diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  # Configuration for Gradle
+  - package-ecosystem: "gradle" 
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
+    target-branch: "master"
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
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+pipeline {
+
+    agent {
+        label 'general-purpose'
+    }
+    tools {
+        jdk "zulu-11"
+    }
+    environment {
+        JAVA_HOME = tool("zulu-11")
+        GRADLE_HOME = "/usr/lib/gradle/jenkinstools/gradle-8.0"
+        PATH = "${GRADLE_HOME}/bin:${env.PATH}"
+        MAVEN_OPTS = '-Xmx2G -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=${JAVA_HOME}/jre/lib/security/cacerts'
+        payaraBuildNumber = "${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+    }
+    stages {
+        stage('Checkout master') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    checkout changelog: false, poll: true, scm: [$class: 'GitSCM',
+                    branches: [[name: "master"]],
+                    doGenerateSubmoduleConfigurations: false,
+                    extensions: [], 
+                    submoduleCfg: [],
+                    userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: 'payara-devops-github-personal-access-token-as-username-password', url:"https://github.com/payara/ecosystem-intellij-community-plugin.git"]]]
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        stage('Build') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    echo '*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#  Building SRC  *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#'
+                    sh '''
+                    gradle clean build -x check                    
+                    '''
+                    echo '*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#    Built SRC   *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+