diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
index 5fcdea8633c..c039f62a28f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing-deploy.yml
@@ -2118,6 +2118,12 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash install
       - name: test
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash test
+      - name: upload failed tests logs
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
+          path: ./test_failures
       - name: cleanup
         if: always()
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/public-api.bash clean_up
@@ -2177,7 +2183,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: ${{ github.job }}_docker_logs
-          path: ./tests/swarm-deploy/test_failures
+          path: ./test_failures
       - name: cleanup
         if: always()
         run: ./ci/github/system-testing/swarm-deploy.bash clean_up
diff --git a/ci/helpers/requirements.txt b/ci/helpers/requirements.txt
index ec07c16d692..dfd6466d920 100644
--- a/ci/helpers/requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/helpers/requirements.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ multidict==5.2.0
     # via
     #   aiohttp
     #   yarl
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via fastapi
 pyjwt==2.3.0
     # via -r requirements.in
diff --git a/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 42e99590386..a86fd113085 100644
--- a/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ partd==1.2.0
     # via dask
 psutil==5.8.0
     # via distributed
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/container_tasks/io.py b/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/container_tasks/io.py
index b3114a8b0b6..7c4c542f656 100644
--- a/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/container_tasks/io.py
+++ b/packages/dask-task-models-library/src/dask_task_models_library/container_tasks/io.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     StrictInt,
     StrictStr,
 )
-from typing_extensions import Annotated
+from pydantic.types import constr
 
 
 class PortSchema(BaseModel):
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Config:
         }
 
 
-PortKey = Annotated[str, Field(regex=PROPERTY_KEY_RE)]
+PortKey = constr(regex=PROPERTY_KEY_RE)
 PortValue = Union[StrictBool, StrictInt, StrictFloat, StrictStr, FileUrl, None]
 
 
diff --git a/packages/models-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/models-library/requirements/_base.txt
index e1e1be88f80..5d4590e37a2 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/models-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ idna==2.10
     # via
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
     #   email-validator
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
diff --git a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/rest_pagination.py b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/rest_pagination.py
index 409fcf13219..597ddaa1777 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/rest_pagination.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/rest_pagination.py
@@ -14,50 +14,6 @@
 DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE = 20
 
 
-def monkey_patch_pydantic_url_regex() -> None:
-    # waiting for PR https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic/pull/2512 to be released into
-    # pydantic main codebase
-    import pydantic
-
-    if pydantic.VERSION > "1.8.2":
-        raise RuntimeError(
-            (
-                "Please check that PR https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic/pull/2512 "
-                "was merged AND added in this version."
-                "If already present in this version, remove this monkey_patch"
-            )
-        )
-
-    import re
-    from typing import Pattern
-
-    from pydantic import networks
-
-    def url_regex() -> Pattern[str]:
-        _url_regex_cache = networks._url_regex_cache  # pylint: disable=protected-access
-        if _url_regex_cache is None:
-            _url_regex_cache = re.compile(
-                r"(?:(?P<scheme>[a-z][a-z0-9+\-.]+)://)?"  # scheme https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986#appendix-A
-                r"(?:(?P<user>[^\s:/]*)(?::(?P<password>[^\s/]*))?@)?"  # user info
-                r"(?:"
-                r"(?P<ipv4>(?:\d{1,3}\.){3}\d{1,3})(?=$|[/:#?])|"  # ipv4
-                r"(?P<ipv6>\[[A-F0-9]*:[A-F0-9:]+\])(?=$|[/:#?])|"  # ipv6
-                r"(?P<domain>[^\s/:?#]+)"  # domain, validation occurs later
-                r")?"
-                r"(?::(?P<port>\d+))?"  # port
-                r"(?P<path>/[^\s?#]*)?"  # path
-                r"(?:\?(?P<query>[^\s#]+))?"  # query
-                r"(?:#(?P<fragment>\S+))?",  # fragment
-                re.IGNORECASE,
-            )
-        return _url_regex_cache
-
-    networks.url_regex = url_regex
-
-
-monkey_patch_pydantic_url_regex()
-
-
 class PageMetaInfoLimitOffset(BaseModel):
     limit: PositiveInt = DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_ITEMS_PER_PAGE
     total: NonNegativeInt
diff --git a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/utils/misc.py b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/utils/misc.py
index 011a1a24e69..c06dede6056 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/src/models_library/utils/misc.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/src/models_library/utils/misc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Type, Union
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
-from pydantic.main import SchemaExtraCallable
+from pydantic.config import SchemaExtraCallable
 
