diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 6badb47..395c4ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 8
+          java-version: 17
 
       - name: Set Release Version
         # use the version specified in the pom.xml as the tag
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/release-maven.yml
index 888c137..645117d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-maven.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 8
+          java-version: 17
 
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn -DskipTests package
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 8
+          java-version: 17
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME
           server-password: OSSRH_PASSWORD
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6681b2..cec9485 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ See makefiles in [mk](mk) directory.
 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.wire</groupId>
     <artifactId>cryptobox4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
index 24bdcc2..7d6d860 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM eclipse-temurin:11-jdk as cryptobox
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jdk as cryptobox
 
 # disable prompts from the txdata
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ RUN make dist
 
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/wire/cryptobox/dist/lib
 
-FROM eclipse-temurin:11-jre as runtime
+FROM eclipse-temurin:17-jre as runtime
 
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/wire/lib
 # make Java to take this as java.library.path
diff --git a/mk/prometheus-agent-src.mk b/mk/prometheus-agent-src.mk
index 6aa18ac..e5036eb 100644
--- a/mk/prometheus-agent-src.mk
+++ b/mk/prometheus-agent-src.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PROMETHEUS_AGENT_VERSION := 0.14.0
+PROMETHEUS_AGENT_VERSION := 0.19.0
 PROMETHEUS_AGENT_NAME    := prometheus-java-agent
 PROMETHEUS_AGENT_GIT_URL := https://github.com/prometheus/jmx_exporter.git
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1c8d85..54e44e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.wire</groupId>
     <artifactId>cryptobox4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <version>1.4.0</version>
 
     <name>Cryptobox4J</name>
     <description>CryptoBox for Wire Bots</description>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs -->
                     <gpgArguments>
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-M8</version>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>