diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4157244e6c50810b621872c5eea948dfa038051..178122ce7eb8ee703017675c30237e8eda4adac3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,24 +136,53 @@ for (final Area area : areas){
 }
 ```
 
-### Finding Destinations by service identifier and region
+### Finding Destinations 
 
-For searching a destination the `DestinationSearch.Builder` is used pass a search request to the routing client. 
-The leikaKey is mandatory, as well as (max.) one other search criterion for the area/region, like one of:
-- ars amtlicher regionalschlüssel
-- ags amtlicher gemeindeschlüssel
-- areaId identifier of an area that can be retrieved via [finding areas](#finding-areas)
+For searching a destination the `DestinationSearch.Builder` is used pass a search request to the routing client.
+The `leikaKey` is mandatory, as well as (max.) one other search criterion for the area/region, like one of:
+- *areaId* = identifier of an area that can be retrieved via [findAreas(...)](#finding-areas) of the routing client
+- ARS = *amtlicher Regionalschlüssel*
+- AGS = *amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel*
+
+__Note:__ Both, the `leikaKey` service-identifier and the region keys `ars/ags`cannot be retrieved via the routing client, but can be found here: 
+- [https://fimportal.de/](https://fimportal.de/) catalog for finding leikaKey service identifier                                        
+- [https://opengovtech.de/](https://opengovtech.de/ars/) for looking up regional keys                                                  
+
+
+#### Find destination by service identifier and *areaId*
+
+```java
+final RoutingClient routingClient = ClientFactory.routingClient(config);
+
+final DestinationSearch search = DestinationSearch.Builder()
+        .withLeikaKey("99123456760610")
+        .withAreaId("48566") // areaId of "Leipzig"
+        .withLimit(3)
+        .build();
+
+// get first 3 route results
+final List<Route> routes = routingClient.findDestinations(search);
+
+LOGGER.info("Found {} routes for service identifier {}", routes.size(), leikaKey);
+for (final Route route : routes){
+    LOGGER.info("Route {} with destinationId {} found", route.getName(), route.getDestinationId());
+}
+```
+
+#### Find destination by service identifier and region key (ARS/AGS)
+
+Besides the areaId another search criterion for the area/region can be used as well:
 
 ```java
 final RoutingClient routingClient = ClientFactory.routingClient(config);
 
 final DestinationSearch search = DestinationSearch.Builder()
         .withLeikaKey("99123456760610")
-        .withArs("064350014014")
-        .withLimit(5)
+        .withArs("147130000000") // example ars for "Leipzig"
+        .withLimit(3)
         .build();
 
-// get first 5 route results
+// get first 3 route results
 final List<Route> routes = routingClient.findDestinations(search);
 
 LOGGER.info("Found {} routes for service identifier {}", routes.size(), leikaKey);
diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 59e29c830a4f26dacda8d669d6cc1d2f1b3bb948..60bee28c928f4521f4dc7f9a1c843c93dab94564 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/dev/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ApplicationConfigLoader.java b/client/src/main/java/dev/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ApplicationConfigLoader.java
index d6c67ce20d9cca49a4dbde93192007344e6c5b8c..09269e0bf79d9a27cb06cb8140a4b8c36d7d7acd 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/dev/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ApplicationConfigLoader.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/dev/fitko/fitconnect/client/factory/ApplicationConfigLoader.java
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import dev.fitko.fitconnect.api.config.ApplicationConfig;
 import dev.fitko.fitconnect.api.config.BuildInfo;
 import dev.fitko.fitconnect.api.exceptions.InitializationException;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
-import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ public final class ApplicationConfigLoader {
      * @return ApplicationConfig
      */
     public static ApplicationConfig loadConfigFromYaml(final String configYaml) {
-
-        final Yaml applicationPropertiesYaml = new Yaml(new Constructor(ApplicationConfig.class));
-        final ApplicationConfig applicationConfig = applicationPropertiesYaml.load(configYaml);
-
-        return applicationConfig;
+        return new Yaml().loadAs(configYaml, ApplicationConfig.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -63,9 +59,7 @@ public final class ApplicationConfigLoader {
      * @return {@link BuildInfo}
      */
     public static BuildInfo loadBuildInfo() {
-
-        final Yaml buildInfoYaml = new Yaml(new Constructor(BuildInfo.class));
-
-        return buildInfoYaml.load(ApplicationConfigLoader.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(BUILD_INFO_PATH));
+        final InputStream resource = ApplicationConfigLoader.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(BUILD_INFO_PATH);
+        return new Yaml().loadAs(resource, BuildInfo.class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd22e0d8fa5227dbd50392c4e31e9c35dd1925c5..809ecb3d97044cb5c40c90bc746da2078109f40a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,16 +69,16 @@
         <jcommander.version>1.82</jcommander.version>
         <apache-tika.version>2.7.0</apache-tika.version>
         <spring-web.version>5.3.25</spring-web.version>
-        <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
+        <snakeyaml.version>2.0</snakeyaml.version>
         <open-csv.version>5.7.1</open-csv.version>
-        <json-schema-validator.version>1.0.77</json-schema-validator.version>
+        <json-schema-validator.version>1.0.78</json-schema-validator.version>
 
         <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>5.1.1</mockito.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.27.2</wiremock.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
         <awaitility-version>4.2.0</awaitility-version>
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.10.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M9</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M9</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>