diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index 6be701032a..44832c6fca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ jobs:
           || ([[ $? -eq 124 ]] && echo "Timeout reached, but that's OK")
       - name: Write-behind (rxjava)
         working-directory: examples/write-behind-rxjava
-        run: mvn test
+        run: ./mvnw test
       - name: Coalescing Bulkloader
         working-directory: examples/coalescing-bulkloader
-        run: mvn test
+        run: ./mvnw test
+      - name: Hibernate JCache
+        working-directory: examples/hibernate
+        run: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/build.gradle b/examples/hibernate/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbc4f64b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+plugins {
+  id 'java-library'
+  alias libs.plugins.versions
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation libs.bundles.hibernate
+  implementation libs.caffeine
+  implementation libs.slf4j
+  runtimeOnly libs.h2
+
+  testImplementation libs.junit
+  testImplementation libs.truth
+}
+
+tasks.named('test') {
+  useJUnitPlatform()
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/examples/hibernate/gradle/libs.versions.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99d5e8c6ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[versions]
+caffeine = "3.1.4"
+h2 = "2.1.214"
+hibernate = "6.2.0.CR3"
+junit = "5.9.2"
+slf4j = "2.0.6"
+truth = "1.1.3"
+versions = "0.46.0"
+
+[libraries]
+caffeine = { module = "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:jcache", version.ref = "caffeine" }
+h2 = { module = "com.h2database:h2", version.ref = "h2" }
+hibernate-core = { module = "org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-core", version.ref = "hibernate" }
+hibernate-jcache = { module = "org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-jcache", version.ref = "hibernate" }
+hibernate-hikaricp = { module = "org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-hikaricp", version.ref = "hibernate" }
+junit = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit" }
+slf4j = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14", version.ref = "slf4j" }
+truth = { module = "com.google.truth:truth", version.ref = "truth" }
+
+[bundles]
+hibernate = ["hibernate-core", "hibernate-jcache", "hibernate-hikaricp"]
+
+[plugins]
+versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version.ref = "versions" }
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/hibernate/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccebba7710
Binary files /dev/null and b/examples/hibernate/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/hibernate/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdc9a83b1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/gradlew b/examples/hibernate/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..79a61d421c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD=maximum
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+} >&2
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+} >&2
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
+    else
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
+        fi
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
+    done
+fi
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command;
+#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
+#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
+#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
+#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
+
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/gradlew.bat b/examples/hibernate/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93e3f59f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/settings.gradle b/examples/hibernate/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce1ea86928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+rootProject.name = 'hibernate'
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Project.java b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Project.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dddb42164f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Project.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate;
+
+import static jakarta.persistence.AccessType.FIELD;
+import static org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cache;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Access;
+import jakarta.persistence.Cacheable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+/**
+ * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
+ */
+@Entity
+@Cacheable
+@Access(FIELD)
+@Cache(usage = READ_WRITE)
+public class Project {
+
+  @Id
+  @GeneratedValue
+  private long id;
+
+  private String name;
+
+  @ManyToOne
+  private User assignee;
+
+  public long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public User getAssignee() {
+    return assignee;
+  }
+
+  public void setAssignee(User assignee) {
+    this.assignee = assignee;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Repository.java b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Repository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebca68f4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Repository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate;
+
+import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+
+/**
+ * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
+ */
+public final class Repository {
+  private final SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+  public Repository(SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
+    this.sessionFactory = requireNonNull(sessionFactory);
+  }
+
+  public Project getProject(long id) {
+    try (var session = sessionFactory.openSession()) {
+      return session.get(Project.class, id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public User getUser(long id) {
+    try (var session = sessionFactory.openSession()) {
+      return session.get(User.class, id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public Project findProject(long id) {
+    try (var session = sessionFactory.openSession()) {
+      var query = session.createQuery("FROM Project WHERE id = :id", Project.class);
+      query.setParameter("id", id);
+      return query.uniqueResult();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public List<Project> findProjects() {
+    try (var session = sessionFactory.openSession()) {
+      return session.createQuery("FROM Project", Project.class).list();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void updateProject(long id, String name) {
+    try (var session = sessionFactory.openSession()) {
+      var txn = session.beginTransaction();
+      var project = session.get(Project.class, id);
+      project.setName(name);
+      session.merge(project);
+      txn.commit();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void persist(Project project, User user, Skill skill) {
+    try (var session = sessionFactory.openSession()) {
+      var txn = session.beginTransaction();
+      session.persist(project);
+      session.persist(skill);
+      session.persist(user);
+      txn.commit();
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void evictProject(long projectId) {
+    sessionFactory.getCache().evictEntityData(Project.class, projectId);
+  }
+
+  public void evictAll() {
+    sessionFactory.getCache().evictDefaultQueryRegion();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Skill.java b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Skill.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ca78ad19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/Skill.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate;
+
+import static jakarta.persistence.AccessType.FIELD;
+import static org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cache;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Access;
+import jakarta.persistence.Cacheable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+/**
+ * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
+ */
+@Entity
+@Cacheable
+@Access(FIELD)
+@Cache(usage = READ_WRITE)
+public class Skill {
+  @Id
+  @GeneratedValue
+  private int id;
+
+  private String name;
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/User.java b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..268f873f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate;
+
+import static jakarta.persistence.AccessType.FIELD;
+import static org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cache;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Access;
+import jakarta.persistence.Cacheable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany;
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany;
+
+/**
+ * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
+ */
+@Entity
+@Cacheable
+@Access(FIELD)
+@Cache(usage = READ_WRITE)
+public class User {
+  @Id
+  @GeneratedValue
+  private long id;
+
+  private String name;
+
+  @OneToMany(mappedBy = "assignee")
+  private List<Project> projects = new ArrayList<Project>();
+
+  @ManyToMany
+  private List<Skill> skills = new ArrayList<Skill>();
+
+  public long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(long id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public List<Project> getProjects() {
+    return projects;
+  }
+
+  public void setProjects(List<Project> projects) {
+    this.projects = projects;
+  }
+
+  public List<Skill> getSkills() {
+    return skills;
+  }
+
+  public void setSkills(List<Skill> skills) {
+    this.skills = skills;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/main/resources/application.conf b/examples/hibernate/src/main/resources/application.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a26d770f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+caffeine.jcache {
+  default {
+    policy.maximum.size = 500
+  }
+
+  # Hibernate framework caches
+  default-query-results-region {}
+  default-update-timestamps-region {}
+
+  # Hibernate application caches
+  com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate.User {}
+  com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate.Skill {}
+  com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate.Project {}
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties b/examples/hibernate/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2f35caee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/main/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+
+hibernate.connection.provider_class=org.hibernate.hikaricp.internal.HikariCPConnectionProvider
+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:mem:test
+hibernate.connection.username=sa
+
+hibernate.show_sql=false
+hibernate.format_sql=true
+hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true
+
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
+
+hibernate.cache.use_query_cache=true
+hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache=true
+hibernate.cache.region.factory_class=jcache
+hibernate.javax.cache.provider=com.github.benmanes.caffeine.jcache.spi.CaffeineCachingProvider
+
+# Specify a custom configuration file if there is a name conflict with the defaults
+#hibernate.javax.cache.uri=application.conf
+
+hibernate.generate_statistics=true
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/HibernateCacheTest.java b/examples/hibernate/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/HibernateCacheTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23f0849c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/HibernateCacheTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate;
+
+import static com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate.HibernateSubject.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
+ */
+public final class HibernateCacheTest {
+  SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+  Repository repository;
+
+  @BeforeEach
+  public void beforeEach() {
+    Logger.getLogger("").setLevel(Level.WARNING);
+    sessionFactory = new Configuration().addAnnotatedClass(User.class)
+        .addAnnotatedClass(Skill.class).addAnnotatedClass(Project.class)
+        .buildSessionFactory(new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().build());
+    repository = new Repository(sessionFactory);
+  }
+
+  @AfterEach
+  public void afterEach() {
+    sessionFactory.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void lookup() {
+    long projectId = createData("Ben", "Caffeine", "Hibernate");
+
+    // db hit
+    Project project = repository.getProject(projectId);
+
+    // cache hit
+    project = repository.getProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(4).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // cache hit due to project associations
+    repository.getUser(project.getAssignee().getId());
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(5).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // cache hit due to only the project being explicitly evicted
+    repository.evictProject(projectId);
+    repository.getUser(project.getAssignee().getId());
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(6).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // db hit
+    project = repository.getProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(6).misses(1).puts(4);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void query() {
+    long projectId = createData("Ben", "Caffeine", "Hibernate");
+
+    // db hit
+    repository.findProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(1).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // cache hit
+    repository.findProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(2).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // db hit
+    repository.findProjects();
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(3).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // cache hit
+    repository.findProjects();
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(4).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // db hit
+    repository.evictAll();
+    repository.findProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(5).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // query cache hit
+    repository.findProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(6).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // db hit
+    repository.findProjects();
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(7).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // cache hit
+    repository.findProjects();
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(8).misses(0).puts(3);
+
+    // automatically evicts project-related queries in the cache
+    repository.updateProject(projectId, "Updated");
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(10).misses(0).puts(4);
+
+    // db hit
+    repository.findProject(projectId);
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(11).misses(0).puts(4);
+
+    // db hit
+    repository.findProjects();
+    assertThat(sessionFactory).hits(12).misses(0).puts(4);
+  }
+
+  private long createData(String userName, String projectName, String skillName) {
+    var project = new Project();
+    var skill = new Skill();
+    var user = new User();
+
+    user.setName(userName);
+    user.getSkills().add(skill);
+    user.getProjects().add(project);
+
+    project.setName(projectName);
+    project.setAssignee(user);
+
+    skill.setName(skillName);
+
+    repository.persist(project, user, skill);
+    return project.getId();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/hibernate/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/HibernateSubject.java b/examples/hibernate/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/HibernateSubject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd7e7c4bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/hibernate/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/examples/hibernate/HibernateSubject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Ben Manes. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.github.benmanes.caffeine.examples.hibernate;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertAbout;
+
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+
+import com.google.common.truth.FailureMetadata;
+import com.google.common.truth.Subject;
+
+/**
+ * Propositions for {@link SessionFactory}.
