diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7944080c4..cb8b5d00b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ An example implementation of this bot can be seen [here](https://github.com/Shel
 
 
 ## Technologies
-* [JDA](https://github.com/DV8FromTheWorld/JDA/) The Discord API Wrapper in the version 4.2.1_262
+* [JDA](https://github.com/DV8FromTheWorld/JDA/) The Discord API Wrapper in the version 4.3.0_284
 * [Spring boot](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot) is used as a framework to create standalone application in Java with Java EE methods. (including Dependency injection and more)
 * [Hibernate](https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm) is used as a reference implementation of JPA.
 * [Freemarker](https://github.com/apache/freemarker) is used as a templating engine. This is used to provide internationalization for user facing text and enable dynamic embed configuration.
diff --git a/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/ChannelServiceBean.java b/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/ChannelServiceBean.java
index b2f531389..25ee74159 100644
--- a/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/ChannelServiceBean.java
+++ b/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/ChannelServiceBean.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class ChannelServiceBean implements ChannelService {
     @Override
     public MessageAction sendEmbedToChannelInComplete(MessageEmbed embed, MessageChannel channel) {
         metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_SEND_METRIC);
-        return channel.sendMessage(embed).allowedMentions(getAllowedMentionsFor(channel, null));
+        return channel.sendMessageEmbeds(embed).allowedMentions(getAllowedMentionsFor(channel, null));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public class ChannelServiceBean implements ChannelService {
             metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_SEND_METRIC);
             String text = messageToSend.getMessages().get(i);
             MessageEmbed embed = messageToSend.getEmbeds().get(i);
-            MessageAction messageAction = textChannel.sendMessage(text).embed(embed);
+            MessageAction messageAction = textChannel.sendMessage(text).setEmbeds(embed);
             allMessageActions.add(messageAction);
         }
         // one of these loops will get additional iterations, if the number is different, not both
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class ChannelServiceBean implements ChannelService {
         for (int i = iterations; i < messageToSend.getEmbeds().size(); i++) {
             metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_SEND_METRIC);
             MessageEmbed embed = messageToSend.getEmbeds().get(i);
-            MessageAction messageAction = textChannel.sendMessage(embed);
+            MessageAction messageAction = textChannel.sendMessageEmbeds(embed);
             allMessageActions.add(messageAction);
         }
         if(messageToSend.hasFileToSend()) {
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ public class ChannelServiceBean implements ChannelService {
             messageAction = channel.editMessageById(messageId, messageToSend.getMessages().get(0));
             if(messageToSend.getEmbeds() != null && !messageToSend.getEmbeds().isEmpty()) {
                 log.debug("Also editing the embed for message {}.", messageId);
-                messageAction = messageAction.embed(messageToSend.getEmbeds().get(0));
+                messageAction = messageAction.setEmbeds(messageToSend.getEmbeds().get(0));
             }
         } else {
             log.debug("Editing message {} with new embeds.", messageId);
             if(messageToSend.getEmbeds() != null && !messageToSend.getEmbeds().isEmpty()) {
-                messageAction = channel.editMessageById(messageId, messageToSend.getEmbeds().get(0));
+                messageAction = channel.editMessageEmbedsById(messageId, messageToSend.getEmbeds().get(0));
             } else {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Message to send did not contain anything to send.");
             }
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public class ChannelServiceBean implements ChannelService {
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Message> editEmbedMessageInAChannel(MessageEmbed embedToSend, MessageChannel channel, Long messageId) {
         metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_EDIT_METRIC);
-        return channel.editMessageById(messageId, embedToSend).submit();
+        return channel.editMessageEmbedsById(messageId, embedToSend).submit();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public class ChannelServiceBean implements ChannelService {
     @Override
     public CompletableFuture<Message> editTextMessageInAChannel(String text, MessageEmbed messageEmbed, MessageChannel channel, Long messageId) {
         metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_EDIT_METRIC);
-        return channel.editMessageById(messageId, text).embed(messageEmbed).submit();
+        return channel.editMessageById(messageId, text).setEmbeds(messageEmbed).submit();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/MessageServiceBean.java b/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/MessageServiceBean.java
index 130867ede..97e134289 100644
--- a/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/MessageServiceBean.java
+++ b/abstracto-application/core/core-impl/src/main/java/dev/sheldan/abstracto/core/service/MessageServiceBean.java
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@ public class MessageServiceBean implements MessageService {
     @Override
     public MessageAction editMessage(Message message, MessageEmbed messageEmbed) {
         metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_EDIT_METRIC);
-        return message.editMessage(messageEmbed);
+        return message.editMessageEmbeds(messageEmbed);
     }
 
     @Override
     public MessageAction editMessage(Message message, String text, MessageEmbed messageEmbed) {
         metricService.incrementCounter(MESSAGE_EDIT_METRIC);
-        return message.editMessage(text).embed(messageEmbed);
+        return message.editMessage(text).setEmbeds(messageEmbed);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/abstracto-application/pom.xml b/abstracto-application/pom.xml
index 7d8c44ecb..f5373e348 100644
--- a/abstracto-application/pom.xml
+++ b/abstracto-application/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
-        <jda.version>4.2.1_262</jda.version>
+        <jda.version>4.3.0_284</jda.version>
         <jda.utilities.version>3.0.4</jda.utilities.version>
         <asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>2.0.0-RC.1</asciidoctor.maven.plugin.version>
         <asciidoctorj.pdf.version>1.5.3</asciidoctorj.pdf.version>