diff --git a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index ca84ff0..bff4f62 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-1.7.5.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.5-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 133aa45..5633e79 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.5.jar",
+        "${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 5c3ae3f..5ad9830 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +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)
 [![Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/ethauvin/readingtime.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/readingtime/releases/latest)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/net.thauvin.erik/readingtime.svg?color=blue)](https://search.maven.org/search?q=g:%22net.thauvin.erik%22%20AND%20a:%22readingtime%22)
 [![Nexus Snapshot](https://img.shields.io/nexus/s/net.thauvin.erik/readingtime?label=snapshot&server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org%2F)](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/thauvin/erik/readingtime/)
@@ -106,3 +107,22 @@ A JSP tag is also available for easy incorporation into web applications:
 ```
 
 None of the attributes are required.
+
+## 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/readingtime.git
+```
+
+Then use [bld](https://rife2.com/bld) to build:
+
+```console
+cd readingtime
+./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/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/examples/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index cf75013..9a58e7b 100644
--- a/examples/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/examples/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.5.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.5-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
     <excluded>
       <root url="jar://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar!/" />
diff --git a/examples/bld/.vscode/settings.json b/examples/bld/.vscode/settings.json
index 133aa45..5633e79 100644
--- a/examples/bld/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/examples/bld/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.7.5.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.8.0.jar",
         "lib/compile/*.jar",
         "lib/runtime/*.jar",
         "lib/test/*.jar"
diff --git a/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 7235eda..1ae4f55 100644
Binary files a/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar and b/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 095b48c..6a3f215 100644
--- a/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-kotlin:0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.7.5
+bld.version=1.8.0
diff --git a/examples/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ReadingTimeExampleBuild.java b/examples/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ReadingTimeExampleBuild.java
index a992053..279f859 100644
--- a/examples/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ReadingTimeExampleBuild.java
+++ b/examples/bld/src/bld/java/com/example/ReadingTimeExampleBuild.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class ReadingTimeExampleBuild extends BaseProject {
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY);
 
         scope(compile)
-                .include(dependency("net.thauvin.erik", "readingtime", version(0, 9, 2)));
+                .include(dependency("net.thauvin.erik", "readingtime", version(0, 9, 3, "SNAPSHOT")));
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/examples/gradle/build.gradle.kts b/examples/gradle/build.gradle.kts
index 9e3f3c0..637f809 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 "0.50.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.21"
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.51.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.22"
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f86..1af9e09 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-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 69722e3..1ae4f55 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 d2d7adf..826f8dd 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:0.9.1
-bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-kotlin:0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
-bld.extension-detekt=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-detekt:0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
+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.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.7.5
+bld.version=1.8.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 590ed05..0702f28 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
   <artifactId>readingtime</artifactId>
-  <version>0.9.2</version>
+  <version>0.9.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>readingtime</name>
   <description>Estimated Reading Time for Blog Posts, Articles, etc.</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/readingtime</url>
@@ -18,25 +18,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
       <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib</artifactId>
-      <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>
+      <version>1.9.22</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
-      <version>1.16.2</version>
+      <version>1.17.2</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/ReadingTimeBuild.java b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/ReadingTimeBuild.java
index 3a9b960..1a79c82 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/ReadingTimeBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/ReadingTimeBuild.java
@@ -64,14 +64,12 @@ public class ReadingTimeBuild extends Project {
         autoDownloadPurge = true;
         repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL);
 
-        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 21);
+        final var kotlin = version(1, 9, 22);
         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("org.jsoup", "jsoup", version(1, 16, 2)));
+                .include(dependency("org.jsoup", "jsoup", version(1, 17, 2)));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", version(1, 9, 20)))
+                .include(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-test-junit5", kotlin))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 1)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 1)));