diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82639f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: CI Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+
+      - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
+
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bc5a51c..3dbdef4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,12 +10,21 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    def conductorVersion = "3.13.8"
-    def conductorClientVersion = "2.0.7"
-    def log4jVersion = "2.17.2!!"
-    def jacksonVersion = "2.13.2!!"
+ext {
+    conductorVersion = '3.13.8'
+    conductorClientVersion = '2.0.7'
+    log4jVersion = '2.17.2!!'
+    jacksonVersion = '2.13.2!!'
+    lombokVersion = '1.18.28'
+    junitVersion = '5.8.1'
+}
 
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+}
+
+dependencies {
     implementation "com.netflix.conductor:conductor-client:${conductorVersion}"
     implementation "com.netflix.conductor:conductor-common:${conductorVersion}"
     implementation "io.orkes.conductor:orkes-conductor-client:${conductorClientVersion}"
@@ -33,11 +42,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:${jacksonVersion}"
     implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jacksonVersion}"
 
-    compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.28'
-    annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.28'
+    compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:${lombokVersion}"
+    annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:${lombokVersion}"
 
-    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.1'
-    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.1'
+    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:${lombokVersion}"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:${lombokVersion}"
 }
 
 test {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 41dfb87..0d18421 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists