diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b152f6a7..8d4eeae4 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ dependencies {
 }
 ```
 
+### Building from Source
+
+The project uses code generation to create ARI bindings from Asterisk's Swagger API definitions. To build:
+
+1. Clone the repository
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/ari4java/ari4java.git
+cd ari4java
+```
+
+2. Build (this will automatically generate ARI bindings)
+```bash
+./gradlew build
+```
+
+The code generator task runs automatically before compilation to ensure the ARI bindings are up to date.
+
 Due to the sun setting of JCenter the jar is now publish through Sonatype to Maven Central but under a new groupId.
 The groupId is now `io.github.ari4java` make sure you update your build files if you used `ch.loway.oss.ari4java`.
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f51a70f2..840a85be 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
+// Task to run code generation before compilation
+task generateAriApi(type: GradleBuild) {
+    description = 'Generate ARI API sources from JSON definitions'
+    buildFile = 'codegen/build.gradle'
+    tasks = ['runCodegen']
+}
+
+// Make Java compilation depend on code generation
+compileJava.dependsOn generateAriApi
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
@@ -39,7 +49,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.13.1'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.1'
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.13.1'
-    implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.72.Final'
+    // Bumped to a modern Netty release to avoid reflective access to JDK internals on Java 22+
+    implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.112.Final'
     implementation 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1'
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.32'
 
@@ -84,11 +95,11 @@ test {
 
 jacocoTestReport {
     reports {
-        xml.enabled true
-        csv.enabled false
-        html.enabled true
-        xml.destination = file("${buildDir}/reports/jacocoTestReport.xml")
-        html.destination = file("${buildDir}/reports/jacocoTestReport/html")
+        xml.required.set(true)
+        csv.required.set(false)
+        html.required.set(true)
+        xml.outputLocation.set(file("${buildDir}/reports/jacocoTestReport.xml"))
+        html.outputLocation.set(file("${buildDir}/reports/jacocoTestReport/html"))
     }
     afterEvaluate {
         classDirectories.setFrom(files(classDirectories.files.collect {
diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 54003227..36d9e782 100755
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'ch.loway.oss.ari4java:ari4java:+'
+    implementation project(':')  // Use the local project
     implementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.10'
-    implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.72.Final'
+    implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.112.Final'
 }
 
 java {
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2e6e5897..17655d0e 100755
--- a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2e6e5897..17655d0e 100755
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 8fe455cd..a7b17088 100755
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 rootProject.name = "ari4java"
 include "codegen"
+include "examples"