diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4d25be2b..9ad9207e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           #   image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0"
           - distribution: corretto
             image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0" # Corretto only runs on AL2
-        version: [ 8, 11 ]
+        version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
     steps:
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           #   image: "aws/codebuild/standard:3.0"
           - distribution: corretto
             image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0" # Corretto only runs on AL2
-        version: [ 8, 11 ]
+        version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
     steps:
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           #   image: "aws/codebuild/standard:3.0"
           - distribution: corretto
             image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0" # Corretto only runs on AL2
-        version: [ 8, 11 ]
+        version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
     steps:
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
           #   image: "aws/codebuild/standard:3.0"
           - distribution: corretto
             image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0" # Corretto only runs on AL2
-        version: [ 8, 11 ]
+        version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
     steps:
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
@@ -149,6 +149,27 @@ jobs:
           env-vars-for-codebuild: JAVA_ENV_VERSION
         env:
           JAVA_ENV_VERSION: ${{ matrix.platform.distribution }}${{ matrix.version }}
+  validateConsumerCompiles:
+    name: Validate Consumer Smoke Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        java-version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: corretto
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+      - name: Compile and run smoke test against Maven Central
+        working-directory: codebuild/ci/validate-consumer
+        run: |
+          mvn compile exec:java \
+            -Dexec.mainClass="validate.EsdkSmokeTest" \
+            -Desdk.version=3.0.1 \
+            -Djava.version=${{ matrix.java-version }} \
+            --no-transfer-progress
   releaseCI:
     name: Release CI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -170,6 +191,7 @@ jobs:
           env-vars-for-codebuild: GITHUB_EVENT_NAME
         env:
           GITHUB_EVENT_NAME: $GITHUB_EVENT_NAME
+
   validateCI:
     name: Validate CI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -178,11 +200,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         platform:
-          # - distribution: openjdk
-          #   image: "aws/codebuild/standard:3.0"
           - distribution: corretto
-            image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0" # Corretto only runs on AL2
-        version: [ 8, 11 ]
+            image: "aws/codebuild/amazonlinux-x86_64-standard:5.0"
+        version: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
     steps:
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
diff --git a/codebuild/ci/validate-ci.yml b/codebuild/ci/validate-ci.yml
index dc01d96e..cb9e8761 100644
--- a/codebuild/ci/validate-ci.yml
+++ b/codebuild/ci/validate-ci.yml
@@ -18,21 +18,18 @@ phases:
     commands:
       - VERSION_HASH="$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)-$CODEBUILD_RESOLVED_SOURCE_VERSION-$GITHUB_EVENT_NAME"
       - export SETTINGS_FILE=$(pwd)/codebuild/ci/settings.xml
-      - git clone https://github.com/aws-samples/busy-engineers-document-bucket.git
-      - cd busy-engineers-document-bucket/exercises/java/encryption-context-complete
+      - cd codebuild/ci/validate-consumer
       - export CODEARTIFACT_TOKEN=$(aws codeartifact get-authorization-token --domain $DOMAIN --domain-owner $ACCOUNT --query authorizationToken --output text --region ${REGION})
       - export CODEARTIFACT_REPO_URL=https://${DOMAIN}-${ACCOUNT}.d.codeartifact.${REGION}.amazonaws.com/maven/${REPOSITORY}
   build:
     commands:
       - |
-        mvn verify \
+        mvn compile exec:java \
+          -Dexec.mainClass="validate.EsdkSmokeTest" \
           -Pcodeartifact \
-          -Dcheckstyle.skip \
           -Desdk.version=$VERSION_HASH \
-          -Dmaven.compiler.target=$JAVA_NUMERIC_VERSION \
-          -Dmaven.compiler.source=$JAVA_NUMERIC_VERSION \
+          -Djava.version=$JAVA_NUMERIC_VERSION \
           -Dcodeartifact.token=$CODEARTIFACT_TOKEN \
           -Dcodeartifact.url=$CODEARTIFACT_REPO_URL \
           --no-transfer-progress \
-          -T 4 \
           -s $SETTINGS_FILE
diff --git a/codebuild/ci/validate-consumer/pom.xml b/codebuild/ci/validate-consumer/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26494abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild/ci/validate-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.amazonaws.esdk</groupId>
+    <artifactId>validate-consumer</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <description>Smoke test that the ESDK artifact is resolvable and compiles</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
+        <java.version>8</java.version>
+        <esdk.version>LATEST</esdk.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aws-encryption-sdk-java</artifactId>
+            <version>${esdk.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>codeartifact</id>
+            <repositories>
+                <repository>
+                    <id>codeartifact</id>
+                    <url>${codeartifact.url}</url>
+                </repository>
+            </repositories>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/codebuild/ci/validate-consumer/src/main/java/validate/EsdkSmokeTest.java b/codebuild/ci/validate-consumer/src/main/java/validate/EsdkSmokeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7ba6b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codebuild/ci/validate-consumer/src/main/java/validate/EsdkSmokeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package validate;
+
+import com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.AwsCrypto;
+import com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.CommitmentPolicy;
+import com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.CryptoResult;
+import com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.MasterKeyProvider;
+import com.amazonaws.encryptionsdk.jce.JceMasterKey;
+
+/**
+ * Smoke test that the published ESDK artifact is resolvable
+ * and that key public API classes are importable and usable.
+ */
+public class EsdkSmokeTest {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        AwsCrypto crypto = AwsCrypto.builder()
+            .withCommitmentPolicy(CommitmentPolicy.RequireEncryptRequireDecrypt)
+            .build();
+        System.out.println("ESDK artifact resolved and AwsCrypto instantiated successfully.");
+        System.out.println("AwsCrypto version info: " + crypto.toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/codebuild/ci/vectors-generator.yml b/codebuild/ci/vectors-generator.yml
index b3256fb7..1333753c 100644
--- a/codebuild/ci/vectors-generator.yml
+++ b/codebuild/ci/vectors-generator.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ phases:
     runtime-versions:
       java: $JAVA_ENV_VERSION
     commands:
-      - n 16
+      - n 22
       # Install the Javascript ESDK run test vectors
       - npm install -g @aws-crypto/integration-node
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7454e2d5..a7d53544 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.8.8</version>
+                <version>0.8.12</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>