diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 2ac2d4aa..718cbbc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ on:
 env:
   WEAVIATE_127: 1.27.27
   WEAVIATE_128: 1.28.16
-  WEAVIATE_129: 1.29.9
-  WEAVIATE_130: 1.30.17
-  WEAVIATE_131: 1.31.16
-  WEAVIATE_132: 1.32.10
-  WEAVIATE_133: 1.33.0
+  WEAVIATE_129: 1.29.11
+  WEAVIATE_130: 1.30.22
+  WEAVIATE_131: 1.31.20
+  WEAVIATE_132: 1.32.18
+  WEAVIATE_133: 1.33.6
+  WEAVIATE_134: 1.34.1
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
@@ -41,15 +42,16 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         versions: [
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_127},
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_128},
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_129},
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_130},
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_131},
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_132},
-          { node: "18.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_133},
-          { node: "20.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_133},
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_133},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_127},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_128},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_129},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_130},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_131},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_132},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_133},
+          { node: "20.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_134},
+          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_134},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_134},
         ]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         versions: [
-          { node: "22.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_133},
+          { node: "24.x", weaviate: $WEAVIATE_134},
         ]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f54cf0f9..6a1d2780 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     }
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18.0.0"
+    "node": ">=20.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest --no-cache --useStderr --runInBand --detectOpenHandles",
diff --git a/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts b/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts
index 5836fd1c..a2fed17d 100644
--- a/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/collections/config/integration.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
 
   afterAll(() => client.collections.deleteAll());
 
-  it('should be able get the config of a collection without generics', async () => {
+  it('should be able to get the config of a collection without generics', async () => {
     const collectionName = 'TestCollectionConfigGetWithGenerics';
     type TestCollectionConfigGet = {
       testProp: string;
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       dynamicEfMax: 500,
       dynamicEfFactor: 8,
       vectorCacheMaxObjects: 1000000000000,
-      filterStrategy: 'sweeping',
+      filterStrategy: (await client.getWeaviateVersion().then((ver) => ver.isLowerThan(1, 34, 0)))
+        ? 'sweeping'
+        : 'acorn',
       flatSearchCutoff: 40000,
       distance: 'cosine',
       multiVector: undefined,
@@ -124,7 +126,9 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       dynamicEfMax: 500,
       dynamicEfFactor: 8,
       vectorCacheMaxObjects: 1000000000000,
-      filterStrategy: 'sweeping',
+      filterStrategy: (await client.getWeaviateVersion().then((ver) => ver.isLowerThan(1, 34, 0)))
+        ? 'sweeping'
+        : 'acorn',
       flatSearchCutoff: 40000,
       distance: 'cosine',
       multiVector: undefined,
@@ -609,7 +613,9 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       dynamicEfMax: 500,
       dynamicEfFactor: 8,
       vectorCacheMaxObjects: 1000000000000,
-      filterStrategy: 'sweeping',
+      filterStrategy: (await client.getWeaviateVersion().then((ver) => ver.isLowerThan(1, 34, 0)))
+        ? 'sweeping'
+        : 'acorn',
       flatSearchCutoff: 40000,
       distance: 'cosine',
       multiVector: undefined,
@@ -682,7 +688,7 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
     expect(config.multiTenancy.enabled).toEqual(true);
   });
 
-  it('should be able update the config of a collection with legacy vectors', async () => {
+  it.only('should be able update the config of a collection with legacy vectors', async () => {
     const clientV2 = weaviateV2.client({
       host: 'http://localhost:8080',
     });
@@ -719,7 +725,9 @@ describe('Testing of the collection.config namespace', () => {
       dynamicEfMax: 500,
       dynamicEfFactor: 8,
       vectorCacheMaxObjects: 1000000000000,
-      filterStrategy: 'sweeping',
+      filterStrategy: (await client.getWeaviateVersion().then((ver) => ver.isLowerThan(1, 34, 0)))
+        ? 'sweeping'
+        : 'acorn',
       flatSearchCutoff: 40000,
       distance: 'cosine',
       multiVector: undefined,
diff --git a/src/connection/integration.test.ts b/src/connection/integration.test.ts
index 9f229782..cbe9f111 100644
--- a/src/connection/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/connection/integration.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { StartedWeaviateContainer, WeaviateContainer } from '@testcontainers/weaviate';
+import { Wait } from 'testcontainers';
 import weaviate from '..';
 import { WeaviateStartUpError } from '../errors';
 import { Meta } from '../openapi/types';
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ describe('Integration testing of the ConnectionGRPC class', () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     container = await new WeaviateContainer(`semitechnologies/weaviate:${process.env.WEAVIATE_VERSION}`)
+      .withWaitStrategy(Wait.forHttp('/v1/.well-known/ready', 8080).withStartupTimeout(10 * 1000))
       .withExposedPorts(8080, 50051)
       .withEnvironment({
         GRPC_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE: '1',