 
 def extract_examples(model_cls: Type[BaseModel]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
diff --git a/packages/models-library/tests/test_basic_regex.py b/packages/models-library/tests/test_basic_regex.py
index 55ab84e60e0..9e2ac1a5cf5 100644
--- a/packages/models-library/tests/test_basic_regex.py
+++ b/packages/models-library/tests/test_basic_regex.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from models_library.basic_regex import DATE_RE, UUID_RE, VERSION_RE
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 INVALID = object()
 VALID = object()
@@ -97,6 +97,6 @@ def test_DATE_RE(date_str, expected):
 
 def test_pep404_compare_versions():
     # A reminder from https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/userguide/distribution.html#specifying-your-project-s-version
-    assert parse_version("1.9.a.dev") == parse_version("1.9a0dev")
-    assert parse_version("2.1-rc2") < parse_version("2.1")
-    assert parse_version("0.6a9dev-r41475") < parse_version("0.6a9")
+    assert Version("1.9.a.dev") == Version("1.9a0dev")
+    assert Version("2.1-rc2") < Version("2.1")
+    assert Version("0.6a9dev") < Version("0.6a9")
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/service-integration/requirements/_base.txt
index 1cab18de7d9..37fd0492bfc 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/service-integration/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pluggy==1.0.0
     # via pytest
 py==1.11.0
     # via pytest
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/packages/service-integration/requirements/_tools.txt b/packages/service-integration/requirements/_tools.txt
index 72aef0f88d4..4d8a4cbdb21 100644
--- a/packages/service-integration/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/packages/service-integration/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ prance==0.21.8.0
     # via datamodel-code-generator
 pre-commit==2.15.0
     # via -r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 41bdf64cda3..7a6384d2347 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ aiodebug==1.1.2
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
 aiofiles==0.8.0
     # via -r requirements/_base.in
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
diff --git a/packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.txt b/packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.txt
index 11ad6a9c8e8..f2ba783ee2d 100644
--- a/packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.txt
+++ b/packages/service-library/requirements/_fastapi.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ opentracing==2.4.0
     # via
     #   fastapi-contrib
     #   jaeger-client
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/./../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/./_base.in
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt
index 4105a832a78..4ed2575abf9 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/settings-library/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 click==8.0.3
     # via typer
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -r requirements/_base.in
diff --git a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/prometheus.py b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/prometheus.py
index 0e73f75c79a..a7174f227e4 100644
--- a/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/prometheus.py
+++ b/packages/settings-library/src/settings_library/prometheus.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 
-from pydantic.networks import HttpUrl
+from pydantic.networks import AnyHttpUrl
 from settings_library.base import BaseCustomSettings
 from settings_library.utils_service import MixinServiceSettings
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PrometheusSettings(BaseCustomSettings, MixinServiceSettings):
 
     @cached_property
     def base_url(self) -> str:
-        return HttpUrl.build(
+        return AnyHttpUrl.build(
             scheme="http",
             host=self.PROMETHEUS_HOST,
             port=f"{self.PROMETHEUS_PORT}",
diff --git a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt
index 88dfe643b99..a29faf9338a 100644
--- a/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.2
     # via
     #   aiopg
     #   sqlalchemy
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 7e83e432636..78fc8c44b4a 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -41,10 +41,14 @@ minio==7.0.4
 #
 
 
-
 # Keeps all docker compose to the same version. TODO: remove when all synced
 docker-compose==1.29.1
 
+
+# tomli<2.0.0,>=0.2.6 (from black==21.12b0->-r requirements/../../../requirements/devenv.txt (line 19))
+tomli<2.0.0
+
+
 # constraint since https://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop/releases/tag/v0.15.0: drops support for 3.5/3.6  Feb.2021
 uvloop<0.15.0 ; python_version < '3.7'
 
