diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index a0b7843..a1e879d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: gradle-ci
 
-on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ jobs:
         java-version: [ 11, 18 ]
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
@@ -29,33 +30,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
         if: matrix.java-version == env.SONAR_JDK
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.sonar/cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
 
-      - name: Cache Gradle packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.gradle/caches
-            ~/.gradle/wrapper
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ matrix.java-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ matrix.java-version }}-
-
       - name: Test with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew build check --stacktrace
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
+        with:
+          arguments: build check --stacktrace
 
       - name: SonarCloud
         if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.SONAR_JDK
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./gradlew sonarqube
-
-      - name: Cleanup Gradle Cache
-        run: |
-          rm -f ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
-          rm -f ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/gc.properties
+        run: ./gradlew sonar --info
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13a066e..0742f86 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ dist/
 ehthumbs.db
 fabric.properties
 gen/
-gradle.properties
 hs_err_pid*
 kobaltBuild
 kobaltw*-test
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f30e74b..1a3e8b4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-image: gradle:7-jdk11
+image: gradle:8-jdk11
 
 variables:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
diff --git a/.idea/kotlinScripting.xml b/.idea/kotlinScripting.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index bc444de..0000000
--- a/.idea/kotlinScripting.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="KotlinScriptingSettings">
-    <option name="suppressDefinitionsCheck" value="true" />
-  </component>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
index 2b8a50f..f8467b4 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="1.8.0" />
+    <option name="version" value="1.9.10" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index b674354..c9a5d1f 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
   <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index d2e302c..1ad8573 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 plugins {
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.44.0"
-    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.22.0"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.48.0"
+    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.23.1"
     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 "3.5.0.2730"
+    id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.9.0"
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") version "0.7.3"
+    id("org.sonarqube") version "4.3.1.3277"
     id("signing")
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.0"
-    kotlin("kapt") version "1.8.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.10"
+    kotlin("kapt") version "1.9.10"
 }
 
 group = "net.thauvin.erik"
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(platform(kotlin("bom")))
-    implementation("net.thauvin.erik:urlencoder:1.3.0")
+    implementation("net.thauvin.erik.urlencoder:urlencoder-lib:1.4.0")
 
     testImplementation(kotlin("test"))
     testImplementation(kotlin("test-junit"))
-    testImplementation("com.willowtreeapps.assertk:assertk-jvm:0.25")
+    testImplementation("com.willowtreeapps.assertk:assertk-jvm:0.27.0")
 }
 
 java {
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ java {
     withSourcesJar()
 }
 
+koverReport {
+    defaults {
+        xml {
+            onCheck = true
+        }
+        html {
+            onCheck = true
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 detekt {
     //toolVersion = "main-SNAPSHOT"
     baseline = project.rootDir.resolve("config/detekt/baseline.xml")
@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ sonarqube {
         property("sonar.organization", "ethauvin-github")
         property("sonar.host.url", "https://sonarcloud.io")
         property("sonar.sourceEncoding", "UTF-8")
-        property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "${project.buildDir}/reports/kover/xml/report.xml")
+        property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "${layout.buildDirectory.get()}/reports/kover/report.xml")
     }
 }
 
@@ -122,7 +133,7 @@ tasks {
     register("deploy") {
         description = "Copies all needed files to the $deployDir directory."
         group = PublishingPlugin.PUBLISH_TASK_GROUP
-        dependsOn(clean, wrapper, build, jar)
+        dependsOn(clean, build, jar)
         outputs.dir(deployDir)
         inputs.files(copyToDeploy)
         mustRunAfter(clean)
@@ -131,10 +142,10 @@ tasks {
     register("release") {
         description = "Publishes version ${project.version} to local repository."
         group = PublishingPlugin.PUBLISH_TASK_GROUP
-        dependsOn(wrapper, "deploy", gitTag, publishToMavenLocal)
+        dependsOn("deploy", gitTag, publishToMavenLocal)
     }
 
-    "sonarqube" {
+    "sonar" {
         dependsOn(koverReport)
     }
 }
@@ -163,8 +174,8 @@ publishing {
                     }
                 }
                 scm {
-                    connection.set("scm:git://github.com/$gitHub.git")
-                    developerConnection.set("scm:git@github.com:$gitHub.git")
+                    connection.set("scm:git:https://github.com/$gitHub.git")
+                    developerConnection.set("scm:git:git@github.com:$gitHub.git")
                     url.set(mavenUrl)
                 }
                 issueManagement {
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle.kts b/examples/build.gradle.kts
index ef12539..33af313 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 "0.44.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.8.0"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.48.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.10"
 }
 
 // ./gradlew run --args='https://www.example.com https://is.gd/Pt2sET'
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7454180..033e24c 100644
Binary files a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 070cb70..9f4197d 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/examples/gradlew b/examples/gradlew
index 1b6c787..fcb6fca 100755
--- a/examples/gradlew
+++ b/examples/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,22 +130,29 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -193,6 +197,10 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
 # Collect all arguments for the java command;
 #   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
 #     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
@@ -205,6 +213,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/examples/gradlew.bat b/examples/gradlew.bat
index 107acd3..93e3f59 100644
--- a/examples/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +76,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7454180..7f93135 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 070cb70..ac72c34 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1b6c787..0adc8e1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,13 +80,11 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,22 +131,29 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -193,6 +198,10 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
 # Collect all arguments for the java command;
 #   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
 #     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
@@ -205,6 +214,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 107acd3..93e3f59 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +76,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal