diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/EventHandler.scala b/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/EventHandler.scala
index b058c24e46..7df154f93d 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/EventHandler.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/EventHandler.scala
@@ -15,46 +15,46 @@ import akka.util.OptionVal
  * Used with [[EventHandlerBuilder]] to setup the behavior of a [[PersistentBehavior]]
  */
 @FunctionalInterface
-trait EventHandler[Event, State] {
+trait EventHandler[State, Event] {
   def apply(state: State, event: Event): State
 }
 
 object EventHandlerBuilder {
-  def builder[Event, State >: Null](): EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State] =
-    new EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State]()
+  def builder[State >: Null, Event](): EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event] =
+    new EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event]()
 
   /**
    * INTERNAL API
    */
-  @InternalApi private final case class EventHandlerCase[Event, State](
-    eventPredicate: Event ⇒ Boolean,
+  @InternalApi private final case class EventHandlerCase[State, Event](
     statePredicate: State ⇒ Boolean,
+    eventPredicate: Event ⇒ Boolean,
     handler:        BiFunction[State, Event, State])
 }
 
-final class EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State >: Null]() {
+final class EventHandlerBuilder[State >: Null, Event]() {
   import EventHandlerBuilder.EventHandlerCase
 
-  private var cases: List[EventHandlerCase[Event, State]] = Nil
+  private var cases: List[EventHandlerCase[State, Event]] = Nil
 
-  private def addCase(predicate: Event ⇒ Boolean, handler: BiFunction[State, Event, State]): Unit = {
-    cases = EventHandlerCase[Event, State](predicate, _ ⇒ true, handler) :: cases
+  private def addCase(eventPredicate: Event ⇒ Boolean, handler: BiFunction[State, Event, State]): Unit = {
+    cases = EventHandlerCase[State, Event](_ ⇒ true, eventPredicate, handler) :: cases
   }
 
   /**
    * Match any event which is an instance of `E` or a subtype of `E`
    */
-  def matchEvent[E <: Event](eventClass: Class[E], biFunction: BiFunction[State, E, State]): EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State] = {
+  def matchEvent[E <: Event](eventClass: Class[E], biFunction: BiFunction[State, E, State]): EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event] = {
     addCase(e ⇒ eventClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass), biFunction.asInstanceOf[BiFunction[State, Event, State]])
     this
   }
 
   def matchEvent[E <: Event, S <: State](eventClass: Class[E], stateClass: Class[S],
-                                         biFunction: BiFunction[S, E, State]): EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State] = {
+                                         biFunction: BiFunction[S, E, State]): EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event] = {
 
-    cases = EventHandlerCase[Event, State](
-      eventPredicate = e ⇒ eventClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass),
+    cases = EventHandlerCase[State, Event](
       statePredicate = s ⇒ stateClass.isAssignableFrom(s.getClass),
+      eventPredicate = e ⇒ eventClass.isAssignableFrom(e.getClass),
       biFunction.asInstanceOf[BiFunction[State, Event, State]]) :: cases
     this
   }
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ final class EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State >: Null]() {
    *
    * Builds and returns the handler since this will not let through any states to subsequent match statements
    */
-  def matchAny(biFunction: BiFunction[State, Event, State]): EventHandler[Event, State] = {
+  def matchAny(biFunction: BiFunction[State, Event, State]): EventHandler[State, Event] = {
     addCase(_ ⇒ true, biFunction.asInstanceOf[BiFunction[State, Event, State]])
     build()
   }
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ final class EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State >: Null]() {
    * Compose this builder with another builder. The handlers in this builder will be tried first followed
    * by the handlers in `other`.
    */
-  def orElse(other: EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State]): EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State] = {
-    val newBuilder = new EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State]
+  def orElse(other: EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event]): EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event] = {
+    val newBuilder = new EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event]
     // problem with overloaded constructor with `cases` as parameter
     newBuilder.cases = other.cases ::: cases
     newBuilder
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ final class EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State >: Null]() {
    *
    * The builder is reset to empty after build has been called.
    */
-  def build(): EventHandler[Event, State] = {
+  def build(): EventHandler[State, Event] = {
     val builtCases = cases.reverse.toArray
 
