diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7d7ac33..07c8ddf1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /target
 /local
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
 
 # Eclipse, Netbeans and IntelliJ files
 /.*
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10e5035e..658c397d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,23 +10,25 @@
     
     <properties>
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+      <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+      <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
     </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17.4</version>
+      <version>${jmh.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
       <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
-      <version>1.17.4</version>
+      <version>${jmh.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.11</version>
+      <version>4.13.2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -35,15 +37,15 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1</version>
+        <version>3.11.0</version>
         <configuration>
-          <source>1.9</source>
-          <target>1.9</target>
+          <release>17</release>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.4.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <phase>package</phase>