diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/BaseProject.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/BaseProject.java
index d379ae0..67350c1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/BaseProject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/BaseProject.java
@@ -1546,22 +1546,22 @@ private String createHash() {
         var finger_print = new StringBuilder();
         for (var repository : repositories()) {
             finger_print.append(repository.toString());
-            finger_print.append("\n");
+            finger_print.append('\n');
         }
         for (var entry : dependencies().entrySet()) {
             finger_print.append(entry.getKey());
-            finger_print.append("\n");
+            finger_print.append('\n');
             if (entry.getValue() != null) {
                 for (var dependency : entry.getValue()) {
                     finger_print.append(dependency.toString());
-                    finger_print.append("\n");
+                    finger_print.append('\n');
                 }
             }
         }
-        finger_print.append(downloadSources());
-        finger_print.append("\n");
-        finger_print.append(downloadJavadoc());
-        finger_print.append("\n");
+        finger_print.append(downloadSources())
+                .append('\n')
+                .append(downloadJavadoc())
+                .append('\n');
 
         try {
             var digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-1");
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java
index 6c238cf..028b578 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/BuildExecutor.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public boolean executeCommand(String command)
                     fuzzy_regexp.append(ch);
                     fuzzy_regexp.append("\\E.*");
                 }
-                fuzzy_regexp.append("$");
+                fuzzy_regexp.append('$');
                 var fuzzy_pattern = Pattern.compile(fuzzy_regexp.toString());
                 matches.addAll(buildCommands().keySet().stream()
                     .filter(c -> fuzzy_pattern.matcher(c.toLowerCase()).matches())
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/blueprints/BaseProjectBlueprint.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/blueprints/BaseProjectBlueprint.java
index 6a299f4..440cb11 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/blueprints/BaseProjectBlueprint.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/blueprints/BaseProjectBlueprint.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.test;
 
 /**
  * Provides the dependency information required to create a new base project.
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java
index 48fbe0f..a18c7c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Dependency.java
@@ -130,25 +130,25 @@ public Dependency withClassifier(String classifier) {
      */
     public String toFileName() {
         var result = new StringBuilder(artifactId());
-        result.append("-").append(version());
+        result.append('-').append(version());
         if (!classifier().isEmpty()) {
-            result.append("-").append(classifier());
+            result.append('-').append(classifier());
         }
-        result.append(".").append(type());
+        result.append('.').append(type());
         return result.toString();
 
     }
 
     public String toString() {
-        var result = new StringBuilder(groupId).append(":").append(artifactId);
+        var result = new StringBuilder(groupId).append(':').append(artifactId);
         if (!version.equals(VersionNumber.UNKNOWN)) {
-            result.append(":").append(version);
+            result.append(':').append(version);
         }
         if (!classifier.isEmpty()) {
-            result.append(":").append(classifier);
+            result.append(':').append(classifier);
         }
-        if (!type.isEmpty() && !type.equals("jar")) {
-            result.append("@").append(type);
+        if (!type.isEmpty() && !"jar".equals(type)) {
+            result.append('@').append(type);
         }
         return result.toString();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyExclusion.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyExclusion.java
index 23bb3b3..f9a7d7e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyExclusion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyExclusion.java
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ public int hashCode() {
     }
 
     boolean matches(PomDependency dependency) {
-        return (groupId().equals("*") && artifactId().equals("*")) ||
-               (groupId().equals("*") && artifactId().equals(dependency.artifactId())) ||
-               (groupId().equals(dependency.groupId()) && artifactId().equals("*")) ||
-               (groupId().equals(dependency.groupId()) && artifactId().equals(dependency.artifactId()));
+        return ("*".equals(groupId()) && "*".equals(artifactId())) ||
+               ("*".equals(groupId()) && artifactId().equals(dependency.artifactId())) ||
+               (groupId().equals(dependency.groupId()) && "*".equals(artifactId())) ||
+               (groupId().equals(dependency.groupId()) && dependency.artifactId().equals(artifactId()));
 
