diff --git a/exact-numbers/build.gradle.kts b/exact-numbers/build.gradle.kts
index a4604e79..5ff528f0 100644
--- a/exact-numbers/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/exact-numbers/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    val kotlinUtilsVersion = "1.3.2"
+    val kotlinUtilsVersion = "1.4.4"
     val mockkVersion = "1.12.4"
 
     implementation(kotlin("stdlib"))
diff --git a/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExt.kt b/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExt.kt
index feaa57b1..bfc18537 100644
--- a/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExt.kt
+++ b/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExt.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.ext
 
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.divideByZero
-import xyz.lbres.kotlinutils.general.succeeds
 import java.math.BigDecimal
 import java.math.MathContext
 
@@ -23,10 +22,3 @@ internal fun BigDecimal.divideBy(other: BigDecimal): BigDecimal {
         divide(other, mc)
     }
 }
-
-/**
- * Determine if decimal is a whole number
- *
- * @return `true` if number is a whole number, `false` otherwise
- */
-internal fun BigDecimal.isWholeNumber(): Boolean = succeeds { toBigIntegerExact() }
diff --git a/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/log/LogImpl.kt b/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/log/LogImpl.kt
index 0b79367d..36e2264c 100644
--- a/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/log/LogImpl.kt
+++ b/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/log/LogImpl.kt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.irrationals.log
 
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.exactfraction.ExactFraction
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.ext.divideBy
-import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.ext.isWholeNumber
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.createHashCode
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.divideByZero
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.getOrSet
+import xyz.lbres.kotlinutils.bigdecimal.ext.isWholeNumber
 import xyz.lbres.kotlinutils.biginteger.ext.isZero
 import xyz.lbres.kotlinutils.general.simpleIf
 import java.math.BigDecimal
diff --git a/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/sqrt/SqrtImpl.kt b/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/sqrt/SqrtImpl.kt
index be8c3577..8cdb2d3c 100644
--- a/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/sqrt/SqrtImpl.kt
+++ b/exact-numbers/src/main/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/irrationals/sqrt/SqrtImpl.kt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.irrationals.sqrt
 
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.exactfraction.ExactFraction
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.ext.divideBy
-import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.ext.isWholeNumber
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.createHashCode
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.divideByZero
 import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.utils.getOrSet
+import xyz.lbres.kotlinutils.bigdecimal.ext.isWholeNumber
 import java.math.BigDecimal
 
 // implementation of Sqrt class
diff --git a/exact-numbers/src/test/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExtTest.kt b/exact-numbers/src/test/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExtTest.kt
index 88c7bc30..710e06fe 100644
--- a/exact-numbers/src/test/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExtTest.kt
+++ b/exact-numbers/src/test/kotlin/xyz/lbres/exactnumbers/ext/BigDecimalExtTest.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import xyz.lbres.exactnumbers.testutils.assertDivByZero
 import java.math.BigDecimal
 import kotlin.test.Test
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
-import kotlin.test.assertFalse
-import kotlin.test.assertTrue
 
 class BigDecimalExtTest {
     @Test
@@ -47,39 +45,4 @@ class BigDecimalExtTest {
         expected = BigDecimal("7.3571428571428571429") // rounds up
         assertEquals(expected, bd1.divideBy(bd2))
     }
-
-    @Test
-    fun testIsWholeNumber() {
-        // whole number
-        var bd = BigDecimal.ZERO
-        assertTrue(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("100")
-        assertTrue(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("-100")
-        assertTrue(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("-1234560000000000000999")
-        assertTrue(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("123456000000000.0000")
-        assertTrue(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("7.00000000000000000000000000000")
-        assertTrue(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        // decimal
-        bd = BigDecimal("0.00000000000000000001")
-        assertFalse(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("-1.01")
-        assertFalse(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("123456000000000000099.9")
-        assertFalse(bd.isWholeNumber())
-
-        bd = BigDecimal("99999999999999999999999.9")
-        assertFalse(bd.isWholeNumber())
-    }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ffed3a25..aa991fce 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists