diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 76ccbc48e..30cb48af0 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ APP_SECRET=2ca64f8d83b9e89f5f19d672841d6bb8
 # IMPORTANT: You MUST configure your server version, either here or in config/packages/doctrine.yaml
 #
 DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///%kernel.project_dir%/data/database.sqlite
-# DATABASE_URL="mysql://db_user:db_password@127.0.0.1:3306/db_name?serverVersion=5.7",
-# DATABASE_URL="postgresql://db_user:db_password@127.0.0.1:5432/db_name?serverVersion=13&charset=utf8"
+# DATABASE_URL="mysql://app:!ChangeMe!@127.0.0.1:3306/app?serverVersion=8&charset=utf8mb4"
+# DATABASE_URL="postgresql://app:!ChangeMe!@127.0.0.1:5432/app?serverVersion=15&charset=utf8"
 ###< doctrine/doctrine-bundle ###
 
 ###> symfony/mailer ###
diff --git a/config/packages/doctrine.yaml b/config/packages/doctrine.yaml
index 2fce576c5..41200c368 100644
--- a/config/packages/doctrine.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/doctrine.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ doctrine:
 
         # IMPORTANT: You MUST configure your server version,
         # either here or in the DATABASE_URL env var (see .env file)
-        #server_version: '14'
+        #server_version: '15'
     orm:
         auto_generate_proxy_classes: true
+        enable_lazy_ghost_objects: true
         naming_strategy: doctrine.orm.naming_strategy.underscore_number_aware
         auto_mapping: true
         mappings:
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ when@prod:
     doctrine:
         orm:
             auto_generate_proxy_classes: false
+            proxy_dir: '%kernel.build_dir%/doctrine/orm/Proxies'
             query_cache_driver:
                 type: pool
                 pool: doctrine.system_cache_pool
diff --git a/config/packages/webpack_encore.yaml b/config/packages/webpack_encore.yaml
index de1a214ca..8d456f18c 100644
--- a/config/packages/webpack_encore.yaml
+++ b/config/packages/webpack_encore.yaml
@@ -25,20 +25,16 @@ webpack_encore:
 
     # If you have multiple builds:
     # builds:
-        # pass "frontend" as the 3rg arg to the Twig functions
-        # {{ encore_entry_script_tags('entry1', null, 'frontend') }}
-
         # frontend: '%kernel.project_dir%/public/frontend/build'
 
-    # Cache the entrypoints.json (rebuild Symfony's cache when entrypoints.json changes)
-    # Put in config/packages/prod/webpack_encore.yaml
-    # cache: true
+        # pass the build name as the 3rd argument to the Twig functions
+        # {{ encore_entry_script_tags('entry1', null, 'frontend') }}
 
-#when@prod:
-#    webpack_encore:
-#        # Cache the entrypoints.json (rebuild Symfony's cache when entrypoints.json changes)
-#        # Available in version 1.2
-#        cache: true
+when@prod:
+    webpack_encore:
+        # Cache the entrypoints.json (rebuild Symfony's cache when entrypoints.json changes)
+        # Available in version 1.2
+        cache: true
 
 #when@test:
 #    webpack_encore:
diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index 2776637c6..3853fa977 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ DirectoryIndex index.php
 </IfModule>
 
 <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+    # This Option needs to be enabled for RewriteRule, otherwise it will show an error like
+    # 'Options FollowSymLinks or SymLinksIfOwnerMatch is off which implies that RewriteRule directive is forbidden'
+    Options +FollowSymlinks
+
     RewriteEngine On
 
     # Determine the RewriteBase automatically and set it as environment variable.
diff --git a/symfony.lock b/symfony.lock
index 86e48b574..300806cc1 100644
--- a/symfony.lock
+++ b/symfony.lock
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
         "version": "v0.5.3"
     },
     "doctrine/doctrine-bundle": {
-        "version": "2.7",
+        "version": "2.8",
         "recipe": {
             "repo": "github.com/symfony/recipes",
             "branch": "main",
-            "version": "2.4",
-            "ref": "d562b46dd8075ab2de3d58bf7895cf6b8365cb72"
+            "version": "2.8",
+            "ref": "6b43b7b6ff6bf2551f2933ebeb66721fa3db8fbc"
         },
         "files": [
             "config/packages/doctrine.yaml",
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@
         "version": "1.0",
         "recipe": {
             "repo": "github.com/symfony/recipes-contrib",
-            "branch": "master",
+            "branch": "main",
             "version": "1.0",
-            "ref": "9d254a22efca7264203eea98b866f16f944b2f09"
+            "ref": "efb318193e48384eb5c5aadff15396ed698f8ffc"
         },
         "files": [
             "public/.htaccess"
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
             "repo": "github.com/symfony/recipes",
             "branch": "main",
             "version": "4.3",
-            "ref": "97a61eabb351d7f6cb7702039bcfe07fe9d7e03c"
+            "ref": "2bf89438209656b85b9a49238c4467bff1b1f939"
         },
         "files": [
             "config/packages/mailer.yaml"
@@ -334,12 +334,12 @@
         "version": "v6.0.0"
     },
     "symfony/phpunit-bridge": {
-        "version": "5.4",
+        "version": "6.2",
         "recipe": {
             "repo": "github.com/symfony/recipes",
-            "branch": "master",
+            "branch": "main",
             "version": "5.3",
-            "ref": "97cb3dc7b0f39c7cfc4b7553504c9d7b7795de96"
+            "ref": "819d3d2ffa4590eba0b8f4f3e5e89415ee4e45c3"
         },
         "files": [
             ".env.test",
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@
             "repo": "github.com/symfony/recipes",
             "branch": "main",
             "version": "1.10",
-            "ref": "5878c7c28468ca0fdce2497a04cfc66bab0dc3ef"
+            "ref": "f8fc53f1942f76679e9ee3c25fd44865355707b5"
         },
         "files": [
             "assets/app.js",
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index d75b711fd..b67fb8249 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@
 } elseif (method_exists(Dotenv::class, 'bootEnv')) {
     (new Dotenv())->bootEnv(dirname(__DIR__).'/.env');
 }
+
+if ($_SERVER['APP_DEBUG']) {
+    umask(0000);
+}