-    new EventHandler[Event, State] {
+    new EventHandler[State, Event] {
       def apply(state: State, event: Event): State = {
         var result: OptionVal[State] = OptionVal.None
         var idx = 0
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentBehavior.scala b/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentBehavior.scala
index 44c47951d2..000b5b79e9 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentBehavior.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentBehavior.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ abstract class PersistentBehavior[Command, Event, State >: Null] private (val pe
    * For that reason it is strongly discouraged to perform side-effects in this handler;
    * Side effects should be executed in `andThen` or `recoveryCompleted` blocks.
    */
-  protected def eventHandler(): EventHandler[Event, State]
+  protected def eventHandler(): EventHandler[State, Event]
 
   /**
    * @param stateClass The handlers defined by this builder are used when the state is an instance of the `stateClass`
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ abstract class PersistentBehavior[Command, Event, State >: Null] private (val pe
   /**
    * @return A new, mutable, event handler builder
    */
-  protected final def eventHandlerBuilder(): EventHandlerBuilder[Event, State] =
-    EventHandlerBuilder.builder[Event, State]()
+  protected final def eventHandlerBuilder(): EventHandlerBuilder[State, Event] =
+    EventHandlerBuilder.builder[State, Event]()
 
   /**
    * The `callback` function is called to notify the actor that the recovery process
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest.java b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest.java
index ec5f0ee66d..c1417ade80 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest.java
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest.java
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest {
 
       //#event-handler
       @Override
-      public EventHandler<SimpleEvent, SimpleState> eventHandler() {
+      public EventHandler<SimpleState, SimpleEvent> eventHandler() {
         return (state, event) -> state.addEvent(event);
       }
       //#event-handler
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public EventHandler<MyEvent, ExampleState> eventHandler() {
+      public EventHandler<ExampleState, MyEvent> eventHandler() {
         return eventHandlerBuilder()
           .matchEvent(Evt.class, (state, event) -> {
             state.events.add(event.data);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public class PersistentActorCompileOnlyTest {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public EventHandler<Event, EventsInFlight> eventHandler() {
+      public EventHandler<EventsInFlight, Event> eventHandler() {
         return eventHandlerBuilder()
           .matchEvent(IntentRecord.class, (state, event) -> {
             int nextCorrelationId = event.correlationId;
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorJavaDslTest.java b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorJavaDslTest.java
index 24264b68d1..d07a364bfa 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorJavaDslTest.java
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/akka/persistence/typed/javadsl/PersistentActorJavaDslTest.java
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ public class PersistentActorJavaDslTest extends JUnitSuite {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public EventHandler<Incremented, State> eventHandler() {
+        public EventHandler<State, Incremented> eventHandler() {
           return eventHandlerBuilder()
               .matchEvent(Incremented.class, (state, event) -> {
                 List<Integer> newHistory = new ArrayList<>(state.history);
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/BasicPersistentBehaviorsTest.java b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/BasicPersistentBehaviorsTest.java
index 5d557d0ebd..19ce9a6538 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/BasicPersistentBehaviorsTest.java
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/BasicPersistentBehaviorsTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class BasicPersistentBehaviorsTest {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public EventHandler<Event, State> eventHandler() {
+    public EventHandler<State, Event>  eventHandler() {
       return (state, event) -> {
         throw new RuntimeException("TODO: process the event return the next state");
       };
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/InDepthPersistentBehaviorTest.java b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/InDepthPersistentBehaviorTest.java
index 48d54cb052..06ff703a18 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/InDepthPersistentBehaviorTest.java
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/InDepthPersistentBehaviorTest.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class InDepthPersistentBehaviorTest {
 
