diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e184bc..2f66c11 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ The project includes a Jenkins file to control a pipeline build.
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.codingrodent</groupId>
   <artifactId>jackson-json-crypto</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.0</version>
+  <version>3.0.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 ## Include Using Gradle
 
 ```
-compile group: 'com.codingrodent', name: 'jackson-json-crypto', version: '2.2.0'
+compile group: 'com.codingrodent', name: 'jackson-json-crypto', version: '3.0.0'
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2652ae4..47d198f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,36 +1,37 @@
+import com.github.spotbugs.snom.Effort
+
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         mavenLocal()
-        jcenter()
         maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+            url="https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
         }
     }
     dependencies {
         //Check for the latest version here: http://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.jfrog.artifactory
-        classpath(group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-gradle', version: '4.+')
+        classpath(group: 'org.jfrog.buildinfo', name: 'build-info-extractor-gradle', version: '5.2.5')
     }
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "4.6.0"
+    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "6.0.18"
     id 'java'
     id 'idea'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'jacoco'
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'maven'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.artifactory'
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
 
-task setVersion {
+tasks.register('setVersion') {
     if (System.env.BUILD_NUMBER) {
         version = projectVersionMajor + '.' + projectVersionMinor + '.' + System.env.BUILD_NUMBER
     } else {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ task setVersion {
 }
 
 jar {
-    baseName = projectName
+    archiveBaseName = projectName
     manifest
             {
                 attributes 'Implementation-Title': projectName,
@@ -47,8 +48,9 @@ jar {
             }
 }
 
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
-    classifier = 'sources'
+tasks.register('sourcesJar', Jar) {
+    dependsOn classes
+    archiveClassifier = 'sources'
     from sourceSets.main.allSource
 }
 
@@ -56,12 +58,13 @@ javadoc {
     options.addBooleanOption('html5', true)
 }
 
-task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
+tasks.register('javadocJar', Jar) {
+    dependsOn javadoc
+    archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
     from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
 
-task createPom {
+tasks.register('createPom') {
     doLast {
         pom
         {
@@ -108,8 +111,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 jacoco {
-    toolVersion = "0.8.6"
-    reportsDir = file("$buildDir/customJacocoReportDir")
+    toolVersion = "0.8.12"
+    reportsDirectory = file("$buildDir/customJacocoReportDir")
 }
 
 test {
@@ -127,16 +130,16 @@ test {
 
 jacocoTestReport {
     reports {
-        xml.enabled true
-        csv.enabled false
-        html.destination = file("${buildDir}/jacocoHtml")
+        xml.required = true
+        csv.required = false
+        html.outputLocation = file("${buildDir}/jacocoHtml")
     }
 }
 
 spotbugs {
-    toolVersion = '4.2.0'
+    toolVersion = '4.8.6'
     ignoreFailures = false
-    effort = 'max'
+    effort = Effort.MAX
 
 }
 
@@ -155,7 +158,6 @@ artifactory {
             repoKey = 'gradle-dev-local'
             username = "${artifactory_user}"
             password = "${artifactory_password}"
-            maven = true
 
         }
         defaults {
@@ -174,23 +176,23 @@ artifactory {
 
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: '2.12.0'
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.12.0'
-    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: '2.12.0'
-    implementation group: 'javax.validation', name: 'validation-api', version: '2.0.1.Final'
-    implementation group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-validator', version: '6.1.7.Final'
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.30'
-    implementation group: 'org.glassfish', name: 'javax.el', version: '3.0.0'
-    implementation group: 'javax.el', name: 'javax.el-api', version: '3.0.0'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: '2.18.3'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: '2.18.3'
+    implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: '2.18.3'
+    implementation group: 'jakarta.validation', name: 'jakarta.validation-api', version: '3.1.1'
+    implementation group: 'org.hibernate.validator', name: 'hibernate-validator', version: '8.0.2.Final'
+    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.17'
+    implementation group: 'jakarta.el', name: 'jakarta.el-api', version: '6.0.1'
     //
-    testCompile group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.7.0'
-    testCompile group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.7.0'
-    testCompile group: 'org.easymock', name: 'easymock', version: '4.2'
-    testCompile group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest', version: '2.2'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.glassfish', name: 'jakarta.el', version: '4.0.2'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.7.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.7.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.easymock', name: 'easymock', version: '5.5.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest', version: '3.0'
 }
 
 wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = '6.7.1'
+    gradleVersion = '8.13'
     distributionType = Wrapper.DistributionType.BIN
 }
 
diff --git a/bundle.bat b/bundle.bat
index f906e76..f511440 100644
--- a/bundle.bat
+++ b/bundle.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-set VER="2.2.0"
+set VER="3.0.0"
 
 gpg -ab jackson-json-crypto-%VER%.jar
 gpg -ab jackson-json-crypto-%VER%.pom
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7873e9e..a7bb905 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #
 projectName=jackson-json-crypto
 #
-projectVersionMajor=2
-projectVersionMinor=2
+projectVersionMajor=3
+projectVersionMinor=0
 projectVersionBuild=0
 #
 artifactory_user=admin
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 4d9ca16..2733ed5 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-6.7.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptedJson.java b/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptedJson.java
index be37ec9..094c747 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptedJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptedJson.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
-import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptionService.java b/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptionService.java
index f94d042..498b216 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/EncryptionService.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.validation.*;
+import jakarta.validation.*;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/config.properties b/src/main/resources/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/config.properties
index 0b83903..8ca50e4 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/config.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/config.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-projectVersionMajor=2
-projectVersionMinor=2
+projectVersionMajor=3
+projectVersionMinor=0
 projectVersionBuild=0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoGetterTest.java b/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoGetterTest.java
index 83b496f..70d6b89 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoGetterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoGetterTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import javax.validation.Validation;
+import jakarta.validation.Validation;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoModuleTest.java b/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoModuleTest.java
index 3b550fb..2e4346c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoModuleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoModuleTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public void getModuleName() {
     public void version() {
         var cryptoModule = new CryptoModule();
         var version = cryptoModule.version();
-        assertEquals("2.2.0", version.toString());
+        assertEquals("3.0.0", version.toString());
         assertEquals(CryptoModule.ARTIFACT_ID, version.getArtifactId());
         assertEquals(CryptoModule.GROUP_ID, version.getGroupId());
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoPropertyTest.java b/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoPropertyTest.java
index 2296480..004b3a8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoPropertyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/codingrodent/jackson/crypto/CryptoPropertyTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import javax.validation.Validation;
+import jakarta.validation.Validation;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;