diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 52143650..2b855664 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,20 +3,17 @@ name: Java CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-18.04]
-        java: [8, 11]
+        java: [8, 11, 17, 18]
       fail-fast: false
       max-parallel: 4
-    name: Test JDK ${{ matrix.java }}, ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -26,7 +23,14 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
+
       - name: Build with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew build
+        run: ./gradlew build --warning-mode all
+
+      - name: Run Tests
+        run: ./gradlew check
+
+      - name: Maven Install
+        run: ./gradlew clean publishToMavenLocal
 
 ...
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3281e433..949e4ade 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,23 +20,24 @@ ext {
             jettison: 'org.codehaus.jettison:jettison:1.4.1',
             jsonOrg: 'org.json:json:20140107',
             jsonSmart: 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.8',
-            slf4jApi: 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.33',
+            slf4jApi: 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36',
             tapestryJson: 'org.apache.tapestry:tapestry-json:5.8.0',
             jakartaJsonP: 'jakarta.json:jakarta.json-api:2.0.1',
             jakartaJsonB: 'jakarta.json.bind:jakarta.json.bind-api:2.0.0',
 
             test: [
                     'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0',
-                    'junit:junit:4.13.2',
+                    'junit:junit:4.13.+',
+                    'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine:5.8.+',
                     'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.22.0',
                     'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2',
                     'org.glassfish:jakarta.json:2.0.1',
                     'org.eclipse:yasson:2.0.4',
                     //'org.apache.johnzon:johnzon-jsonb:1.2.12',
-                    'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.35'
+                    'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.36'
             ]
     ]
-    snapshotVersion = true
+    snapshotVersion = project.version.contains('SNAPSHOT')
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -46,15 +47,12 @@ allprojects {
     group = 'com.jayway.jsonpath'
     version = '2.8.0' + (snapshotVersion ? "-SNAPSHOT" : "")
 
-    if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-        tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
-            options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
+    apply plugin: 'java-library'
+    apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
     apply plugin: 'signing'
     apply plugin: 'biz.aQute.bnd.builder'
 
@@ -65,28 +63,78 @@ subprojects {
         mavenCentral()
     }
 
-    task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-        classifier = 'javadoc'
-        from javadoc
+    java {
+        withJavadocJar()
+        withSourcesJar()
     }
 
-    task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-        classifier = 'sources'
-        from sourceSets.main.allSource
+    test {
+        useJUnitPlatform()
+
+        systemProperty("java.util.logging.manager", "org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager")
+
+        testLogging {
+            events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
+            //showStandardStreams = true
+        }
     }
 
     signing {
-        required { !snapshotVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("uploadArchives") }
-        sign configurations.archives
+        sign configurations.archives // sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
+        required { !snapshotVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish") } // uploadArchives is replaced by publish
+    }
+
+    javadoc {
+        if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
+            options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+        }
+
+        if(JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+            options.addBooleanOption('html5', true)
+        }
     }
 
-    artifacts {
-        archives jar, javadocJar, sourcesJar
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+                from components.java
+
+                artifactId = jar.baseName
+
+                pom {
+                    name = jar.baseName
+                    description = project.description
+                    url = 'https://github.com/jayway/JsonPath'
+
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name = "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
+                            url = "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+                            distribution = "repo"
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    scm {
+                        url = 'scm:git:git://github.com/jayway/JsonPath.git'
+                        connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/jayway/JsonPath.git'
+                        developerConnection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/jayway/JsonPath.git'
+                    }
+
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id = 'kalle.stenflo'
+                            name = 'Kalle Stenflo'
+                            email = 'kalle.stenflo (a) gmail.com'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
 wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = '5.6.2'
+    gradleVersion = '7.4.2'
 }
 
 //Task used by Heroku for staging
diff --git a/gradle/binaryCompatibility.gradle b/gradle/binaryCompatibility.gradle
index 3f02e320..57111001 100644
--- a/gradle/binaryCompatibility.gradle
+++ b/gradle/binaryCompatibility.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'me.champeau.gradle:japicmp-gradle-plugin:0.1.0'
+        classpath 'me.champeau.gradle:japicmp-gradle-plugin:0.4.0'
     }
 }
 
