diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8163af2a8..c1862c52c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 .gradle
 .m2
 
+
 # Build output directies
 /target
 */target
@@ -67,3 +68,6 @@ atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
 # NetBeans specific files/directories
 .nbattrs
 >>>>>>> build/multi-project
+
+# publishing secrets
+secrets/signing-key
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 29dbc1298..9e6b9926a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ jdk:
 sudo: false
 git:
   depth: 100
-install: ./installViaTravis.sh
-script: ./buildViaTravis.sh
+install: "./installViaTravis.sh"
+script: "./buildViaTravis.sh"
 cache:
   directories:
-  - $HOME/.gradle
+  - "$HOME/.gradle"
 env:
   global:
-  - secure: p81PYYYYhjhp1uJHOoT9EfUia8qPMphdykCxQannWMVvIFKXF5ibi/Qd52OUIYuJT9Q5MN9GhlwCtolxmCZu44YMLi99LsoITAv6n08LAFEux1oAOXmGt3ZBllvBFtlW+jlQ5lKmbuuPue3RVbTaWzL3KCCaYQ4uKW/sP31bXic=
-  - secure: AYWrIC/1JqAVyLhzlDhL163LypPpq7AliDltfey9emxzS73vB5VrGTHG45Em7xdkHN0kc1vED+UFsYks7ym1olXZPsbW29R0Gfd+p1VxCE3Cbhj7x690xNC3wIlSgWGpbgiPs7vhVN80OuNgnpz9/+WRFpKAVrYrcisbvugsDqk=
-  - secure: Ai75crFDh3imkmxzNQDXIwK49appZuZTrsmdZzgH1Zl/nD33RoZPWUWeeHP0yJoicNqZlU6aEXJnk8JGDWtPIT3VNO7Rsey+yrw041rHNV6bFGpwGdQgKv5CUhRHK+gShgFgnME5THCPKvK51+li1feIoByoYVmEn0gmvcxL0yM=
-  - secure: ZqBsyaFMBz3cqM7UHq0IRotTPaoBNUHrC7buiAqqhZ5JNM48a2m7ORuu/SENPFfr6xOT5KylCrvT6eD1bkQi5S2jT9Qyoju/9H/hXaAUG89dhwKOxqEE11ZGKF8DlNO/jcmchVnIkgWfEjVKc7vCAww1Y8lgxhyj4gRtnln+F+o=
+  - secure: bXzjPA0Ec3NBIN25knd9UYzGtxxmlhoLkO0LwI87iRSeCLzvbT+qBl/chvaXCk3DC2JnSq6GGWw2r0R6pjR4UezZx72KP+dm19cy606e7np1mHZmzziSkyjaBd84HPgOz8L4jh5G9qQBG8VhkjikIabAgsbiWG3oX6a/rOadobg=
+  - secure: COIxG87u7BSBAD0s8g0E9PTq4XLompgW/PL55bnIxuVkIo3tXXqShAxMzsJ0C++q5AbofNUICqTbGqN0ozk9GpMC78d5pgWS1O4hpdWsouK8Fxcju+KkKC5MUDC478G/zW0uSa0uZsZGaDy3Gx17jpvq2CdVCgHmaHmGGOxfDbA=
+  - secure: LMyJ2v4kN+07Gz5pPHkYLOvbQOAI05bHFGUVfaAbofyiR1DqKpKqB4hYaKSgb0kB/3YI6u9dLQ5AWzAqfx3HY0+p2iTmgseIxbHGrFfOH7bt2xusYNUtYPn1JXOAz1Nzxq/a+4rCgqD9lFI19XetrI5SNrRIRErDIZnWdXyhW/M=
+  - secure: dxJVfXpC/yORQWg2oaw+Q2UjeoAHiqf5hyLVSdGbIJYVrSu/fyFCuUNjQffikjleoyuaPeIHxaGQZoQZE3+9Cf3d7s1lXzugO3UOxmKR9UYi8tz6sLUFeLPjVhR6Etx603A8oCg659RhD2VyOCZvq1/R2gUa34tUtnVyoFyUzDA=
+  - secure: tl59nbZhOzWqW/PLp91+Paugond4Lwwj/qT1Tq4EFJ9Q2nNMFW3twlWzmUOcgn7GaJZTgfoDx2HGYFg1N3rrBtZIY/Wtzz9eWrGY4ywHfoXz/8lQGtbciDjiNePByuvSLOPWeTIGncOLGNUcCPNFOO9+kC4BzUGr9CjtTc+qnWg=
+  - secure: AZoBLO43P+GVjQq+vsT8mekOUNqifi+tRYukz19GLN2vv2vsgY4ejhXjeer1kwqm0l/1bXtfqo0uHyD+CFn2yINV20oKHScYNS4fwKnJ8aC60MZqAj6zddfe2VvEeDIKDiejpz4AfRJwgqpl9B0FrNtZ/1oU5n8oneTKpVFryTs=
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c3f6b6b02..591a397c3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'nebula.netflixoss' version '7.1.3'
+    id 'nebula.netflixoss' version '9.1.0'
     id 'com.github.sherter.google-java-format' version '0.8'
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ allprojects {
       compile 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-jackson2:1.28.0'
       compile 'com.netflix.spectator:spectator-api:0.96.0'
       compileOnly 'javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0'
-      testCompile 'org.jmockit:jmockit:1.31'
