diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 808a1516..bdc0db8d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ target/
 .idea/
 out/
 src/main/generated/
+.vscode/
+*.iml
diff --git a/gradle/licenseHeader.txt b/licenseHeader.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from gradle/licenseHeader.txt
rename to licenseHeader.txt
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13701558..36e84c01 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
             <version>1.18.32</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Refaster style recipes need the rewrite-templating annotation processor and dependency for generated recipes -->
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
             <artifactId>error_prone_core</artifactId>
             <version>2.28.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>com.google.auto.service</groupId>
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
                 <artifactId>rewrite-recipe-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.1</version>
+                <version>2.13.2</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
@@ -129,18 +132,75 @@
                         <path>
                             <groupId>org.openrewrite</groupId>
                             <artifactId>rewrite-templating</artifactId>
-                            <version>1.8.1</version>
+                            <version>1.11.1</version>
                         </path>
                     </annotationProcessorPaths>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                        <nonFilteredFileExtension>jar</nonFilteredFileExtension>
+                    </nonFilteredFileExtensions>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.7.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy</id>
+                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifactItems>
+                                <!-- Add any additional dependencies required for the JavaParser's classpath -->
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                                    <version>3.8.1</version>
+                                </artifactItem>
+                            </artifactItems>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/classpath</outputDirectory>
+                            <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <!--
+                Only needed when you want to apply the OpenRewriteBestPractices recipe to your recipes through
+                ./mvnw rewrite:run -Drewrite.activeRecipes=org.openrewrite.recipes.OpenRewriteBestPractices
+            -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>5.34.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <failOnDryRunResults>true</failOnDryRunResults>
+                </configuration>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.openrewrite.recipe</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>rewrite-recommendations</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>