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
index aeea7cbce0a..df5005a9742 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
     #   sqlalchemy
 pycparser==2.20
     # via cffi
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
index 2ab5b87e72d..6a41077b9d0 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ toml==0.10.2
     #   pylint
     #   pytest
 tomli==1.2.2
-    # via coverage
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
+    #   coverage
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.2
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
diff --git a/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt b/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt
index 951d51ecce4..412e1ccce00 100644
--- a/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt
+++ b/services/api-server/requirements/_tools.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ toml==0.10.2
     #   pre-commit
 tomli==1.2.2
     # via
+    #   -c requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/_test.txt
     #   black
     #   pep517
diff --git a/services/api-server/src/simcore_service_api_server/core/settings.py b/services/api-server/src/simcore_service_api_server/core/settings.py
index 81be125255c..e055a561b19 100644
--- a/services/api-server/src/simcore_service_api_server/core/settings.py
+++ b/services/api-server/src/simcore_service_api_server/core/settings.py
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from models_library.basic_types import BootModeEnum, LogLevel
-from pydantic import Field, SecretStr
+from pydantic import AnyHttpUrl, Field, SecretStr
 from pydantic.class_validators import validator
-from pydantic.networks import HttpUrl
 from settings_library.base import BaseCustomSettings
 from settings_library.postgres import PostgresSettings
 from settings_library.tracing import TracingSettings
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@
 class _UrlMixin:
     def _build_url(self, prefix: str) -> str:
         prefix = prefix.upper()
-        return HttpUrl.build(
+        return AnyHttpUrl.build(
             scheme="http",
             host=getattr(self, f"{prefix}_HOST"),
             port=f"{getattr(self, f'{prefix}_PORT')}",
diff --git a/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt b/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
index 92370c5c28f..73ef57c1008 100644
--- a/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/catalog/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.6
     # via
     #   aiopg
     #   sqlalchemy
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
index 3f3a4abb577..0ccfe060b0f 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ ptyprocess==0.7.0
     # via terminado
 pycparser==2.20
     # via cffi
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_packages.txt b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_packages.txt
index 411e552dc4b..dc09a76f1c0 100644
--- a/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_packages.txt
+++ b/services/dask-sidecar/requirements/_packages.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ psutil==5.8.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   distributed
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
index eb6cbfbc4c2..59756b1011d 100644
--- a/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/datcore-adapter/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pyasn1==0.4.8
     # via
     #   python-jose
     #   rsa
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
index 5ca9fcce531..c5893df88cc 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.2
     # via
     #   aiopg
     #   sqlalchemy
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/dask-task-models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt b/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt
index 9c7950c195b..3d34e437989 100644
--- a/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/director-v2/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --output-file=requirements/_test.txt --strip-extras requirements/_test.in
 #
-aio_pika==6.8.0
+aio-pika==6.8.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/_base.txt
     #   -r requirements/_test.in
diff --git a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
index dcb8a3933f0..c3590d83f3a 100644
--- a/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/dynamic-sidecar/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
     #   sqlalchemy
 pycparser==2.20
     # via cffi
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt b/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
index 203dffbae8d..2d09650f854 100644
--- a/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/storage/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
     # via
     #   aiopg
     #   sqlalchemy
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
index 4cd213fafc3..fa32eb63c59 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
     #   sqlalchemy
 pycparser==2.20
     # via cffi
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/postgres-database/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
diff --git a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/application.py b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/application.py
index 6acdbf57836..096543057ab 100644
--- a/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/application.py
+++ b/services/web/server/src/simcore_service_webserver/application.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict
 
 from aiohttp import web
-from models_library.rest_pagination import monkey_patch_pydantic_url_regex
 from servicelib.aiohttp.application import create_safe_application
 
 from ._constants import APP_SETTINGS_KEY
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@
 from .users import setup_users
 from .version_control import setup_version_control
 
-monkey_patch_pydantic_url_regex()
-
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/environment-setup/requirements/requirements.txt b/tests/environment-setup/requirements/requirements.txt
index fcef9fcf65e..70a5e48f1aa 100644
--- a/tests/environment-setup/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/environment-setup/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ pluggy==1.0.0
     # via pytest
 py==1.11.0
     # via pytest
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_base.in
diff --git a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt
index d9ee5d028e5..55e0497a715 100644
--- a/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/tests/swarm-deploy/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.9.2
     #   sqlalchemy
 py==1.11.0
     # via pytest
-pydantic==1.8.2
+pydantic==1.9.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/models-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../packages/service-library/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt