diff --git a/lisa/build.gradle b/lisa/build.gradle
index 3912746af..3fe870c97 100644
--- a/lisa/build.gradle
+++ b/lisa/build.gradle
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath 'org.ajoberstar.grgit:grgit-core:4.1.1'
         classpath 'org.ajoberstar.grgit:grgit-gradle:4.1.1'
         
-        classpath 'com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:6.2.1'
+        classpath 'com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:6.18.0'
     }
 }
 
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ subprojects {
     apply from: "${project.rootDir}/code-style.gradle"
     apply from: "${project.rootDir}/java.gradle"
     apply from: "${project.rootDir}/publishing.gradle"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lisa/code-style.gradle b/lisa/code-style.gradle
index 41f46d2d2..b0b67f29c 100644
--- a/lisa/code-style.gradle
+++ b/lisa/code-style.gradle
@@ -39,15 +39,13 @@ spotless {
     
         // use the eclipse formatting with the one provided with the project
         eclipse().configFile(new File(rootProject.projectDir, 'spotless-formatting.xml'))
-    
+
+		target 'src/**/*.java'    
         // ignore generated code
-        target project.fileTree(project.projectDir) {
-            include '**/*.java'
-            exclude '**/build/generated/**'
-            exclude '**/build/generated-src/**'
-            exclude '**/target/generated-sources/**'
-            exclude '**/VersionInfo.java'
-        }
+        targetExclude '**/build/generated/**/*.java'
+        targetExclude '**/build/generated-src/**/*.java'
+        targetExclude '**/target/generated-sources/**/*.java'
+        targetExclude '**/VersionInfo.java'
     }
     antlr4 {
         target 'src/*/antlr/**/*.g4'
@@ -83,4 +81,4 @@ tasks.register('checkCodeStyle') {
     group = 'verification'
     description = 'Execute spotless and checkstyle to ensure code and javadoc formatting'
     dependsOn 'spotlessCheck', 'checkstyleMain', 'checkstyleTest'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/lisa/gradle.properties b/lisa/gradle.properties
index 95d44b846..117e132c0 100644
--- a/lisa/gradle.properties
+++ b/lisa/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # project properties
 group = 'it.unive'
-version = 0.1b7
+version = 0.1b8
 
 # gradle build properties
 org.gradle.caching=true
diff --git a/lisa/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/lisa/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ffed3a254..e1bef7e87 100644
--- a/lisa/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lisa/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/lisa/gradlew b/lisa/gradlew
index c53aefaa5..1b6c78733 100755
--- a/lisa/gradlew
+++ b/lisa/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 #       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
 #       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
 #         * functions;
-#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
-#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
-#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
-#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
 #
 #   Important for patching:
 #
diff --git a/lisa/lisa-sdk/build.gradle b/lisa/lisa-sdk/build.gradle
index e0e960121..060de5e11 100644
--- a/lisa/lisa-sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/lisa/lisa-sdk/build.gradle
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ tasks.register('generateVersionInfo', Copy) {
 }
 
 compileJava.dependsOn generateVersionInfo
+sourcesJar.dependsOn generateVersionInfo
+