diff --git a/cqp-build/src/main/kotlin/com/quantori/cqp/build/CqpJavaLibraryPlugin.kt b/cqp-build/src/main/kotlin/com/quantori/cqp/build/CqpJavaLibraryPlugin.kt
index 9a4259a..6287a39 100644
--- a/cqp-build/src/main/kotlin/com/quantori/cqp/build/CqpJavaLibraryPlugin.kt
+++ b/cqp-build/src/main/kotlin/com/quantori/cqp/build/CqpJavaLibraryPlugin.kt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class CqpJavaLibraryPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 doLast {
                     val file = zipBundle.get().archiveFile.get().asFile
                     val boundary = "----WebKitFormBoundary7MA4YWxkTrZu0gW"
-                    val url = java.net.URL("https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher/upload")
+                    val url = uri("https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher/upload").toURL()
 
                     val username = project.findProperty("mavenCentralUsername") as String?
                             ?: System.getenv("MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME")
diff --git a/cqp-core/build.gradle.kts b/cqp-core/build.gradle.kts
index 793950a..e1cbd2f 100644
--- a/cqp-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/cqp-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@ plugins {
 description = "Chem query platform. Compound quick search"
 version = "0.0.13"
 
+val akkaVersion: String = "2.9.0-M2"
+
 dependencies {
     implementation("com.typesafe:config:1.4.2")
 
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-bom_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
+    implementation(platform("com.typesafe.akka:akka-bom_2.13:$akkaVersion"))
 
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-typed_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-typed_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-actor-typed_2.13")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream_2.13")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-stream-typed_2.13")
 
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-slf4j_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-discovery_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-serialization-jackson_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
-    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-cluster-typed_2.13:2.9.0-M2")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-slf4j_2.13")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-discovery_2.13")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-serialization-jackson_2.13")
+    implementation("com.typesafe.akka:akka-cluster-typed_2.13")
 
     implementation("com.lightbend.akka:akka-stream-alpakka-slick_2.13:6.0.2")
     implementation("com.lightbend.akka.management:akka-management_2.13:1.5.0-M1")