diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2c09eb6..1d7dedc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        id: jdk-8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        id: jdk-11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 11
+          distribution: 'zulu'
       - name: Build
         id: build
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
index a340fe3..4541df4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-        id: jdk-8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        id: jdk-11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 11
+          distribution: 'zulu'
       - name: Build
         id: build
         run: |
diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dbc24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11.0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf67b78..08c1dba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 The dependency-check gradle plugin allows projects to monitor dependent libraries for
 known, published vulnerabilities.
 
+## 11.0.0 Upgrade Notice
+- The dependency-check-gradle plugin now requires Java 11 or higher.
+- The dependency-check-gradle plugin will no longer be published to Maven Central; it 
+  will continue to be published to the Gradle plugin portal.
+
 ## 9.0.0 Upgrade Notice
 
 **Breaking Changes** are included in the 9.0.0 release. Please see the [9.0.0 Upgrade Notice](https://github.com/jeremylong/DependencyCheck#900-upgrade-notice)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 56d820a..db448ca 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ test {
 test.onlyIf { !project.hasProperty('skipTests') }
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
 javadoc {
@@ -64,37 +64,6 @@ javadoc {
 
 publishing {
     publications {
-        maven(MavenPublication) {
-            groupId = project.group
-            artifactId = 'dependency-check-gradle'
-            version = project.version
-            from components.java
-            pom {
-                name = 'dependency-check-gradle'
-                description = 'OWASP dependency-check gradle plugin is a software composition analysis tool used to find known vulnerable dependencies.'
-
-                url = 'https://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/'
-
-                licenses {
-                    license {
-                        name = 'The Apache License, Version 2.0'
-                        url = 'https://github.com/dependency-check/dependency-check-gradle/blob/main/LICENSE.txt'
-                    }
-                }
-                developers {
-                    developer {
-                        id = 'jlong'
-                        name = 'Jeremy Long'
-                        email = 'jeremy.long@owasp.org'
-                    }
-                }
-                scm {
-                    url = 'https://github.com/dependency-check/dependency-check-gradle'
-                    connection = 'scm:git:https://github.com/dependency-check/dependency-check-gradle.git'
-                    developerConnection = 'scm:git:https://github.com/dependency-check/dependency-check-gradle.git'
-                }
-            }
-        }
         pluginPublication(MavenPublication) {
             groupId = project.group
             artifactId = 'dependency-check-gradle'
@@ -127,21 +96,8 @@ publishing {
             }
         }
     }
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
-            credentials {
-                username project.findProperty('sonatypeUsername') ?: System.getenv("SONATYPE_USER")
-                password project.findProperty('sonatypePassword') ?: System.getenv("SONATYPE_PASSWORD")
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
 
-//signing {
-//    sign publishing.publications.pluginPublication
-//}
-
 gradlePlugin {
     website = 'http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/dependency-check-gradle/index.html'
     vcsUrl = 'https://github.com/dependency-check/dependency-check-gradle/'
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3d38422..ae42d46 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ spock = '2.3-groovy-3.0'
 junit = '5.10.3'
 
 [libraries]
-owasp-dependencyCheck-core = { module = "org.owasp:dependency-check-core", version.ref = "odc" }
-owasp-dependencyCheck-utils = { module = "org.owasp:dependency-check-utils", version.ref = "odc" }
-openVuln-clients = { module = "io.github.jeremylong:open-vulnerability-clients", version = "6.1.7" }
-slack-webhook = { module = "net.gpedro.integrations.slack:slack-webhook", version = "1.4.0" }
+owasp-dependencyCheck-core = { module = 'org.owasp:dependency-check-core', version.ref = 'odc' }
+owasp-dependencyCheck-utils = { module = 'org.owasp:dependency-check-utils', version.ref = 'odc' }
+openVuln-clients = { module = 'io.github.jeremylong:open-vulnerability-clients', version = '6.1.7' }
+slack-webhook = { module = 'net.gpedro.integrations.slack:slack-webhook', version = '1.4.0' }
 
-junit-jupiter-api = { module = 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api', version.ref = "junit" }
-junit-jupiter-params = { module = 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params', version.ref = "junit" }
-junit-jupiter-engine = { module = 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine', version.ref = "junit" }
+junit-jupiter-api = { module = 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api', version.ref = 'junit' }
+junit-jupiter-params = { module = 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params', version.ref = 'junit' }
+junit-jupiter-engine = { module = 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine', version.ref = 'junit' }
 
-spock-core = { module = 'org.spockframework:spock-core', version.ref = "spock" }
+spock-core = { module = 'org.spockframework:spock-core', version.ref = 'spock' }
 
 [bundles]
 
 [plugins]
-gradle-plugin-publish = { id = "com.gradle.plugin-publish", version = "1.2.1" }
\ No newline at end of file
+gradle-plugin-publish = { id = 'com.gradle.plugin-publish', version = '1.3.0' }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 09523c0..3e59319 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-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME