diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c6ba33e..fe92fa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     name: Build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: '17'
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index c15ff61..629d949 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
-  id("com.android.application") version "7.1.3" apply false
-  kotlin("android") version "1.6.21" apply false
-  id("org.sonarqube") version "3.3"
+  id("com.android.application") version "8.4.0" apply false
+  kotlin("android") version "1.9.23" apply false
+  id("org.sonarqube") version "5.0.0.4638"
 }
 
 subprojects {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ subprojects {
     sonarqube.isSkipProject = true
   } else {
     sonarqube.properties {
-      property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", "$buildDir/reports/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.xml")
+      property("sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths", layout.buildDirectory.dir("reports/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.xml"))
     }
   }
 }
@@ -26,8 +26,4 @@ sonarqube {
     property("sonar.organization", "g00fy2")
     property("sonar.host.url", "https://sonarcloud.io")
   }
-}
-
-tasks.register<Delete>("clean") {
-  delete(buildDir)
 }
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diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8899172..868d7ec 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 # Specifies the JVM arguments used for the daemon process.
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
-
-# Use R8 in full mode instead of ProGuard compatibility mode.
-android.enableR8.fullMode=true
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+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -XX:+UseParallelGC
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7454180..41d9927 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index aa991fc..48c0a02 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index a58591e..1b6c787 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -231,4 +231,4 @@ eval "set -- $(
         tr '\n' ' '
     )" '"$@"'
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
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+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/sample/build.gradle.kts b/sample/build.gradle.kts
index bdec744..4529d9f 100644
--- a/sample/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sample/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
-  compileSdk = 32
+  namespace = "io.github.g00fy2.versioncomparesample"
+  compileSdk = 34
   defaultConfig {
     applicationId = "io.github.g00fy2.versioncomparesample"
     minSdk = 14
-    targetSdk = 32
+    targetSdk = 34
     versionCode = 1
     versionName = "1.0"
   }
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@ android {
     viewBinding = true
   }
   compileOptions {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
   }
   kotlinOptions {
-    jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+    jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index e210507..8b3f2f8 100644
--- a/sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/sample/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
-    package="io.github.g00fy2.versioncomparesample">
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
 
   <application
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
       android:label="Version Compare"
       android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
-      android:allowBackup="false">
+      android:allowBackup="false"
+      tools:ignore="DataExtractionRules">
     <activity
         android:name="io.github.g00fy2.versioncomparesample.MainActivity"
         android:exported="true"
         android:screenOrientation="portrait"
-        tools:ignore="LockedOrientationActivity">
+        tools:ignore="DiscouragedApi,LockedOrientationActivity">
       <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
diff --git a/versioncompare/build.gradle.kts b/versioncompare/build.gradle.kts
index f5068a6..6de1423 100644
--- a/versioncompare/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/versioncompare/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 java {
-  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+  sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+  targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
 jacoco {
-  toolVersion = "0.8.8"
+  toolVersion = "0.8.12"
 }
 
 tasks.test {
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ tasks.test {
 
 tasks.jacocoTestReport {
   reports {
-    xml.required.set(true)
-    csv.required.set(false)
+    xml.required = true
+    csv.required = false
   }
 }
 
@@ -31,24 +31,24 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compileOnly("org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0")
+  compileOnly("org.jetbrains:annotations:24.1.0")
 
   testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
-  testImplementation("nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.10")
+  testImplementation("nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.16.1")
 }
 
 group = "io.github.g00fy2"
-version = "1.5.0"
-rootProject.version = "1.5.0" // set version for sonarcloud
+version = "1.6.0"
+rootProject.version = "1.6.0" // set version for sonarcloud
 
 tasks.register<Jar>("javadocJar") {
-  archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
-  from("$buildDir/docs/javadoc")
+  archiveClassifier = "javadoc"
+  from(layout.buildDirectory.dir("docs/javadoc"))
   dependsOn("javadoc")
 }
 
 tasks.register<Jar>("sourcesJar") {
-  archiveClassifier.set("sources")
+  archiveClassifier = "sources"
   from(sourceSets.getByName("main").java.srcDirs)
 }
 
@@ -65,26 +65,26 @@ publishing {
       artifact(tasks.named("javadocJar"))
       artifact(tasks.named("sourcesJar"))
       pom {
-        name.set(project.name)
-        description.set("Lightweight library to compare version strings.")
-        url.set("https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare")
+        name = project.name
+        description = "Lightweight library to compare version strings."
+        url = "https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare"
         licenses {
           license {
-            name.set("The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
-            url.set("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+            name = "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
+            url = "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
           }
         }
         developers {
           developer {
-            id.set("g00fy2")
-            name.set("Thomas Wirth")
-            email.set("twirth.development@gmail.com")
+            id = "g00fy2"
+            name = "Thomas Wirth"
+            email = "twirth.development@gmail.com"
           }
         }
         scm {
-          connection.set("https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare.git")
-          developerConnection.set("https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare.git")
-          url.set("https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare")
+          connection = "https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare.git"
+          developerConnection = "https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare.git"
+          url = "https://github.com/G00fY2/version-compare"
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/Version.java b/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/Version.java
index 4e91cfb..f96e47c 100644
--- a/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/Version.java
+++ b/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/Version.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public Version(@Nullable String versionString, boolean throwExceptions) {
    * @return the major version, default 0.
    */
   public long getMajor() {
-    return trimmedSubversionNumbers.size() > 0 ? trimmedSubversionNumbers.get(0) : 0L;
+    return !trimmedSubversionNumbers.isEmpty() ? trimmedSubversionNumbers.get(0) : 0L;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/VersionComparator.java b/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/VersionComparator.java
index 978ff9a..37f079c 100644
--- a/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/VersionComparator.java
+++ b/versioncompare/src/main/java/io/github/g00fy2/versioncompare/VersionComparator.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int compareSubversionNumbers(@NotNull final List<Long> versionNumbersA,
   }
 
   static ReleaseType qualifierToReleaseType(@NotNull String suffix) {
-    if (suffix.length() > 0) {
+    if (!suffix.isEmpty()) {
       suffix = suffix.toLowerCase();
       if (suffix.contains(RC_STRING)) return ReleaseType.RC;
       if (suffix.contains(BETA_STRING)) return ReleaseType.BETA;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ private static int indexOfQualifier(@NotNull String suffix, final ReleaseType re
   // helper methods
   static boolean startsNumeric(@NotNull String str) {
     str = str.trim();
-    return str.length() > 0 && Character.isDigit(str.charAt(0));
+    return !str.isEmpty() && Character.isDigit(str.charAt(0));
   }
 
   static long safeParseLong(@NotNull String numbers) {
diff --git a/versioncompare/src/main/java/module-info.java b/versioncompare/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5c5126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versioncompare/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module versioncompare {
+  requires static org.jetbrains.annotations;
+  exports io.github.g00fy2.versioncompare;
+}
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