diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bc809b..deed356 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-```console
+```
 Status Code: 400
 Error: Sorry, the URL you entered is on our internal blacklist. It may have been used abusively in the past, or it may link to another URL redirection service.
 ```
@@ -139,22 +139,3 @@ Additionally, link can be shortened using [v.gd](https://v.gd/) by setting the `
 ```kotlin
 Isgd.shorten("https://www.example.com/", isVgd = true) // returns https://v.gd/2z2ncj
 ```
-
-## 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/isgd-shorten.git
-```
-
-Then use [bld](https://rife2.com/bld) to build:
-
-```console
-cd isgd-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 c38bee4..293cb9c 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 "0.51.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.22"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.50.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.21"
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1af9e09..3fa8f86 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c0aa88..d662447 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
   <artifactId>isgd-shorten</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.1</version>
   <name>isgd-shorten</name>
   <description>A simple implementation of the is.gd URL shortening and lookup APIs</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/isgd-shorten</url>
@@ -18,7 +18,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-      <version>1.9.22</version>
+      <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>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/IsgdShortenBuild.java b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/IsgdShortenBuild.java
index 37f3885..0f9ba50 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/IsgdShortenBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/IsgdShortenBuild.java
@@ -66,15 +66,17 @@ public class IsgdShortenBuild extends Project {
 
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
-        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 22);
+        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 21);
         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("net.thauvin.erik.urlencoder", "urlencoder-lib-jvm", version(1, 4, 0)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", version(1, 9, 22)))
+                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", version(1, 9, 21)))
                 .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, 28, 0)));
+                .include(dependency("com.willowtreeapps.assertk", "assertk-jvm", version(0, 27, 0)));
 
         publishOperation()
                 .repository(version.isSnapshot() ? repository(SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY.location())