diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 96fd532cd..ae547eab0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Build and Tests
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ on:
     tags:
       - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
   pull_request:
-    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+    types: [ opened, synchronize, reopened ]
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build
@@ -18,27 +20,41 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: read # allows SonarCloud to decorate PRs with analysis results
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
+
       - name: Set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: 11
-      - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          path: ~/.sonar/cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
+
       - name: Cache Maven packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2
-      - name: Build and analyze
+
+      - name: Verify
+        run: mvn -e -B verify
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Cache SonarQube packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.sonar/cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
+
+      - name: SonarQube Scan
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-        run: mvn -e -B verify org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=green-code-initiative_ecoCode -Dsonar.exclusions=**/*.groovy,**/*.dummy
+        run: mvn -e -B org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=green-code-initiative_ecoCode
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index a8b72a766..000000000
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# must be unique in a given SonarQube instance
-sonar.projectKey=sonar-custom-plugin-example
-
-# --- optional properties ---
-
-# defaults to project key
-#sonar.projectName=My project
-# defaults to 'not provided'
-#sonar.projectVersion=1.0
-
-# Path is relative to the sonar-project.properties file. Defaults to .
-#sonar.sources=.
-
-# Encoding of the source code. Default is default system encoding
-#sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
-
-sonar.eslint.reportPaths=/opt/project/eslint-report.json
-sonar.css.stylelint.reportPaths=/opt/project/stylelint-report.json
-sonar.java.binaries=/opt/project/java-plugin/target/classes
-sonar.scm.disabled=true
\ No newline at end of file