diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dbf467095..5509d4c73 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Nostr-java is a library for generating, signing, and publishing nostr events to
 
 ```xml
 <properties>
-    <nostr-java.version>v0.007.1-alpha</nostr-java.version>
+    <nostr-java.version>v0.007.2-alpha</nostr-java.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 </properties>
 ```
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 1e57d4389..7314b590a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = 'xyz.tcheeric'
-version = '0.7.1-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '0.7.2-SNAPSHOT'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 3e7a6562d..c08b7be3e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.warning.mode=none
 
 nostr-java.group=xyz.tcheeric
-nostr-java.version=0.7.1-SNAPSHOT
+nostr-java.version=0.7.2-SNAPSHOT
 nostr-java.description=nostr-java
 
 nostr-java.java-version=21
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/pom.xml b/nostr-java-api/pom.xml
index ceadd3054..d601c6aaa 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-api/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventIT.java
index 894dcf89f..0052983e0 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventIT.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import nostr.event.tag.VoteTag;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
 @SpringJUnitConfig(RelayConfig.class)
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
 @Log
+@Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://localhost:5555")
 public class ApiEventIT {
     @Autowired
     private Map<String, String> relays;
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventTestUsingSpringWebSocketClientIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventTestUsingSpringWebSocketClientIT.java
index dd3c34162..cb1330791 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventTestUsingSpringWebSocketClientIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiEventTestUsingSpringWebSocketClientIT.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import nostr.event.message.EventMessage;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 
 @SpringJUnitConfig(RelayConfig.class)
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
+@Disabled("Requires running relays at ws://localhost:5555")
 class ApiEventTestUsingSpringWebSocketClientIT {
     private final List<SpringWebSocketClient> springWebSocketClients;
 
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52EventIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52EventIT.java
index f007f0e41..b36b67056 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52EventIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52EventIT.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import nostr.event.tag.PubKeyTag;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
+@Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://localhost:5555")
 class ApiNIP52EventIT {
   private static final String RELAY_URI = "ws://localhost:5555";
   private final SpringWebSocketClient springWebSocketClient;
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52RequestIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52RequestIT.java
index 371b27b67..9987e131e 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52RequestIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP52RequestIT.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import nostr.event.tag.ReferenceTag;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
+@Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://localhost:5555")
 class ApiNIP52RequestIT {
   private static final String PRV_KEY_VALUE = "23c011c4c02de9aa98d48c3646c70bb0e7ae30bdae1dfed4d251cbceadaeeb7b";
   private static final String RELAY_URI = "ws://localhost:5555";
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99EventIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99EventIT.java
index be11369cb..e012e77ba 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99EventIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99EventIT.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import nostr.event.tag.SubjectTag;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
+@Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://localhost:5555")
 class ApiNIP99EventIT {
   private static final String RELAY_URI = "ws://localhost:5555";
   public static final String CLASSIFIED_LISTING_CONTENT = "classified listing content";
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99RequestIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99RequestIT.java
index 56c9f731b..ad6ea6ca2 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99RequestIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ApiNIP99RequestIT.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import nostr.event.tag.SubjectTag;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
+@Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://localhost:5555")
 class ApiNIP99RequestIT {
   private static final String PRV_KEY_VALUE = "23c011c4c02de9aa98d48c3646c70bb0e7ae30bdae1dfed4d251cbceadaeeb7b";
   private static final String RELAY_URI = "ws://localhost:5555";
diff --git a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ZDoLastApiNIP09EventIT.java b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ZDoLastApiNIP09EventIT.java
index ca10f3159..a55d07e3d 100644
--- a/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ZDoLastApiNIP09EventIT.java
+++ b/nostr-java-api/src/test/java/nostr/api/integration/ZDoLastApiNIP09EventIT.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import nostr.event.tag.IdentifierTag;
 import nostr.id.Identity;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.SpringJUnitConfig;
@@ -36,11 +37,13 @@
 
 @SpringJUnitConfig(RelayConfig.class)
 @ActiveProfiles("test")
+@Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://localhost:5555")
 public class ZDoLastApiNIP09EventIT {
     @Autowired
     private Map<String, String> relays;
 
     @Test
+    @Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://127.0.0.1:5555")
     public void deleteEvent() throws IOException {
 
         Identity identity = Identity.generateRandomIdentity();
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ public void deleteEvent() throws IOException {
 
 
     @Test
+    @Disabled("Requires running relay at ws://127.0.0.1:5555")
     public void deleteEventWithRef() throws IOException {
         final String RELAY_URI = "ws://localhost:5555";
         Identity identity = Identity.generateRandomIdentity();
diff --git a/nostr-java-base/pom.xml b/nostr-java-base/pom.xml
index b6de90d8c..63e798823 100644
--- a/nostr-java-base/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-base/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-client/pom.xml b/nostr-java-client/pom.xml
index 41cd163ad..4fd34ea48 100644
--- a/nostr-java-client/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-client/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-crypto/pom.xml b/nostr-java-crypto/pom.xml
index f69e04401..a5ddc5cbe 100644
--- a/nostr-java-crypto/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-crypto/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-encryption/pom.xml b/nostr-java-encryption/pom.xml
index 665448218..9d9c19a17 100644
--- a/nostr-java-encryption/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-encryption/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-event/pom.xml b/nostr-java-event/pom.xml
index 23e045cc5..3dd66ade7 100644
--- a/nostr-java-event/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-event/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-examples/pom.xml b/nostr-java-examples/pom.xml
index 42fe1ac39..fac5aa4c3 100644
--- a/nostr-java-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>    
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-id/pom.xml b/nostr-java-id/pom.xml
index aa42bdcd3..854689a16 100644
--- a/nostr-java-id/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-id/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     
diff --git a/nostr-java-id/src/test/java/nostr/id/EventTest.java b/nostr-java-id/src/test/java/nostr/id/EventTest.java
index e6f93f112..c5a975499 100644
--- a/nostr-java-id/src/test/java/nostr/id/EventTest.java
+++ b/nostr-java-id/src/test/java/nostr/id/EventTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import nostr.util.NostrUtil;
 import nostr.util.validator.Nip05Validator;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 
 import static nostr.base.Encoder.ENCODER_MAPPED_AFTERBURNER;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public void testCreateUnsupportedGenericTagAttribute() {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Disabled("Requires network access for nip05 validation")
     public void testNip05Validator() {
         System.out.println("testNip05Validator");
         try {
diff --git a/nostr-java-util/pom.xml b/nostr-java-util/pom.xml
index c36475112..bfc22ebc6 100644
--- a/nostr-java-util/pom.xml
+++ b/nostr-java-util/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
         <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-        <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>    
     
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dab013df1..acdf70776 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <groupId>xyz.tcheeric</groupId>
     <artifactId>nostr-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <parent>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <nostr-java.version>0.7.1-SNAPSHOT</nostr-java.version>
+        <nostr-java.version>0.7.2-SNAPSHOT</nostr-java.version>
         <java.version>21</java.version>
         
         <spring-boot.version>3.4.3</spring-boot.version>