diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
index 3207175..d515f87 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ object DependencyVersions {
     const val slf4jSimple = "2.0.16"
 
     // object creation libraries
-    const val kotlinxSerializationJson = "1.7.3"
+    const val kotlinxSerializationJson = "1.8.0"
     const val kaml = "0.67.0"
     const val jakartaActivationApi = "2.1.3"
     const val jakartaXmlBindApi = "4.0.2"
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Plugins.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Plugins.kt
index 6eccca2..26b4e49 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Plugins.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Plugins.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object PluginVersions {
     const val xjc = "1.6"
     const val versionChecker = "0.51.0"
     const val dokka = "2.0.0"
-    const val serialization = "2.0.20"
+    const val serialization = "2.1.0"
     const val ksp = "2.1.0-1.0.29"
 }
 
diff --git a/rtron-io/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/io/issues/IssueList.kt b/rtron-io/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/io/issues/IssueList.kt
index 40665f1..a0c1db4 100644
--- a/rtron-io/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/io/issues/IssueList.kt
+++ b/rtron-io/src/main/kotlin/io/rtron/io/issues/IssueList.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ package io.rtron.io.issues
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 
 @Serializable
-@JvmInline
-value class IssueList<T>(private val issues: MutableList<T> = mutableListOf()) {
+data class IssueList<T>(private val issues: MutableList<T> = mutableListOf()) {
     // Properties
     val size: Int
         get() = issues.size