diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java
index bd7f778..a18c7c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ public record Dependency(String groupId, String artifactId, VersionNumber versio
         if (!classifier().isEmpty()) {
             result.append('-').append(classifier());
         }
-        result.append(".").append(type());
+        result.append('.').append(type());
         return result.toString();
 
     }
 
     public String toString() {
-        var result = new StringBuilder(groupId).append(":").append(artifactId);
+        var result = new StringBuilder(groupId).append(':').append(artifactId);
         if (!version.equals(VersionNumber.UNKNOWN)) {
             result.append(':').append(version);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
index e6b245e..a205e75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public record VersionNumber(Integer major, Integer minor, Integer revision, Stri
         var version = new StringBuilder();
         version.append(majorInt());
         if (minor != null || revision != null) {
-            version.append(".");
+            version.append('.');
             version.append(minorInt());
         }
         if (revision != null) {