diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5549bf2d..a014313b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ repositories {
     maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
     maven { url 'https://maven.terraformersmc.com/releases' }
     maven { url = "https://maven.terraformersmc.com/" }
-    maven { url "https://ladysnake.jfrog.io/artifactory/mods" }
+    maven { url "https://maven.ladysnake.org/releases" }
     maven { url = "https://dvs1.progwml6.com/files/maven/" }
     maven { url = "https://modmaven.dev" }
     exclusiveContent {
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ dependencies {
     //needed for trinkets, otherwise BetterEnd would require users to install trinkets
     modApi "dev.onyxstudios.cardinal-components-api:cardinal-components-base:${project.cca_version}"
     modCompileOnly "dev.emi:trinkets:${project.trinkets_version}"
-    modCompileOnly "dev.emi:emi:${emi_version}"
-    //modRuntimeOnly "dev.emi:emi:${emi_version}"
+    modCompileOnly "dev.emi:emi-fabric:${emi_version}:api"
+    modLocalRuntime "dev.emi:emi-fabric:${emi_version}"
 }
 
 processResources {
@@ -345,4 +345,43 @@ curseforge {
         debug = false
         forgeGradleIntegration = false
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+
+
+task nextVersion() {
+    doLast {
+        def inputFile = new File('modrinth.json')
+        def gameVersions = java.net.URLEncoder.encode(project.modrinth_versions, "UTF-8")
+        new URL("https://api.modrinth.com/v2/project/${project.modrinth_base_name}/version?&game_versions=${gameVersions}").withInputStream { i -> inputFile.withOutputStream { it << i } }
+
+        def json = new groovy.json.JsonSlurper().parseText(inputFile.text)
+        def version = json[0].version_number
+
+        //increment patch version
+        def indexedVersionList = version.split(/\./).toList().withIndex()
+        indexedVersionList = indexedVersionList.collect { num, idx -> num.toInteger() }
+        indexedVersionList[2] = indexedVersionList[2].value + 1
+        def updatedVersion = indexedVersionList.join(".")
+
+        println "\n\n"
+        println "------------- CURRENT VERSION -------------"
+        println "Last Published Version: " + version
+        println "         Game Versions: " + json[0].game_versions
+        println "                Status: " + json[0].status
+        println "              Featured: " + json[0].featured
+        println "            Downloaded: " + json[0].downloads
+        println "\n"
+        println "-------------- NEXT VERSION ---------------"
+        println "Next Version: " + updatedVersion
+        println "\n\n"
+
+        def propertiesFile = new File("gradle.properties")
+        def newContents = propertiesFile.text.replaceFirst("mod_version=\\d+.\\d+.\\d+", "mod_version=${updatedVersion}")
+        propertiesFile.text = newContents
+
+        def fabricFile = new File("src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json")
+        newContents = fabricFile.text.replaceFirst('"version": ".+"', "\"version\": \"${updatedVersion}\"")
+        fabricFile.text = newContents
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a68197e1..828427b2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2G
 # Fabric Properties
 # check these on https://fabricmc.net/versions.html
 minecraft_version=1.19.3
-loader_version=0.14.11
-fabric_version=0.68.1+1.19.3
+loader_version=0.15.3
+fabric_version=0.76.1+1.19.3
 #Loom
 loom_version=1.0-SNAPSHOT
 #Modrinth
 modrinth_versions=["1.19.3"]
+modrinth_base_name=betterend
 #`release`, `beta` or `alpha`
 release_channel=beta
 modrinth_id=betterend
@@ -21,6 +22,6 @@ archives_base_name=better-end
 patchouli_version=1.19.3-78-FABRIC
 bclib_version=2.2.5
 rei_version=10.0.578
-emi_version=0.6.2+1.19.3
+emi_version=1.0.29+1.19.3
 trinkets_version=3.5.1
 cca_version=5.1.0
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json b/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
index 531c5cba..0f521037 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "id": "betterend",
-  "version": "${version}",
+  "version": "3.1.4",
   "name": "Better End",
   "description": "More content for The End dimension, including new biomes, plants, mobs, mechanics, terrain generation and more.\nMade by:\n- paulevs (code & art)\n- Bulldog83 (code & art)\n- Edos (building)\n- Yuki (art)\n- Seaward (art)\n- Firel (music)\n",
   "authors": [