diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fb8645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+HELP.md
+TODO.md
+target/
+.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77d28e1..4f0f349 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,20 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.1</version>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
+			<version>0.13.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
+			<version>0.13.0</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
+			<version>0.13.0</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
@@ -70,6 +82,14 @@
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>8</source>
+					<target>8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/javatechie/jwt/api/util/JwtUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/javatechie/jwt/api/util/JwtUtil.java
index aa4bae2..3217ae4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/javatechie/jwt/api/util/JwtUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/javatechie/jwt/api/util/JwtUtil.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 @Service
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public <T> T extractClaim(String token, Function<Claims, T> claimsResolver) {
         return claimsResolver.apply(claims);
     }
     private Claims extractAllClaims(String token) {
-        return Jwts.parser().setSigningKey(secret).parseClaimsJws(token).getBody();
+        return Jwts.parser().setSigningKey(secret).build().parseClaimsJws(token).getBody();
     }
 
     private Boolean isTokenExpired(String token) {
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public String generateToken(String username) {
     private String createToken(Map<String, Object> claims, String subject) {
 
         return Jwts.builder().setClaims(claims).setSubject(subject).setIssuedAt(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis()))
-                .setExpiration(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + 1000 * 60 * 60 * 10))
+                .setExpiration(new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(10)))
                 .signWith(SignatureAlgorithm.HS256, secret).compact();
     }