diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index 281ebbf..5f0536e 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,18 +1,2 @@
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.1/apache-maven-3.9.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.5/apache-maven-3.9.5-bin.zip
 wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.2.0/maven-wrapper-3.2.0.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b14b9a4..f41000d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-        <mapstruct.version>1.5.2.Final</mapstruct.version>
-        <lombok.version>1.18.26</lombok.version>
+        <mapstruct.version>1.5.5.Final</mapstruct.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
         <spock.version>2.4-M1-groovy-4.0</spock.version>
 
         <!-- test properties -->
@@ -31,37 +31,38 @@
 
         <!-- plugins -->
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.10.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M8</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M8</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
+        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.2.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+        <maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.2.2</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
         <git-commit-id-plugin.version>4.9.10</git-commit-id-plugin.version>
 
 
         <!-- code quality -->
-        <archunit-junit5.version>1.0.1</archunit-junit5.version>
-        <sonar-maven-plugin.version>3.9.1.2184</sonar-maven-plugin.version>
+        <archunit-junit5.version>1.2.1</archunit-junit5.version>
+        <sonar-maven-plugin.version>3.10.0.2594</sonar-maven-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.9</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle.plugin.version>3.2.2</checkstyle.plugin.version>
-        <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>10.9.3</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
+        <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>10.12.6</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
         <google.error-prone.compiler.version>2.18.0</google.error-prone.compiler.version>
-        <groovy.maven.plugin.version>2.1.0</groovy.maven.plugin.version>
-        <modernizer-maven-plugin.version>2.6.0</modernizer-maven-plugin.version>
-        <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.7.3.4</spotbugs.plugin.version>
+        <groovy.maven.plugin.version>3.0.2</groovy.maven.plugin.version>
+        <modernizer-maven-plugin.version>2.7.0</modernizer-maven-plugin.version>
+        <spotbugs.plugin.version>4.8.2.0</spotbugs.plugin.version>
         <findsecbugs-plugin.version>1.12.0</findsecbugs-plugin.version>
         <sb-contrib-plugin.version>7.6.0</sb-contrib-plugin.version>
-        <owasp-dependency-check-plugin.version>8.2.1</owasp-dependency-check-plugin.version>
+        <owasp-dependency-check-plugin.version>9.0.3</owasp-dependency-check-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.7</version>
         </dependency>
+        <!-- doesn't work with jlink
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.2</version>
         </dependency>
+      -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
                 <!-- feeling too lazy to define my own versions.. let's use spring boot's dependency management .. -->
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.6</version>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -112,7 +113,18 @@
     <build>
         <finalName>${project.version}-app</finalName>
         <plugins>
-
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jlink-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <noManPages>true</noManPages>
+                    <noHeaderFiles>true</noHeaderFiles>
+                    <stripDebug>true</stripDebug>
+                    <compress>2</compress>
+                    <verbose>true</verbose>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -124,8 +136,9 @@
                         <arg>-Xlint:all,-options</arg>
                         <arg>-Xdoclint:all/protected</arg>
                         <arg>-XDcompilePolicy=simple</arg>
-                        <arg>-Xplugin:ErrorProne -Xep:NullAway:ERROR -XepOpt:NullAway:AnnotatedPackages=gt.app</arg>
-
+                        <!-- doesn't work with jlink
+                      <arg>-Xplugin:ErrorProne -Xep:NullAway:ERROR -XepOpt:NullAway:AnnotatedPackages=gt.app</arg>
+                        -->
                         <!-- this will fix mapstruct -->
                         <arg>-Amapstruct.defaultComponentModel=default</arg>
                         <arg>-Amapstruct.defaultInjectionStrategy=constructor</arg>
@@ -136,16 +149,18 @@
                             <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
                             <version>${google.error-prone.compiler.version}</version>
                         </path>
-                        <path>
+                        <annotationProcessorPath>
                             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
                             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
                             <version>${lombok.version}</version>
-                        </path>
+                        </annotationProcessorPath>
+                        <!-- doesn't work with jlink
                         <path>
                             <groupId>com.uber.nullaway</groupId>
                             <artifactId>nullaway</artifactId>
-                            <version>0.10.10</version>
+                            <version>0.10.18</version>
                         </path>
+                        -->
                     </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/src/main/java/gt/app/PojoA.java b/src/main/java/gt/app/PojoA.java
index aff380e..a60749e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gt/app/PojoA.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gt/app/PojoA.java
@@ -2,21 +2,15 @@
 
 import lombok.Data;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 @Data
 public class PojoA {
-    @Nullable
     String firstName;
-    @Nullable
     String lastName;
     int age;
-    @Nullable
     String country;
-    @Nullable
     String language;
 
-    public PojoA(@Nullable String firstName, int age) {
+    public PojoA(String firstName, int age) {
         this.firstName = firstName;
         this.age = age;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b81f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module appDeps {
+    requires java.base;
+    requires static lombok;
+    requires org.slf4j;
+}