diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 246b1f76..9674b7a3 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -18,16 +18,16 @@ import sbt.{Project, addCompilerPlugin, _}
 import sbt.librarymanagement.CrossVersion
 import com.github.sbt.git.SbtGit.GitKeys._
 
-// Variables:
-val scioVersion = "0.13.6"
-val beamVersion = "2.52.0" // keep in sync with scio
+val scioVersion = "0.14.0"
+
+val beamVersion = "2.53.0" // keep in sync with scio
 val avroVersion = "1.8.2" // keep in sync with scio
 val scalacheckShapelessVersion = "1.3.1"
 val scalatestVersion = "3.2.17"
 val scalatestMockitoVersion = "3.1.0.0"
 val jodaTimeVersion = "2.10.10" // keep in sync with scio
-val magnoliaVersion = "1.1.3" // keep in sync with scio
-val ratatoolVersion = "0.4.3" // keep scio versions in sync
+val magnoliaVersion = "1.1.8" // keep in sync with scio
+val ratatoolVersion = "0.4.4"
 val scalaCheckVersion = "1.17.0"
 val enumeratumVersion = "1.7.3"
 val scalaCollectionsCompatVersion = "2.11.0"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Defaults.coreDefaultSettings ++ Sonatype.sonatypeSetti
   name                  := "spotify-elitzur",
   scalaVersion          := "2.13.12",
   scalacOptions         ++= Seq(
-    "-target:jvm-1.8",
+    "-target:8",
     "-deprecation",
     "-feature",
     "-unchecked",
@@ -72,19 +72,13 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Defaults.coreDefaultSettings ++ Sonatype.sonatypeSetti
       Seq()
     }
   },
-  javacOptions ++= Seq("-source", "1.8",
-    "-target", "1.8"),
-
+  javacOptions ++= Seq("--release", "8"),
   // Repositories and dependencies
-  resolvers ++= Seq(
-    Resolver.sonatypeRepo("public"),
-    "Local Maven Repository" at "file://" + Path.userHome.absolutePath + "/.m2/repository",
-    "Local Ivy Repository" at "file://" + Path.userHome.absolutePath + "/.ivy2/local",
-    "Confluent's Maven Public Repository" at "https://packages.confluent.io/maven/"
-  ),
+  resolvers ++= Resolver.sonatypeOssRepos("public"),
 
   // protobuf-lite is an older subset of protobuf-java and causes issues
   excludeDependencies += "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-lite",
+  excludeDependencies += "org.apache.beam" % "beam-sdks-java-io-kafka",
 
   crossPaths := true,
   autoScalaLibrary := false,
@@ -92,10 +86,10 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Defaults.coreDefaultSettings ++ Sonatype.sonatypeSetti
 
   libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
     "org.scala-lang" % "scala-reflect" % scalaVersion.value,
-    "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalatestVersion % "test",
-    "org.scalatestplus" %% "mockito-1-10" % scalatestMockitoVersion % "test",
-    "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % scalaCheckVersion % "test",
-    "com.spotify" %% "ratatool-scalacheck" % ratatoolVersion % "test",
+    "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalatestVersion % Test,
+    "org.scalatestplus" %% "mockito-1-10" % scalatestMockitoVersion % Test,
+    "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % scalaCheckVersion % Test,
+    "com.spotify" %% "ratatool-scalacheck" % ratatoolVersion % Test,
     "joda-time" % "joda-time" % jodaTimeVersion,
     "com.softwaremill.magnolia1_2" %% "magnolia" % magnoliaVersion,
     "com.beachape" %% "enumeratum" % enumeratumVersion,
diff --git a/elitzur-examples/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/examples/ScioAvro.scala b/elitzur-examples/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/examples/ScioAvro.scala
index 031173e2..4c4dc3b8 100644
--- a/elitzur-examples/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/examples/ScioAvro.scala
+++ b/elitzur-examples/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/examples/ScioAvro.scala
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.spotify.elitzur.examples
 
 
 import com.spotify.scio._
+import com.spotify.scio.avro._
 import com.spotify.elitzur.schemas.{InnerNestedType, TestAvroTypes}
 import com.spotify.elitzur.scio._
 import com.spotify.elitzur.validators._
diff --git a/elitzur-scio/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/scio/Implicits.scala b/elitzur-scio/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/scio/Implicits.scala
index 5868df84..54e75e2e 100644
--- a/elitzur-scio/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/scio/Implicits.scala
+++ b/elitzur-scio/src/main/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/scio/Implicits.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import ValidatorDoFns.{ValidatorDoFn, ValidatorDoFnWithResult}
 import com.spotify.elitzur.converters.avro.AvroConverter
 import com.spotify.elitzur.validators.{PostValidation, ValidationRecordConfig, Validator}
 import com.spotify.scio.coders.Coder
+import com.spotify.scio.coders.kryo._
 import com.spotify.scio.values.SCollection
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.ParDo
diff --git a/elitzur-scio/src/test/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/AvroTest.scala b/elitzur-scio/src/test/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/AvroTest.scala
index f33024a5..7496109f 100644
--- a/elitzur-scio/src/test/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/AvroTest.scala
+++ b/elitzur-scio/src/test/scala/com/spotify/elitzur/AvroTest.scala
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import com.spotify.elitzur.converters.avro._
 import ValidationTypeImplicits._
 import com.spotify.elitzur.scio._
 import com.spotify.elitzur.validators._
+import com.spotify.scio.avro._
+import com.spotify.scio.coders.kryo._
 import com.spotify.scio.testing.PipelineSpec
 import com.spotify.skeleton.schema._
 import com.spotify.scio.values.SCollection
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.Pipeline.PipelineExecutionException
 import org.scalacheck.{Arbitrary, Gen}
 import com.spotify.ratatool.scalacheck._
+import com.spotify.scio.avro._
 
 sealed trait TestEnum extends EnumEntry with Product with Serializable