diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index 36e3f2b..64fbb4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java-version: [17, 21, 24]
-        kotlin-version: [1.9.25, 2.1.10]
+        kotlin-version: [1.9.25, 2.1.20]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0539e27..bb86972 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [![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-2.1.10-7f52ff)](https://kotlinlang.org/)
+[![Kotlin](https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlin-2.1.20-7f52ff)](https://kotlinlang.org/)
 [![bld](https://img.shields.io/badge/2.2.1-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)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52e318e..e480d48 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
   <artifactId>jokeapi</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0</version>
+  <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>jokeapi</name>
   <description>Retrieve jokes from Sv443&apos;s JokeAPI</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/jokeapi</url>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1.10</version>
+      <version>2.1.20</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 dfb9478..ac5db7c 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/JokeApiBuild.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import rife.bld.extension.DokkaOperation;
 import rife.bld.extension.JacocoReportOperation;
 import rife.bld.extension.dokka.LoggingLevel;
 import rife.bld.extension.dokka.OutputFormat;
+import rife.bld.extension.kotlin.CompileOptions;
 import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 import rife.bld.publish.PomBuilder;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishDeveloper;
@@ -60,14 +61,14 @@ public class JokeApiBuild extends Project {
     public JokeApiBuild() {
         pkg = "net.thauvin.erik";
         name = "jokeapi";
-        version = version(1, 0, 0);
+        version = version(1, 0, 1, "SNAPSHOT");
 
         javaRelease = 11;
         downloadSources = true;
         autoDownloadPurge = true;
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
-        final var kotlin = version(2, 1, 10);
+        final var kotlin = version(2, 1, 20);
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib", kotlin))
                 .include(dependency("org.json", "json", "20250107"))
@@ -121,8 +122,11 @@ public class JokeApiBuild extends Project {
     @BuildCommand(summary = "Compiles the Kotlin project")
     @Override
     public void compile() throws Exception {
+        final var options = new CompileOptions();
+        options.jvmOptions().add("--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED");
         new CompileKotlinOperation()
                 .fromProject(this)
+                .compileOptions(options)
                 .execute();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt
index 9bd8ac1..8315010 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/jokeapi/JokeUtil.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import net.thauvin.erik.jokeapi.models.*
 import org.json.JSONObject
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection
+import java.net.URI
 import java.net.URL
 import java.util.logging.Level
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ internal fun fetchUrl(url: String, auth: String = ""): JokeResponse {
         JokeApi.logger.fine(url)
     }
 
-    val connection = URL(url).openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
+    val connection = URI(url).toURL().openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
     try {
         connection.setRequestProperty(
             "User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:130.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/130.0"