diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/common/Util.java b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/common/Util.java
index f569d7bb4d..47cc7b0782 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/common/Util.java
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/common/Util.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.MDC;
-import org.wso2.carbon.context.PrivilegedCarbonContext;
-import org.wso2.carbon.identity.recovery.ChallengeQuestionManager;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Base64;
@@ -37,17 +35,6 @@ public class Util {
     private static final String PAGINATION_LINK_FORMAT = Constants.V1_API_PATH_COMPONENT
             + "%s?offset=%d&limit=%d";
 
-    /**
-     * Get ChallengeQuestionManager osgi service
-     *
-     * @return ChallengeQuestionManager
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static ChallengeQuestionManager getChallengeQuestionManager() {
-        return (ChallengeQuestionManager) PrivilegedCarbonContext.getThreadLocalCarbonContext()
-                .getOSGiService(ChallengeQuestionManager.class, null);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Get correlation id of current thread
      *
diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/common/GovernanceConstants.java b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/common/GovernanceConstants.java
index 8cfc8f10fa..d4762dfd65 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/common/GovernanceConstants.java
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.common/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/common/GovernanceConstants.java
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ public enum ErrorMessage {
         ERROR_CODE_INCORRECT_CONNECTOR_NAME("50011", "Invalid connector name",
                 "Unable to find a connector with the name %s."),
         ERROR_CODE_UNSUPPORTED_PROPERTY_NAME("50012", "Unsupported property is requested.",
-                "The property %s is not supported by this API.");
+                "The property %s is not supported by this API."),
+        ERROR_CODE_INVALID_CONNECTOR_CONFIGURATION("50013", "Connector update failed.",
+                "Unable to update the identity governance connector. %s");
 
         private final String code;
         private final String message;
diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/v1/core/ServerIdentityGovernanceService.java b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/v1/core/ServerIdentityGovernanceService.java
index 6787ef2fa8..28fd4d41a9 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/v1/core/ServerIdentityGovernanceService.java
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/identity/api/server/identity/governance/v1/core/ServerIdentityGovernanceService.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, WSO2 LLC. (http://www.wso2.com).
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024, WSO2 LLC. (http://www.wso2.com).
  *
  * WSO2 LLC. licenses this file to you under the Apache License,
  * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance.IdentityGovernanceException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance.IdentityGovernanceService;
 import org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance.bean.ConnectorConfig;
+import org.wso2.carbon.identity.governance.exceptions.general.IdentityGovernanceClientException;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -297,7 +298,9 @@ public void updateGovernanceConnectorProperty(String categoryId, String connecto
                 configurationDetails.put(propertyReqDTO.getName(), propertyReqDTO.getValue());
             }
             identityGovernanceService.updateConfiguration(tenantDomain, configurationDetails);
-
+        } catch (IdentityGovernanceClientException e) {
+            throw handleBadRequestError(GovernanceConstants.ErrorMessage.ERROR_CODE_INVALID_CONNECTOR_CONFIGURATION,
+                    e.getMessage());
         } catch (IdentityGovernanceException e) {
             GovernanceConstants.ErrorMessage errorEnum =
                     GovernanceConstants.ErrorMessage.ERROR_CODE_ERROR_UPDATING_CONNECTOR_PROPERTY;
@@ -508,4 +511,5 @@ private APIError handleNotFoundError(String resourceId,
 
         return new APIError(status, errorResponse);
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/resources/identity-governance.yaml b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/resources/identity-governance.yaml
index a4db1aa9a5..cc2adf747b 100644
--- a/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/resources/identity-governance.yaml
+++ b/components/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance/org.wso2.carbon.identity.api.server.identity.governance.v1/src/main/resources/identity-governance.yaml
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ paths:
               <td>Disable, if the client application handles notification sending</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-              <td rowspan="20">account-recovery</td>
+              <td rowspan="22">account-recovery</td>
               <td>Recovery.Notification.Password.Enable</td>
               <td>Notification based password recovery</td>
             </tr>
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ paths:
               <td>Recovery.AutoLogin.Enable</td>
               <td>User will be logged in automatically after completing the Password Reset wizard</td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <td>Recovery.Notification.Password.emailLink.Enable</td>
+              <td>Notification based password recovery via an email</td>
+            </tr>
+            <tr>
+              <td>Recovery.Notification.Password.smsOtp.Enable</td>
+              <td>Notification based password recovery using SMS OTP</td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
             <td rowspan="3">admin-forced-password-reset</td>
             <td>Recovery.AdminPasswordReset.RecoveryLink</td>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a6c839d81..f594f081db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
         <version.org.wso2.orbit.javax.xml.bind>2.3.1.wso2v1</version.org.wso2.orbit.javax.xml.bind>
         <maven.buildnumber.plugin.version>1.4</maven.buildnumber.plugin.version>
         <org.apache.felix.annotations.version>1.2.4</org.apache.felix.annotations.version>
-        <identity.governance.version>1.8.62</identity.governance.version>
+        <identity.governance.version>1.9.17</identity.governance.version>
         <carbon.identity.framework.version>7.2.37</carbon.identity.framework.version>
         <maven.findbugsplugin.version>3.0.5</maven.findbugsplugin.version>
         <findsecbugs-plugin.version>1.12.0</findsecbugs-plugin.version>