diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b650a50..4b5959a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
     <jackson.version.jacksonjr>${jackson.version}</jackson.version.jacksonjr>
 
     <jackson.version.module>${jackson.version}</jackson.version.module>
-    <jackson.version.module.kotlin>${jackson.version.module}</jackson.version.module.kotlin>
-    <jackson.version.module.scala>${jackson.version.module}</jackson.version.module.scala>
+    <jackson.version.module.kotlin>${jackson.version}</jackson.version.module.kotlin>
+    <jackson.version.module.scala>${jackson.version}</jackson.version.module.scala>
     <!-- JPMS Library Updates-->
     <javax.activation.version>1.2.0</javax.activation.version>
 
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-11-01T19:43:09Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
   </properties>
 
+  <!-- 31-Jan-2025, elect86: I flattened the properties, because Gradle limitations
+        Gradle can resolve this:
+          <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
+          <jackson.version.module.kotlin>${jackson.version}</jackson.version.module.kotlin>
+        but not this:
+          <jackson.version>2.16.1</jackson.version>
+          <jackson.version.module>${jackson.version}</jackson.version.module>
+          <jackson.version.module.kotlin>${jackson.version.module}</jackson.version.module.kotlin>
+       somehow related issue: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/15089
+  -->
+
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -83,81 +94,81 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.annotations}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.core}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.databind}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Data Formats -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-avro</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-cbor</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-csv</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-ion</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-properties</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-protobuf</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-smile</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- Officially added in 2.13.0, beta in 2.12.3 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-toml</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-yaml</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.dataformat}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Data Types -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-eclipse-collections</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-guava</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- 25-Feb-2021, tatu: as per [datatype-hibernate#139], h3 dropped from 2.13 -->
@@ -172,247 +183,247 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate4</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency> 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- Added in 2.13 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate5-jakarta</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- Added in 2.15 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hibernate6</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-hppc</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- since 2.12.2 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jakarta-jsonp</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jaxrs</artifactId>
         <!-- Should this follow datatype or JAX-RS version info?
           -->
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- since 2.11 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda-money</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jdk8</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-json-org</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr353</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-pcollections</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.datatype}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- JAX-RS -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-base</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jaxrs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-cbor-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jaxrs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-json-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jaxrs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-smile-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jaxrs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-xml-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jaxrs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jaxrs-yaml-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jaxrs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Jakarta-RS (2.13+) -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-base</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jakarta.rs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-cbor-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jakarta.rs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-json-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jakarta.rs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-smile-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jakarta.rs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-xml-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jakarta.rs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jakarta-rs-yaml-provider</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jakarta.rs}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Jackson Jr. -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jr-all</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jacksonjr}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jr-annotation-support</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jacksonjr}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- added in 2.17 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jr-extension-javatime</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jacksonjr}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jr-objects</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jacksonjr}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jr-retrofit2</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jacksonjr}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-jr-stree</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.jacksonjr}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Modules, basic -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-afterburner</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- Added in 2.16 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-android-record</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-blackbird</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-guice</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency><!-- 2.16+ Guice7 variant -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-guice7</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-jaxb-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- 2.13+: Jakarta-bind too [modules-base#130] -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-jakarta-xmlbind-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- 2.15+ Jakarta variant as well [jsonSchema#151] -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-jsonSchema-jakarta</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module.kotlin}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-mrbean</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency> <!-- Added in 2.13.0 -->
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-no-ctor-deser</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-osgi</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-parameter-names</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-paranamer</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Language Modules -->
@@ -421,22 +432,22 @@ of Jackson components maintained by FasterXML.com
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.11</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module.scala}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.12</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module.scala}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_2.13</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module.scala}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-module-scala_3</artifactId>
-        <version>${jackson.version.module.scala}</version>
+        <version>${jackson.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>