+        testCompile 'org.jmockit:jmockit:1.38'
       testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:1.1-groovy-2.4"
       testCompile "com.google.truth:truth:1.0.1"
       testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.3.1'
diff --git a/buildViaTravis.sh b/buildViaTravis.sh
index 812026d7a..c3ddb674c 100755
--- a/buildViaTravis.sh
+++ b/buildViaTravis.sh
@@ -3,21 +3,22 @@
 
 if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then
   echo -e "Build Pull Request #$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST => Branch [$TRAVIS_BRANCH]"
-  ./gradlew build --stacktrace
+  ./gradlew build
 elif [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" == "" ]; then
   echo -e 'Build Branch with Snapshot => Branch ['$TRAVIS_BRANCH']'
-  ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true -PbintrayUser="${bintrayUser}" -PbintrayKey="${bintrayKey}" -PsonatypeUsername="${sonatypeUsername}" -PsonatypePassword="${sonatypePassword}" build snapshot  --stacktrace
+  ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true -PnetflixOss.username="$NETFLIX_OSS_REPO_USERNAME" -PnetflixOss.password="$NETFLIX_OSS_REPO_PASSWORD"  -Psonatype.signingPassword="$NETFLIX_OSS_SIGNING_PASSWORD" build snapshot
 elif [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" != "" ]; then
   echo -e 'Build Branch for Release => Branch ['$TRAVIS_BRANCH']  Tag ['$TRAVIS_TAG']'
   case "$TRAVIS_TAG" in
   *-rc\.*)
-    ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true -Prelease.useLastTag=true -PbintrayUser="${bintrayUser}" -PbintrayKey="${bintrayKey}" -PsonatypeUsername="${sonatypeUsername}" -PsonatypePassword="${sonatypePassword}" candidate --stacktrace
+    ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true  -PnetflixOss.username="$NETFLIX_OSS_REPO_USERNAME" -PnetflixOss.password="$NETFLIX_OSS_REPO_PASSWORD"  -Psonatype.signingPassword="$NETFLIX_OSS_SIGNING_PASSWORD"  -Prelease.useLastTag=true candidate
     ;;
   *)
-    ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true -Prelease.useLastTag=true -PbintrayUser="${bintrayUser}" -PbintrayKey="${bintrayKey}" -PsonatypeUsername="${sonatypeUsername}" -PsonatypePassword="${sonatypePassword}" final --stacktrace
+    ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true -PnetflixOss.username="$NETFLIX_OSS_REPO_USERNAME" -PnetflixOss.password="$NETFLIX_OSS_REPO_PASSWORD"  -Psonatype.username="$NETFLIX_OSS_SONATYPE_USERNAME" -Psonatype.password="$NETFLIX_OSS_SONATYPE_PASSWORD" -Psonatype.signingPassword="$NETFLIX_OSS_SIGNING_PASSWORD"  -Prelease.useLastTag=true final
     ;;
   esac
 else
   echo -e 'WARN: Should not be here => Branch ['$TRAVIS_BRANCH']  Tag ['$TRAVIS_TAG']  Pull Request ['$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST']'
-  ./gradlew build --stacktrace
+  ./gradlew build
 fi
+
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 717f03890..68ca99ac4 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.8.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.3-bin.zip
diff --git a/installViaTravis.sh b/installViaTravis.sh
index 06a86291c..82cf1b880 100755
--- a/installViaTravis.sh
+++ b/installViaTravis.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # This script will build the project.