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyResolver.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyResolver.java
index 281c857..8f61937 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/DependencyResolver.java
@@ -315,15 +315,15 @@ private List<RepositoryArtifact> getTransferArtifacts() {
 
         return getArtifactLocations().stream().map(a -> {
             var result = new StringBuilder();
-            result.append(version).append("/").append(dependency_.artifactId()).append("-").append(pom_version);
+            result.append(version).append('/').append(dependency_.artifactId()).append('-').append(pom_version);
             if (!dependency_.classifier().isEmpty()) {
-                result.append("-").append(dependency_.classifier());
+                result.append('-').append(dependency_.classifier());
             }
             var type = dependency_.type();
             if (type == null) {
                 type = "jar";
             }
-            result.append(".").append(type);
+            result.append('.').append(type);
 
             return a.appendPath(result.toString());
         }).toList();
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Repository.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Repository.java
index 2eb7fdd..d388f67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Repository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Repository.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ public record Repository(String location, String username, String password) {
     public static final Repository GOOGLE = new Repository("https://maven.google.com/");
     public static final Repository MAVEN_CENTRAL = new Repository("https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/");
     public static final Repository SONATYPE_RELEASES = new Repository("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/");
+    public static final Repository SONATYPE_RELEASES_LEGACY = new Repository("https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/");
     public static final Repository SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS = new Repository("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/");
     public static final Repository SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY = new Repository("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/");
     public static final Repository APACHE = new Repository("https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/");
@@ -83,9 +84,11 @@ public static Repository resolveRepository(HierarchicalProperties properties, St
         }
 
         return switch (locationOrName) {
+            case "GOOGLE" -> Repository.GOOGLE;
             case "MAVEN_LOCAL" -> Repository.MAVEN_LOCAL;
             case "MAVEN_CENTRAL" -> Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
             case "SONATYPE_RELEASES" -> Repository.SONATYPE_RELEASES;
+            case "SONATYPE_RELEASES_LEGACY" -> Repository.SONATYPE_RELEASES_LEGACY;
             case "SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS" -> Repository.SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS;
             case "SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY" -> Repository.SONATYPE_SNAPSHOTS_LEGACY;
             case "APACHE" -> Repository.APACHE;
@@ -191,11 +194,11 @@ public String getMetadataName() {
     public String toString() {
         var result = new StringBuilder(location);
         if (username() != null) {
-            result.append(":");
+            result.append(':');
             try {
                 result.append(StringEncryptor.MD5HLO.performEncryption(username(), null));
                 if (password() != null) {
-                    result.append(":");
+                    result.append(':');
                     result.append(StringEncryptor.MD5HLO.performEncryption(password(), null));
                 }
             } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
index 650d70b..a205e75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/VersionNumber.java
@@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ public String toString() {
         var version = new StringBuilder();
         version.append(majorInt());
         if (minor != null || revision != null) {
-            version.append(".");
+            version.append('.');
             version.append(minorInt());
         }
         if (revision != null) {
-            version.append(".");
+            version.append('.');
             version.append(revisionInt());
         }
         if (qualifier != null && !qualifier.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenMetadata.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenMetadata.java
index 51ad0b7..3a21b0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenMetadata.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenMetadata.java
@@ -89,20 +89,19 @@ public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) {
     public void endDocument()
     throws SAXException {
         // determine latest stable version by removing pre-release qualifiers
-        var filtered_versions = new TreeSet<VersionNumber>();
-        filtered_versions.addAll(versions_.stream()
-            .filter(v -> {
-                if (v.qualifier() == null) return true;
-                var q = v.qualifier().toLowerCase();
-                return !q.startsWith("rc") &&
-                       !q.startsWith("cr") &&
-                       !q.contains("milestone") &&
-                       !MILESTONE.matcher(q).matches() &&
-                       !q.contains("beta") &&
-                       !BETA.matcher(q).matches() &&
-                       !q.contains("alpha") &&
-                       !ALPHA.matcher(q).matches();
-            }).toList());
+        var filtered_versions = new TreeSet<>(versions_.stream()
+                .filter(v -> {
+                    if (v.qualifier() == null) return true;
+                    var q = v.qualifier().toLowerCase();
+                    return !q.startsWith("rc") &&
+                            !q.startsWith("cr") &&
+                            !q.contains("milestone") &&
+                            !MILESTONE.matcher(q).matches() &&
+                            !q.contains("beta") &&
+                            !BETA.matcher(q).matches() &&
+                            !q.contains("alpha") &&
+                            !ALPHA.matcher(q).matches();
+                }).toList());
 
