diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 812da11..5d868be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Java
         id: setup-jre
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Java
         id: setup-jre
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Java
         id: setup-jre
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish to maven
         run: |
-          ./.publish/prepare.sh
-          ./gradlew  publish
+          ./gradlew sonatypeCentralUpload
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f78e622..102bc1e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.11.0'
     id 'signing'
+    id 'cl.franciscosolis.sonatype-central-upload' version '1.0.3'
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     api 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0'
-    api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.0'
-    api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:2.12.3'
-    api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.12.3'
+    api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.17.2'
+    api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:2.17.2'
+    api 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.17.2'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2'
 }
@@ -25,32 +26,58 @@ dependencies {
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
+tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
+    failOnError false
+    options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+}
+
 spotless {
     java {
         palantirJavaFormat()
     }
 }
 
+
 java {
     withSourcesJar()
     withJavadocJar()
 }
 
+
+group = 'com.cohere'
+
+version = '1.8.0'
+
+jar {
+    dependsOn(":generatePomFileForMavenPublication")
+    archiveBaseName = "cohere-java"
+}
+
+sourcesJar {
+    archiveBaseName = "cohere-java"
+}
+
+javadocJar {
+    archiveBaseName = "cohere-java"
+}
+
 signing {
     sign(publishing.publications)
 }
+
 test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
     testLogging {
         showStandardStreams = true
     }
 }
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
             groupId = 'com.cohere'
             artifactId = 'cohere-java'
-            version = '1.7.0'
+            version = '1.8.0'
             from components.java
             pom {
                 name = 'cohere'
@@ -75,14 +102,28 @@ publishing {
             }
         }
     }
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "$System.env.MAVEN_PUBLISH_REGISTRY_URL"
-            credentials {
-                username "$System.env.MAVEN_USERNAME"
-                password "$System.env.MAVEN_PASSWORD"
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
+sonatypeCentralUpload {
+    username = "$System.env.MAVEN_USERNAME"
+    password = "$System.env.MAVEN_PASSWORD"
+
+    archives = files(
+        "$buildDir/libs/cohere-java-" + version + ".jar",
+        "$buildDir/libs/cohere-java-" + version + "-sources.jar",
+        "$buildDir/libs/cohere-java-" + version + "-javadoc.jar"
+    )
+
+    pom = file("$buildDir/publications/maven/pom-default.xml")
+    signingKey = "$System.env.MAVEN_SIGNATURE_SECRET_KEY"
+    signingKeyPassphrase = "$System.env.MAVEN_SIGNATURE_PASSWORD"
+}
+
+signing {
+    def signingKeyId = "$System.env.MAVEN_SIGNATURE_SECRET_KEY"
+    def signingPassword = "$System.env.MAVEN_SIGNATURE_PASSWORD"
+    useInMemoryPgpKeys(signingKeyId, signingPassword)
+    sign publishing.publications.maven
+}
+
+sonatypeCentralUpload.dependsOn build
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e644113..1b33c55 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a441313..d4081da 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index b740cf1..23d15a9 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 7101f8e..5eed7ee 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -68,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index aed36fe..ab1f7b6 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+rootProject.name = 'cohere-java'
+
 include 'sample-app'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/AsyncCohereBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/AsyncCohereBuilder.java
index ce2ed36..8d89214 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/AsyncCohereBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/AsyncCohereBuilder.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ protected void setEnvironment(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void setAuthentication(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *     super.setAuthentication(builder); // Keep existing auth
      *     builder.addHeader("X-API-Key", this.apiKey);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ protected void setAuthentication(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void setCustomHeaders(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *     super.setCustomHeaders(builder); // Keep existing headers
      *     builder.addHeader("X-Trace-ID", generateTraceId());
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ protected void setHttpClient(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void setAdditional(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
-     *     builder.addHeader("X-Request-ID", () -> UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+     *     builder.addHeader("X-Request-ID", () -&gt; UUID.randomUUID().toString());
      *     builder.addHeader("X-Client-Version", "1.0.0");
      * }
      * }</pre>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ protected void setAdditional(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {}
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void validateConfiguration() {
      *     super.validateConfiguration(); // Run parent validations
      *     if (tenantId == null || tenantId.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/CohereBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/CohereBuilder.java
index f804a7f..2050387 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/CohereBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cohere/api/CohereBuilder.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ protected void setEnvironment(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void setAuthentication(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *     super.setAuthentication(builder); // Keep existing auth
      *     builder.addHeader("X-API-Key", this.apiKey);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ protected void setAuthentication(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void setCustomHeaders(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *     super.setCustomHeaders(builder); // Keep existing headers
      *     builder.addHeader("X-Trace-ID", generateTraceId());
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ protected void setHttpClient(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void setAdditional(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {
-     *     builder.addHeader("X-Request-ID", () -> UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+     *     builder.addHeader("X-Request-ID", () -&gt; UUID.randomUUID().toString());
      *     builder.addHeader("X-Client-Version", "1.0.0");
      * }
      * }</pre>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ protected void setAdditional(ClientOptions.Builder builder) {}
      *
      * Example:
      * <pre>{@code
-     * @Override
+     * &#64;Override
      * protected void validateConfiguration() {
      *     super.validateConfiguration(); // Run parent validations
      *     if (tenantId == null || tenantId.isEmpty()) {