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ if (JavaVersion.current().isJava7Compatible()) {
 
     subprojects {
 
-        task japicmp(type: me.champeau.gradle.ArtifactJapicmpTask) {
+        tasks.register("japicmp", me.champeau.gradle.japicmp.JapicmpTask) {
+        //task japicmp(type: me.champeau.gradle.ArtifactJapicmpTask) {
             dependsOn jar
             //baseline = "com.jayway.jsonpath:${project.name}:+@jar"  //latest release
             baseline = 'com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.0.0@jar'
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ if (JavaVersion.current().isJava7Compatible()) {
 
     subprojects {
         check.dependsOn(checkBinaryCompatibility)
-        tasks.withType(me.champeau.gradle.ArtifactJapicmpTask) { task ->
+
+        tasks.register("checkCompatibility", me.champeau.gradle.japicmp.JapicmpTask) { task ->
             checkBinaryCompatibility.dependsOn(task)
         }
     }
diff --git a/gradle/publishMaven.gradle b/gradle/publishMaven.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 39be8ca2..00000000
--- a/gradle/publishMaven.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: "maven"
-
-def basePom = {
-    project {
-        name project.displayName
-        packaging 'bundle'
-        description project.description
-        url 'https://github.com/jayway/JsonPath'
-
-        licenses {
-            license {
-                name "The Apache Software License, Version 2.0"
-                url "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
-                distribution "repo"
-            }
-        }
-
-        scm {
-            url 'scm:git:git://github.com/jayway/JsonPath.git'
-            connection 'scm:git:git://github.com/jayway/JsonPath.git'
-            developerConnection 'scm:git:git://github.com/jayway/JsonPath.git'
-        }
-
-        developers {
-            developer {
-                id 'kalle.stenflo'
-                name 'Kalle Stenflo'
-                email 'kalle.stenflo (a) gmail.com'
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-def deployers = []
-
-project.afterEvaluate {
-    configure(deployers) {
-        pom basePom
-    }
-}
-
-install {
-    deployers << repositories.mavenInstaller
-}
-
-uploadArchives {
-    deployers << repositories.mavenDeployer {
-        if (snapshotVersion) {
-            snapshotRepository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/") {
-                if (project.hasProperty("sonatypeOssUsername")) {
-                    authentication(userName: sonatypeOssUsername, password: sonatypeOssPassword)
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            repository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/") {
-                if (project.hasProperty("sonatypeOssUsername")) {
-                    authentication(userName: sonatypeOssUsername, password: sonatypeOssPassword)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-def poms = deployers*.pom
-def optionalDeps = []
-def providedDeps = []
-def internalDeps = []
-
-ext {
-    modifyPom = { Closure modification ->
-        poms.each {
-            it.whenConfigured(modification)
-        }
-    }
-    optional = { optionalDeps << it; it }
-    provided = { providedDeps << it; it }
-    internal = { internalDeps << it; it }
-}
-
-modifyPom { pom ->
-    optionalDeps.each { dep ->
-        pom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }.optional = true
-    }
-    providedDeps.each { dep ->
-        pom.dependencies.find { it.artifactId == dep.name }.scope = "provided"
-    }
-    internalDeps.each { dep ->
-        pom.dependencies.removeAll { it.artifactId == dep.name }
-    }
-    // no need to publish test dependencies
-    pom.dependencies.removeAll { it.scope == "test" }
-}
-
-deployers*.beforeDeployment { signing.signPom(it) }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ec991f9a..aa991fce 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-6.9.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/json-path-assert/build.gradle b/json-path-assert/build.gradle
index 7e5a6fc3..e0cc9710 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path-assert/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publishMaven.gradle"
 
 description = "Assertions on Json using JsonPath"
 
@@ -10,9 +9,11 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project(':json-path')
-    compile libs.hamcrest
-    compile libs.slf4jApi
+    implementation project(':json-path')
+    implementation libs.hamcrest
+    implementation libs.slf4jApi
 
-    testCompile libs.test
+    testImplementation libs.jsonSmart
+    testImplementation libs.test
+    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine'
 }
diff --git a/json-path-web-test/build.gradle b/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
index ced2f534..a708daf6 100644
--- a/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ description = "Web app that compares different JsonPath implementations."
 mainClassName = 'com.jayway.jsonpath.web.boot.Main'
 
 task createBuildInfoFile {
+    dependsOn compileJava
     doLast {
 	    def buildInfoFile = new File("$buildDir/classes/java/main/build-info.properties")
 	    Properties props = new Properties()
@@ -27,17 +28,18 @@ jar {
 
