.8.0"],
+      "exclude": [
+        {
+          "java-version": "17",
+          "bitbucket-version": "7.6.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build/prepare-matrices.sh b/bin/build/prepare-matrices.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..200a3f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/build/prepare-matrices.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+matrix_file='bin/build/java-product-matrix.json'
+
+# Get slack plugin major common version
+pl_common_version=$(. bin/build/get-plugin-major-version.sh common)
+if [ $pl_common_version -gt 1 ]; then
+  matrix_key='current'
+# TODO: Remove these flags when new major jira (10.x) and bitbucket (9.x) are released
+  echo "skip-jira-its=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+  echo "skip-bitbucket-its=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+else
+  matrix_key='old'
+fi
+echo "Matrix key - $matrix_key"
+
+echo "unit-tests-matrix=$(jq --compact-output --arg v "$matrix_key" '.[$v]."unit-tests"' $matrix_file)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "jira-it-matrix=$(jq --compact-output --arg v "$matrix_key" '.[$v]."jira-it"' $matrix_file)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "confluence-it-matrix=$(jq --compact-output --arg v "$matrix_key" '.[$v]."confluence-it"' $matrix_file)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "bitbucket-it-matrix=$(jq --compact-output --arg v "$matrix_key" '.[$v]."bitbucket-it"' $matrix_file)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/release-check/check-release.sh b/bin/release-check/check-release.sh
index cf949cf1..5d870d75 100755
--- a/bin/release-check/check-release.sh
+++ b/bin/release-check/check-release.sh
@@ -47,22 +47,37 @@ esac
 echo "Determined workflow name: $workflow_name"
 
 # RUN TESTS AGAINST SPECIFIC VERSIONS
-echo "Running workflow with params: workflow-name=$workflow_name java-version=8.0.252 product-version=$product_version"
-first_workflow_link=$(start_workflow $workflow_name 8.0.252 $product_version)
-echo "Pipeline URL: $first_workflow_link"
+workflow_links=()
+pl_common_version=$(. ../build/get-plugin-major-version.sh common)
+if [ $pl_common_version -eq 1 ]; then
+  if [ $product_type != "confluence" ]; then
+    echo "Running workflow with params: workflow-name=$workflow_name java-version=8.0.252 product-version=$product_version"
+    first_workflow_link=$(start_workflow $workflow_name 8.0.252 $product_version)
+    echo "Pipeline URL: $first_workflow_link"
+    workflow_links+=("$first_workflow_link")
+  fi
 
-echo "Running workflow with params: workflow-name=$workflow_name java-version=11 product-version=$product_version"
-second_workflow_link=$(start_workflow $workflow_name 11 $product_version)
-echo "Pipeline URL: $second_workflow_link"
+  echo "Running workflow with params: workflow-name=$workflow_name java-version=11 product-version=$product_version"
+  second_workflow_link=$(start_workflow $workflow_name 11 $product_version)
+  echo "Pipeline URL: $second_workflow_link"
+  workflow_links+=("$second_workflow_link")
+fi
 
 echo "Running workflow with params: workflow-name=$workflow_name java-version=17 product-version=$product_version"
 third_workflow_link=$(start_workflow $workflow_name 17 $product_version)
 echo "Pipeline URL: $third_workflow_link"
+workflow_links+=("$third_workflow_link")
 
-workflow_links="$first_workflow_link, $second_workflow_link, $third_workflow_link"
+# Join elements with a multi-character delimiter
+function join_by {
+  local d=${1-} f=${2-}
+  if shift 2; then
+    printf %s "$f" "${@/#/$d}"
+  fi
+}
 
 # CREATE NEW ISSUE FOR RELEASE
 echo "Creating a new issue"
-new_issue_url=$(RELEASE_LABEL="$release_label" WORKFLOW_LINKS=$workflow_links. ./create-issue.sh)
+new_issue_url=$(RELEASE_LABEL="$release_label" WORKFLOW_LINKS="$(join_by ', ' ${workflow_links[@]})" . ./create-issue.sh)
 
 echo "New ticket created: $new_issue_url"
diff --git a/bin/release-check/plugin-product-compat-matrix.json b/bin/release-check/plugin-product-compat-matrix.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..931dc794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release-check/plugin-product-compat-matrix.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "jira": {
+    "3": "[0-9]\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+",
+    "4": "10\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+"
+  },
+  "confluence": {
+    "3": "[0-8]\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+",
+    "4": "9\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+"
+  },
+  "bitbucket": {
+    "4": "[0-8]\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+",
+    "5": "9\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/release-check/run-product-release-check.sh b/bin/release-check/run-product-release-check.sh
index 53302dc3..4ffb0c5a 100755
--- a/bin/release-check/run-product-release-check.sh
+++ b/bin/release-check/run-product-release-check.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,22 @@ if [ "$latest_releases" = "" ]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-# TAKE AND CHECKS LATEST VERSION ONLY, MEANING THE GREATEST REVISION VERSION
-latest_version=$(echo "$latest_releases" | tail -1)
+# TAKE AND CHECKS LATEST COMPATIBLE VERSION ONLY, MEANING THE GREATEST REVISION VERSION
+pl_product_version=$(. ../get-plugin-major-version.sh "$PRODUCT")
+product_compat_version_regex=$(jq -r --arg pl "$pl_product_version" --arg p "$PRODUCT" '.[$p].[$pl]' ./plugin-product-compat-matrix.json)
+latest_version=$(echo "$latest_releases" | grep -oE "$product_compat_version_regex" | tail -1)
+
+if [ "$latest_version" = "" ]; then
+  echo "Could not find latest versions"
+  echo "Product [$PRODUCT]"
+  echo "Compatible version pattern [$product_compat_version_regex]"
+  exit
+fi
+
+echo "========================"
+echo "LATEST VERSION"
+echo "$latest_version"
+echo "========================"
 
 # RUN CHECK FOR LATEST VERSION
 PRODUCT_VERSION="$latest_version" . ./check-release.sh