         // only replace the stable version from the metadata when
         // something remained from the filtering, then use the
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenPom.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenPom.java
index fd3e46e..03d5c82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenPom.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/Xml2MavenPom.java
@@ -287,19 +287,19 @@ public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName) {
     }
 
     private boolean isChildOfProject() {
-        return elementStack_.peek().equals("project");
+        return "project".equals(elementStack_.peek());
     }
 
     private boolean isChildOfParent() {
-        return elementStack_.peek().equals("parent");
+        return "parent".equals(elementStack_.peek());
     }
 
     private boolean isChildOfDependency() {
-        return elementStack_.peek().equals("dependency");
+        return "dependency".equals(elementStack_.peek());
     }
 
     private boolean isChildOfExclusion() {
-        return elementStack_.peek().equals("exclusion");
+        return "exclusion".equals(elementStack_.peek());
     }
 
     private void addProjectProperty(String name) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java
index dd0a0a8..eafc699 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java
@@ -220,13 +220,17 @@ protected void executePopulateProjectStructure()
         for (var entry : project_.dependencies().entrySet()) {
             build_template.blankValue("dependencies");
 
+            var version_string = new StringBuilder(0);
             for (var dependency : entry.getValue()) {
                 build_template.setValue("groupId", dependency.groupId());
                 build_template.setValue("artifactId", dependency.artifactId());
                 var version = dependency.version();
-                var version_string = version.major() + "," + version.minor() + "," + version.revision();
+                version_string.setLength(0);
+                version_string.append(version.major()).append(',')
+                        .append(version.minor()).append(',')
+                        .append(version.revision());
                 if (!version.qualifier().isEmpty()) {
-                    version_string += ",\"" + version.qualifier() + "\"";
+                    version_string.append(",\"" ).append(version.qualifier()).append('"');
                 }
                 build_template.setValue("version", version_string);
                 build_template.appendBlock("dependencies", "dependency");
@@ -364,10 +368,10 @@ protected void executeDownloadDependencies() {
     public T fromArguments(List<String> arguments) {
         String package_name = null;
         String project_name = null;
-        if (arguments.size() > 0) {
+        if (!arguments.isEmpty()) {
             package_name = arguments.remove(0);
         }
-        if (arguments.size() > 0) {
+        if (!arguments.isEmpty()) {
             project_name = arguments.remove(0);
         }
         if ((package_name == null || project_name == null) && System.console() == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CleanOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CleanOperation.java
index b29223e..e4a07ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CleanOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CleanOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 import rife.tools.exceptions.FileUtilsErrorException;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CompileOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CompileOperation.java
index 9eefed3..6805926 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CompileOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CompileOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateLibOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateLibOperation.java
index 91516f7..c4df0f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateLibOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateLibOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.Project;
-import rife.bld.blueprints.BaseProjectBlueprint;
 import rife.bld.blueprints.LibProjectBlueprint;
 
