diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index ab068ca..271d9b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ name: Build and Publish
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags: ["**"]
-    branches: ["**"]
+    tags: [ "**" ]
+    branches: [ "**" ]
 
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.40.8
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.45.3
     with:
       java-version: 17
     secrets:
@@ -19,5 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       signing-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
       ossrh-username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
       ossrh-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
-      github-username: ${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b99f2fe..535f4a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.40.8
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.45.3
     with:
       java-version: 17
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 037f093..7ddbf27 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,11 +2,10 @@ description = "A Java client for KServe inference services."
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
-    id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.14"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.14"
-    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "1.12.1"
-    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "6.6.3"
+    id("com.bakdata.release") version "1.4.0"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.4.0"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.4.0"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4"
     id("java-test-fixtures")
 }
 
@@ -61,10 +60,3 @@ configure<com.bakdata.gradle.SonatypeSettings> {
         }
     }
 }
-
-configure<org.hildan.github.changelog.plugin.GitHubChangelogExtension> {
-    githubUser = "bakdata"
-    githubRepository = "kserve-client"
-    futureVersionTag = findProperty("changelog.releaseVersion")?.toString()
-    sinceTag = findProperty("changelog.sinceTag")?.toString()
-}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f42e62f..744c64d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java b/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java
index 1b44925..f01f24a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * MIT License
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2022 bakdata
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 bakdata
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@
 import io.github.resilience4j.core.IntervalFunction;
 import io.github.resilience4j.retry.Retry;
 import io.github.resilience4j.retry.RetryConfig;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
@@ -41,17 +46,11 @@
 import okhttp3.Response;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-
 /**
  * <p>An abstract client base class to make requests to a KServe inference service.</p>
  * It builds the request, handles the response and deals with various errors from the inference service. It
- * automatically retries requests in case they time out, e.g. due to the inference service being scaled to zero at
- * the time of the request. The exponential random back-off retry mechanism can be configured using the following
+ * automatically retries requests in case they time out, e.g. due to the inference service being scaled to zero at the
+ * time of the request. The exponential random back-off retry mechanism can be configured using the following
  * environment variables:
  * <ul>
  *     <li>KSERVE_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS: The maximum number of retry attempts.</li>
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public abstract class KServeClient<I> {
 
+    protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = createObjectMapper();
     private static final int RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS = Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("KSERVE_RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS"))
             .map(Integer::parseInt)
             .orElse(10);
@@ -82,47 +82,11 @@ public abstract class KServeClient<I> {
             Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("KSERVE_RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL"))
                     .map(Integer::parseInt).map(Duration::ofMillis)
                     .orElse(Duration.ofMillis(16000));
-
-    protected static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = createObjectMapper();
     private final String service;
     private final String modelName;
     private final OkHttpClient httpClient;
     private final boolean httpsEnabled;
 
-    @Slf4j
-    private static class RetryInterceptor implements Interceptor {
-        @NotNull
-        @Override
-        public Response intercept(final Chain chain) throws IOException {
-            final Request request = chain.request();
-
-            // wait_interval = min(max_interval, (initial_interval * multiplier^n) +/- (random_interval))
-            final IntervalFunction intervalFn = IntervalFunction.ofExponentialRandomBackoff(
-                    RETRY_INITIAL_INTERVAL, RETRY_MULTIPLIER, IntervalFunction.DEFAULT_RANDOMIZATION_FACTOR,
-                    RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL);
-
-            final RetryConfig retryConfig = RetryConfig.custom()
-                    // IOException may be thrown by chain.proceed(request)
-                    .retryExceptions(IOException.class)
-                    .maxAttempts(RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
-                    .intervalFunction(intervalFn)
-                    .failAfterMaxAttempts(true)
-                    .build();
-            final Retry retry = Retry.of("kserve-request-retry", retryConfig);
-
-            final Callable<Response> requestCallable = Retry.decorateCallable(retry, () -> {
-                log.debug("Making or retrying request {}.", request);
-                return chain.proceed(request);
-            });
-
-            try {
-                return requestCallable.call();
-            } catch (final Exception e) {
-                throw new IOException(e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     protected static OkHttpClient getHttpClient(final Duration requestReadTimeout) {
         return new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                 .readTimeout(requestReadTimeout)
@@ -147,6 +111,16 @@ private static <T> Optional<T> processJsonResponse(final String stringBody, fina
         }
     }
 
