diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/check-build-test.yml
index 9fc7b56f2..3ff858d09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-build-test.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 11
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/headers.yml b/.github/workflows/headers.yml
index e040d34cb..7f723e562 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/headers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/headers.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
index 4bf4e7230..76b262f46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 11
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yaml
index a9b6202e7..85d88c57c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-builds.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.1-builds.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.1-builds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63ee71a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-pekko-1.1-builds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Nightly Pekko 1.1 Builds
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: {}
+
+concurrency:
+  # Only run once for latest commit per ref and cancel other (previous) runs.
+  group: pekko-1.1-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test-compile:
+    name: Compile
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        JDK: [ 8, 11 ]
+    env:
+      JAVA_OPTS: -Xms2G -Xmx2G -Xss2M -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Setup Java ${{ matrix.JDK }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.JDK }}
+
+      - name: Cache Coursier cache
+        uses: coursier/cache-action@v6.4.0
+
+      - name: "compile, including  tests. Run locally with: sbt -Dpekko.build.pekko.version=main +Test/compile"
+        run: sbt -Dpekko.build.pekko.version=main +Test/compile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml
index 2e626a11e..758daff92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-1.0-docs.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
index a7f0a2dc3..864870fec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-nightly.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java 8
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 454f1533d..65a2ad301 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import net.bzzt.reproduciblebuilds.ReproducibleBuildsPlugin.reproducibleBuildsCh
 ThisBuild / apacheSonatypeProjectProfile := "pekko"
 sourceDistName := "apache-pekko-connectors"
 sourceDistIncubating := true
+ThisBuild / resolvers += Resolver.ApacheMavenSnapshotsRepo
 
 commands := commands.value.filterNot { command =>
   command.nameOption.exists { name =>
@@ -470,6 +471,8 @@ def internalProject(projectId: String, additionalSettings: sbt.Def.SettingsDefin
 Global / onLoad := (Global / onLoad).value.andThen { s =>
   val v = version.value
   val log = sLog.value
+  log.info(
+    s"Building Pekko Connectors $v against Pekko ${Dependencies.PekkoVersion} on Scala ${(googleCommon / scalaVersion).value}")
   if (dynverGitDescribeOutput.value.hasNoTags)
     log.error(
       s"Failed to derive version from git tags. Maybe run `git fetch --unshallow` or `git fetch upstream` on a fresh git clone from a fork? Derived version: $v")
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 3bf15d496..e4a1b07c5 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import sbt._
 import Common.isScala3
 import Keys._
+import com.github.pjfanning.pekkobuild.PekkoDependency
 
 object Dependencies {
 
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ object Dependencies {
   val Scala3 = "3.3.1"
   val ScalaVersions = Seq(Scala213, Scala212, Scala3)
 
-  val PekkoVersion = "1.0.2"
-  val PekkoBinaryVersion = "1.0"
+  val PekkoVersion = PekkoDependency.pekkoVersionDerivedFromDefault("1.0.2")
+  val PekkoBinaryVersion = PekkoVersion.take(3)
 
   val InfluxDBJavaVersion = "2.15"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ object Dependencies {
   val hoverflyVersion = "0.14.1"
   val scalaCheckVersion = "1.16.0"
 
+  val LogbackVersion = if (PekkoBinaryVersion == "1.0") "1.2.13" else "1.3.14"
+
   /**
    * Calculates the scalatest version in a format that is used for `org.scalatestplus` scalacheck artifacts
    *
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream" % PekkoVersion,
       "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream-testkit" % PekkoVersion,
       "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-slf4j" % PekkoVersion,
-      "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % "1.2.13",
+      "ch.qos.logback" % "logback-classic" % LogbackVersion,
       "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % ScalaTestVersion,
       "com.dimafeng" %% "testcontainers-scala-scalatest" % TestContainersScalaTestVersion,
       "com.novocode" % "junit-interface" % "0.11",
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 14c543ee8..1679336b9 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("com.dwijnand" % "sbt-dynver" % "4.1.1")
 addSbtPlugin("net.bzzt" % "sbt-reproducible-builds" % "0.31")
 addSbtPlugin("org.mdedetrich" % "sbt-apache-sonatype" % "0.1.10")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.pjfanning" % "sbt-source-dist" % "0.1.11")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.pjfanning" % "sbt-pekko-build" % "0.1.1")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-license-report" % "1.6.1")
 // discipline
 addSbtPlugin("de.heikoseeberger" % "sbt-header" % "5.9.0")