diff --git a/.github/workflows/download-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/download-artifacts.yml
index 0297abc..17f1543 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download-artifacts.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  RELEASE_TAG: '2.2.1-rc1'
-  RELEASE_VERSION: '2.2.1'
+  RELEASE_TAG: '3.1.0-rc1'
+  RELEASE_VERSION: '3.1.0'
 
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
@@ -21,18 +21,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [
-          ubuntu-latest, 
-          # macOS-latest, 
-          # windows-latest
-          ]
-        java: '8'
-        javadist: [
-          # 'adopt',
-          'adopt-openj9',
-          # 'zulu',
-          # 'temurin'
-          ]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        java: [11]
+        javadist: ['adopt']
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -43,50 +34,50 @@ jobs:
         distribution: ${{ matrix.javadist }}
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
 
-      - name: Download artifacts from dist.apache.org
-        run: |
-          wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=5 -R index.html https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/systemds/${RELEASE_TAG}/ -e robots=off
-          
-      - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip
-        run: |
-          unzip -q systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip
-          cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src
-          mvn -ntp clean package -P distribution
-          mvn -ntp test -DenableGPU=true -Dmaven.test.skip=false -Dtest-parallel=suites -Dtest-threadCount=1 -Dtest-forkCount=1 -D automatedtestbase.outputbuffering=false -Dtest=org.apache.sysds.test.component.codegen.**
-          cd ..
-          rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src
+    - name: Download artifacts from dist.apache.org
+      run: |
+        wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=5 -R index.html https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/systemds/${RELEASE_TAG}/ -e robots=off
+        
+    - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip
+      run: |
+        unzip -q systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.zip
+        cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src
+        mvn -ntp clean package -P distribution
+        mvn -ntp test -DenableGPU=true -Dmaven.test.skip=false -Dtest-parallel=suites -Dtest-threadCount=1 -Dtest-forkCount=1 -D automatedtestbase.outputbuffering=false -Dtest=org.apache.sysds.test.component.codegen.**
+        cd ..
+        rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src
 
-      
-      - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.tgz
-        run: |
-          tar -xzf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.tgz
-          cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src
-          mvn -ntp clean package -P distribution
-          mvn -ntp test -DenableGPU=true -Dmaven.test.skip=false -Dtest-parallel=suites -Dtest-threadCount=1 -Dtest-forkCount=1 -D automatedtestbase.outputbuffering=false -Dtest=org.apache.sysds.test.component.codegen.**
-          cd ..
-          rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src 
-      
-      - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip
-        run: |
-          unzip -q systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip
-          cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
-          cat <<EOF >hello.dml
-          print('Hello from SystemDS!')
-          EOF
-          ./bin/systemds hello.dml
-          cd ..
-          rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
-          
-      - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tgz
-        run: |
-          tar -xzf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tgz
-          cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
-          cat <<EOF >hello.dml
-          print('Hello from SystemDS!')
-          EOF
-          ./bin/systemds hello.dml
-          cd ..
-          rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
+    
+    - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.tgz
+      run: |
+        tar -xzf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src.tgz
+        cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src
+        mvn -ntp clean package -P distribution
+        mvn -ntp test -DenableGPU=true -Dmaven.test.skip=false -Dtest-parallel=suites -Dtest-threadCount=1 -Dtest-forkCount=1 -D automatedtestbase.outputbuffering=false -Dtest=org.apache.sysds.test.component.codegen.**
+        cd ..
+        rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-src 
+    
+    - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip
+      run: |
+        unzip -q systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.zip
+        cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
+        cat <<EOF >hello.dml
+        print('Hello from SystemDS!')
+        EOF
+        ./bin/systemds hello.dml
+        cd ..
+        rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
+        
+    - name: Test systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tgz
+      run: |
+        tar -xzf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin.tgz
+        cd systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
+        cat <<EOF >hello.dml
+        print('Hello from SystemDS!')
+        EOF
+        ./bin/systemds hello.dml
+        cd ..
+        rm -rf systemds-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin
       
      
 #       # Runs a single command using the runners shell
diff --git a/test-systemds/pom.xml b/test-systemds/pom.xml
index da790cd..a2f8a40 100644
--- a/test-systemds/pom.xml
+++ b/test-systemds/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.systemds</groupId>
       <artifactId>systemds</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.1</version>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>