diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index a31237c..63f8538 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
-        java: [ 11, 17, 19 ]
+        java: [ 17, 19 ]
         experimental: [false]
 #        include:
 #          - java: 18-ea
diff --git a/caseditor-corpus-server-plugin/pom.xml b/caseditor-corpus-server-plugin/pom.xml
index c92de3b..015df44 100644
--- a/caseditor-corpus-server-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/caseditor-corpus-server-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>caseditor-corpus-server-plugin</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP CasEditor Corpus Server Plugin</name>
 
diff --git a/caseditor-opennlp-plugin/pom.xml b/caseditor-opennlp-plugin/pom.xml
index 3c80fc8..cc88b3e 100644
--- a/caseditor-opennlp-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/caseditor-opennlp-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>caseditor-opennlp-plugin</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP CasEditor Plugin</name>
 
diff --git a/corpus-server/corpus-server-connector/pom.xml b/corpus-server/corpus-server-connector/pom.xml
index 832c525..2787ecc 100644
--- a/corpus-server/corpus-server-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/corpus-server-connector/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>corpus-server</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>corpus-server-connector</artifactId>
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>corpus-server-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>corpus-server-impl</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
diff --git a/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/feature.xml b/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/feature.xml
index 7dbec66..2536da3 100644
--- a/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/feature.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/feature.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
         <bundle>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/jackson/jackson-jaxrs/1.9.2/jackson-jaxrs-1.9.2.jar</bundle>
         <bundle>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/jackson/jackson-xc/1.9.2/jackson-xc-1.9.2.jar</bundle>
         <bundle>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/jackson/jackson-mapper-asl/1.9.2/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.2.jar</bundle>
-        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.opennlp/corpus-server/2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.opennlp/corpus-server/2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
     </feature>
 </features>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/pom.xml b/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/pom.xml
index 4076b58..f53b74f 100644
--- a/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/pom.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/corpus-server-core/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>corpus-server</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>corpus-server-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/feature.xml b/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/feature.xml
index bdd0bc4..4948d0a 100644
--- a/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/feature.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/feature.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
 	<!-- This feature.xml should be automatically be generated, all dependencies are duplicated here! -->
     <feature name="opennlp-corpus-server-impl" version="0.0.1.SNAPSHOT">
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.derby/derby/10.14.2.0</bundle>
-        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.opennlp/corpus-server-impl/2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.opennlp/corpus-server-impl/2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
     </feature>
 </features>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/pom.xml b/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/pom.xml
index 6ea4376..046e4fb 100644
--- a/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/corpus-server-impl/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>corpus-server</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>corpus-server-impl</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Corpus Server Implementation</name>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>corpus-server-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/corpus-server/corpus-server-tools/pom.xml b/corpus-server/corpus-server-tools/pom.xml
index 371853a..07ebeda 100644
--- a/corpus-server/corpus-server-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/corpus-server-tools/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>corpus-server</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>corpus-server-tools</artifactId>
diff --git a/corpus-server/pom.xml b/corpus-server/pom.xml
index 165dab8..2ec6e70 100644
--- a/corpus-server/pom.xml
+++ b/corpus-server/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
 	<artifactId>corpus-server</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Corpus Server</name>
diff --git a/mahout-addon/pom.xml b/mahout-addon/pom.xml
index f968efb..9cbbc89 100644
--- a/mahout-addon/pom.xml
+++ b/mahout-addon/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
     
 	<artifactId>mahout-addon</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Mahout Addon</name>
 
diff --git a/mallet-addon/pom.xml b/mallet-addon/pom.xml
index c0e33fd..8272977 100644
--- a/mallet-addon/pom.xml
+++ b/mallet-addon/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<groupId>kottmann.opennlp</groupId>
 	<artifactId>mallet-addon</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Mallet Addon</name>
diff --git a/modelbuilder-addon/pom.xml b/modelbuilder-addon/pom.xml
index 4dc5c73..2710fc9 100644
--- a/modelbuilder-addon/pom.xml
+++ b/modelbuilder-addon/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>modelbuilder-addon</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Apache OpenNLP ModelBuilder Addon</name>
diff --git a/nlp-utils/pom.xml b/nlp-utils/pom.xml
index 9024094..4061d9d 100644
--- a/nlp-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/nlp-utils/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>nlp-utils</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache OpenNLP Utils</name>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/opennlp-coref/pom.xml b/opennlp-coref/pom.xml
index 4fc5f41..6f801e1 100644
--- a/opennlp-coref/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-coref/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>opennlp-coref</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Coreferencer</name>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-dl/pom.xml b/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
index 37918a4..736ddd5 100644
--- a/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-dl/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>opennlp-dl</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Apache OpenNLP DL4J</name>
 
