diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 77889be..09d8896 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defaults: &defaults
     TERM: dumb
     CI_NAME: "CircleCI"
 
-defaults_gradle: &defaults_bld
+defaults_bld: &defaults_bld
   steps:
     - checkout
     - run:
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index bff4f62..0b615c1 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.0-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f84d53..0000000
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "version": "0.2.0",
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "type": "java",
-            "name": "Run Tests",
-            "request": "launch",
-            "mainClass": "net.thauvin.erik.JokeapiTest"
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5633e79..0000000
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "java.project.sourcePaths": [
-        "src/main/java",
-        "src/main/resources",
-        "src/test/java",
-        "src/bld/java"
-    ],
-    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
-    "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0.jar",
-        "lib/compile/*.jar",
-        "lib/runtime/*.jar",
-        "lib/test/*.jar"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e2dbad4..3f4f787 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![License (3-Clause BSD)](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
 [![Kotlin](https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlin-1.9.21-7f52ff)](https://kotlinlang.org/)
-[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.8.0-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
+[![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/1.9.0-FA9052?label=bld&labelColor=2392FF)](https://rife2.com/bld)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ethauvin/jokeapi.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/jokeapi/releases/latest)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/net.thauvin.erik/jokeapi?color=blue)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/net.thauvin.erik/jokeapi)
 [![Nexus Snapshot](https://img.shields.io/nexus/s/net.thauvin.erik/jokeapi?label=snapshot&server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org%2F)](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/)
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 1ae4f55..c2adfe8 100644
Binary files a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar and b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 826f8dd..d824691 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.2
-bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-kotlin:0.9.0
-bld.extension-detekt=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-detekt:0.9.0
+bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.3
+bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-kotlin:0.9.1
+bld.extension-detekt=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-detekt:0.9.2
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.8.0
+bld.version=1.9.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61f1be6..f826f1e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.json</groupId>
       <artifactId>json</artifactId>
-      <version>20231013</version>
+      <version>20240205</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
index d7b5d75..1479469 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ public class JokeApiBuild extends Project {
         final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 22);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", kotlin))
-                .include(dependency("org.json", "json", "20231013"))
+                .include(dependency("org.json", "json", "20240205"))
                 .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.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 1)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 1)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 2)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 2)))
                 .include(dependency("com.willowtreeapps.assertk", "assertk-jvm", version(0, 28, 0)));
 
         publishOperation()