     //#event-handler
     @Override
-    public EventHandler<BlogEvent, BlogState> eventHandler() {
+    public EventHandler<BlogState, BlogEvent> eventHandler() {
       return eventHandlerBuilder()
           .matchEvent(PostAdded.class, (state, event) ->
               new DraftState(event.content, false))
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/MovieWatchList.java b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/MovieWatchList.java
index 455e30d059..9ee5c88105 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/MovieWatchList.java
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/MovieWatchList.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class MovieWatchList extends PersistentBehavior<MovieWatchList.Command, M
   }
 
   @Override
-  public EventHandler<Event, MovieList> eventHandler() {
+  public EventHandler<MovieList, Event> eventHandler() {
     return eventHandlerBuilder()
       .matchEvent(MovieAdded.class, (state, event) -> state.add(event.movieId))
       .matchEvent(MovieRemoved.class, (state, event) -> state.remove(event.movieId))
diff --git a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/OptionalBlogState.java b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/OptionalBlogState.java
index 9792155bcb..d13a37eee7 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/OptionalBlogState.java
+++ b/akka-persistence-typed/src/test/java/jdocs/akka/persistence/typed/OptionalBlogState.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class OptionalBlogState {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public EventHandler<BlogEvent, Optional<BlogState>> eventHandler() {
+    public EventHandler<Optional<BlogState>, BlogEvent> eventHandler() {
       return eventHandlerBuilder()
         .matchEvent(PostAdded.class, (state, event) ->
             Optional.of(new BlogState(event.content, false)))
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index f912627b62..edcfbaf4c5 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ object Dependencies {
   lazy val scalaCheckVersion = settingKey[String]("The version of ScalaCheck to use.")
   lazy val java8CompatVersion = settingKey[String]("The version of scala-java8-compat to use.")
   val junitVersion = "4.12"
-  val sslConfigVersion = "0.2.3"
+  val sslConfigVersion = "0.2.4"
   val slf4jVersion = "1.7.25"
   val scalaXmlVersion = "1.0.6"
-  val aeronVersion = "1.9.1"
+  val aeronVersion = "1.9.3"
 
   val Versions = Seq(
     crossScalaVersions := Seq("2.11.12", "2.12.6"),
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ object Dependencies {
     scalaStmVersion := sys.props.get("akka.build.scalaStmVersion").getOrElse("0.8"),
     scalaCheckVersion := sys.props.get("akka.build.scalaCheckVersion").getOrElse(
       CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
-        case Some((2, n)) if n >= 12 ⇒ "1.13.5" // does not work for 2.11
+        case Some((2, n)) if n >= 12 ⇒ "1.14.0" // does not work for 2.11
         case _                       ⇒ "1.13.2"
       }),
-    scalaTestVersion := "3.0.4",
+    scalaTestVersion := "3.0.5",
     java8CompatVersion := {
       CrossVersion.partialVersion(scalaVersion.value) match {
         case Some((2, n)) if n >= 13 ⇒ "0.9.0"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
     val sigar = "org.fusesource" % "sigar" % "1.6.4" // ApacheV2
 
-    val jctools = "org.jctools" % "jctools-core" % "2.1.1" // ApacheV2
+    val jctools = "org.jctools" % "jctools-core" % "2.1.2" // ApacheV2
 
     // reactive streams
     val reactiveStreams = "org.reactivestreams" % "reactive-streams" % "1.0.2" // CC0
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     // ssl-config
     val sslConfigCore = "com.typesafe" %% "ssl-config-core" % sslConfigVersion // ApacheV2
 
