diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index c8aeb3a..7e41c2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Java 8 JDK
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: 1.8
+        distribution: 'zulu'
+        java-version: 8
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ed9973..0000000
--- a/build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-<project name="vicino" default="build" basedir=".">
-
-    <property environment="env"/>
-
-    <property name="version" value="1.1"/>
-    
-    <property name="src.dir" value="${basedir}/src" />
-    <property name="lib.dir" value="${basedir}/lib" />
-    <property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build" />
-    <property name="classes.dir" value="${build.dir}/classes" />
-    
-    <path id="class.path">
-        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}">
-            <include name="**/*.jar" />
-        </fileset>
-    </path>
-
-    <target name="build">
-        <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}" />
-        <javac srcdir="${src.dir}" destdir="${classes.dir}" debug="true" includeAntRuntime="no">
-            <classpath refid="class.path" />
-        </javac>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="jar" depends="build">
-        <jar destfile="${build.dir}/vicino-${version}.jar" basedir="${classes.dir}"/>
-        <jar destfile="${build.dir}/vicino-${version}-sources.jar" basedir="${src.dir}"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <target name="clean">
-        <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
-    </target>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8543d9f..57d7385 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.openrefine.dependencies</groupId>
   <artifactId>vicino</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2</version>
+  <version>1.2.1</version>
   <name>SIMILE Vicino</name>
   <url>https://github.com/OpenRefine/simile-vicino</url>
-  <description>Vicino is near-neightbor search tool. The idea is be able to query data by distance search, with pluggable distance functions.</description>
+  <description>Vicino is near-neighbor search tool. The idea is be able to query data by distance search, with pluggable distance functions.</description>
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>3-Clause BSD License</name>
@@ -49,17 +49,26 @@
       <version>1.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-compress</groupId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-      <version>20050911</version>
+      <version>1.26.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.12.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.1</version>
+        <version>3.3.0</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.3</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>attach-javadocs</id>
diff --git a/src/edu/mit/simile/vicino/distances/BZip2Distance.java b/src/edu/mit/simile/vicino/distances/BZip2Distance.java
index 60fdc73..4c26edf 100644
--- a/src/edu/mit/simile/vicino/distances/BZip2Distance.java
+++ b/src/edu/mit/simile/vicino/distances/BZip2Distance.java
@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.apache.commons.compress.bzip2.CBZip2OutputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.compress.compressors.bzip2.BZip2CompressorOutputStream;
 
 public class BZip2Distance extends PseudoMetricDistance {
 
     public double d2(String x, String y) {
         String str = x + y;
         double result = 0.0f;
-        try {
-            ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(str.length());
-            CBZip2OutputStream os = new CBZip2OutputStream(baos);
+
+        try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream(str.length());
+             BZip2CompressorOutputStream os = new BZip2CompressorOutputStream(baos)) {
             os.write(str.getBytes());
-            os.close();
-            baos.close();
             result = baos.toByteArray().length;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();