diff --git a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
index a71dcdf..7596927 100644
--- a/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
+++ b/.idea/libraries/bld.xml
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   <library name="bld">
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/lib/bld" />
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.rife2/dist/rife2-1.5.22.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.rife2/dist/rife2-1.6.1.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.rife2/dist/rife2-1.5.22-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$USER_HOME$/.rife2/dist/rife2-1.6.1-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 3ca51df..4fdc74b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     ],
     "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic",
     "java.project.referencedLibraries": [
-        "${HOME}/.rife2/dist/rife2-1.5.22.jar",
+        "${HOME}/.rife2/dist/rife2-1.6.1.jar",
         "lib/compile/*.jar",
         "lib/runtime/*.jar",
         "lib/test/*.jar"
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 6e95b95..53c8953 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 d3de463..f77b89b 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
 bld.extensions=
 bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2
 rife2.downloadLocation=
-rife2.version=1.5.22
+rife2.version=1.6.1
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
index 184dd68..2c39942 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/PmdOperationBuild.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
     public PmdOperationBuild() {
         pkg = "rife.bld.extension";
         name = "bld-pmd";
-        version = version(0, 9, 1, "SNAPSHOT");
+        version = version(0, 9, 1);
 
         javaRelease = 17;
         downloadSources = true;
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ public class PmdOperationBuild extends Project {
 
         var pmd = version(7, 0, 0, "rc1");
         scope(compile)
-                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "rife2", version(1, 5, 22)))
+                .include(dependency("com.uwyn.rife2", "rife2", version(1, 6, 1)))
                 .include(dependency("net.sourceforge.pmd", "pmd-java", pmd));
         scope(runtime)
-                .include(dependency("net.sourceforge.pmd", "pmd-java", pmd));
+                .include(dependency("net.sourceforge.pmd", "pmd-java", pmd))
+                .include(dependency("org.slf4j", "slf4j-simple", version(2,0,7)));
         scope(test)
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter", "junit-jupiter", version(5, 9, 2)))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.platform", "junit-platform-console-standalone", version(1, 9, 2)))