diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 09f1083..2804120 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.0.2.RELEASE")
+        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:2.7.18")
     }
 }
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
 
 bootJar {
-    baseName = 'gs-spring-boot'
+    archiveBaseName = 'gs-spring-boot'
     version =  '0.1.0'
 }
 
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-targetCompatibility = 1.8
+sourceCompatibility = 17
+targetCompatibility = 17
 
 dependencies {
-    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
-    testCompile("junit:junit")
+    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web")
+    testImplementation("junit:junit")
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a2ff3cc..03a8d13 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.4-bin.zip
diff --git a/gs-spring-boot.iml b/gs-spring-boot.iml
index ad195a8..828c1b0 100644
--- a/gs-spring-boot.iml
+++ b/gs-spring-boot.iml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <module org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsManager.isMavenModule="true" type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_1_8">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" LANGUAGE_LEVEL="JDK_17">
     <output url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/classes" />
     <output-test url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/target/test-classes" />
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63f5cbd..2ef2d3f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,15 +11,10 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.7.18</version>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-properties-migrator</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -35,7 +30,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
     </properties>
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/hello/Application.java b/src/main/java/hello/Application.java
index 7cf8faf..569f3d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hello/Application.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hello/Application.java
@@ -5,18 +5,15 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import hello.model.Customer;
-import hello.model.Quote;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateBuilder;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class Application implements CommandLineRunner {
@@ -35,25 +32,11 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
             System.out.println(beanName);
         }
 
-        RestTemplate restTemplate =  new RestTemplate();
-        Quote quote = restTemplate.getForObject("http://gturnquist-quoters.cfapps.io/api/random", Quote.class);
-        log.info(quote.toString());
+
     }
 
 
-    @Bean
-    public RestTemplate restTemplate(RestTemplateBuilder builder) {
-        return builder.build();
-    }
 
-    @Bean
-    public CommandLineRunner run(RestTemplate restTemplate) throws Exception {
-        return args -> {
-            Quote quote = restTemplate.getForObject(
-                    "http://gturnquist-quoters.cfapps.io/api/random", Quote.class);
-            log.info(quote.toString());
-        };
-    }
 
 
     @Autowired
@@ -63,7 +46,7 @@ public CommandLineRunner run(RestTemplate restTemplate) throws Exception {
     public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
         log.info("Creating tables");
 
-        jdbcTemplate.execute("DROP TABLE customers IF EXISTS");
+        jdbcTemplate.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS customers");
         jdbcTemplate.execute("CREATE TABLE customers(id SERIAL, first_name VARCHAR(255), last_name VARCHAR(255))");
 
         // Split up the array of whole names into an array of first/last names
@@ -80,8 +63,9 @@ public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
 
         log.info("Querying for customer records where first_name = 'Josh':");
         jdbcTemplate.query(
-                "SELECT id, first_name, last_name FROM customers WHERE first_name = ?", new Object[]{"Josh"},
-                (rs, rowNum) -> new Customer(rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("first_name"), rs.getString("last_name"))
+                "SELECT id, first_name, last_name FROM customers WHERE first_name = ?",
+                (rs, rowNum) -> new Customer(rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("first_name"), rs.getString("last_name")),
+                "Josh"
         ).forEach(customer -> log.info(customer.toString()));
 
     }