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project(':json-path')
-    compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4'
-    compile libs.jacksonDatabind
-    compile libs.jsonSmart
-    compile 'io.fastjson:boon:0.33'
-    compile 'com.nebhale.jsonpath:jsonpath:1.2'
-    compile 'io.gatling:jsonpath_2.10:0.6.4'
-    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.3.0.M1'
-    compile 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:9.3.0.M1'
-    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet:2.20'
-    compile('org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson:2.20'){
+    implementation project(':json-path')
+    implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4'
+    implementation libs.slf4jApi
+    implementation libs.jacksonDatabind
+    implementation libs.jsonSmart
+    implementation 'io.fastjson:boon:0.33'
+    implementation 'com.nebhale.jsonpath:jsonpath:1.2'
+    implementation 'io.gatling:jsonpath_2.10:0.6.4'
+    implementation 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.3.0.M1'
+    implementation 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-webapp:9.3.0.M1'
+    implementation 'org.glassfish.jersey.containers:jersey-container-servlet:2.20'
+    implementation('org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-json-jackson:2.20'){
         exclude module: 'jackson-annotations:com.fasterxml.jackson.core'
         exclude module: 'jackson-core:com.fasterxml.jackson.core'
     }
diff --git a/json-path/build.gradle b/json-path/build.gradle
index f13bb551..cc89e17b 100644
--- a/json-path/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publishMaven.gradle"
 
 description = "Java port of Stefan Goessner JsonPath."
 
@@ -12,17 +11,18 @@ jar {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile libs.jsonSmart
-    compile libs.slf4jApi
-    compile libs.jacksonDatabind, optional
-    compile libs.gson, optional
-    compile libs.jsonOrg, optional
-    compile libs.tapestryJson, optional
-    compile libs.jettison, optional
-    compile libs.jakartaJsonP, optional
-    compile libs.jakartaJsonB, optional
+    implementation libs.jsonSmart
+    implementation libs.slf4jApi
+    implementation libs.jacksonDatabind // , optional
+    implementation libs.gson// , optional
+    implementation libs.jsonOrg// , optional
+    implementation libs.tapestryJson// , optional
+    implementation libs.jettison// , optional
+    implementation libs.jakartaJsonP// , optional
+    implementation libs.jakartaJsonB// , optional
 
-    testCompile libs.test
+    testImplementation libs.test
+    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine'
 }
 
 task distZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: assemble) {
@@ -37,31 +37,31 @@ task distZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: assemble) {
     from(jar) {
         into 'lib'
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib'
         exclude { it.file.name.contains('gson') || it.file.name.contains('jackson') || it.file.name.contains('json-2') || it.file.name.contains('jettison') || it.file.name.contains('tapestry') || it.file.name.contains('jakarta.json') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jackson'
         include { it.file.name.contains('jackson') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/gson'
         include { it.file.name.contains('gson') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jettison'
         include { it.file.name.contains('jettison') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jsonOrg'
         include { it.file.name.contains('json-2') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/tapestry'
         include { it.file.name.contains('tapestry') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jakartaJson'
         include { it.file.name.contains('jakarta.json') }
     }
@@ -81,31 +81,31 @@ task distTar(type: Tar, dependsOn: assemble) {
     from(jar) {
         into 'lib'
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib'
         exclude { it.file.name.contains('gson') || it.file.name.contains('jackson') || it.file.name.contains('json-2') || it.file.name.contains('jettison') || it.file.name.contains('tapestry') || it.file.name.contains('jakarta.json') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jackson'
         include { it.file.name.contains('jackson') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/gson'
         include { it.file.name.contains('gson') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jettison'
         include { it.file.name.contains('jettison') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jsonOrg'
         include { it.file.name.contains('json-2') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/tapestry'
         include { it.file.name.contains('tapestry') }
     }
-    from(project.configurations.compile) {
+    from(project.configurations.implementation) {
         into 'lib-optional/jakartaJson'
         include { it.file.name.contains('jakarta.json') }
     }