diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67dc31d..67e03ab 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ temp/
 docker_example/plugins/*jar
 
 settings.xml
+.vscode
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae639db..4a02816 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install-file \
   ```
 2) Generate .jar file with all dependencies with `mvn package`  
 3) Put generated .jar file into `plugins/` folder of your neo4j instance and start the server  
-4) add `rdkit.index.sanitize=false` to `neo4j.conf`if you want to switch of sanitizing for indexing. If not provided `true` is assumed as default.
+4) add `server.rdkit.index.sanitize=false` to `neo4j.conf`if you want to switch of sanitizing for indexing. If not provided `true` is assumed as default.
 5) By executing `CALL dbms.procedures()`, you are expected to see `org.rdkit.*` procedures  
 
 ### usage within Docker
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 46cdbda..f00e2fa 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
 
     <groupId>org.neo4j.rdkit</groupId>
     <artifactId>rdkit-index</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
     <name>RDKit-Neo4j plugin</name>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
         <mockito.version>2.27.0</mockito.version>
-        <neo4j.version>4.4.4</neo4j.version>
+        <neo4j.version>5.5.0</neo4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <junit.version>5.2.0</junit.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
+        <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <license.licenseName>evgerher_license</license.licenseName>
         <license.licenseResolver>${project.baseUri}src/main/license</license.licenseResolver>
     </properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/config/RDKitSettings.java b/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/config/RDKitSettings.java
index d7836c8..f91cf20 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/config/RDKitSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/config/RDKitSettings.java
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.config.Setting;
 
 public class RDKitSettings implements SettingsDeclaration {
-    public static final Setting<Boolean> indexSanitize = SettingImpl.newBuilder("rdkit.index.sanitize", SettingValueParsers.BOOL, true).build();
+    public static final Setting<Boolean> indexSanitize = SettingImpl.newBuilder("server.rdkit.index.sanitize", SettingValueParsers.BOOL, true).build();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/BaseProcedure.java b/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/BaseProcedure.java
index 734cf84..06d0463 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/BaseProcedure.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/BaseProcedure.java
@@ -86,14 +86,11 @@ void checkIndexExistence(List<String> labelNames, String indexName) {
      * @param properties - properties to set index on top of
      */
     void createFullTextIndex(final String indexName, final List<String> labelNames, final List<String> properties) {
-        Map<String, Object> params = MapUtil.map(
-                "index", indexName,
-                "labels", labelNames,
-                "property", properties
-        );
-
-        tx.execute("CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex($index, $labels, $property, {analyzer: 'whitespace'} )", params);
-//    tx.execute("CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex($index, $labels, $property, {analyzer: 'whitespace'} )", params);
+
+        String property = properties.stream().collect(Collectors.joining("','", "n.", ""));
+    
+        tx.execute(String.format("CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX %s FOR (n:%s) ON EACH [%s] OPTIONS {indexConfig: {`fulltext.analyzer`: 'whitespace' } }", indexName, String.join("|", labelNames), property));
+
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/SubstructureSearch.java b/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/SubstructureSearch.java
index 986b96c..3721a64 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/SubstructureSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/SubstructureSearch.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public void deleteIndex() {
     log.info("Create whitespace node index on `fp` property");
 
     tx.execute(String.format("DROP INDEX %s_%s IF EXISTS", Constants.Chemical.getValue(), canonicalSmilesProperty));
-    tx.execute("CALL db.index.fulltext.drop($index)", MapUtil.map("index", indexName));
+    tx.execute(String.format("DROP INDEX %s", indexName));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/index/BitSetIndexQueryingTest.java b/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/index/BitSetIndexQueryingTest.java
index 830b7d4..d782473 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/index/BitSetIndexQueryingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/index/BitSetIndexQueryingTest.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class BitSetIndexQueryingTest extends BaseTest {
   @Test
   public void testIndexing() {
 
-    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex('bitset', ['Molecule'], ['bits'], {analyzer: 'whitespace'} )");
+    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX bitset FOR (n:Molecule) ON EACH [n.bits] OPTIONS {indexConfig: {`fulltext.analyzer`: 'whitespace' } }");
 
     // build parameter maps
     List<Map<String, Object>> maps = moleculeNameToBitSetMap.entrySet().stream().map(entry -> MapUtil.map(
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ public void testIndexing() {
       return null;
     });
 
-    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL db.index.fulltext.drop('bitset')"); // otherwise we get an exception on shutdown
+    graphDb.executeTransactionally("DROP INDEX bitset"); // otherwise we get an exception on shutdown
   }
 
   @Test
   public void makeSimilarityRequestTest() throws Exception {
     insertChemblRows();
 
-    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL db.index.fulltext.createNodeIndex('bitset', ['Chemical', 'Structure'], ['fp'], {analyzer: 'whitespace'} )");
+    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX bitset FOR (n:Chemical|Structure) ON EACH [n.fp] OPTIONS {indexConfig: {`fulltext.analyzer`: 'whitespace' } }");
 
     final String smiles1 = "COc1ccc(C(=O)NO)cc1";
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public void makeSimilarityRequestTest() throws Exception {
               return null;
             });
 
-    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL db.index.fulltext.drop('bitset')"); // otherwise we get an exception on shutdown
+    graphDb.executeTransactionally("DROP INDEX bitset"); // otherwise we get an exception on shutdown
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/FingerprintProcedureTest.java b/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/FingerprintProcedureTest.java
index 72abdce..609b0ef 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/FingerprintProcedureTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/rdkit/neo4j/procedures/FingerprintProcedureTest.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public void createCustomFpTest() throws Exception {
     }
 
     graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL org.rdkit.search.dropIndex()");
-    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL db.index.fulltext.drop($indexName)", MapUtil.map("indexName", propertyName + "_index"));
+    graphDb.executeTransactionally(String.format("DROP INDEX %s", propertyName + "_index"));
   }
 
   @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ public void callSimilarityProcedureTest() throws Throwable {
     });
 
     graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL org.rdkit.search.dropIndex()");
-    graphDb.executeTransactionally("CALL db.index.fulltext.drop($indexName)", MapUtil.map("indexName", propertyName + "_index"));
+    graphDb.executeTransactionally(String.format("DROP INDEX %s", propertyName + "_index"));
   }
 }