diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index 61a9130..fb7f4a8 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="1.8" />
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="11" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
index e1eea1d..2b8a50f 100644
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="version" value="1.7.20" />
+    <option name="version" value="1.8.0" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index f5ea1de..b674354 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
   <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
     <file type="web" url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_10" project-jdk-name="18" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="PDMPlugin">
+    <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_11" project-jdk-name="18" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e6feabb..d2e302c 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 plugins {
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.43.0"
-    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.21.0"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.44.0"
+    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.22.0"
     id("java")
     id("java-library")
     id("maven-publish")
     id("net.thauvin.erik.gradle.semver") version "1.0.4"
     id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.7.20"
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") version "0.6.1"
-    id("org.sonarqube") version "3.4.0.2513"
+    id("org.sonarqube") version "3.5.0.2730"
     id("signing")
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.7.20"
-    kotlin("kapt") version "1.7.20"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.0"
+    kotlin("kapt") version "1.8.0"
 }
 
 group = "net.thauvin.erik"
-description = "is.gd Shortener for Kotlin, Java & Android"
+description = "A simple implementation of the is.gd URL shortening and lookup APIs"
 
 val gitHub = "ethauvin/$name"
 val mavenUrl = "https://github.com/$gitHub"
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
     withSourcesJar()
 }
 
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ publishing {
                     }
                 }
                 scm {
-                    connection.set("scm:git:git://github.com/$gitHub.git")
-                    developerConnection.set("scm:git:git@github.com:$gitHub.git")
+                    connection.set("scm:git://github.com/$gitHub.git")
+                    developerConnection.set("scm:git@github.com:$gitHub.git")
                     url.set(mavenUrl)
                 }
                 issueManagement {
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle.kts b/examples/build.gradle.kts
index 3e6f695..ef12539 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
     id("application")
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.43.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.7.20"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.44.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.0"
 }
 
 // ./gradlew run --args='https://www.example.com https://is.gd/Pt2sET'
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ plugins {
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
     mavenCentral()
+    maven { url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots") } // only needed for SNAPSHOT
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
 application {
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ae04661..070cb70 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ae04661..070cb70 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-7.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists