diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 26ad77d9..7be9c79f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": "~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0",
-        "ext-json": "*",
         "ext-gd": "*",
+        "ext-json": "*",
         "dotkernel/dot-annotated-services": "^4.1.7",
         "dotkernel/dot-cache": "^4.0",
         "dotkernel/dot-cli": "^3.5.0",
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@
         "mezzio/mezzio-twigrenderer": "^2.15.0",
         "ramsey/uuid-doctrine": "^2.0.0",
         "roave/psr-container-doctrine": "^4.1.0",
-        "symfony/filesystem": "^7.0.3"
+        "symfony/filesystem": "^7.0.3",
+        "symfony/var-exporter": "^6.4 || ^7.4"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "laminas/laminas-coding-standard": "^2.5",
diff --git a/src/App/src/ConfigProvider.php b/src/App/src/ConfigProvider.php
index bd5d44d0..ea492686 100644
--- a/src/App/src/ConfigProvider.php
+++ b/src/App/src/ConfigProvider.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 use Api\App\Command\RouteListCommand;
 use Api\App\Command\TokenGenerateCommand;
 use Api\App\Entity\EntityListenerResolver;
-use Api\App\Factory\AuthenticationMiddlewareFactory;
 use Api\App\Factory\EntityListenerResolverFactory;
 use Api\App\Factory\RouteListCommandFactory;
 use Api\App\Factory\TokenGenerateCommandFactory;
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ public function getDependencies(): array
                 'doctrine.entity_manager.orm_default' => EntityManagerFactory::class,
                 'dot-mail.options.default'            => MailOptionsAbstractFactory::class,
                 'dot-mail.service.default'            => MailServiceAbstractFactory::class,
-                AuthenticationMiddleware::class       => AuthenticationMiddlewareFactory::class,
+                AuthenticationMiddleware::class       => AnnotatedServiceFactory::class,
                 AuthorizationMiddleware::class        => AnnotatedServiceFactory::class,
                 ContentNegotiationMiddleware::class   => AnnotatedServiceFactory::class,
                 Environment::class                    => TwigEnvironmentFactory::class,
diff --git a/src/App/src/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.php b/src/App/src/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.php
index 25ac3c81..a714bdbc 100644
--- a/src/App/src/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.php
+++ b/src/App/src/Middleware/AuthenticationMiddleware.php
@@ -6,13 +6,26 @@
 
 use Api\App\UserIdentity;
 use Api\User\Entity\UserRole;
+use Dot\AnnotatedServices\Annotation\Inject;
+use Mezzio\Authentication\AuthenticationInterface;
 use Mezzio\Authentication\UserInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use Psr\Http\Server\MiddlewareInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Server\RequestHandlerInterface;
 
-class AuthenticationMiddleware extends \Mezzio\Authentication\AuthenticationMiddleware
+class AuthenticationMiddleware implements MiddlewareInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * @Inject({
+     *     AuthenticationInterface::class,
+     * })
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        protected AuthenticationInterface $auth,
+    ) {
+    }
+
     public function process(ServerRequestInterface $request, RequestHandlerInterface $handler): ResponseInterface
     {
         $user = $this->auth->authenticate($request);