diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/java-ci.yml
index 87fe759..5839260 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-ci.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ '8', '11']
+        java: [ '8', '11', '17']
     name: JDK ${{ matrix.Java }} build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.1
       - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3.11.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4.2.1
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
           distribution: 'adopt'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Before Script
         run: curl -L https://codeclimate.com/downloads/test-reporter/test-reporter-latest-linux-amd64 > ./cc-test-reporter && chmod +x ./cc-test-reporter && ./cc-test-reporter before-build
       - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
-        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1.0.6
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3.3.0
       - name:  Build with Gradle headless
         uses: coactions/setup-xvfb@v1.0.1
         with:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           rm -f ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
           rm -f ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/gc.properties
       - name: Test & publish code coverage
-        uses: paambaati/codeclimate-action@v3.2.0
+        uses: paambaati/codeclimate-action@v5.0.0
         env:
           CC_TEST_REPORTER_ID: e725fad6a6a0b7580271e8183ad773ff705a3b33c5d3a588b940b4f00fa85e69
           JACOCO_SOURCE_PATH: "${{github.workspace}}/src/main/java"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e5ceba..e7dc228 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Note: This library is still under development, and some concepts or features mig
 ```
 	dependencies {
             ...
-            implementation 'com.github.CST-Group:cst-bindings:1.0.5'
+            implementation 'com.github.CST-Group:cst-bindings:1.0.6'
 	}
 ```
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Sometimes, the version number (tag) in this README gets out of date, as maintain
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>com.github.CST-Group</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>cst-bindings</artifactId>
-	    <version>1.0.5</version>
+	    <version>1.0.6</version>
 	</dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d619f20..aa9822f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    api('com.github.CST-Group:cst:b786d73')
+    api('com.github.CST-Group:cst:1.4.0')
 
-    api 'com.soartech:jsoar-core:4.1.0'
-    api 'com.soartech:jsoar-debugger:4.1.0'
+    api 'com.soartech:jsoar-core:4.1.3'
+    api 'com.soartech:jsoar-debugger:4.1.3'
     //api 'org.ros.rosjava_core:rosjava:0.3.6'
     //implementation 'com.github.rosjava:rosjava_core:0.3.7'
     api 'com.github.rosjava:rosjava_core:0.3.7'
@@ -53,18 +53,18 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
     from javadoc
     from {
-        configurations.extraLibs.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
+    	configurations.extraLibs.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
     }
-    javadoc.options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+    javadoc.options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet') // this is to avoid complaints about documentation missing parameter description
 }
 task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-    classifier = 'sources'
+    archiveClassifier = 'sources'
     from sourceSets.main.allSource
     from {
-        configurations.extraLibs.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
+    	configurations.extraLibs.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
     }
 }
 task uberJar(type: Jar) {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 070cb70..e411586 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-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists