diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 04a73f4..77472e4 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ android {
         exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE'
         exclude 'META-INF/NOTICE.txt'
         exclude 'META-INF/notice.txt'
+        exclude 'META-INF/AL2.0'
         exclude 'META-INF/ASL2.0'
+        exclude 'META-INF/LGPL2.1'
         exclude 'README.md'
         exclude("META-INF/*.kotlin_module")
     }
@@ -78,10 +80,9 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.6.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.7.0'
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-splashscreen:1.0.0-alpha02'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.3.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.0'
     implementation "androidx.preference:preference-ktx:1.1.1"
     implementation 'androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.2.1'
     implementation "androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0"
@@ -97,14 +98,14 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-ktx:18.2.1'
     implementation "com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries-core:$about_libraries_version"
     implementation "com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries:$about_libraries_version"
-    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.2'
     implementation "androidx.multidex:multidex:2.0.1"
     implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.3.5'
     implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.3.5'
-    implementation "dev.kord:kord-core:0.8.0-M4"
+    implementation "dev.kord:kord-core:0.8.0-M8"
     implementation 'io.github.medyo:android-about-page:2.0.0'
     implementation 'me.ibrahimyilmaz:kiel:1.2.1'
-    implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.14.1'
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.5.0'
+    implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.14.3'
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.5.2'
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/cyb3rko/cavedroid/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/cyb3rko/cavedroid/MainActivity.kt
index a857a15..bea97b0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/cyb3rko/cavedroid/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/cyb3rko/cavedroid/MainActivity.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
                     val guild = kord.getGuild(Snowflake(195206438623248384))!!
                     val messageObject = (guild.getChannel(Snowflake(265060069194858496)) as MessageChannel).getLastMessage()!!
 
-                    if (force || messageObject.id.value != sharedPreferences.getLong(LATEST_MESSAGE, 0)) {
+                    if (force || messageObject.id.value.toLong() != sharedPreferences.getLong(LATEST_MESSAGE, 0)) {
                         showAnnouncementDialog(guild, messageObject, sharedPreferences)
                     }
                 }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
             }
         }
 
-        sharedPreferences.edit().putLong(LATEST_MESSAGE, messageObject.id.value).apply()
+        sharedPreferences.edit().putLong(LATEST_MESSAGE, messageObject.id.value.toLong()).apply()
     }
 
     override fun onSupportNavigateUp(): Boolean {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4d8e893..975ff16 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
-    ext.about_libraries_version = "8.3.0"
-    ext.kotlin_version = "1.5.21"
+    ext.about_libraries_version = "8.9.4"
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.plugin:aboutlibraries-plugin:$about_libraries_version"
         classpath 'com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-gradle:2.7.1'
         classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.8'
-        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.10"
         classpath "androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:2.3.5"
         classpath "com.klaxit.hiddensecrets:HiddenSecretsPlugin:0.1.2"
     }