-    val lmdb = "org.lmdbjava" % "lmdbjava" % "0.6.0" // ApacheV2, OpenLDAP Public License
+    val lmdb = "org.lmdbjava" % "lmdbjava" % "0.6.1" // ApacheV2, OpenLDAP Public License
 
     val junit = "junit" % "junit" % junitVersion // Common Public License 1.0
 
@@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ object Dependencies {
     val aeronDriver = "io.aeron" % "aeron-driver" % aeronVersion // ApacheV2
     val aeronClient = "io.aeron" % "aeron-client" % aeronVersion // ApacheV2
     object Docs {
-      val sprayJson = "io.spray" %% "spray-json" % "1.3.3" % "test"
-      val gson = "com.google.code.gson" % "gson" % "2.8.2" % "test"
+      val sprayJson = "io.spray" %% "spray-json" % "1.3.4" % "test"
+      val gson = "com.google.code.gson" % "gson" % "2.8.5" % "test"
     }
 
     object Test {
       val commonsMath = "org.apache.commons" % "commons-math" % "2.2" % "test" // ApacheV2
-      val commonsIo = "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.5" % "test" // ApacheV2
-      val commonsCodec = "commons-codec" % "commons-codec" % "1.10" % "test" // ApacheV2
+      val commonsIo = "commons-io" % "commons-io" % "2.6" % "test" // ApacheV2
+      val commonsCodec = "commons-codec" % "commons-codec" % "1.11" % "test" // ApacheV2
       val junit = "junit" % "junit" % junitVersion % "test" // Common Public License 1.0
       val logback = "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.3" % "test" // EPL 1.0 / LGPL 2.1
-      val mockito = "org.mockito" % "mockito-core" % "2.7.16" % "test" // MIT
+      val mockito = "org.mockito" % "mockito-core" % "2.19.1" % "test" // MIT
       // changing the scalatest dependency must be reflected in akka-docs/rst/dev/multi-jvm-testing.rst
       val scalatest = Def.setting { "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalaTestVersion.value % "test" } // ApacheV2
       val scalacheck = Def.setting { "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % scalaCheckVersion.value % "test" } // New BSD
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index c24fa9b19c..579749b3a5 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 // need this to resolve http://jcenter.bintray.com/org/jenkins-ci/jenkins/1.26/
 // which is used by plugin "org.kohsuke" % "github-api" % "1.68"
 resolvers += "Bintray Jcenter" at "https://jcenter.bintray.com/"
-libraryDependencies += "org.kohsuke" % "github-api" % "1.68"
+libraryDependencies += "org.kohsuke" % "github-api" % "1.93"
 
 // these comment markers are for including code into the docs
 //#sbt-multi-jvm
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-multi-jvm" % "0.4.0")
 //#sbt-multi-jvm
 
-addSbtPlugin("org.scalariform" % "sbt-scalariform" % "1.8.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-osgi" % "0.9.3")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.2.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.1.0-M1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.4.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-api-mappings" % "sbt-api-mappings" % "2.0.1")
+addSbtPlugin("org.scalariform" % "sbt-scalariform" % "1.8.2")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-osgi" % "0.9.4")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.3.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.1.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.4.2")
+addSbtPlugin("com.thoughtworks.sbt-api-mappings" % "sbt-api-mappings" % "2.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("pl.project13.scala" % "sbt-jmh" % "0.3.4")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.2.2-RC2")
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-native-packager" % "1.3.5")
 addSbtPlugin("io.spray" % "sbt-boilerplate" % "0.6.1")
-addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.3.1")
+addSbtPlugin("com.timushev.sbt" % "sbt-updates" % "0.3.4")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.9")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend" % "sbt-whitesource" % "0.1.12")
-addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "0.9.3")
-addSbtPlugin("net.virtual-void" % "sbt-dependency-graph" % "0.9.0") // for advanced PR validation features
+addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe.sbt" % "sbt-git" % "1.0.0")
+addSbtPlugin("net.virtual-void" % "sbt-dependency-graph" % "0.9.1") // for advanced PR validation features
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.0.0") // for maintenance of copyright file header
 
 // used for @unidoc directive