diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index b99bbf4..7aef8a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ name: Build and Publish
 on:
   push:
     tags: [ "**" ]
-    branches: [ "**" ]
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.57.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.64.0
     with:
       java-version: 17
     secrets:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 2cddbab..0a451cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.57.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.64.0
     with:
       java-version: 17
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ac8bff8..d64d998 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ description = "A Java client for KServe inference services."
 
 plugins {
     `java-library`
-    id("com.bakdata.release") version "1.6.1"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.6.1"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.7.1"
-    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.11"
+    id("com.bakdata.release") version "1.9.1"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.9.1"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.9.1"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.12.2.1"
     id("java-test-fixtures")
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
     testFixturesImplementation(group = "com.squareup.okhttp3", name = "mockwebserver", version = okHttpVersion)
 }
 
-configure<com.bakdata.gradle.SonatypeSettings> {
+publication {
     developers {
         developer {
             name.set("Victor Künstler")
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java b/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java
index ed41202..55c4ec5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kserve/client/KServeClient.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * MIT License
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2024 bakdata
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 bakdata
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private static ObjectMapper createObjectMapper() {
     }
 
     private static String getStringBody(final Response response) throws IOException {
-        try (ResponseBody body = response.body()) {
+        try (final ResponseBody body = response.body()) {
             return body.string();
         }
     }
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ public <T> Optional<T> makeInferenceRequest(final I inputObject, final Class<? e
         final Request httpRequest = getRequest(
                 this.getBodyString(inputObject),
                 this.getModelURI(modelNameSuffix));
-        final Response response = this.executeRequest(httpRequest);
-        return this.processResponse(response, responseType);
+        try (final Response response = this.executeRequest(httpRequest)) {
+            return this.processResponse(response, responseType);
+        }
     }
 
     protected abstract String extractErrorMessage(String stringBody);