diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions-java8.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions-java8.yml
index b497bfe..e0824af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions-java8.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions-java8.yml
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
-          java-version: "8"
+          java-version: "17"
           distribution: "zulu"
-          check-latest: true  # Get the latest Java 8 patch version
+          check-latest: true
 
       - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run OWASP dependency check
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'  # Only run on one platform
-        run: ./gradlew dependencyCheckAnalyze --no-daemon --stacktrace --continue
+        run: ./gradlew dependencyCheckAnalyze --no-daemon --stacktrace
         continue-on-error: true  # Don't fail the build if dependency check has issues
         env:
           NVD_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NVD_API_KEY }}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 404b8d0..9b1d5eb 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.4-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists