diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 598ed1dd..4199c602 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
 
 subprojects {
 
-    version = "2.1.3"
+    version = "2.2.0"
 
     apply plugin: 'com.adarshr.test-logger'
     apply plugin: 'com.github.ben-manes.versions'
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ subprojects {
     }
 
     ext {
-        javafxVersion = "22"
+        javafxVersion = "23.0.1"
     }
 
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ subprojects {
 
         constraints {
             implementation 'com.auth0:java-jwt:4.4.0'
-            implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.1'
+            implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.2'
             implementation 'com.fatboyindustrial.gson-javatime-serialisers:gson-javatime-serialisers:1.1.2'
             implementation 'com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:3.1.8'
             implementation 'com.github.mizosoft.methanol:methanol:1.7.0'
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ subprojects {
             implementation 'de.jensd:fontawesomefx-commons:11.0'
             implementation 'de.jensd:fontawesomefx-materialicons:2.2.0-11'
             implementation 'eu.hansolo:Medusa:16.0.0' //1.7
-            implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.8'
+            implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.10'
             implementation 'jakarta.activation:jakarta.activation-api:2.1.3'
             implementation 'javax.inject:javax.inject:1'
             implementation 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:4.0.1'
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ subprojects {
             implementation 'org.kordamp.ikonli:ikonli-swing:12.3.1'
             implementation 'org.zeromq:jeromq:0.5.4'
             implementation 'org.mbari.imgfx:imgfx:0.0.16'
-            implementation 'org.mbari.vcr4j:vcr4j-core:5.3.0'
-            implementation 'org.mbari.vcr4j:vcr4j-remote:5.3.0'
+            implementation 'org.mbari.vcr4j:vcr4j-core:5.3.1'
+            implementation 'org.mbari.vcr4j:vcr4j-remote:5.3.1'
 //            implementation 'org.mbari.vcr4j:vcr4j-sharktopoda-client:5.3.0'
 //            implementation 'org.mbari.vcr4j:vcr4j-sharktopoda:5.3.0'
             implementation 'org.mbari:mbarix4j:2.0.7'
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ subprojects {
             implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk-platform-logging:2.0.12'
             implementation 'org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:2.0.12'
             implementation 'org.swinglabs.swingx:swingx-all:1.6.5-1'
-            runtimeOnly 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.6'
+            runtimeOnly 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.12'
             runtimeOnly 'org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:2.4.1'
         }
 
         testCompileOnly 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
-        testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.2'
-        testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.10.2'
-        testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine:5.10.2'
+        testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.11.3'
+        testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.11.3'
+        testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine:5.11.3'
 
 
     }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd491..a4b76b95 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 b82aa23a..e2847c82 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-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a42..f5feea6d 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
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ 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 "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 7101f8e4..9b42019c 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 ##########################################################################
diff --git a/org.mbari.vars.core/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/core/BaseConfig.java b/org.mbari.vars.core/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/core/BaseConfig.java
index 0102ba5e..642622c5 100644
--- a/org.mbari.vars.core/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/core/BaseConfig.java
+++ b/org.mbari.vars.core/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/core/BaseConfig.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public abstract class BaseConfig {
   public BaseConfig(Config config) {
     this.config = config;
     try {
-      defaultUrl = new URL("http://localhost");
+      defaultUrl = URI.create("http://localhost").toURL();
     }
     catch (MalformedURLException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Unable to create a default URL for config values", e);
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public  URL readUrl(String path) {
     String url = null;
     try {
       url = config.getString(path);
-      return new URL(url);
+      return URI.create(url).toURL();
     }
     catch (MalformedURLException e) {
       log.warn("The URL {} defined in the config at {} is malformed", url, path);
diff --git a/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/domain/RazielConnectionParams.java b/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/domain/RazielConnectionParams.java
index a4ecad29..ded3a29f 100644
--- a/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/domain/RazielConnectionParams.java
+++ b/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/domain/RazielConnectionParams.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ public static Optional<RazielConnectionParams> read(Path file, AES aes) {
         if (Files.exists(file)) {
             try {
                 var lines = Files.readAllLines(file);
-                var url = new URL(lines.get(0));
+                var url = URI.create(lines.get(0)).toURL();
                 var username  = aes.decrypt(lines.get(1));
                 var password = aes.decrypt(lines.get(2));
                 return Optional.of(new RazielConnectionParams(url, username, password));
diff --git a/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/javafx/raziel/RazielSettingsPaneController.java b/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/javafx/raziel/RazielSettingsPaneController.java
index 6a617489..39ed2553 100644
--- a/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/javafx/raziel/RazielSettingsPaneController.java
+++ b/org.mbari.vars.ui/src/main/java/org/mbari/vars/ui/javafx/raziel/RazielSettingsPaneController.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
@@ -81,10 +82,11 @@ private Optional<RazielConnectionParams> parseRazielConnectionParams() {
             var ok = urlText != null && userText != null && pwdText != null &&
                     urlText.length() > 0 && userText.length() > 0 && pwdText.length() > 0;
             if (ok) {
-                if (!urlText.startsWith("http://")) {
-                    urlText = "http://" + urlText;
-                }
-                URL url = new URL(urlText);
+
+                // if (!urlText.startsWith("http://")) {
+                //     urlText = "http://" + urlText;
+                // }
+                URL url = URI.create(urlText).toURL();
                 var rcp = new RazielConnectionParams(url, userText, pwdText);
                 return Optional.of(rcp);
             }
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 7c1250d2..ed69ce4e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pluginManagement {
     id 'com.adarshr.test-logger' version '2.1.1'
     id 'nebula.facet' version '9.6.3'
     id 'nebula.maven-publish' version '17.3.2'
-    id 'org.beryx.jlink' version "3.0.1"
+    id 'org.beryx.jlink' version "3.1.1"
     id 'org.kordamp.gradle.jdeps' version '0.12.0'
     id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.36.0"
     id "com.github.spotbugs" version "4.6.0"