diff --git a/project.gradle b/project.gradle
index d344f7a5..87863063 100644
--- a/project.gradle
+++ b/project.gradle
@@ -21,22 +21,25 @@
  * Project-specific settings. Unfortunately we cannot put the name in there!
  */
 group = "com.github.java-json-tools";
-version = "1.12-SNAPSHOT";
+version = "1.12";
 sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7;
 targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7; // defaults to sourceCompatibility
-project.ext.description = "JSON Patch (RFC 6902) and JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386) implementation in Java";
+
+project.ext {
+    description = "JSON Patch (RFC 6902) and JSON Merge Patch (RFC 7386) implementation in Java";
+}
 
 /*
  * List of dependencies
  */
 dependencies {
     provided(group: "com.google.code.findbugs", name: "jsr305", version: "3.0.2");
-    compile(group: "com.google.guava", name: "guava", version: "28.1-android");
-    compile(group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name: "jackson-databind", version: "2.9.9");
+    compile(group: "com.google.guava", name: "guava", version: "28.2-android");
+    compile(group: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name: "jackson-databind", version: "2.10.2");
     compile(group: "com.github.java-json-tools", name: "msg-simple", version: "1.2");
     
-    compile(group: "com.github.java-json-tools", name: "jackson-coreutils", version: "1.11");
-    testCompile(group: "org.testng", name: "testng", version: "6.8.7") {
+    compile(group: "com.github.java-json-tools", name: "jackson-coreutils", version: "1.12");
+    testCompile(group: "org.testng", name: "testng", version: "7.1.0") {
         exclude(group: "junit", module: "junit");
         exclude(group: "org.beanshell", module: "bsh");
         exclude(group: "org.yaml", module: "snakeyaml");
@@ -54,10 +57,10 @@ javadoc.options {
     }
     links("https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/");
     links("https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.google.code.findbugs/jsr305/3.0.2/");
-    links("https://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.9/");
-    links("https://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.9/");
-    links("https://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.9/");
-    links("https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.google.guava/guava/28.1-android/");
+    links("https://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-databind/javadoc/2.10/");
+    links("https://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-core/javadoc/2.10/");
+    links("https://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.10/");
+    links("https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.google.guava/guava/28.2-android/");
     links("https://java-json-tools.github.io/msg-simple/");
     links("https://java-json-tools.github.io/jackson-coreutils/");
 }