diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9305b568e1c4180117a91bb4ba66d70eefd36e8..f7d330bf5e1999b1dd263218c1108f71ffcaf548 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ variables:
 include:
   - project: 'hive/hive'
     # This has to be the same as the commit checked out in the submodule
-    ref: f3a19664e0490647b318c9cc264c75a17c5be9f8
+    ref: 40e7d1e8bb7d6f7df5cfb070d808cb387a9adc9f
     file: '/scripts/ci-helpers/prepare_data_image_job.yml'
   # DO NOT include ccc here. It will be indirectly included by above yaml file.
   #- project: 'hive/common-ci-configuration'
diff --git a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_executable/abc/executable.py b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_executable/abc/executable.py
index ad0f528b045585257846b66303c7e5d99625b5c6..b3ddaf7999fa5aa37e94d3b908745623e0f87866 100644
--- a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_executable/abc/executable.py
+++ b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_executable/abc/executable.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from beekeepy._executable.abc.arguments import Arguments
 from beekeepy._executable.abc.config import Config
 from beekeepy._executable.abc.streams import StreamsHolder
 from beekeepy._utilities.context import ContextSync
-from beekeepy.exceptions import ExecutableIsNotRunningError, TimeoutReachWhileCloseError
+from beekeepy.exceptions import ExecutableIsNotRunningError, FailedToStartExecutableError, TimeoutReachWhileCloseError
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterator
@@ -245,7 +245,8 @@ class Executable(Closeable, Generic[ConfigT, ArgumentT]):
         return self.run_and_get_output(arguments=self.__arguments.just_get_version())
 
     def reserved_ports(self, *, timeout_seconds: int = 10) -> list[int]:
-        assert self.is_running(), "Cannot obtain reserved ports for not started executable"
+        if not self.is_running():
+            raise FailedToStartExecutableError("Executable is not running, cannot get reserved ports")
         start = time.perf_counter()
         while start + timeout_seconds >= time.perf_counter():
             connections = psutil.net_connections("inet4")
diff --git a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_runnable_handle/runnable_handle.py b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_runnable_handle/runnable_handle.py
index 3b1ee04980f62fc8cb91a53c63c30a4d7eee601d..752e999eb313b423aa04aa0eac9f2f2a095d445c 100644
--- a/beekeepy/beekeepy/_runnable_handle/runnable_handle.py
+++ b/beekeepy/beekeepy/_runnable_handle/runnable_handle.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from beekeepy._runnable_handle.match_ports import PortMatchingResult, match_port
 from beekeepy._runnable_handle.settings import RunnableHandleSettings
 from beekeepy.exceptions import (
     ApiNotFoundError,
+    CommunicationError,
     FailedToDetectReservedPortsError,
     FailedToStartExecutableError,
 )
@@ -269,6 +270,8 @@ class RunnableHandle(ABC, Generic[ExecutableT, ConfigT, ArgumentT, SettingsT]):
                 "HTTP port detected, but cannot obtain further information. app_status_api plugin is not enabled!"
             )
             return matched_ports
+        except CommunicationError as e:
+            raise FailedToStartExecutableError("Cannot communicate with application on detected HTTP port") from e
 
         assert status is not None, "Error has not been caught and further port discovery started"
         http = status.webservers.HTTP
diff --git a/hive b/hive
index d765b5569c3cdef8e2040bcc3ffb79debcba28c5..40e7d1e8bb7d6f7df5cfb070d808cb387a9adc9f 160000
--- a/hive
+++ b/hive
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d765b5569c3cdef8e2040bcc3ffb79debcba28c5
+Subproject commit 40e7d1e8bb7d6f7df5cfb070d808cb387a9adc9f
diff --git a/tests/beekeepy_test/handle/commandline/application_command_line_options/patterns/help_pattern.txt b/tests/beekeepy_test/handle/commandline/application_command_line_options/patterns/help_pattern.txt
index b08615a8d3c86eff79586bb0a1551e176c07c775..88c6cd8383686e0ece6468c28157234ae0ae7b2c 100644
--- a/tests/beekeepy_test/handle/commandline/application_command_line_options/patterns/help_pattern.txt
+++ b/tests/beekeepy_test/handle/commandline/application_command_line_options/patterns/help_pattern.txt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ Application Options:
   --webserver-ws-deflate arg (=0)
           Enable the RFC-7692 permessage-deflate extension for the WebSocket server (only used if the client requests 
           it).  This may save bandwidth at the expense of CPU
-  --webserver-thread-pool-size arg (=32)
-          Number of threads used to handle queries. Default: 32.
+  --webserver-thread-pool-size arg (=16)
+          Number of threads used to handle queries. Default: 16.
   --webserver-https-certificate-file-name arg
           File name with a server's certificate.
   --webserver-https-key-file-name arg
diff --git a/tests/local-tools/local_tools/beekeepy/simple_api.py b/tests/local-tools/local_tools/beekeepy/simple_api.py
index 64e22679b9c96e065abccb0d8a8a9b3439fd19d1..fef50f557013c54431a4aaec5c5faf9b18b86bf0 100644
--- a/tests/local-tools/local_tools/beekeepy/simple_api.py
+++ b/tests/local-tools/local_tools/beekeepy/simple_api.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class VoterSchema(PreconfiguredBaseModel):
 class WitnessesVotersResponseSchema(PreconfiguredBaseModel):
     total_votes: int
     total_pages: int
-    votes_updated_at: str
     voters: list[VoterSchema]