diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7b286a88c..48cfcb617 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    jcenter()
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath 'com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:0.20.0'
+    classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4'
+  }
+}
+
+apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" // provides shading 
 apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'ivy-publish'
+apply plugin: 'maven' // needed to add the install task for jitpack.io
+apply plugin: 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' // gradle dependencyUpdates -Drevision=release
+apply plugin: 'project-report' // gradle htmlDependencyReport
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.6
 version = '0.3.2'
@@ -15,17 +28,9 @@ jar {
     from { configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) } }
 }
 
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        ivy(IvyPublication) {
-            from components.java
-        }
-    }
-    repositories {
-        ivy {
-            url "$projectDir/repos"
-        }
-    }
+artifacts {
+    // make sure the non shaded jar is not 
+    archives shadowJar
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -33,15 +38,61 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1'
-    compile 'com.moandjiezana.toml:toml4j:0.5.1'
-    compile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.13.0'
-    compile 'com.google.guava:guava:18.0'
-    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.4'
-    compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4'
-    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-client:2.22.1'
-    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-sse:2.22.1'
+    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.11.0'
+    compile 'com.moandjiezana.toml:toml4j:0.7.2'
+    // use the android version because we don't want java 8 stuff
+    compile 'com.google.guava:guava:26.0-android'
+    compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'
+    compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.6'
+    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-client:2.27'
+    compile 'org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-sse:2.27'
     compile 'net.i2p.crypto:eddsa:0.3.0'
-    testCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.9.1'
-    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
+
+    testCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:2.21.0'
+    testCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.11.0'
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+}
+
+project.configurations.compile 
+jar.enabled = false
+
+// make sure the install task creates the shadowjar; this is called by jitpack.ios
+install.dependsOn(shadowJar);
+
+// we need this so we can get to the installer and deployer below so we can remove the dependencies
+uploadArchives {
+    repositories {
+        mavenDeployer {
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+def installer = install.repositories.mavenInstaller
+def deployer = uploadArchives.repositories.mavenDeployer
+[installer, deployer]*.pom*.whenConfigured {pom ->
+    // force pom dependencies to be empty because we are shading everything
+    pom.dependencies = []
+}
+
+shadowJar {
+   archiveName 'stellar-sdk.jar' 
+   relocate 'com','shadow.com'
+   relocate 'net','shadow.net'
+   relocate 'org.glassfish','shadow.org.glassfish'
+   relocate 'org.mockito','shadow.org.mockito'
+   relocate 'org.aopalliance','shadow.org.aopalliance'
+   relocate 'org.apache','shadow.org.apache'
+   relocate 'org.jvnet','shadow.org.jvnet'
+   relocate 'org.objenesis','shadow.org.objenesis'
+   relocate 'org.codehaus','shadow.org.codehaus'
+   relocate 'org.checkerframework','shadow.org.checkerframework'
+   relocate 'javassist','shadow.javassist'
+   relocate 'javax.validation', 'shadow.javax.validation'
+   relocate 'javax.annotation', 'shadow.javax.annotation'
+   relocate 'javax.inject', 'shadow.javax.inject'
+   relocate 'javax.ws', 'shadow.javax.inject'
+   relocate 'commons-io', 'shadow.commons-io'
+   relocate 'jersey', 'shadow.jersey'
+   relocate 'okhttp3','shadow.okhttp3'
+   relocate 'okio','shadow.okio'
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 3d0dee6e8..29953ea14 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 80007d992..e0b3fb8d7 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Fri Sep 09 23:28:22 CEST 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.7-all.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 91a7e269e..cccdd3d51 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
@@ -6,20 +6,38 @@
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
-warn ( ) {
+warn () {
     echo "$*"
 }
 
-die ( ) {
+die () {
     echo
     echo "$*"
     echo
@@ -30,6 +48,7 @@ die ( ) {
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
+nonstop=false
 case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN* )
     cygwin=true
@@ -40,31 +59,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
   MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
 esac
 
-# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched.
-if $cygwin ; then
-    [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] && JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
-fi
-
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >&-
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >&-
-
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ fi
 if $cygwin ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
     ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
@@ -154,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index aec99730b..e95643d6a 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 goto fail
 
 :init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windowz variants
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line