diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
index e810017dd4..feb833ee28 100644
--- a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
   <code_scheme name="Project" version="173">
     <option name="RIGHT_MARGIN" value="180" />
     <option name="WRAP_WHEN_TYPING_REACHES_RIGHT_MARGIN" value="true" />
+    <AndroidXmlCodeStyleSettings>
+      <option name="USE_CUSTOM_SETTINGS" value="true" />
+    </AndroidXmlCodeStyleSettings>
     <DBN-PSQL>
       <case-options enabled="true">
         <option name="KEYWORD_CASE" value="lower" />
@@ -27,6 +30,11 @@
       </formatting-settings>
     </DBN-SQL>
     <JavaCodeStyleSettings>
+      <option name="CLASS_COUNT_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND" value="99" />
+      <option name="NAMES_COUNT_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND" value="99" />
+      <option name="PACKAGES_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND">
+        <value />
+      </option>
       <option name="IMPORT_LAYOUT_TABLE">
         <value>
           <package name="" withSubpackages="true" static="false" />
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b15cc9aaa1..db44a9cfa7 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.detekt)
 }
 
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+}
+
 detekt {
     buildUponDefaultConfig = true
     allRules = false
diff --git a/examples/apps/android-app/build.gradle b/examples/apps/android-app/build.gradle
index 67699589ad..1ed64325a8 100644
--- a/examples/apps/android-app/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/apps/android-app/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ android {
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
         useIR = true
     }
     buildFeatures {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 32f8ffc238..1f7b73ed37 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2000m
-org.gradle.parallel=true
-# android & kotlin
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 kotlin.code.style=official
-# maestro specific
 GROUP=dev.mobile
 VERSION_NAME=1.25.0
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Maestro is a server-driven platform-agnostic library that allows to drive tests for both iOS and Android using the same implementation through an intuitive API.
@@ -18,3 +14,4 @@ POM_LICENCE_DIST=repo
 POM_DEVELOPER_ID=mobile-dev-inc
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=mobile.dev inc.
 SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE=dev.mobile
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2000m
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 00cfab606f..d9109a454a 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -7,20 +7,20 @@
 androidPlugin = "4.2.1"
 androidToolsApkParser = "30.3.0"
 androidToolsSdk = "30.3.0"
-androidxAppcompat = "1.6.1"
+androidxAppcompat = "1.5.1"
 androidxConstraintlayout = "2.1.4"
 androidxCore = "1.9.0"
-androidxEspresso = "3.5.1"
-androidxTestJunit = "1.1.5"
+androidxEspresso = "3.4.0"
+androidxTestJunit = "1.1.3"
 androidxUiautomator = "2.2.0"
 apkParser =  "2.6.10"
 appdirs = "1.2.1"
 axml = "2.1.2"
 dadb = "1.2.6"
-detekt = "1.22.0"
+detekt = "1.19.0"
 googleAndroidMaterial = "1.6.0"
 googleFindbugs = "3.0.2"
-googleGson = "2.10.1"
+googleGson = "2.9.0"
 googleProtobuf = "3.21.9"
 googleProtobufKotlinLite = "3.21.9"
 googleProtobufPlugin = "0.9.1"
@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ googleTruth = "1.1.3"
 grpc = "1.50.2"
 grpcKotlinStub = "1.3.0"
 imageComparison = "4.4.0"
-jackson = "2.14.2"
+jackson = "2.13.4"
 jansi = "2.4.0"
 jarchivelib = "1.2.0"
-junit = "5.9.2"
-kotlin = "1.8.10"
+junit = "5.9.0"
+kotlin = "1.6.10"
 kotlinResult = "1.1.14"
-ktor = "2.2.4"
+ktor = "2.2.2"
 mozillaRhino = "1.7.14"
-picocli = "4.7.1"
-selenium = "4.8.1"
+picocli = "4.5.2"
+selenium = "4.7.2"
 slf4j = "1.7.36"
-slf4jNop = "2.0.6"
+slf4jNop = "2.0.1"
 squareOkhttp = "4.10.0"
-squareOkio = "3.3.0"
+squareOkio = "3.2.0"
 squareRetrofit = "2.9.0"
 webdrivermanager = "5.3.1"
 wiremock = "2.35.0"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ grpc-okhttp = { module = "io.grpc:grpc-okhttp", version.ref = "grpc" }
 grpc-protobuf = { module = "io.grpc:grpc-protobuf", version.ref = "grpc" }
 grpc-protobuf-kotlin = { module = "io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-kotlin", version.ref = "grpc" }
 grpc-protobuf-lite = { module = "io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite", version.ref = "grpc" }
-grpc-protoc-gen-java = { module = "io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java", version.ref = "grpc" }
+grpc-protoc-gen-java = { module = "io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java", version.ref = "grpc"}
 grpc-stub = { module = "io.grpc:grpc-stub", version.ref = "grpc" }
 image-comparison = { module = "com.github.romankh3:image-comparison", version.ref = "imageComparison" }
 jackson-core-databind = { module = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind", version.ref = "jackson" }
diff --git a/maestro-android/build.gradle b/maestro-android/build.gradle
index 128ce8dbe3..5253167749 100644
--- a/maestro-android/build.gradle
+++ b/maestro-android/build.gradle
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ android {
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
     }
     packagingOptions {
         resources {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ tasks.register("copyMaestroServer", Copy) {
         if (JavaVersion.current() != JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8) {
             throw new GradleException("This build must be run with java 8")
         }
-
+        
         if (!layout.buildDirectory.file(maestroServerApkDestPath).get().asFile.exists())
             throw new GradleException("Error: Input source for copyMaestroServer doesn't exist")
 
diff --git a/maestro-sdk/android-playground/build.gradle b/maestro-sdk/android-playground/build.gradle
index 332f691fb7..0c9221528d 100644
--- a/maestro-sdk/android-playground/build.gradle
+++ b/maestro-sdk/android-playground/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ android {
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/maestro-sdk/android/build.gradle b/maestro-sdk/android/build.gradle
index 1ff3ebd689..ba842261be 100644
--- a/maestro-sdk/android/build.gradle
+++ b/maestro-sdk/android/build.gradle
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ android {
         sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
-    }
 }
 
 plugins.withId("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") {