diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b95801..39b8325 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Nano ID for Kotlin
 
 <a href="https://github.com/viascom/nanoid-kotlin/releases"><img src="https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.viascom.nanoid/nanoid" alt="Maven central"></a>
-<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Kotlin-1.9.20-%238052ff?logo=kotlin" alt="Kotlin Version">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Kotlin-1.9.22-%238052ff?logo=kotlin" alt="Kotlin Version">
+<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Java-17-%23437291?logo=openjdk" alt="Java Version">
 <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache_2.0-blue.svg" alt="license Apache 2.0"></a>
 
 _Inspired by the following parent project: [ai/nanoid](https://github.com/ai/nanoid)_
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ Add nanoid-kotlin as a dependency to your project.
 Gradle:
 ```gradle
 dependencies {
-  implementation 'io.viascom.nanoid:nanoid:1.0.0'
+  implementation 'io.viascom.nanoid:nanoid:1.0.1'
 }
 ```
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ Maven:
 <dependency>
     <groupId>io.viascom.nanoid</groupId>
     <artifactId>nanoid</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0</version>
+    <version>1.0.1</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f7e2c9a..4c365e3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plugins {
 ext {
     major = 1
     minor = 0
-    patch = 0
+    patch = 1
 
     isCiServer = System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS") != null || System.getProperty("GITHUB_ACTIONS") != null
 }
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ jar {
 java {
     withSourcesJar()
     withJavadocJar()
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(17))
+    }
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 tasks.withType(KotlinCompile).configureEach {
-    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_19
+    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs = ["-Xjvm-default=all"]
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/viascom/nanoid/NanoId.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/viascom/nanoid/NanoId.kt
index 75a325d..5b3acae 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/viascom/nanoid/NanoId.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/viascom/nanoid/NanoId.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ object NanoId {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the alphabet is empty or larger than 255 characters, or if the size is not greater than zero.
      */
     @JvmOverloads
+    @JvmStatic
     fun generate(
         @NotNull
         size: Int = 21,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ object NanoId {
      * @return The generated optimized string.
      */
     @JvmOverloads
+    @JvmStatic
     fun generateOptimized(@NotNull size: Int, @NotNull alphabet: String, @NotNull mask: Int, @NotNull step: Int, @NotNull random: Random = SecureRandom()): String {
         val idBuilder = StringBuilder(size)
         val bytes = ByteArray(step)
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ object NanoId {
      * @param alphabet The set of characters to use for generating the string.
      * @return The additional bytes factor, rounded to two decimal places.
      */
+    @JvmStatic
     fun calculateAdditionalBytesFactor(@NotNull alphabet: String): Double {
         val mask = calculateMask(alphabet)
         return (1 + abs((mask - alphabet.length.toDouble()) / alphabet.length)).round(2)
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ object NanoId {
      * @param alphabet The set of characters to use for generating the string.
      * @return The calculated mask value.
      */
+    @JvmStatic
     fun calculateMask(@NotNull alphabet: String) = (2 shl (Integer.SIZE - 1 - Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(alphabet.length - 1))) - 1
 
     /**
@@ -128,6 +132,7 @@ object NanoId {
      * @param additionalBytesFactor The additional bytes factor. Default value is calculated using `calculateAdditionalBytesFactor()`.
      * @return The number of random bytes to generate in each iteration.
      */
+    @JvmStatic
     @JvmOverloads
     fun calculateStep(@NotNull size: Int, @NotNull alphabet: String, @NotNull additionalBytesFactor: Double = calculateAdditionalBytesFactor(alphabet)) =
         ceil(additionalBytesFactor * calculateMask(alphabet) * size / alphabet.length).toInt()