diff --git a/.github/workflows/staging.yml b/.github/workflows/staging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..254d9892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/staging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Staging
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch
+
+env:
+  SSH_AUTH_SOCK: /tmp/ssh-agent.sock
+
+jobs:
+  install:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    environment:
+      name: staging
+      url: https://antville-test.click
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        distribution: temurin
+        java-version: 21
+
+    - name: Set up Gradle
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+
+    - name: Build with Gradle
+      run: ./gradlew installDist
+
+    - name: Set up SSH agent
+      run: |
+        ssh-agent -a $SSH_AUTH_SOCK > /dev/null
+        ssh-add - <<< "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}"
+        mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+        echo '${{ vars.SSH_CONFIG }}' > ~/.ssh/config
+        echo '${{ vars.KNOWN_HOSTS }}' > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+    - name: Publish to staging server
+      run: |
+        rsync build/install/helma/ antville.dev:/ \
+          --verbose --archive --delete --compress \
+          --filter '+ launcher.jar' \
+          --filter '+ lib' \
+          --filter '+ *.jar' \
+          --filter '- *' \
+
+    - name: Restart Helma
+      run: ssh antville.dev restart
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a735855f..2a134485 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ Helma is built with [Gradle](https://gradle.org), the build task depends on the
 ### Additional Prerequisites
 
 * [Rsync](https://rsync.samba.org) version ≥ 3.1.0
-* [NodeJS](https://nodejs.org) LTS version
+* [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) LTS version
 
-Clone this repository to your machine and start the build process with `./gradlew install`. The build script is going to ask you if you want to update the installation, enter `y`.
+Clone this repository to your machine and start the build process with `./gradlew install`. The build script is going to ask you if you want to update the installation, enter `yes` or `no`.
 
 > ⚠️    
 > Please be aware that this step is going to overwrite files in the installation directory – escpecially at a later time when there might be substantial changes. Should this happen by accident you find the previous installation in the `backups` directory.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 64281785..68e45638 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ distZip {
 
 installDist {
   dependsOn build
-  finalizedBy 'update'
+
+  if (!System.getenv('CI')) {
+    finalizedBy 'update'
+  }
 }
 
 run {
@@ -180,11 +183,11 @@ task processSource(type: Sync) {
 }
 
 task update {
-  def rsyncArgs = ['--archive', '--exclude', 'backups']
+  def rsyncArgs = ['--archive', '--filter', '- backups']
 
   def confirm = {
-    ant.input(message: 'Update this installation?', validargs: 'y,n', addproperty: 'continue')
-    return ant.continue == 'y'
+    ant.input(message: 'Update this installation?', validargs: 'yes,no', addproperty: 'continue')
+    return ant.continue == 'yes'
   }
 
   onlyIf { confirm() }
@@ -195,20 +198,29 @@ task update {
     mkdir backupDir
 
     exec {
-      // Using rsync instead of a CopyTask because the latter chokes on multi-byte characters
+      // Create a backup with rsync instead of a CopyTask because the latter chokes on multi-byte characters
       // See https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/789
       executable 'rsync'
       args rsyncArgs
       args "$projectDir/", backupDir
     }
+
+    print "Created backup of ${projectDir} in ${backupDir}"
   }
 
   doLast {
     exec {
-      // Using rsync instead of installDist task because it does not overwrite the project directory
+      // Using rsync to selectively update the repo directory
       executable 'rsync'
+      args '--delete'
       args rsyncArgs
-      args '--exclude', 'bin'
+      args '--filter', '+ bin/***'
+      args '--filter', '+ docs/***'
+      args '--filter', '+ extras/***'
+      args '--filter', '+ launcher.jar'
+      args '--filter', '+ lib'
+      args '--filter', '+ *.jar'
+      args '--filter', '- *'
       args "${installDist.destinationDir}/", projectDir
     }
   }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd491..e6441136 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1af9e093..b82aa23a 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..7101f8e4 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/modules/jala/build.gradle b/modules/jala/build.gradle
index 18427458..e1ef800f 100644
--- a/modules/jala/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/jala/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies {
-	runtimeOnly 'dom4j:dom4j:20040902.021138'
+	runtimeOnly 'dom4j:dom4j:1.1.3'
 	runtimeOnly 'jaxen:jaxen:1.1-beta-8'
 	runtimeOnly 'net.sf.javamusictag:jid3lib:0.5.4'
 
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index d9d640bd..fd76f22d 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
       "description": "Group Jetty packages",
       "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.eclipse.jetty"],
       "groupName": "Jetty packages"
+    },
+    {
+      "description": "Group Lucene packages",
+      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["org.apache.lucene"],
+      "groupName": "Lucene packages"
     }
   ]
 }