diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a70bd10..cb9def9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,3 +173,22 @@ if (response.isSuccessful) {
 ### More…
 
 If all else fails, there's always more [Documentation](https://ethauvin.github.io/bitly-shorten/).
+
+## Contributing
+
+If you want to contribute to this project, all you have to do is clone the GitHub
+repository:
+
+```console
+git clone git@github.com:ethauvin/bitly-shorten.git
+```
+
+Then use [bld](https://rife2.com/bld) to build:
+
+```console
+cd bitly-shorten
+./bld compile
+```
+
+The project has an [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) project structure. You can just open it after all
+the dependencies were downloaded and peruse the code.
diff --git a/examples/gradle/build.gradle.kts b/examples/gradle/build.gradle.kts
index fc9d2cb..24fdffd 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/gradle/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
     id("application")
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.50.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.21"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.51.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.22"
 }
 
 // ./gradlew run --args='https://erik.thauvin.net/ https://bit.ly/2PsNMAA'
diff --git a/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f86..1af9e09 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd7745c..8f5ea55 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
   <artifactId>bitly-shorten</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.1</version>
+  <version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>bitly-shorten</name>
   <description>A simple implementation of the Bitly link shortening API v4</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/bitly-shorten</url>
@@ -18,19 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.21</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk7</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.21</version>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.21</version>
+      <version>1.9.22</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/BitlyShortenBuild.java b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/BitlyShortenBuild.java
index 53ebbd8..43c9c58 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/BitlyShortenBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/bitly/BitlyShortenBuild.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class BitlyShortenBuild extends Project {
     public BitlyShortenBuild() {
         pkg = "net.thauvin.erik";
         name = "bitly-shorten";
-        version = version(1, 0, 1);
+        version = version(1, 0, 2, "SNAPSHOT");
 
         javaRelease = 11;
         downloadSources = true;
@@ -67,19 +67,17 @@ public class BitlyShortenBuild extends Project {
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
         var okHttp = version(4, 12, 0);
-        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 21);
+        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 22);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", kotlin))
-                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib-jdk7", kotlin))
-                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8", kotlin))
                 .include(dependency("com.squareup.okhttp3", "okhttp", okHttp))
                 .include(dependency("com.squareup.okhttp3", "logging-interceptor", okHttp))
                 .include(dependency("org.json", "json", "20231013"));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", version(1, 9, 21)))
+                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", kotlin))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 1)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 1)))
-                .include(dependency("com.willowtreeapps.assertk", "assertk-jvm", version(0, 27, 0)));
+                .include(dependency("com.willowtreeapps.assertk", "assertk-jvm", version(0, 28, 0)));
 
         publishOperation()
                 .repository(version.isSnapshot() ? repository(SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY.location())