diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml
index 1b83694f81..f99ed017fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-continuous-integration.yml
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           build-root-directory: java
           arguments: build
+      - name: Smoke test jar in client environment
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
+        with:
+          build-root-directory: java/smoketest
+          arguments: run
+          gradle-executable: java/gradlew
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dev b/Dockerfile.dev
index b5577aaf53..2de39654fb 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ RUN mkdir /workspace && \
     apt update && \
     apt install git -y && \
     apt install protobuf-compiler -y && \
+    apt install cmake -y && \
     pip install pytest && \
     pip install pytest-cov && \
     pip install jupyterlab && \
diff --git a/java/.bumpversion.cfg b/java/.bumpversion.cfg
index 9bcad43e41..7976ed13af 100644
--- a/java/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/java/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ values =
 	rc
 
 [bumpversion:file:build.gradle.kts]
+[bumpversion:file:smoketest/build.gradle]
diff --git a/java/cli/build.gradle.kts b/java/cli/build.gradle.kts
index 0afc9563f9..96db087528 100644
--- a/java/cli/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java/cli/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("info.picocli:picocli:4.2.0")
 
     // lombok support
-    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
+    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
     annotationProcessor("info.picocli:picocli:4.2.0")
 
-    testCompileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    testAnnotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
+    testCompileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    testAnnotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
 
     // testng
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:6.8")
diff --git a/java/core/build.gradle.kts b/java/core/build.gradle.kts
index a523fadb17..f6c109ee90 100644
--- a/java/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ dependencies {
     api("com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2")
 
     // lombok support
-    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    testCompileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    testAnnotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
+    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    testCompileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    testAnnotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
 
     // testng
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:6.8")
diff --git a/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a4b4429748..2e6e5897b5 100644
--- a/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/java/gradlew.bat b/java/gradlew.bat
index 62bd9b9cce..9109989e3c 100644
--- a/java/gradlew.bat
+++ b/java/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,103 +1,103 @@
-@rem
-@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
-@rem
-@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
-@rem
-@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-@rem
-@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-@rem limitations under the License.
-@rem
-
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
-@rem ##########################################################################
-@rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
-@rem
-@rem ##########################################################################
-
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
-
-set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
-set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
-set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
-
-@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
-for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
-
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
-
-@rem Find java.exe
-if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
-
-set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
-%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:findJavaFromJavaHome
-set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
-set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
-
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
-
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
-
-goto fail
-
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
-:execute
-@rem Setup the command line
-
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
-
-@rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/java/smoketest/build.gradle b/java/smoketest/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d35b6fcd27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/smoketest/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'application'
+
+mainClassName = 'SmokeTest'
+
+repositories {
+  flatDir {
+    dirs '../build/libs', '../cli/build/libs', '../core/build/libs'
+  }
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+targetCompatibility = 1.8
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation "ai.whylabs:core:0.1.7-b2"
+
+  implementation "org.apache.datasketches:datasketches-java:1.3.0-incubating"
+  implementation "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.13.0"
+
+  // lombok support
+  compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+  annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+  annotationProcessor("info.picocli:picocli:4.2.0")
+}
diff --git a/java/smoketest/settings.gradle b/java/smoketest/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/java/smoketest/src/main/java/smoketest/SmokeTest.java b/java/smoketest/src/main/java/smoketest/SmokeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45f5cbfe4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/smoketest/src/main/java/smoketest/SmokeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import com.whylogs.core.DatasetProfile;
+import com.whylogs.core.statistics.NumberTracker;
+import com.whylogs.core.message.NumbersMessage;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+public class SmokeTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+       DatasetProfile dsp = new DatasetProfile("test", Instant.now());
+       NumberTracker tracker = new NumberTracker();
+       NumbersMessage.Builder protobuf = tracker.toProtobuf();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/spark/build.gradle.kts b/java/spark/build.gradle.kts
index 7051d65ba7..84e1eeedf7 100644
--- a/java/spark/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java/spark/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
     `java-library`
     signing
     `maven-publish`
-    id("com.github.maiflai.scalatest") version "0.26"
+    id("com.github.maiflai.scalatest") version "0.31"
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ tasks.jar {
     archiveBaseName.set(artifactBaseName)
 }
 
+tasks.withType<Jar> {
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
+}
+
 fun scalaPackage(groupId: String, name: String, version: String) =
     "$groupId:${name}_$scalaVersion:$version"
 
@@ -82,10 +86,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.1")
 
     // lombok support
-    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    testCompileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
-    testAnnotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.12")
+    compileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    annotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    testCompileOnly("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
+    testAnnotationProcessor("org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20")
 
     // testng
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:6.8")