diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index 90e4234..d4d743a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@ on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 jobs:
   build-bld-project:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     env:
       COVERAGE_JDK: "17"
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java-version: [17, 21, 24]
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
-
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
@@ -26,30 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
-      - name: Download dependencies [bld example]
-        working-directory: examples/java/bld
-        run: ./bld download
-
-      - name: Compile and run [bld example]
-        working-directory: examples/java/bld
-        run: |
-          ./bld compile run
-          ./bld run-java
-
-      - name: Run example [gradle java examples]
-        working-directory: examples/java/gradle
-        if: matrix.java-version != '24'
-        run: |
-          ./gradlew run
-          ./gradlew runJava
-
-      - name: Run example [gradle kotlin examples]
-        working-directory: examples/kotlin
-        if: matrix.java-version != '24'
-        run: |
-          ./gradlew run
-          ./gradlew runJava
-
       - name: Download dependencies
         run: ./bld download
 
@@ -60,18 +35,18 @@ jobs:
         run: ./bld jacoco
 
       - name: Remove pom.xml
-        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK
         run: rm -rf pom.xml
 
       - name: SonarCloud Scan
         uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
-        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: success() && matrix.java-version == env.COVERAGE_JDK
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts b/examples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
index 2ea445a..db6ebb0 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/examples/kotlin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id("application")
     id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.51.0"
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.1.20"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.1.10"
     kotlin("kapt") version "1.9.25"
 }