+    private static Request getRequest(final String bodyString, final HttpUrl url) {
+        final MediaType mediaType = MediaType.get("application/json; charset=utf-8");
+        final RequestBody requestBody = RequestBody
+                .create(bodyString, mediaType);
+        return new Request.Builder()
+                .url(url)
+                .post(requestBody)
+                .build();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Make a request to a KServe inference service and return the response.
      *
@@ -205,14 +179,38 @@ private <T> Optional<T> processResponse(final Response response, final Class<? e
         }
     }
 
-    private static Request getRequest(final String bodyString, final HttpUrl url) {
-        final MediaType mediaType = MediaType.get("application/json; charset=utf-8");
-        final RequestBody requestBody = RequestBody
-                .create(bodyString, mediaType);
-        return new Request.Builder()
-                .url(url)
-                .post(requestBody)
-                .build();
+    @Slf4j
+    private static class RetryInterceptor implements Interceptor {
+        @NotNull
+        @Override
+        public Response intercept(final Chain chain) throws IOException {
+            final Request request = chain.request();
+
+            // wait_interval = min(max_interval, (initial_interval * multiplier^n) +/- (random_interval))
+            final IntervalFunction intervalFn = IntervalFunction.ofExponentialRandomBackoff(
+                    RETRY_INITIAL_INTERVAL, RETRY_MULTIPLIER, IntervalFunction.DEFAULT_RANDOMIZATION_FACTOR,
+                    RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL);
+
+            final RetryConfig retryConfig = RetryConfig.custom()
+                    // IOException may be thrown by chain.proceed(request)
+                    .retryExceptions(IOException.class)
+                    .maxAttempts(RETRY_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
+                    .intervalFunction(intervalFn)
+                    .failAfterMaxAttempts(true)
+                    .build();
+            final Retry retry = Retry.of("kserve-request-retry", retryConfig);
+
+            final Callable<Response> requestCallable = Retry.decorateCallable(retry, () -> {
+                log.debug("Making or retrying request {}.", request);
+                return chain.proceed(request);
+            });
+
+            try {
+                return requestCallable.call();
+            } catch (final Exception e) {
+                throw new IOException(e);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     protected static final class InferenceRequestException extends IllegalArgumentException {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV1Test.java b/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV1Test.java
index 8af6d1a..78dd980 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV1Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV1Test.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * MIT License
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2022 bakdata
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 bakdata
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 package com.bakdata.kserve.client;
 
 import com.bakdata.kserve.client.KServeClient.InferenceRequestException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.Dispatcher;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
@@ -38,9 +40,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.time.Duration;
-
 @ExtendWith(SoftAssertionsExtension.class)
 class KServeClientV1Test {
     private com.bakdata.kserve.KServeMock mockServer = null;
@@ -63,8 +62,9 @@ void makeInferenceRequest() throws IOException {
                 .build();
 
         this.softly.assertThat(client.makeInferenceRequest(new JSONObject("{ \"input\": \"data\" }"),
-                FakePrediction.class, ""))
-                .hasValueSatisfying(fakePrediction -> this.softly.assertThat(fakePrediction.getFake()).isEqualTo("data"));
+                        FakePrediction.class, ""))
+                .hasValueSatisfying(
+                        fakePrediction -> this.softly.assertThat(fakePrediction.getFake()).isEqualTo("data"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void testPredictionNotExistingModel() {
                 .build();
 
         this.softly.assertThatThrownBy(() -> client.makeInferenceRequest(new JSONObject("{ \"input\": \"data\" }"),
-                FakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        FakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .isInstanceOf(InferenceRequestException.class)
                 .hasMessage("Inference request failed: 404: Model with name model does not exist.");
     }
@@ -108,9 +108,11 @@ public MockResponse dispatch(@NotNull final RecordedRequest recordedRequest) {
                 .build();
 
