diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 65723f0..caf0a50 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-inversion: 2
+version: 2
 defaults: &defaults
   working_directory: ~/repo
   environment:
@@ -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/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 091e664..dd3e0b4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 # Editor-based Rest Client
 .idea/httpRequests
 
-local.properties
\ No newline at end of file
+local.properties
+target
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/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index e7c359d..8b9e679 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="EntryPointsManager">
     <pattern value="net.thauvin.erik.semver.SemverBuild" method="jacoco" />
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-pitest/config/pmd.xml" />
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-jacoco-report/config/pmd.xml" />
         <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-checkstyle/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-generated-version/config/pmd.xml" />
       </list>
     </option>
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
index c98f120..8861cbf 100644
--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ b/.idea/modules.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
     <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/app.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/app.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/bld.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/bld.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/examples-java.main.iml" />
     </modules>
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a56afd..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.semver.SemverTest"
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b676049..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-1.7.2.jar",
-        "lib/compile/*.jar",
-        "lib/runtime/*.jar",
-        "lib/test/*.jar"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c10bd27..30bc915 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![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)
 [![Java](https://img.shields.io/badge/java-17%2B-blue)](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/jdk17-archive-downloads.html)
-[![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/semver.svg)](https://github.com/ethauvin/semver/releases/latest)
 [![Nexus Snapshot](https://img.shields.io/nexus/s/net.thauvin.erik/semver?label=snapshot&server=https%3A%2F%2Foss.sonatype.org%2F)](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/net/thauvin/erik/semver/)
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/net.thauvin.erik/semver.svg)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/net.thauvin.erik/semver)
diff --git a/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index 9a58e7b..7955442 100644
--- a/examples/java/bld/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/examples/java/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-1.8.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
-      <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/examples/java/bld/.vscode/settings.json b/examples/java/bld/.vscode/settings.json
index b676049..9e8368e 100644
--- a/examples/java/bld/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/examples/java/bld/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
         "src/main/java",
         "src/main/resources",
         "src/test/java",
-        "src/bld/java"
+        "src/test/resources",
+        "src/bld/java",
+        "src/bld/resources"
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}bld-1.7.2.jar",
-        "lib/compile/*.jar",
-        "lib/runtime/*.jar",
-        "lib/test/*.jar"
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.0.jar",
+        "lib/**/*.jar"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 5db889b..15c39db 100644
Binary files a/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar and b/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 7b2269f..e93f014 100644
--- a/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/java/bld/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ bld.extensions=
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.8.0
+bld.version=1.9.0
diff --git a/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135..d64cd49 100644
Binary files a/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1af9e09..a80b22c 100644
--- a/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/examples/java/gradle/gradlew.bat b/examples/java/gradle/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..25da30d 100644
--- a/examples/java/gradle/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/java/gradle/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135..d64cd49 100644
Binary files a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1af9e09..a80b22c 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat b/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..25da30d 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/examples/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9f4197d..a80b22c 100644
--- a/examples/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/test/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/examples/test/gradlew b/examples/test/gradlew
index fcb6fca..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/examples/test/gradlew
+++ b/examples/test/gradlew
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -144,7 +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
@@ -152,7 +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
@@ -201,11 +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/examples/test/gradlew.bat b/examples/test/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..25da30d 100644
--- a/examples/test/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/test/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/examples/test/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java b/examples/test/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
index ef81de4..188422c 100644
--- a/examples/test/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
+++ b/examples/test/src/generated/java/com/example/ExampleVersion.java
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
  * This file is automatically generated.
  * Do not modify! -- ALL CHANGES WILL BE ERASED!
  */
-
+ 
 package com.example;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 
 public final class ExampleVersion {
     public static final String PROJECT = "Java Example";
-    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1619673811155L);
+    public static final Date BUILDDATE = new Date(1707046879260L);
     public static final String VERSION = "8.4.97-alpha+T800";
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 5db889b..15c39db 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 8494175..72ab204 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-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:0.9.1
-bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.2
-bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:0.9.5
+bld.extension-exec=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-exec:0.9.2
+bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.3
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:0.9.7
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.8.0
+bld.version=1.9.0
diff --git a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/SemverBuild.java b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/SemverBuild.java
index e1d6601..871ad69 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/SemverBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/net/thauvin/erik/semver/SemverBuild.java
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ public class SemverBuild extends Project {
         scope(compile)
                 .include(dependency("com.github.spullara.mustache.java", "compiler", version(0, 9, 11)));
         scope(test)
-                .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)));
 
 
         javadocOperation().javadocOptions()