diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index 9d11b55..eef7857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           clean: true
           submodules: 'true'
@@ -115,11 +115,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-bld-java${{ matrix.java-version}}-lib
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-bld-java${{ matrix.java-version}}-lib
 
-      - name: Download dependencies
-        run: ./bld clean download
-
       - name: Compile source
-        run: ./bld compile
+        run: ./bld clean compile
 
       - name: Run tests
         id: tests
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           clean: true
           submodules: 'true'
@@ -190,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
         run: git config --global core.autocrlf input
 
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           clean: true
           submodules: 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yml b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
index 1679e89..d68a3a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           clean: true
           submodules: 'true'
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5
\ No newline at end of file
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 06905a1..cc2a94f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/core b/core
index fa56772..5f97763 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit fa567721c00d99626ed439db4f0340eadff0ec03
+Subproject commit 5f977636531d1b978b762a615d720097baa37830
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/ArtifactRetriever.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/ArtifactRetriever.java
index 7364fac..ac98ebd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/ArtifactRetriever.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/dependencies/ArtifactRetriever.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package rife.bld.dependencies;
 
 import rife.bld.BldVersion;
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
+import rife.tools.HttpUtils;
+import rife.tools.Product;
 import rife.tools.exceptions.FileUtilsErrorException;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ public abstract class ArtifactRetriever {
     private static URLConnection openUrlConnection(RepositoryArtifact artifact) throws IOException {
         var connection = new URL(artifact.location()).openConnection();
         connection.setUseCaches(false);
-        connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "bld " + BldVersion.getVersion());
+        connection.setRequestProperty(HttpUtils.HEADER_USER_AGENT, Product.BLD.toUserAgent(BldVersion.getVersion()));
         return connection;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java
index 3164b5d..bf2c939 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/wrapper/Wrapper.java
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ public class Wrapper {
     throws IOException {
         var connection = url.openConnection();
         connection.setUseCaches(false);
-        connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "bld " + version);
+        connection.setRequestProperty(HttpUtils.HEADER_USER_AGENT, Product.BLD.toUserAgent(version));
         try (var in = connection.getInputStream()) {
             return new String(in.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         }