diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0d24ce9..72ecfd1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+/*
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
@@ -7,19 +7,20 @@ buildscript {
   }
   dependencies {
     // run with Java 11 and ./gradlew --no-daemon clean jmh
-    classpath "me.champeau.gradle:jmh-gradle-plugin:0.5.3"
+    classpath "me.champeau.gradle:jmh-gradle-plugin:0.7.2"
   }
 }
+*/
 
 plugins {
   // usage: gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release
   id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.45.0"
+ 
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 
-
 ext {
   javaVersion=17
   version_junit = '5.9.2'
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ subprojects {
 	apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 	//apply plugin: 'maven'
 	apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
-	apply plugin: 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh'
+	apply plugin: 'me.champeau.jmh'
 
 	// java compatibility version
 	sourceCompatibility = 17
@@ -46,12 +47,7 @@ subprojects {
 	configurations {
 		tests
 	}
-	
-	// the repositories for external depenencies
-	repositories {
-		mavenCentral()
-	}
-		
+			
 	/**
 	 * Publish the to a local repository.
 	 * Use 'gradlew publishToMavenLocal' to publish to the local maven repo.
@@ -100,11 +96,12 @@ subprojects {
 	jmh {
 		//jvmArgsAppend = ""
 		resultFormat = "JSON"
-		include = ['.*BenchmarkMultiwayMerge.*'] // include pattern (regular expression) for benchmarks to be executed
+		includes = ['.*BenchmarkMultiwayMerge.*'] // include pattern (regular expression) for benchmarks to be executed
+		//includes = ['.*']
 		//exclude = ['some regular expression'] // exclude pattern (regular expression) for benchmarks to be executed
 	}
 }
 
 wrapper {
-	gradleVersion = '7.5.1'
+	gradleVersion = '8.6'
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 249e583..d64cd49 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ae04661..a80b22c 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index a69d9cb..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,13 +80,11 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,22 +131,29 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -193,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 53a6b23..7101f8e 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -42,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -56,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 2576a82..50962c7 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,25 @@
+pluginManagement {
+	repositories {
+		maven {
+			url "http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-public/"
+			allowInsecureProtocol true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+plugins {
+	id("me.champeau.jmh") version "0.7.2" apply false
+}
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositories {
+		maven {
+			url "http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-public/"
+			allowInsecureProtocol true
+		}
+    }
+}
+
+
+
 include "primitiveCollections"
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