diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 24cf88e..a3b26de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <artifactId>isgd-shorten</artifactId>
   <version>0.9.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>isgd-shorten</name>
-  <description>is.gd Shortener for Kotlin/Java</description>
+  <description>A simple implementation of the is.gd URL shortening and lookup APIs</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/isgd-shorten</url>
   <licenses>
     <license>
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
     </developer>
   </developers>
   <scm>
-    <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/ethauvin/isgd-shorten.git</connection>
-    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ethauvin/isgd-shorten.git</developerConnection>
+    <connection>scm:git://github.com/ethauvin/isgd-shorten.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git@github.com:ethauvin/isgd-shorten.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/isgd-shorten</url>
   </scm>
   <issueManagement>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
         <artifactId>kotlin-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.20</version>
+        <version>1.8.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.20</version>
+      <version>1.8.0</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
+      <artifactId>urlencoder</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>