diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ce2da2bc..23e1989d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ plugins {
     id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "5.11.0" apply false
     // generation of project-wide javadocs
     id "io.freefair.aggregate-javadoc" version "5.3.0"
+
+    // pom packaging for root
+    id "java-platform"
 }
 
 allprojects {
     group = "com.dumbdogdiner"
-    version = "3.0.0"
+    version = "3.0.1"
 
-    apply plugin: "java"
+    // java plugin is applied in subprojects
     apply plugin: "jacoco"
 
     // Apply here instead of in plugins {} above to solve
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ allprojects {
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: "io.freefair.lombok"
     apply plugin: "com.diffplug.spotless"
+    
+    // apply the java plugin here since root uses java-platform
+    apply plugin: "java"
 
     // Spotless Options
     spotless {
@@ -182,11 +188,20 @@ subprojects {
     }
 }
 
-// Root build: create uber jar from subproject outputs
-jar { from subprojects.sourceSets.main.output }
+// Root build: include dependencies (see below)
+javaPlatform.allowDependencies()
+
+// Root build: Add api dependency to all projects we wanna include
+dependencies {
+    project.subprojects.each {
+        if (it.name != "serverversion") api (it) {
+            exclude group: "com.dumbdogdiner", module: "serverversion"
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 // Root build: create uber sources from subproject sources
-task rootSources(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
+task rootSources(type: Jar, dependsOn: subprojects.classes) {
     archiveClassifier.set("sources")
     // Use source code from all subprojects for sources.
     // TODO: Use certain subprojects only to allow for multiple jar outputs
@@ -230,16 +245,20 @@ tasks.build.finalizedBy copySubprojectJars
 tasks.build.dependsOn rootSources
 
 // Root build: generate project wide test, coverage and javadoc results
-tasks.test.finalizedBy rootTestReport, rootJacocoMergedReport, javadoc
+tasks.build.finalizedBy rootTestReport, rootJacocoMergedReport, aggregateJavadoc
 
-// Root build: also run aggregateJavadoc after javadoc to generate project-wide javadocs
-tasks.javadoc.finalizedBy aggregateJavadoc
+// Subproject Javadoc: Finalize :javadoc meta-task with :aggregateJavadoc
+task javadoc { finalizedBy aggregateJavadoc }
 
 // Javadoc fixes (pt. 2, see above entries)
 aggregateJavadoc.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
 
+// Root Javadoc: Set title and output dir
+aggregateJavadoc.title = "StickyAPI $project.version API (Aggregated)"
+aggregateJavadoc.destinationDir = file("$buildDir/docs/javadoc")
+
 task browseJavadoc {
-    dependsOn javadoc
+    dependsOn aggregateJavadoc
     description "Browse javadoc"
     group = "documentation"
     doLast {
@@ -253,7 +272,7 @@ publishing {
     // Uber-jar publication
     publications {
         gprRoot(MavenPublication) {
-            from(components.java)
+            from(components.javaPlatform)
             artifact rootSources // Publish the output of the (root) sources task
         }
     }