diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml
index ac790dc..7681944 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
       - name: Run Gradle tasks
         run: ./gradlew preMerge --continue
       - name: Stop Gradle
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-plugin.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-plugin.yaml
index 087e491..67c1542 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-plugin.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-plugin.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
       - name: Run Gradle tasks
         run: ./gradlew preMerge --continue
       - name: Publish on Plugin Portal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 868191b..52642f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Using jar:
    // and this plugin (ru.kode.android.build-publish)
    plugins {
       id("com.android.application")
-      id("com.google.firebase.appdistribution")
       id("ru.kode.android.build-publish")
    }
 ```
diff --git a/build-conventions/src/main/groovy/kotlin-convention.gradle b/build-conventions/src/main/groovy/kotlin-convention.gradle
index 7d7d376..54261cb 100644
--- a/build-conventions/src/main/groovy/kotlin-convention.gradle
+++ b/build-conventions/src/main/groovy/kotlin-convention.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
 // plugins block in groovy script doesn't support using "alias(..)"
 // see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/15383#issuecomment-1396061277
 // but outside of plugins block everything works ok
@@ -9,17 +12,17 @@ plugins {
 
 kotlin {
   jvmToolchain {
-    languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(11)
+    languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
   }
 }
 
-tasks.withType(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile) {
-  kotlinOptions {
-    jvmTarget = "11"
-    freeCompilerArgs += "-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi"
-    freeCompilerArgs += "-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.FlowPreview"
-    freeCompilerArgs += "-opt-in=kotlin.contracts.ExperimentalContracts"
-    freeCompilerArgs += "-Xopt-in=kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi"
+tasks.withType(KotlinCompile).configureEach {
+  compilerOptions {
+    jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.JVM_17)
+    freeCompilerArgs.add("-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi")
+    freeCompilerArgs.add("-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.FlowPreview")
+    freeCompilerArgs.add("-opt-in=kotlin.contracts.ExperimentalContracts")
+    freeCompilerArgs.add("-Xopt-in=kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi")
   }
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ detekt {
 }
 
 tasks.withType(io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.Detekt).configureEach {
-  jvmTarget = "11"
+  jvmTarget = "17"
   // "exclude(**/generated/**)" doesn't work for some reason, see
   // https://github.com/detekt/detekt/issues/4127#issuecomment-1260733842
   exclude {
@@ -61,5 +64,5 @@ tasks.withType(io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.Detekt).configureEach {
 }
 
 tasks.withType(io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.DetektCreateBaselineTask).configureEach {
-  jvmTarget = "11"
+  jvmTarget = "17"
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 47cf21d..1a3d7de 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ val dependsOnRecursivelyByName = { task: Task, name: String ->
 }
 
 tasks.register("clean", Delete::class.java) {
-    delete(rootProject.buildDir)
+    delete(layout.buildDirectory)
     dependsOnRecursivelyByName(this, "clean")
     dependsOn(gradle.includedBuild("plugin-build").task(":clean"))
 }
diff --git a/example/app/build.gradle.kts b/example/app/build.gradle.kts
index 57e4698..1738f8f 100644
--- a/example/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/example/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.android.application")
-    id("com.google.firebase.appdistribution")
     id("ru.kode.android.build-publish")
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdk = 33
+    namespace = "ru.kode.android.app"
+    compileSdk = 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.example.dimensions.android"
-        minSdk = 21
-        targetSdk = 33
+        minSdk = 26
+        targetSdk = 34
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
     }
diff --git a/example/build-types-gradle/build.gradle b/example/build-types-gradle/build.gradle
index 98d7997..7badf35 100644
--- a/example/build-types-gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/example/build-types-gradle/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdk 33
+    namespace = "ru.kode.android.build.types.example"
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "com.example.build.types.android"
-        minSdk 31
-        targetSdk 33
+        minSdk 26
+        targetSdk 34
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
     }
diff --git a/example/build-types/build.gradle.kts b/example/build-types/build.gradle.kts
index dcd390a..7a8925e 100644