 import java.io.File;
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateOperation.java
index 066cf57..9a64ffe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/CreateOperation.java
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@ public class CreateOperation {
         String type = null;
         String package_name = null;
         String project_name = null;
-        if (arguments.size() > 0) {
+        if (!arguments.isEmpty()) {
             type = arguments.remove(0);
         }
-        if (arguments.size() > 0) {
+        if (!arguments.isEmpty()) {
             package_name = arguments.remove(0);
         }
-        if (arguments.size() > 0) {
+        if (!arguments.isEmpty()) {
             project_name = arguments.remove(0);
         }
         if ((type == null || package_name == null || project_name == null) && System.console() == null) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JUnitOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JUnitOperation.java
index f79a6f3..c13b3f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JUnitOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JUnitOperation.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public JUnitOperation fromProject(BaseProject project) {
         }
 
         // add the default JUnit options if none were specified
-        if (testToolOptions().isEmpty() && mainClass().equals(DEFAULT_TEST_TOOL_JUNIT5)) {
+        if (testToolOptions().isEmpty() && DEFAULT_TEST_TOOL_JUNIT5.equals(mainClass())) {
             testToolOptions().defaultOptions();
         }
 
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ public JUnitOperation fromProject(BaseProject project) {
             var argument = arguments.get(0);
             if (argument.startsWith("-")) {
                 arguments.remove(0);
-                if (argument.equals("--junit-help")) {
+                if ("--junit-help".equals(argument)) {
                     testToolOptions().add("--help");
-                } else if (argument.equals("--junit-clear")) {
+                } else if ("--junit-clear".equals(argument)) {
                     testToolOptions().clear();
                 } else {
                     testToolOptions().add(argument);
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JarOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JarOperation.java
index b04ae9d..9e8e869 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JarOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JarOperation.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
 import rife.bld.NamedFile;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 import rife.tools.StringUtils;
 
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ protected Manifest executeCreateManifest() {
             // don't use putAll since Attributes does an instanceof check
             // on the map being passed in, causing it to fail if it's not
             // and instance of Attributes
+            //noinspection UseBulkOperation
             attributes.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
             // ^^^ READ above, don't use putAll
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavaOptions.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavaOptions.java
index 4d553b8..5e4ab59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavaOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavaOptions.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavadocOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavadocOperation.java
index 12cad14..29573ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavadocOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/JavadocOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 import rife.tools.StringUtils;
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java
index 537c3c4..9385fb9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java
@@ -165,15 +165,15 @@ protected VersionNumber executePublishSnapshotMetadata(Repository repository, Zo
     protected void executePublishArtifacts(Repository repository, VersionNumber actualVersion) {
         // upload artifacts
         for (var artifact : artifacts()) {
-            var artifact_name = new StringBuilder(info().artifactId()).append("-").append(actualVersion);
+            var artifact_name = new StringBuilder(info().artifactId()).append('-').append(actualVersion);
             if (!artifact.classifier().isEmpty()) {
-                artifact_name.append("-").append(artifact.classifier());
+                artifact_name.append('-').append(artifact.classifier());
             }
             var type = artifact.type();
             if (type == null) {
                 type = "jar";
             }
-            artifact_name.append(".").append(type);
+            artifact_name.append('.').append(type);
 
             executePublishFileArtifact(repository, artifact.file(), info().version() + "/" + artifact_name);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/TestOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/TestOperation.java
index 3002253..184e8ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/TestOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/TestOperation.java
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * Tests a Java application.
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UberJarOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UberJarOperation.java
index 24bb303..ee5f20a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UberJarOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UberJarOperation.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
 import rife.bld.NamedFile;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 import rife.tools.exceptions.FileUtilsErrorException;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UpdatesOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UpdatesOperation.java
index 16395df..c03aa0f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UpdatesOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/UpdatesOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import rife.bld.BaseProject;
-import rife.bld.Project;
 import rife.bld.dependencies.*;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java
index 1140b61..eab071d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
  */
 package rife.bld.operations.exceptions;
 