diff --git a/opennlp-similarity/pom.xml b/opennlp-similarity/pom.xml
index b3981f8..ae0116b 100644
--- a/opennlp-similarity/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-similarity/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>opennlp-similarity</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Tool Similarity distribution</name>
diff --git a/opennlp-wsd/pom.xml b/opennlp-wsd/pom.xml
index b55f825..9026e2a 100644
--- a/opennlp-wsd/pom.xml
+++ b/opennlp-wsd/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>opennlp-wsd</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP WSD</name>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0275718..60d1daf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>Apache OpenNLP Sandbox</name>
@@ -111,19 +111,19 @@
 
     <properties>
         <!-- Build Properties -->
-        <java.version>11</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
         <maven.version>3.3.9</maven.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <opennlp.tools.version>2.2.0</opennlp.tools.version>
+        <opennlp.tools.version>2.3.0</opennlp.tools.version>
         <opennlp.forkCount>1.0C</opennlp.forkCount>
 
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
 
-        <uimaj.version>3.3.1</uimaj.version>
+        <uimaj.version>3.4.1</uimaj.version>
         <jersey-client.version>2.39.1</jersey-client.version>
         <jersey-server.version>2.39.1</jersey-server.version>
         <jettison.version>1.5.4</jettison.version>
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <rules>
                                 <requireJavaVersion>
-                                    <message>Java 11 or higher is required to compile this module</message>
+                                    <message>Java 17 or higher is required to compile this module</message>
                                     <version>[${java.version},)</version>
                                 </requireJavaVersion>
                                 <requireMavenVersion>
diff --git a/summarizer/pom.xml b/summarizer/pom.xml
index 0976577..68c572f 100644
--- a/summarizer/pom.xml
+++ b/summarizer/pom.xml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
     <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   
   <artifactId>summarizer</artifactId>
-  <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>Apache OpenNLP Summarizer</name>
 
   <properties>
diff --git a/tagging-server/feature.xml b/tagging-server/feature.xml
index 96ea8e6..8b3f285 100644
--- a/tagging-server/feature.xml
+++ b/tagging-server/feature.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@
         <bundle>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/jackson/jackson-jaxrs/1.9.2/jackson-jaxrs-1.9.2.jar</bundle>
         <bundle>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/jackson/jackson-xc/1.9.2/jackson-xc-1.9.2.jar</bundle>
         <bundle>https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/codehaus/jackson/jackson-mapper-asl/1.9.2/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.2.jar</bundle>
-        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.opennlp/tagging-server/2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
+        <bundle>mvn:org.apache.opennlp/tagging-server/2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</bundle>
     </feature>
 </features>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tagging-server/pom.xml b/tagging-server/pom.xml
index a50eccd..eb3c678 100644
--- a/tagging-server/pom.xml
+++ b/tagging-server/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>tagging-server</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>bundle</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Tagging Server</name>
diff --git a/tf-ner-poc/pom.xml b/tf-ner-poc/pom.xml
index a079993..6db0ae6 100644
--- a/tf-ner-poc/pom.xml
+++ b/tf-ner-poc/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
         <artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>tf-ner-poc</artifactId>
-    <version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>Apache OpenNLP TF NER poc</name>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/wikinews-importer/pom.xml b/wikinews-importer/pom.xml
index 74b7e50..2bac6ea 100644
--- a/wikinews-importer/pom.xml
+++ b/wikinews-importer/pom.xml
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 		<artifactId>opennlp-sandbox</artifactId>
-		<version>2.2.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 
 	<artifactId>wikinews-importer</artifactId>
-	<version>2.1.1-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>Apache OpenNLP Wikinews Importer</name>