diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 75a22a2..8fe1da8 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-3.0.3
+3.3.0
+
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 3ec0892..e2e28f9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem "dotenv"
 end
 
+# add requires to eliminate deprecation warnings
+gem 'bigdecimal'
+gem 'syslog'
+gem 'base64'
+
 # application runtime dependencies
 gem "gem_logger"
 gem "logging"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4df2414..85beba9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -13,41 +13,42 @@ GEM
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
       tzinfo (~> 2.0)
-    addressable (2.8.5)
+    addressable (2.8.6)
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 6.0)
-    async (1.31.0)
+    async (2.8.0)
       console (~> 1.10)
-      nio4r (~> 2.3)
+      fiber-annotation
+      io-event (~> 1.1)
       timers (~> 4.1)
     base64 (0.2.0)
+    bigdecimal (3.1.6)
     clamp (1.3.2)
-    codecov (0.6.0)
-      simplecov (>= 0.15, < 0.22)
+    codecov (0.2.12)
+      json
+      simplecov
     coderay (1.1.3)
-    concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
-    console (1.23.2)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.2.3)
+    console (1.23.3)
       fiber-annotation
       fiber-local
     crack (0.4.5)
       rexml
-    debug (1.8.0)
-      irb (>= 1.5.0)
-      reline (>= 0.3.1)
+    debug (1.9.1)
+      irb (~> 1.10)
+      reline (>= 0.3.8)
     diff-lcs (1.5.0)
     docile (1.4.0)
-    domain_name (0.5.20190701)
-      unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
+    domain_name (0.6.20240107)
     dotenv (2.8.1)
-    faraday (2.7.11)
-      base64
-      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
-      ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
+    faraday (2.9.0)
+      faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.2)
     faraday-cookie_jar (0.0.7)
       faraday (>= 0.8.0)
       http-cookie (~> 1.0.0)
     faraday-multipart (1.0.4)
       multipart-post (~> 2)
-    faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
+    faraday-net_http (3.1.0)
+      net-http
     ffi (1.16.3)
     ffi-compiler (1.0.1)
       ffi (>= 1.0.0)
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ GEM
     fiber-local (1.0.0)
     gem_logger (0.3.0)
       activesupport
-    hashdiff (1.0.1)
+    hashdiff (1.1.0)
     http (5.1.1)
       addressable (~> 2.8)
       http-cookie (~> 1.0)
@@ -68,10 +69,12 @@ GEM
     http-form_data (2.3.0)
     i18n (1.14.1)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    io-console (0.6.0)
-    irb (1.8.3)
+    io-console (0.7.2)
+    io-event (1.4.2)
+    irb (1.11.1)
       rdoc
-      reline (>= 0.3.8)
+      reline (>= 0.4.2)
+    json (2.7.1)
     jsonpath (1.1.5)
       multi_json
     kubeclient (4.11.0)
@@ -88,25 +91,26 @@ GEM
       little-plugger (~> 1.1)
       multi_json (~> 1.14)
     method_source (1.0.0)
-    mime-types (3.5.1)
+    mime-types (3.5.2)
       mime-types-data (~> 3.2015)
-    mime-types-data (3.2023.1003)
-    minitest (5.20.0)
+    mime-types-data (3.2023.1205)
+    minitest (5.21.2)
     multi_json (1.15.0)
     multipart-post (2.3.0)
+    net-http (0.4.1)
+      uri
     netrc (0.11.0)
-    nio4r (2.5.9)
     pry (0.14.2)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
-    psych (5.1.1.1)
+    psych (5.1.2)
       stringio
-    public_suffix (5.0.3)
+    public_suffix (5.0.4)
     rake (13.1.0)
-    rdoc (6.6.0)
+    rdoc (6.6.2)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
     recursive-open-struct (1.1.3)
-    reline (0.4.0)
+    reline (0.4.2)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
     rest-client (2.1.0)
       http-accept (>= 1.7.0, < 2.0)
@@ -127,21 +131,19 @@ GEM
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
     rspec-support (3.12.1)
-    ruby2_keywords (0.0.5)
     sigdump (0.2.5)
-    simplecov (0.21.2)
+    simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
       simplecov_json_formatter (~> 0.1)
     simplecov-html (0.12.3)
     simplecov_json_formatter (0.1.4)
-    stringio (3.0.9)
+    stringio (3.1.0)
+    syslog (0.1.2)
     timers (4.3.5)
     tzinfo (2.0.6)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
-    unf (0.1.4)
-      unf_ext
-    unf_ext (0.0.8.2)
+    uri (0.13.0)
     vcr (6.2.0)
     webmock (3.19.1)
       addressable (>= 2.8.0)
@@ -149,11 +151,14 @@ GEM
       hashdiff (>= 0.4.0, < 2.0.0)
 
 PLATFORMS
-  arm64-darwin-21
+  arm64-darwin-23
+  ruby
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   activesupport (~> 7.0, <= 7.0.8)
   async
+  base64
+  bigdecimal
   clamp
   cloudtruth-client!
   codecov
@@ -170,8 +175,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec
   sigdump
   simplecov
+  syslog
   vcr
   webmock
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.2.32
+   2.5.3
diff --git a/spec/kubetruth/ctapi_spec.rb b/spec/kubetruth/ctapi_spec.rb
index 206f962..060a026 100644
--- a/spec/kubetruth/ctapi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/kubetruth/ctapi_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def create_project_fixture
         ctapi.class.configure(api_key: "xyz", api_url: nil)
         expect { ::Kubetruth::CtApi.new }.to raise_error(ArgumentError, /has not been configured/)
         ctapi.class.configure(api_key: "xyz", api_url: "http://localhost")
-        expect { ::Kubetruth::CtApi.new }.to_not raise_error(ArgumentError, /has not been configured/)
+        expect { ::Kubetruth::CtApi.new }.to_not raise_error
       end
 
     end