diff --git a/ragconnect.base/build.gradle b/ragconnect.base/build.gradle
index d5420c6dbf3d4b3e4860956fdda9486e5bd2ae4d..7dfe1e77b8599daad3915c6c94c0f995937f0edb 100644
--- a/ragconnect.base/build.gradle
+++ b/ragconnect.base/build.gradle
@@ -266,3 +266,9 @@ publishing {
 // --- Task order ---
 generateAst.dependsOn relast
 publish.dependsOn jar
+
+// --- Misc ---
+dependencyUpdates {
+    gradleReleaseChannel = 'current'
+    revision = 'release'
+}
diff --git a/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle b/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle
index c9a9ba3f9ba6377167e53a853da2a8f8b7df94f3..ad9cff1725069ac97ba81bf008bbdaa712f18b09 100644
--- a/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle
+++ b/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle
@@ -729,3 +729,8 @@ protobuf {
         artifact = 'com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.0.0'
     }
 }
+
+dependencyUpdates {
+    gradleReleaseChannel = 'current'
+    revision = 'release'
+}
diff --git a/ragconnect.tests/src/test/java/org/jastadd/ragconnect/tests/TestUtils.java b/ragconnect.tests/src/test/java/org/jastadd/ragconnect/tests/TestUtils.java
index 1b01d739df138f5658c7299844e8f0e6df4de327..5e6c94ff596909e6f70a0b84e6562ab4ec171d7d 100644
--- a/ragconnect.tests/src/test/java/org/jastadd/ragconnect/tests/TestUtils.java
+++ b/ragconnect.tests/src/test/java/org/jastadd/ragconnect/tests/TestUtils.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class TestUtils {
         if (actual == null) {
           fail("No actual getter defined for " + name);
         }
-        awaitMqtt().alias(name).until(actual, Predicate.isEqual(expected));
+        awaitMqtt().alias(name + " == " + expected).until(actual, Predicate.isEqual(expected));
       }
     }
     static class ValuesToCompare<T> {