diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 902d0822a..ab3337562 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ allprojects { Project proj ->
 
 
     plugins.withType(JavaPlugin) {
+         sourceCompatibility = 11
+         targetCompatibility = 1.8
+        tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
+            options.release = 8
+        }
          dependencies {
 
              implementation platform(project(":cavis-common-platform"))
diff --git a/build_requirements.md b/build_requirements.md
index 50d83268a..db6532203 100644
--- a/build_requirements.md
+++ b/build_requirements.md
@@ -126,4 +126,7 @@ sudo sh cmake-3.20.4-linux-x86_64.sh --skip-license
 echo "supersede domain-name-servers 172.31.0.2, 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee -a /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf
 echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" | sudo tee -a /etc/resolv.conf 
 
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+ # Buildparameter: #
+
+ -P\<xxx>\
+ CAVIS_AVX_EXTENSION = {avx2 | avx512}, default is avx2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cavis-common-platform/build.gradle b/cavis-common-platform/build.gradle
index a6202c6a8..7941b39ed 100644
--- a/cavis-common-platform/build.gradle
+++ b/cavis-common-platform/build.gradle
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ dependencies {
         api "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.24"
 
         /*Logging*/
-        api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30'
-        api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.25'
+        api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.3'
+        api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.3'
 
         api "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0"
         api "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.3"
diff --git a/cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-parallelwrapper/build.gradle b/cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-parallelwrapper/build.gradle
index c039ab783..735e02b78 100644
--- a/cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-parallelwrapper/build.gradle
+++ b/cavis-dnn/cavis-dnn-parallelwrapper/build.gradle
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
     implementation "com.google.guava:guava"
 
+    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations"
+    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core"
+
     implementation projects.cavisNd4j.cavisNd4jParameterServer.cavisNd4jParameterServerCore
     implementation projects.cavisNd4j.cavisNd4jParameterServer.cavisNd4jParameterServerClient
     implementation projects.cavisDnn.cavisDnnCore
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     testImplementation projects.cavisUi.cavisUiStandalone
 
-
     testImplementation projects.cavisDnn.cavisDnnCommonTests
     testImplementation projects.cavisUi.cavisUiModel
     testImplementation projects.cavisUi.cavisUiVertx
diff --git a/cavis-full/build.gradle b/cavis-full/build.gradle
index a986d6671..68e847fdf 100644
--- a/cavis-full/build.gradle
+++ b/cavis-full/build.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ configurations.archives.artifacts.with { archives ->
 dependencies {
     //Todo clean this
     api platform(project(":cavis-common-platform"))
-    api "org.bytedeco:javacpp"
+    api "org.bytedeco:javacpp:1.5.7"   //for some reason we needed to apply version numbers here, they do not end up in POM otherwise
     api "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-joda:2.10.5"
+    api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.3'
+    api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.3'
     //api group: "org.bytedeco", name: "javacpp", classifier: "linux-x64_86"
 
     rootProject.getAllprojects().each { Project sproj ->
@@ -85,3 +87,5 @@ publishing {
         }
     }
 }
+
+