diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index c0ba763..7a7639a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ jobs:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
 
-      - name: Grant execute permission for bld
-        run: chmod +x bld
-
-      - name: Download the dependencies
+      - name: Download dependencies
         run: ./bld download
 
-      - name: Run tests with bld
+
+      - name: Run tests
         run: ./bld compile test
diff --git a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index 48e8fd5..0a7a3e9 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-1.9.1.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.bld/dist/bld-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT-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 d136e4d..33a9922 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-1.9.1.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.bld/dist/bld-2.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
         "lib/**/*.jar"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index ef31ff4..762360c 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 b07a9cc..f149810 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
 bld.downloadLocation=
-bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.5
-bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:1.0.1
+bld.extension-jacoco=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-jacoco-report:0.9.6
+bld.extension-pmd=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-pmd:1.1.2
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,MAVEN_LOCAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.sourceDirectories=
-bld.version=1.9.1
+bld.version=2.0.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationBuild.java
index 9b17f05..baff9a3 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/ExecOperationBuild.java
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ import rife.bld.publish.PublishScm;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.RIFE2_RELEASES;
+import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.test;
 import static rife.bld.operations.JavadocOptions.DocLinkOption.NO_MISSING;
@@ -35,20 +34,20 @@ public class ExecOperationBuild extends Project {
     public ExecOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "ExecOperation";
-        version = version(1, 0, 1);
+        version = version(1, 0, 2, "SNAPSHOT");
 
         javaRelease = 17;
 
         downloadSources = true;
         autoDownloadPurge = true;
 
-        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES);
+        repositories = List.of(MAVEN_LOCAL, MAVEN_CENTRAL, RIFE2_RELEASES, RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS);
         scope(compile)
-                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(1, 9, 1)));
+                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "bld", version(2, 0, 0, "SNAPSHOT")));
         scope(test)
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 2)))
-                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 2)))
-                .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 26, 0)));
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 10, 3)))
+                .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 10, 3)))
+                .include(dependency("org.assertj", "assertj-core", version(3, 26, 3)));
 
         javadocOperation()
                 .javadocOptions()
@@ -91,14 +90,14 @@ public class ExecOperationBuild extends Project {
     }
 
     @BuildCommand(summary = "Generates JaCoCo Reports")
-    public void jacoco() throws IOException {
+    public void jacoco() throws Exception {
         new JacocoReportOperation()
                 .fromProject(this)
                 .execute();
     }
 
     @BuildCommand(summary = "Runs PMD analysis")
-    public void pmd() {
+    public void pmd() throws Exception {
         new PmdOperation()
                 .fromProject(this)
                 .failOnViolation(true)