diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 539758091..eb35db783 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- internal dependencies -->
     <step-grid.version>0.0.0-MASTER-SNAPSHOT</step-grid.version>
-    <step-framework.version>0.0.0-MASTER-SNAPSHOT</step-framework.version>
+    <step-framework.version>0.0.0-SED-4625-SNAPSHOT</step-framework.version>
 
     <!-- external, non-transitive, dependencies -->
     <dep.groovy.version>5.0.4</dep.groovy.version>
diff --git a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/ControllerSettingPlugin.java b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/ControllerSettingPlugin.java
index 5f4c90547..85a3e2743 100644
--- a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/ControllerSettingPlugin.java
+++ b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/ControllerSettingPlugin.java
@@ -26,38 +26,18 @@
 import step.engine.plugins.AbstractExecutionEnginePlugin;
 import step.engine.plugins.ExecutionEnginePlugin;
 
-@Plugin
+@Plugin(dependencies = {StepControllerPlugin.class})
 public class ControllerSettingPlugin extends AbstractControllerPlugin {
 
     private ControllerSettingAccessor controllerSettingAccessor;
 
     @Override
-    public void serverStart(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
+    public void init(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
         controllerSettingAccessor = new ControllerSettingAccessorImpl(
             context.getCollectionFactory().getCollection("settings", ControllerSetting.class));
         context.put(ControllerSettingAccessor.class, controllerSettingAccessor);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void migrateData(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void initializeData(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void afterInitializeData(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serverStop(GlobalContext context) {
-
-    }
-
     @Override
     public ExecutionEnginePlugin getExecutionEnginePlugin() {
         return new AbstractExecutionEnginePlugin() {
diff --git a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/StepControllerPlugin.java b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/StepControllerPlugin.java
index 1aca86de1..2c09d0868 100644
--- a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/StepControllerPlugin.java
+++ b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/controller/StepControllerPlugin.java
@@ -14,29 +14,24 @@
 import step.core.execution.model.ExecutionStatus;
 import step.core.plugins.AbstractControllerPlugin;
 import step.core.plugins.exceptions.PluginCriticalException;
-import step.framework.server.ControllerInitializationPlugin;
 import step.core.plugins.Plugin;
 import step.core.scheduler.ExecutionScheduler;
 import step.core.scheduler.SchedulerServices;
 import step.framework.server.CORSRequestResponseFilter;
 import step.versionmanager.ControllerLog;
 import step.versionmanager.VersionManager;
+import step.versionmanager.VersionManagerPlugin;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-@Plugin
-public class StepControllerPlugin extends AbstractControllerPlugin implements ControllerInitializationPlugin<GlobalContext> {
+@Plugin(runsBefore = {VersionManagerPlugin.class})
+public class StepControllerPlugin extends AbstractControllerPlugin {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StepControllerPlugin.class);
 
     private Controller controller;
 
-    @Override
-    public void checkPreconditions(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void init(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
         // Only used for validation here, blows up if there is something wrong with the configuration.
@@ -99,11 +94,9 @@ public static String getControllerUrl(Configuration conf, boolean forBackend, bo
         return url;
     }
 
-
     @Override
     public void recover(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-        //At this stage the version manager plugin cannot be started yet, so we create a version manager directly here to read the last start time
-        VersionManager<GlobalContext> versionManager = new VersionManager<>(context);
+        VersionManager<?> versionManager = context.require(VersionManager.class);
         versionManager.readLatestControllerLog();
         ControllerLog latestControllerLog = versionManager.getLatestControllerLog();
         ExecutionAccessor accessor = context.getExecutionAccessor();
@@ -157,7 +150,7 @@ public void preShutdownHook(GlobalContext context) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void postShutdownHook(GlobalContext context) {
+    public void postShutdownHook() {
         try {
             if (controller != null) {
                 controller.postShutdownHook();
@@ -168,12 +161,6 @@ public void postShutdownHook(GlobalContext context) {
         }
     }
 
-
-    @Override
-    public void serverStop(GlobalContext context) {
-
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean canBeDisabled() {
         return false;
diff --git a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/AbstractControllerPlugin.java b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/AbstractControllerPlugin.java
index 88392e21d..04b1b7177 100644
--- a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/AbstractControllerPlugin.java
+++ b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/AbstractControllerPlugin.java
@@ -18,48 +18,6 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 package step.core.plugins;
 
-import step.core.GlobalContext;
-import step.engine.plugins.ExecutionEnginePlugin;
-
 public abstract class AbstractControllerPlugin extends AbstractPlugin implements ControllerPlugin {
 
-    @Override
-    public ExecutionEnginePlugin getExecutionEnginePlugin() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    public AbstractWebPlugin getWebPlugin() {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean canBeDisabled() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serverStart(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serverStop(GlobalContext context) {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void migrateData(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void initializeData(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void afterInitializeData(GlobalContext context) throws Exception {
-
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/ControllerPlugin.java b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/ControllerPlugin.java
index 84918c754..b232c62ca 100644
--- a/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/ControllerPlugin.java
+++ b/step-controller/step-controller-server/src/main/java/step/core/plugins/ControllerPlugin.java
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
 
 public interface ControllerPlugin extends ServerPlugin<GlobalContext> {
 
-    public ExecutionEnginePlugin getExecutionEnginePlugin();
+    default ExecutionEnginePlugin getExecutionEnginePlugin() {
+        return null;
+    }
 
-    public AbstractWebPlugin getWebPlugin();
+    default AbstractWebPlugin getWebPlugin() {
+        return null;
+    }
 }