diff --git a/.github/workflows/jgiven_align_gh_pages.yml b/.github/workflows/jgiven_align_gh_pages.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8bb28c26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/jgiven_align_gh_pages.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Align gh-pages branch
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Rebase gh-pages
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout gh-pages
+        run:  git checkout -f gh-pages
+      - name: Rebase on master
+        run:  git rebase origin/master
+      - name: Replace version on origin
+        run:  git push --force-with-lease
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jgiven_examples_build.yml b/.github/workflows/jgiven_examples_build.yml
index 10dd578f5c..a7221aa2cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jgiven_examples_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jgiven_examples_build.yml
@@ -16,23 +16,35 @@ jobs:
         uses: android-actions/setup-android@v2
       - name: Grant execute permission for bash script
         run: chmod +x scripts/local_release_with_version.sh
-      - name: Load the bash script
+      - name: Produce a local release with version 1.1-t
         run: source scripts/local_release_with_version.sh
       - name: Test Kotlin Example Project
-        run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/kotlin/build.gradle 1.1-t
+        run: >
+          source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+          && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/kotlin/build.gradle 1.1-t
       - name: Test JUnit5 Example Project
-        run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/junit5/build.gradle 1.1-t
+        run: >
+          source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+          && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/junit5/build.gradle 1.1-t
       - uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v13
       - name: Test Scala Example Project
         run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runScalaTest
       - name: Test Selenium Example Project
-        run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/selenium/build.gradle 1.1-t
+        run: >
+          source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+          && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/selenium/build.gradle 1.1-t
       - name: Test Spock Example Project
-        run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/spock/build.gradle 1.1-t
+        run: >
+          source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+          && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/spock/build.gradle 1.1-t
       - name: Test Spring-Boot Example Project
-        run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/spring-boot/build.gradle 1.1-t
+        run: >
+          source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+          && runGradleTestOnGivenProject example-projects/spring-boot/build.gradle 1.1-t
       - name: Test Maven Example Project
-        run: source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh && runMavenTestOnGivenProject example-projects/maven/pom.xml 1.1-t
+        run: >
+          source scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+          && runMavenTestOnGivenProject example-projects/maven/pom.xml 1.1-t
       - name: Upload test results html files
         continue-on-error: true
         if: ${{failure()}}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 81910711e9..b23002086d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ subprojects {
         junitDataproviderVersion = '1.13.1'
         // set default junit version if not set via command line
         junitVersion = rootProject.hasProperty('junitVersion') ? rootProject.junitVersion : '4.13.2'
-        junit5Version = '5.8.2'
-        junit5PlatformRunnerVersion = '1.8.2'
         junitParamsVersion = '1.1.1'
         testngVersion = '7.5'
         assertjVersion = '3.22.0'
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ subprojects {
         gsonVersion = '2.8.8'
         guavaVersion = '30.1.1-jre'
         guavaAndroidVersion = '28.1-android'
-        springVersion = '5.3.9'
+        springVersion = '5.3.19'
         jacocoVersion = '0.8.5'
         quickcheckVersion = '0.6'
         hsqldbVersion = '2.3.2'
diff --git a/docs/installation.adoc b/docs/installation.adoc
index bb5599cf17..c22e900ed6 100644
--- a/docs/installation.adoc
+++ b/docs/installation.adoc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ to use different dependencies.
 If you are using JUnit, you must depend on the `jgiven-junit` artifact.
 Note that `jgiven-junit` does not directly depend on JUnit,
 thus you also must have a dependency to JUnit itself.
-JGiven requires at least JUnit 4.9, while the recommended version is 4.12.
+JGiven requires at least JUnit 4.9, while the recommended version is 4.13.2.
 
 ==== Maven Dependency
 [source,maven,subs="verbatim,attributes"]
diff --git a/example-projects/junit5/build.gradle b/example-projects/junit5/build.gradle
index 01baa71690..9e0a4a7aa3 100644
--- a/example-projects/junit5/build.gradle
+++ b/example-projects/junit5/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ compileJava {
 }
 
 ext {
-    junit5Version = '5.8.2'
     jgivenVersion = version
 }
 
@@ -40,8 +39,8 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     testImplementation "com.tngtech.jgiven:jgiven-junit5:${jgivenVersion}"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${junit5Version}"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${junit5Version}"
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/example-projects/kotlin/build.gradle b/example-projects/kotlin/build.gradle
index 9b0390e5e1..07b79fd949 100644
--- a/example-projects/kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/example-projects/kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "com.tngtech.jgiven:jgiven-gradle-plugin:${version}"
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
     id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.6.21"
-    id "com.tngtech.jgiven.gradle-plugin" version "1.2.1"
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'idea'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
+apply plugin: 'com.tngtech.jgiven.gradle-plugin'
 
