diff --git a/.github/workflows/branch-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/branch-ci.yml
index b639968..76328d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branch-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branch-ci.yml
@@ -14,22 +14,22 @@ jobs:
     name: Branch CI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
           server-id: github
           server-username: GITHUB_ACTOR
           server-password: GITHUB_TOKEN
       - name: Maven Build
-        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Ddockerfile.skip=true -B -V
+        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -B -V
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORGANIZATION_TOKEN }}
       - name: Maven Verify
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release-ci.yml
index a7f3588..4573e2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release-ci.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ jobs:
     name: Pre-release CI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
       - name: Set up Java for publishing to GitHub Packages
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
           server-id: github
           server-username: GITHUB_ACTOR
           server-password: GITHUB_TOKEN
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORGANIZATION_TOKEN }}
       - name: Set up Java for publishing to Maven Central Repository
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml
index a4f9266..84c2dea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml
@@ -9,25 +9,25 @@ jobs:
     name: Release CI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - run: git checkout ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
       - name: Set up Java for publishing to GitHub Packages
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
           server-id: github
           server-username: GITHUB_ACTOR
           server-password: GITHUB_TOKEN
       - name: Maven Build
-        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -Ddockerfile.skip=true -B -V
+        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests=true -B -V
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORGANIZATION_TOKEN }}
       - name: Maven Verify
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mvn -B build-helper:parse-version release:prepare \
             -DreleaseVersion=\${parsedVersion.majorVersion}.\${parsedVersion.minorVersion}.\${parsedVersion.incrementalVersion} \
-            -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Ddockerfile.skip=true"
+            -Darguments="-DskipTests=true"
           echo release_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Perform release
-        run: mvn -B release:perform -Pdeploy2Github -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Ddockerfile.skip=true -Pdeploy2Github"
+        run: mvn -B release:perform -Pdeploy2Github -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Pdeploy2Github"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
       - name: Set up Java for publishing to Maven Central Repository
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 439316d..fc8e64d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- plugins versions -->
-    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-    <maven-source-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
-    <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-    <maven-release-plugin.version>2.5.3</maven-release-plugin.version>
-    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
-    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
-    <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
-    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.1.2</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
-    <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.7</versions-maven-plugin.version>
-    <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.6</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
-    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.8</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
-    <com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle-version>8.14</com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle-version>
+    <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+    <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-source-plugin.version>
+    <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+    <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    <maven-release-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
+    <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
+    <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
+    <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
+    <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+    <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.17.1</versions-maven-plugin.version>
+    <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.7</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
+    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
+    <com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle-version>10.12.4</com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle-version>
 
     <!-- check style configuration -->
     <checkstyle.skip>false</checkstyle.skip>
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
           <configuration>
-            <source>1.8</source>
-            <target>1.8</target>
-            <optimize>true</optimize>
+            <release>17</release>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>