         this.softly.assertThatThrownBy(() -> client.makeInferenceRequest(new JSONObject("{ \"input\": \"data\" }"),
-                FakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        FakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .isInstanceOf(KServeClientV1.InferenceRequestException.class)
-                .hasMessage("Inference request failed: 400: Unrecognized request format: Expecting ',' delimiter: line 3 column 1 (char 48)");
+                .hasMessage(
+                        "Inference request failed: 400: Unrecognized request format: Expecting ',' delimiter: line 3 "
+                                + "column 1 (char 48)");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -125,11 +127,11 @@ void testRetry() throws IOException {
                 .build();
 
         this.softly.assertThat(client.makeInferenceRequest(new JSONObject("{ \"input\": \"data\" }"),
-                CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .hasValueSatisfying(fakePrediction -> this.softly.assertThat(fakePrediction.getCounter()).isEqualTo(2));
 
         this.softly.assertThat(client.makeInferenceRequest(new JSONObject("{ \"input\": \"data\" }"),
-                CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .hasValueSatisfying(fakePrediction -> this.softly.assertThat(fakePrediction.getCounter()).isEqualTo(3));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV2Test.java b/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV2Test.java
index 8df7f60..85fc53b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV2Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClientV2Test.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * MIT License
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2022 bakdata
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 bakdata
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 import com.bakdata.kserve.predictv2.InferenceRequest;
 import com.bakdata.kserve.predictv2.Parameters;
 import com.bakdata.kserve.predictv2.RequestInput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.Dispatcher;
 import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
@@ -42,10 +45,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.List;
-
 @ExtendWith(SoftAssertionsExtension.class)
 class KServeClientV2Test {
     private KServeMock mockServer = null;
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ void makeInferenceRequest() throws IOException {
                 .build();
 
         this.softly.assertThat(client.makeInferenceRequest(getFakeInferenceRequest("data"),
-                FakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        FakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .map(FakePrediction::getFake)
                 .hasValue("data");
     }
@@ -97,7 +96,8 @@ void testPredictionNotExistingModel() {
                 .httpClient(KServeClientV2.getHttpClient(Duration.ofMillis(10000)))
                 .build();
         final InferenceRequest<String> fakeInferenceRequest = getFakeInferenceRequest("data");
-        this.softly.assertThatThrownBy(() -> client.makeInferenceRequest(fakeInferenceRequest, FakePrediction.class, "") )
+        this.softly.assertThatThrownBy(
+                        () -> client.makeInferenceRequest(fakeInferenceRequest, FakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .isInstanceOf(InferenceRequestException.class)
                 .hasMessage("Inference request failed: Model test-model not found");
     }
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ public MockResponse dispatch(@NotNull final RecordedRequest recordedRequest) {
                 .build();
 
         final InferenceRequest<String> fakeInferenceRequest = getFakeInferenceRequest("data");
-        this.softly.assertThatThrownBy(() -> client.makeInferenceRequest(fakeInferenceRequest, FakePrediction.class, ""))
+        this.softly.assertThatThrownBy(
+                        () -> client.makeInferenceRequest(fakeInferenceRequest, FakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .isInstanceOf(InferenceRequestException.class)
                 .hasMessage("Inference request failed: Not Found");
     }
@@ -140,11 +141,11 @@ void testRetry() throws IOException {
 
         final InferenceRequest<String> fakeInferenceRequest = getFakeInferenceRequest("data");
         this.softly.assertThat(client.makeInferenceRequest(fakeInferenceRequest,
-                CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .hasValueSatisfying(fakePrediction -> this.softly.assertThat(fakePrediction.getCounter()).isEqualTo(2));
 
         this.softly.assertThat(client.makeInferenceRequest(fakeInferenceRequest,
-                CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
+                        CallCounterFakePrediction.class, ""))
                 .hasValueSatisfying(fakePrediction -> this.softly.assertThat(fakePrediction.getCounter()).isEqualTo(3));
     }