diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 4ca97d5..2c5ba18 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
   <component name="PDMPlugin">
+    <option name="customRuleSets">
+      <list>
+        <option value="K:\java\semver\config\pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../../java/bld-exec/config/pmd.xml" />
+      </list>
+    </option>
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="19" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK" />
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" project-jdk-name="20" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK" />
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 61463aa..1731417 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestLogEvent
 
 plugins {
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.48.0"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.49.0"
     id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.23.1"
     id("java")
     id("maven-publish")
-    id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.9.0"
-    id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") version "0.7.3"
-    id("org.sonarqube") version "4.4.0.3356"
+    id("org.jetbrains.dokka") version "1.9.10"
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") version "0.7.4"
+    id("org.sonarqube") version "4.4.1.3373"
     id("signing")
     kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.10"
 }
 
 group = "net.thauvin.erik"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.1-SNAPSHOT"
 description = "A small library for posting to Pinboard"
 
 val gitHub = "ethauvin/$name"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var isRelease = "release" in gradle.startParameter.taskNames
 val publicationName = "mavenJava"
 
 object Versions {
-    const val OKHTTP = "4.11.0"
+    const val OKHTTP = "4.12.0"
 }
 
 fun isNonStable(version: String): Boolean {
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(platform(kotlin("bom")))
 
     implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:${Versions.OKHTTP}")
-    implementation("com.squareup.okio:okio:3.5.0")
     implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:${Versions.OKHTTP}")
 
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:7.8.0")
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ sonarqube {
         property("sonar.organization", "ethauvin-github")
         property("sonar.host.url", "https://sonarcloud.io")
         property("sonar.sourceEncoding", "UTF-8")
-        property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "${project.buildDir}/reports/kover/report.xml")
+        property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "${layout.buildDirectory.get()}/reports/kover/report.xml")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ac72c34..3fa8f86 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 0adc8e1..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ 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
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16a6778..762b181 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
   <artifactId>pinboard-poster</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.0</version>
+  <version>1.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>pinboard-poster</name>
   <description>A small library for posting to Pinboard</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/pinboard-poster</url>
@@ -56,19 +56,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
       <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11.0</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.squareup.okio</groupId>
-      <artifactId>okio-jvm</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.0</version>
+      <version>4.12.0</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
       <artifactId>logging-interceptor</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11.0</version>
+      <version>4.12.0</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/samples/java/build.gradle b/samples/java/build.gradle
index 9b03969..58b1c9a 100644
--- a/samples/java/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/java/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.48.0'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
     id 'java'
     id 'application'
 }
diff --git a/samples/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/samples/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ac72c34..3fa8f86 100644
--- a/samples/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/samples/java/gradlew b/samples/java/gradlew
index 0adc8e1..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/samples/java/gradlew
+++ b/samples/java/gradlew
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ 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
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 0edfbaf..871668b 100644
--- a/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
     id("application")
-    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.48.0"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.49.0"
     kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.10"
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/samples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ac72c34..3fa8f86 100644
--- a/samples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/samples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/samples/kotlin/gradlew b/samples/kotlin/gradlew
index 0adc8e1..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/samples/kotlin/gradlew
+++ b/samples/kotlin/gradlew
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ 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
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/pinboard/PinboardPoster.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/pinboard/PinboardPoster.kt
index 0b9514d..64fe284 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/pinboard/PinboardPoster.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/pinboard/PinboardPoster.kt
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ import org.xml.sax.InputSource
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.io.StringReader
-import java.net.MalformedURLException
-import java.net.URL
+import java.net.URI
+import java.net.URISyntaxException
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ open class PinboardPoster() {
         var isValid = url.isNotBlank()
         if (isValid) {
             try {
-                URL(url)
-            } catch (e: MalformedURLException) {
+                URI(url)
+            } catch (e: URISyntaxException) {
                 logger.log(Level.FINE, "Invalid URL: $url", e)
                 isValid = false
             }