 
-if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]; then
-  echo -e "Assemble Pull Request #$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST => Branch [$TRAVIS_BRANCH]"
-  ./gradlew assemble --stacktrace
-elif [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" == "" ]; then
-  echo -e 'Assemble Branch with Snapshot => Branch ['$TRAVIS_BRANCH']'
-  ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true assemble --stacktrace
-elif [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_TAG" != "" ]; then
-  echo -e 'Assemble Branch for Release => Branch ['$TRAVIS_BRANCH']  Tag ['$TRAVIS_TAG']'
-  ./gradlew -Prelease.travisci=true -Prelease.useLastTag=true assemble --stacktrace
-else
-  echo -e 'WARN: Should not be here => Branch ['$TRAVIS_BRANCH']  Tag ['$TRAVIS_TAG']  Pull Request ['$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST']'
-  ./gradlew assemble --stacktrace
+if [ "$TRAVIS_SECURE_ENV_VARS" = "true" ]; then
+  echo "Decrypting publishing credentials"
+  openssl aes-256-cbc -k "$NETFLIX_OSS_SIGNING_FILE_PASSWORD" -in secrets/signing-key.enc -out secrets/signing-key -d
 fi
diff --git a/priam/build.gradle b/priam/build.gradle
index 723f3d03d..bbafaa0aa 100644
--- a/priam/build.gradle
+++ b/priam/build.gradle
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
\ No newline at end of file
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+
+/**
+ * This is from https://jmockit.github.io/tutorial/Introduction.html#runningTests
+ */
+test {
+    jvmArgs "-javaagent:${classpath.find { it.name.contains("jmockit") }.absolutePath}"
+}
diff --git a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/backupv2/SnapshotMetaTask.java b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/backupv2/SnapshotMetaTask.java
index 5ac26dc8f..871f021e2 100644
--- a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/backupv2/SnapshotMetaTask.java
+++ b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/backupv2/SnapshotMetaTask.java
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ ImmutableSetMultimap<String, FileUploadResult> getFileUploadResults(
      * Gives the prefix (common name) of the sstable components. Returns an empty Optional if it is
      * not an sstable component or a manifest or schema file.
      *
-     * <p>For example: mc-3-big-Data.db --> mc-3-big ks-cf-ka-7213-Index.db --> ks-cf-ka-7213
+     * <p>For example: mc-3-big-Data.db -- mc-3-big ks-cf-ka-7213-Index.db -- ks-cf-ka-7213
      *
      * @param file the file from which to extract a common prefix.
      * @return common prefix of the file, or empty,
diff --git a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/identity/token/TokenRetrieverUtils.java b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/identity/token/TokenRetrieverUtils.java
index 700f3ef92..1fd35b7ec 100644
--- a/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/identity/token/TokenRetrieverUtils.java
+++ b/priam/src/main/java/com/netflix/priam/identity/token/TokenRetrieverUtils.java
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ public class TokenRetrieverUtils {
      * @param dc
      * @return IP of the token owner based on gossip information or null if C* status doesn't
      *     converge.
-     * @throws GossipParseException when required number of instances are not available to fetch the
-     *     gossip info.
      */
     public static InferredTokenOwnership inferTokenOwnerFromGossip(
             List<? extends PriamInstance> allIds, String token, String dc) {
diff --git a/secrets/signing-key.enc b/secrets/signing-key.enc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce0833210
Binary files /dev/null and b/secrets/signing-key.enc differ