--- a/example/build-types/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/example/build-types/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdk = 33
+    namespace = "ru.kode.android.build.types.example"
+    compileSdk = 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.example.build.types.android"
-        minSdk = 31
-        targetSdk = 33
+        minSdk = 26
+        targetSdk = 34
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
     }
diff --git a/example/dimensions/build.gradle.kts b/example/dimensions/build.gradle.kts
index 71073c6..6e55a1e 100644
--- a/example/dimensions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/example/dimensions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdk = 33
+    namespace = "ru.kode.android.dimensions.example"
+    compileSdk = 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.example.dimensions.android"
-        minSdk = 31
-        targetSdk = 33
+        minSdk = 26
+        targetSdk = 34
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
     }
diff --git a/example/flavors/build.gradle.kts b/example/flavors/build.gradle.kts
index c598dcc..b3ab7c2 100644
--- a/example/flavors/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/example/flavors/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdk = 33
+    namespace = "ru.kode.android.flavors.example"
+    compileSdk = 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.example.flavors.android"
-        minSdk = 31
-        targetSdk = 33
+        minSdk = 26
+        targetSdk = 34
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
     }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index a78bb98..e9220db 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 [versions]
-kotlin = "1.9.22"
-agp = "7.4.1"
+kotlin = "1.9.23"
+agp = "8.3.1"
 detekt = "1.23.5"
 ktlint = "12.1.0"
 firebaseAppdistribution = "4.2.0"
 grgit = "5.0.0"
-publish = "0.14.0"
-okhttp = "4.11.0"
+publish = "1.2.1"
+okhttp = "4.12.0"
 moshi = "1.15.0"
 retrofit = "2.9.0"
 junit = "4.13.2"
-ksp = "1.9.22-1.0.17"
+ksp = "1.9.23-1.0.19"
 
 [libraries]
 agp = { module = "com.android.tools.build:gradle", version.ref = "agp" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8049c68..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-7.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/plugin-build/build.gradle.kts b/plugin-build/build.gradle.kts
index f567fdc..0a62af9 100644
--- a/plugin-build/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugin-build/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "ru.kode.android"
-    version = "1.3.0-alpha01"
+    version = "1.3.0-alpha02"
 }
 
 val dependsOnRecursivelyByName = { task: Task, name: String ->
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ val dependsOnRecursivelyByName = { task: Task, name: String ->
 }
 
 tasks.register("clean", Delete::class.java) {
-    delete(rootProject.buildDir)
+    delete(layout.buildDirectory)
     dependsOnRecursivelyByName(this, "clean")
 }
 
diff --git a/plugin-build/plugin/build.gradle.kts b/plugin-build/plugin/build.gradle.kts
index ad8523d..1509f7b 100644
--- a/plugin-build/plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugin-build/plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation(kotlin("stdlib-jdk7"))
     implementation(gradleApi())
     implementation(libs.agp)
     implementation(libs.firebaseAppdistribution)
@@ -24,33 +23,31 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 gradlePlugin {
+    website.set("https://github.com/appKODE/build-publish-plugin")
+    vcsUrl.set("https://github.com/appKODE/build-publish-plugin")
+
     plugins {
         create("ru.kode.android.build-publish") {
             id = "ru.kode.android.build-publish"
+            displayName = "Configure project with Firebase App Distribution and changelogs"
             implementationClass = "ru.kode.android.build.publish.plugin.BuildPublishPlugin"
             version = project.version
+            description = "Android plugin to publish bundles and apks to Firebase App Distribution with changelogs"
+            tags.set(listOf("firebase", "publish", "changelog", "build"))
         }
     }
 }
 
-// Configuration Block for the Plugin Marker artifact on Plugin Central
-pluginBundle {
-    website = "https://github.com/appKODE/build-publish-plugin"
-    vcsUrl = "https://github.com/appKODE/build-publish-plugin"
-    description = "Android plugin to publish bundles and apks to Firebase App Distribution with changelogs"
-    tags = listOf("firebase", "publish", "changelog", "build")
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+            groupId = project.group.toString()
+            artifactId = "ru.kode.android.build-publish".removePrefix("$groupId.")
+            version = project.version.toString()
 
-    plugins {
-        getByName("ru.kode.android.build-publish") {
-            displayName = "Configure project with Firebase App Distribution and changelogs"
+            from(components["java"])
         }
     }
-
-    mavenCoordinates {
-        groupId = project.group.toString()
-        artifactId = "ru.kode.android.build-publish".removePrefix("$groupId.")
-        version = project.version.toString()
-    }
 }
 
 tasks.create("setupPluginUploadFromEnvironment") {