 compileJava {
     sourceCompatibility = 1.8
@@ -15,7 +25,6 @@ compileJava {
 }
 
 ext {
-    junit5Version = '5.7.2'
     jgivenVersion = version
 }
 
@@ -27,8 +36,8 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     testImplementation 'com.tngtech.jgiven:jgiven-junit5:' + jgivenVersion
     testImplementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8'
-    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:' + junit5Version
-    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:' + junit5Version
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2'
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/jgiven-spring-junit5/build.gradle b/jgiven-spring-junit5/build.gradle
index 7f5baa9626..46069ad79c 100644
--- a/jgiven-spring-junit5/build.gradle
+++ b/jgiven-spring-junit5/build.gradle
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':jgiven-junit5')
     compileOnly "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
     compileOnly "org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
-    compileOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$junit5Version"
+    compileOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2'
     testImplementation project(':jgiven-html5-report')
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:$junit5Version"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:$junit5PlatformRunnerVersion"
-    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:$junit5Version"
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.8.2'
+    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:5.8.2"
     testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-tx:$springVersion"
     testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-context:$springVersion"
     testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-test:$springVersion"
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 510e832f14..978923cef0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -26,18 +26,17 @@
       ],
       "groupName": "junit5"
     },
-    {
-      "packagePatterns": [
-        "powermock"
-      ],
-      "groupName": "powermock"
-    },
     {
       "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
       "matchCurrentVersion": "!/^0/",
       "automerge": true
     }
   ],
+  "maven":{
+    "fileMatch": [
+      "jgiven-maven-plugin/src/main/maven/pom.xml"
+    ]
+  },
   "schedule": [
     "after 10pm every weekday",
     "before 5am every weekday",
diff --git a/scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh b/scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
index 851b3d5a40..de11486dce 100644
--- a/scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/source_files/helper_functions.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function update_version(){
   local target_file="$2"
   local version_property="version"
   local version_matcher="${version_property}=.*"
-  if grep -E "${version_matcher}" "${target_file}" ;then
+  if grep -E "${version_matcher}" "${target_file}">/dev/null ;then
     sed -i -e "s/${version_matcher}/${version_property}=${target_version}/" "${target_file}" || return 12
   else
     printf "Could not find version property to replace in file %s\n" "${target_file}"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function update_maven_version() {
   local target_file="$2"
   local version_property="jgiven.version"
   local version_matcher="<${version_property}>.*<\/${version_property}>"
-  if grep -E "${version_matcher}" "${target_file}" ;then
+  if grep -E -q "${version_matcher}" "${target_file}" ;then
     sed -i -e "s/${version_matcher}/<${version_property}>${target_version}<\/${version_property}>/" "${target_file}" || return 12
   else
     printf "Could not find version property to replace in file %s\n" "${target_file}"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function update_scala_version() {
   local target_file="$2"
   local version_property="jgivenVersion"
   local version_matcher="${version_property} = .*"
-  if grep -E "${version_matcher}" "${target_file}" ;then
+  if grep -E "${version_matcher}" "${target_file}" >/dev/null ;then
     sed -i -e "s/${version_matcher}/${version_property} = \"${target_version}\"/" "${target_file}" || return 22
   else
     printf "Could not find version property to replace in file %s\n" "${target_file}"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function updateAllVersionInformation() {
   [ $# -eq 1 ] || return 31
   local VERSION="$1"
 
-  echo Updating version in gradle.properties...
+  printf "Updating version in gradle.properties..."
   for file in "gradle.properties" \
   "example-projects/junit5/gradle.properties" \
   "example-projects/spock/gradle.properties" \
@@ -63,12 +63,17 @@ function updateAllVersionInformation() {
   do
     update_version "${VERSION}" "${file}" || exit $?
   done
+  printf "Done.\n"
 
+  printf "Updating version in scala files..."
   update_scala_version "${VERSION}" "example-projects/scala/build.sbt" || exit $?
+  printf "Done.\n"
 
+  printf "Updating version in maven files..."
   for file in "example-projects/java11/pom.xml" "example-projects/maven/pom.xml"; do
     update_maven_version "${VERSION}" "${file}"
   done
+  printf "Done.\n"
 }
 
 function runGradleTestOnGivenProject() {
diff --git a/scripts/tests/test_helper_functions.sh b/scripts/tests/test_helper_functions.sh
index 52a4ebffc6..cd6cd54756 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/test_helper_functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/tests/test_helper_functions.sh
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ test_update_version_replaces_version_in_pom(){
 
 test_update_version_fails_if_property_not_in_file() {
   local test_file="properties.tmp"
-  trap "rm -f '${test_file}';exit" SIGTERM SIGINT
+  trap "rm -f '${test_file}';exit" SIGTERM SIGINT EXIT
   echo 'venison=0.x' > "${test_file}"
   update_version '1.0' "${test_file}"
   local output_variable=$?
-  rm -f "${test_file}"
   return $( [ ${output_variable} -ge 1 ]; echo $?)
 }