diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b807226..dfba62e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     compile 'org.apache.velocity:velocity:1.7'
-    testCompile 'org.testng:testng:6.9.12'
+    testCompile 'org.testng:testng:6.9.13.6'
 }
 
 bintray {
diff --git a/example/kobalt/src/Build.kt b/example/kobalt/src/Build.kt
index 47b6356..477634c 100644
--- a/example/kobalt/src/Build.kt
+++ b/example/kobalt/src/Build.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
-import com.beust.kobalt.localMaven
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.application.application
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.apt.apt
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging.assemble
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging.install
 import com.beust.kobalt.project
-import com.beust.kobalt.repos
 import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.util.*
 
-val repos = repos(localMaven())
 
 fun StringBuilder.prepend(s: String): StringBuilder {
     if (this.length > 0) {
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ val example = project {
     version = versionFor()
 
     val mainClassName = "net.thauvin.erik.semver.example.Example"
-    val processorJar = "net.thauvin.erik:semver:0.9.7"
+    val processorJar = "net.thauvin.erik:semver:"
 
     sourceDirectories {
         path("src/main/java")
diff --git a/example/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties b/example/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
index f314d6a..8d6fc4f 100644
--- a/example/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
+++ b/example/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kobalt.version=0.882
\ No newline at end of file
+kobalt.version=1.0.23
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 13372ae..6ffa237 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5b19cb3..726785e 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sat Jan 16 15:10:14 PST 2016
+#Thu Oct 06 11:49:56 PDT 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.10-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 9d82f78..9aa616c 100644
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -6,12 +6,30 @@
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
@@ -30,6 +48,7 @@ die ( ) {
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
+nonstop=false
 case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN* )
     cygwin=true
@@ -40,26 +59,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
   MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
 esac
 
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
-
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
@@ -157,4 +161,9 @@ function splitJvmOpts() {
 eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
 JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
 
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]] && [[ "$HOME" == "$PWD" ]]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
 exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 8a0b282..f955316 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
diff --git a/kobalt/src/Build.kt b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
index 84e6fe3..3617ef4 100644
--- a/kobalt/src/Build.kt
+++ b/kobalt/src/Build.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import com.beust.kobalt.file
 import com.beust.kobalt.localMaven
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.application.application
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.apt.apt
@@ -11,9 +12,9 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream
 import java.util.*
 import net.thauvin.erik.kobalt.plugin.exec.*
 
-//val repos = repos(localMaven())
-
-val pl = plugins("net.thauvin.erik:kobalt-exec:0.6.2")
+val bs = buildScript {
+    plugins("net.thauvin.erik:kobalt-exec:")
+}
 
 fun StringBuilder.prepend(s: String): StringBuilder {
     if (this.length > 0) {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ val semver = project {
     }
 
     dependenciesTest {
-        compile("org.testng:testng:6.9.12")
+        compile("org.testng:testng:6.9.13.6")
     }
 
     javaCompiler {
@@ -87,9 +88,11 @@ val example = project {
     name = "example"
     directory = "example"
     version = versionFor(directory)
-
+    
+    val aptVer = versionFor()
     val mainClassName = "net.thauvin.erik.semver.example.Example"
-    val processorJar = "net.thauvin.erik:semver:0.9.7"
+    //val processorJar = "net.thauvin.erik:semver:"
+    val processorJar = file("deploy/semver-" + versionFor() + ".jar")
 
     sourceDirectories {
         path("src/main/java")
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ val example = project {
 
     dependencies {
         apt(processorJar)
-        compile(processorJar)
+        compile("org.apache.velocity:velocity:1.7", processorJar)
     }
 
     dependenciesTest {
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ val example = project {
     }
 
     install {
-        libDir = "deploy"
+        libDir = "example/deploy"
     }
 
     assemble {
@@ -123,4 +126,4 @@ val example = project {
     application {
         mainClass = mainClassName
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties b/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
index 164fe5e..8d6fc4f 100644
--- a/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
+++ b/kobalt/wrapper/kobalt-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-kobalt.version=0.889
\ No newline at end of file
+kobalt.version=1.0.23
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index 9128115..0011a7e 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:33:17 -0800
+#Thu, 06 Oct 2016 11:49:46 -0700
 version.major=0
 version.minor=9
 version.patch=7
 version.buildmeta=
-version.prerelease=
\ No newline at end of file
+version.prerelease=