diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 810fa74..e652806 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'idea'
     id 'eclipse'
     id 'java'
+    id 'java-library'
     id 'net.saliman.cobertura' version '3.0.0'
     id 'distribution'
     id 'signing'
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ plugins {
 
 group 'com.emc.ecs'
 description = 'Smart REST Client - JAX-RS (Jersey) REST client that provides client-side load balancing with a pluggable host list provider'
-version '2.3.0'
 
 // name of the github project repository
 ext.githubProjectName = 'smart-client-java'
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.sun.jersey:jersey-client:1.19.4',
+    api 'com.sun.jersey:jersey-client:1.19.4',
             'com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs:jackson-jaxrs-json-provider:2.12.1',
             'com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-jaxb-annotations:2.12.1',
             'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.2.6',
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation ('com.sun.jersey:jersey-json:1.19.4') {
         exclude group: 'org.codehaus.jackson'
     }
-    implementation 'com.sun.jersey.contribs:jersey-apache-client4:1.19.4'
+    api 'com.sun.jersey.contribs:jersey-apache-client4:1.19.4'
 
     runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.5'
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12',