+ *
+ * @author ben.manes@gmail.com (Ben Manes)
+ */
+public final class HibernateSubject extends Subject {
+  private final SessionFactory actual;
+
+  private HibernateSubject(FailureMetadata metadata, SessionFactory sessionFactory) {
+    super(metadata, sessionFactory);
+    this.actual = sessionFactory;
+  }
+
+  public static HibernateSubject assertThat(SessionFactory actual) {
+    return assertAbout(HibernateSubject::new).that(actual);
+  }
+
+  public HibernateSubject hits(int hitCount) {
+    check("hits").that(actual.getStatistics()
+        .getSecondLevelCacheHitCount()).isEqualTo(hitCount);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public HibernateSubject misses(int missCount) {
+    check("misses").that(actual.getStatistics()
+        .getSecondLevelCacheMissCount()).isEqualTo(missCount);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public HibernateSubject puts(int putCount) {
+    check("puts").that(actual.getStatistics()
+        .getSecondLevelCachePutCount()).isEqualTo(putCount);
+    return this;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/jcache/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurator.java b/jcache/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurator.java
index 4538f33aec..7de379c66d 100644
--- a/jcache/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurator.java
+++ b/jcache/src/main/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurator.java
@@ -160,9 +160,13 @@ private static Config resolveConfig(URI uri, ClassLoader classloader) {
     requireNonNull(classloader);
     var options = ConfigParseOptions.defaults().setAllowMissing(false);
     if ((uri.getScheme() != null) && uri.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase("file")) {
-      return ConfigFactory.parseFile(new File(uri), options);
+      return ConfigFactory.defaultOverrides(classloader)
+          .withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseFile(new File(uri), options))
+          .withFallback(ConfigFactory.defaultReferenceUnresolved(classloader));
     } else if (isResource(uri)) {
-      return ConfigFactory.parseResources(uri.getSchemeSpecificPart(), options);
+      return ConfigFactory.defaultOverrides(classloader)
+          .withFallback(ConfigFactory.parseResources(uri.getSchemeSpecificPart(), options))
+          .withFallback(ConfigFactory.defaultReferenceUnresolved(classloader));
     }
     return ConfigFactory.load(classloader);
   }
diff --git a/jcache/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurationTest.java b/jcache/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurationTest.java
index 864e769e46..19b3aae802 100644
--- a/jcache/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/jcache/src/test/java/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/jcache/configuration/TypesafeConfigurationTest.java
@@ -84,15 +84,21 @@ public void configSource_load() {
         .isSameInstanceAs(ConfigFactory.load());
     assertThat(configSource().get(URI.create("rmi:/abc"), classloader))
         .isSameInstanceAs(ConfigFactory.load());
+    assertThat(ConfigFactory.load().hasPath("caffeine.jcache.default.key-type")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(ConfigFactory.load().hasPath("caffeine.jcache.test-cache")).isTrue();
   }
 
   @Test
   public void configSource_classpath_present() {
     var inferred = configSource().get(URI.create("custom.properties"), classloader);
     assertThat(inferred.getInt("caffeine.jcache.classpath.policy.maximum.size")).isEqualTo(500);
+    assertThat(inferred.hasPath("caffeine.jcache.default.key-type")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(inferred.hasPath("caffeine.jcache.test-cache")).isFalse();
 
     var explicit = configSource().get(URI.create("classpath:custom.properties"), classloader);
     assertThat(explicit.getInt("caffeine.jcache.classpath.policy.maximum.size")).isEqualTo(500);
+    assertThat(explicit.hasPath("caffeine.jcache.default.key-type")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(explicit.hasPath("caffeine.jcache.test-cache")).isFalse();
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -114,6 +120,8 @@ public void configSource_file() throws URISyntaxException {
     var config = configSource().get(
         getClass().getResource("/custom.properties").toURI(), classloader);
     assertThat(config.getInt("caffeine.jcache.classpath.policy.maximum.size")).isEqualTo(500);
+    assertThat(config.hasPath("caffeine.jcache.default.key-type")).isTrue();
+    assertThat(config.hasPath("caffeine.jcache.test-cache")).isFalse();
   }
 
   @Test