diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 8e7571b..60da82a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
-          java-version: '8'
+          java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: maven
       - name: Build with Maven
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6e29ff..c8e83da 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <errorprone.version>2.10.0</errorprone.version>
-    <javac.version>9+181-r4173-1</javac.version>
+    <errorprone.version>2.31.0</errorprone.version>
   </properties>
 
   <scm>
@@ -64,12 +63,6 @@
   </developers>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
-      <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.1</version>
-      <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
       <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
@@ -93,7 +86,26 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.auto.value</groupId>
       <artifactId>auto-value-annotations</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.4</version>
+      <version>1.10.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+      <version>33.0.0-jre</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+      <version>3.42.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -113,24 +125,28 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7.0</version>
+        <version>3.14.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
           <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+          <annotationProcessorPaths>
+            <path>
+              <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
+              <artifactId>auto-service</artifactId>
+              <version>1.1.1</version>
+            </path>
+          </annotationProcessorPaths>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.20.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-            <argLine>-Xbootclasspath/p:${settings.localRepository}/com/google/errorprone/javac/${javac.version}/javac-${javac.version}.jar</argLine>
-        </configuration>
+        <version>3.5.4</version>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4.1</version>
+        <version>3.6.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>enforce</id>
@@ -139,7 +155,9 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <rules>
-                <requireUpperBoundDeps/>
+                <requireUpperBoundDeps>
+                  <excludedScopes>provided</excludedScopes>
+                </requireUpperBoundDeps>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -162,7 +180,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>3.3.1</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -175,7 +193,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.12.0</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -188,7 +206,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.8</version>
+            <version>1.7.0</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
               <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
@@ -199,7 +217,7 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6</version>
+            <version>3.2.8</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/grpc/annotations/checkers/ExperimentalApiChecker.java b/src/main/java/io/grpc/annotations/checkers/ExperimentalApiChecker.java
index cb382be..8927aa2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/grpc/annotations/checkers/ExperimentalApiChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/grpc/annotations/checkers/ExperimentalApiChecker.java
@@ -55,12 +55,10 @@ private String findLink(AnnotationMirror annotation) {
   @Override
   protected Description describe(Tree tree, AnnotationMirror annotation) {
     String link = findLink(annotation);
-    return Description.builder(
-        tree,
-        this.canonicalName(),
-        link == null ? this.linkUrl() : link,
-        this.defaultSeverity(),
-        this.message())
-        .build();
+    Description.Builder builder = buildDescription(tree);
+    if (link != null) {
+      builder.setLinkUrl(link);
+    }
+    return builder.build();
   }
 }