diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 296a416d..c80efdd8 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# Common settings that generally should always be used with your language specific settings
+# https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/
+# https://github.com/alexkaratarakis/gitattributes
 
-# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
-*          text eol=lf
+* text=auto
 
 # The above will handle all files NOT found below
 
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@
 *.cmd      text eol=crlf
 *.ps1      text eol=crlf
 
-
-# JVM sources
-*.java         text diff=java
-*.gradle       text diff=java
-*.kt           text diff=java
-*.kts          text diff=java
+# JVM
+*.java          text diff=java
+*.gradle        text diff=java
+*.java          text diff=java
+*.kt            text diff=kotlin
+*.kts           text diff=kotlin
+*.properties    text
+*.jar           binary
 
 # Text files where line endings should be preserved
 *.patch    -text
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_gradle_task.yml b/.github/workflows/run_gradle_task.yml
index 276aa589..452e7aa6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_gradle_task.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_gradle_task.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
         uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_publish_maven.yml b/.github/workflows/run_publish_maven.yml
index 4cc92622..419d1a41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_publish_maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_publish_maven.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
 
   sonatype-release:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
@@ -40,4 +41,4 @@ jobs:
       runs-on: macos-latest # only macOS supports building all Kotlin targets
       gradle-task: >-
         publishAllPublicationsToSonatypeReleaseRepository --stacktrace --no-configuration-cache --no-parallel
-      checkout-ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      checkout-ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_publish_site.yml b/.github/workflows/run_publish_site.yml
index 172a5991..638a4a60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_publish_site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_publish_site.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
         uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 870e9438..48319cad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 name: Tests
 
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
 
+
 concurrency:
   group: "Tests: ${{ github.workflow }} @ ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.label || github.head_ref || github.ref }}"
   cancel-in-progress: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow_release.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow_release.yml
index 04ddda47..6c52cdf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow_release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       packages: write
     with:
-      checkout-ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      checkout-ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
 
   publish-site:
     needs: tests
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ jobs:
       packages: write
       pages: write      # to deploy to Pages
     with:
-      checkout-ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref || github.event.repository.default_branch }}
+      checkout-ref: ${{ inputs.checkout-ref }}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 933486d8..d64cd491 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