diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e187ef9..a05ddd8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'maven'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'pmd'
-    id 'com.jfrog.bintray' version '1.8.4'
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.28.0'
+    id 'com.jfrog.bintray' version '1.8.5'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.38.0'
     id 'net.thauvin.erik.gradle.semver' version '1.0.4'
-    id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '4.0.4'
+    id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '4.7.0'
     id 'org.sonarqube' version '2.8'
 }
 
@@ -39,26 +39,29 @@ mainClassName = 'net.thauvin.erik.httpstatus.Reasons'
 
 ext {
     versions = [
-            spotbugs: '4.0.1'
+            spotbugs: '4.2.2'
     ]
 }
 
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
+    mavenCentral()
     jcenter()
 }
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1'
     implementation 'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.2.1-b03'
+    implementation 'javax.el:javax.el-api:3.0.0'
 
-    spotbugsPlugins 'com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin:1.10.1'
+
+    spotbugsPlugins 'com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin:1.11.0'
     spotbugsPlugins 'com.mebigfatguy.sb-contrib:sb-contrib:7.4.7'
 
     compileOnly "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:$versions.spotbugs"
     testCompileOnly "com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations:$versions.spotbugs"
 
-    testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:7.2.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:7.4.0'
 }
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
diff --git a/config/pmd.xml b/config/pmd.xml
index 22f6a03..32ca5ab 100644
--- a/config/pmd.xml
+++ b/config/pmd.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
                       value="./MethodDeclarator[@Image='hashCode' or @Image='equals' or @Image='toString']"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
-    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/PositionLiteralsFirstInCaseInsensitiveComparisons"/>
-    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/PositionLiteralsFirstInComparisons"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/PreserveStackTrace"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ReplaceEnumerationWithIterator"/>
     <!-- <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ReplaceHashtableWithMap"/>
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 490fda8..e708b1c 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b43cc6e..442d913 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-rc-4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.3-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 2fe81a7..4f906e0 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ 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
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 62bd9b9..107acd3 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -64,28 +64,14 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :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 %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%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