diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7a1975558..6abb0b401 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and Verify
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: JDK Setup
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3.13.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 21
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8b82d9527..9d1106b68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ jobs:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 21
@@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew jpackage -Prelease=true
 
       - name: Upload package
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: utiLITI-${{ runner.os }}
-          path: build/litiengine-utiliti/jpackage
+          path: utiliti/build/jpackage
+      # TODO consider uploading the artifacts to itch.io automatically with butler, /~https://github.com/jdno/setup-butler
 
   create_release:
     name: Create GitHub release
diff --git a/utiliti/build.gradle b/utiliti/build.gradle
index fcfb46c12..3229e2173 100644
--- a/utiliti/build.gradle
+++ b/utiliti/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 runtime {
-  options.set(["--strip-debug", "--compress", "2", "--no-header-files", "--no-man-pages"])
+  options.set(["--strip-debug", "--no-header-files", "--no-man-pages"])
   modules.set(["java.desktop", "java.logging", "java.datatransfer", "java.management", "java.xml"])
 
   launcher {
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ runtime {
     var iconFileType = currentOs.isWindows() ? "ico" : currentOs.isMacOsX() ? "icns" : "png"
 
     imageOptions.addAll([
-      "--app-version", appVersion,
       "--icon", "${project.file("src/dist/pixel-icon-utiliti.$iconFileType").path}",
       "--description", description,
       "--copyright", copyright,
@@ -59,6 +58,10 @@ runtime {
     ] as Collection<? extends String>)
 
     if (currentOs.isMacOsX()) {
+//      TODO: Once we are above version 1.0.0, we should be able to use the project version directly for Mac builds.
+      def tmpAppVersion = project.version.toString().tokenize("-")[0].tokenize(".")
+      tmpAppVersion[0] = "1337"
+      appVersion = tmpAppVersion.join('.')
       imageOptions.addAll(
         ["--mac-package-identifier", "de.gurkenlabs.litiengine.utiliti",
          "--mac-package-name", applicationName // Name appearing in Menu Bar.
@@ -68,18 +71,15 @@ runtime {
   }
 }
 
-tasks.register("createLicenseProperties") {
+tasks.register("createLicenseProperties", WriteProperties) {
   dependsOn processResources
-  doLast {
-    new File("$buildDir/resources/main/licensing.properties").withWriter { w ->
-      Properties p = new Properties()
-      p['copyright'] = copyright.toString()
-      p['website'] = gurkenlabs_url
-      p['version'] = version.toString()
-      p.store w, null
-    }
-  }
+  destinationFile = file("${layout.buildDirectory.get()}/resources/main/licensing.properties")
+  encoding = "UTF-8"
+  property('copyright', copyright.toString())
+  property('website', gurkenlabs_url)
+  property('version', version.toString())
 }
+
 classes {
   dependsOn createLicenseProperties
 }