-import rife.tools.HttpUtils;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.Serial;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/publish/PomBuilder.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/publish/PomBuilder.java
index 9e2540b..8df677b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/publish/PomBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/publish/PomBuilder.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ private void addDependencies(Template t, Scope scope) {
 
                 t.blankValue("dependency-type");
                 t.blankValue("dependency-type-tag");
-                if (!dependency.type().equals("jar")) {
+                if (!"jar".equals(dependency.type())) {
                     t.setValueEncoded("dependency-type", dependency.type());
                     t.setBlock("dependency-type-tag");
                 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java
index aa73412..1ff47a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ private String downloadUrl(String version, String fileName) {
         var location = getWrapperDownloadLocation(version);
         var result = new StringBuilder(location);
         if (!location.endsWith("/")) {
-            result.append("/");
+            result.append('/');
         }
         result.append(fileName);
         return result.toString();
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ private void resolveExtensions() {
 
     private int launchMain(File jarFile, List<String> arguments)
     throws IOException, InterruptedException, FileUtilsErrorException {
-        if (arguments.isEmpty() || !arguments.get(0).equals("--build")) {
+        if (arguments.isEmpty() || !"--build".equals(arguments.get(0))) {
             return launchMainCli(jarFile, arguments);
         }
         return launchMainBuild(jarFile, arguments);
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/WrapperExtensionResolver.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/WrapperExtensionResolver.java
index c0b9f5d..1239a0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/WrapperExtensionResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/WrapperExtensionResolver.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ private void writeHash() {
             contents.append(fingerPrintHash_);
             for (var file : localArtifacts_) {
                 if (file.exists() && file.canRead()) {
-                    contents.append("\n").append(file.lastModified()).append(":").append(file.getAbsolutePath());
+                    contents.append("\n").append(file.lastModified()).append(':').append(file.getAbsolutePath());
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/TestProject.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/TestProject.java
index cd4401c..d432a9d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/TestProject.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/TestProject.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.List;
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateBaseOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateBaseOperation.java
index ee8ed6f..79edde2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateBaseOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateBaseOperation.java
@@ -5,16 +5,9 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import rife.bld.dependencies.LocalDependency;
-import rife.bld.dependencies.Scope;
-import rife.bld.operations.exceptions.ExitStatusException;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 
-import javax.tools.DiagnosticCollector;
-import javax.tools.JavaFileObject;
-import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateLibOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateLibOperation.java
index c54c09b..7cfb736 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateLibOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestCreateLibOperation.java
@@ -5,14 +5,9 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import rife.bld.dependencies.LocalDependency;
-import rife.bld.dependencies.Scope;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJUnitOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJUnitOperation.java
index e3a502b..e837f4a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJUnitOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJUnitOperation.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 
 public class TestJUnitOperation {
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJarOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJarOperation.java
index 46a3174..8f70192 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJarOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestJarOperation.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void testExecute()
                 while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                     var jar_entry = e.nextElement();
                     content.append(jar_entry.getName());
-                    content.append("\n");
+                    content.append('\n');
                 }
             }
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void testFromProject()
                 while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                     var jar_entry = e.nextElement();
                     content.append(jar_entry.getName());
-                    content.append("\n");
+                    content.append('\n');
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUberJarOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUberJarOperation.java
index 71e3001..ab35e69 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUberJarOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUberJarOperation.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class TestUberJarOperation {
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUpdatesOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUpdatesOperation.java
index ff966fa..f8ba73c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUpdatesOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestUpdatesOperation.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package rife.bld.operations;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import rife.bld.dependencies.DependencyScopes;
 import rife.bld.WebProject;
 import rife.bld.dependencies.*;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestWarOperation.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestWarOperation.java
index d3925e4..077e2bb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestWarOperation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/operations/TestWarOperation.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class TestWarOperation {
     @Test
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ void testFromProject()
                 while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
                     var jar_entry = e.nextElement();
                     content.append(jar_entry.getName());
-                    content.append("\n");
+                    content.append('\n');
                 }
             }