diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63f902eb..e8e3b414 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -251,6 +251,23 @@ Kafdrop supports TLS (SSL) and SASL connections for [encryption and authenticati
 * `kafka.keystore.jks`: specifying the private key to authenticate the client to the broker, if mutual TLS authentication is required.
 * `kafka.properties`: specifying the necessary configuration, including key/truststore passwords, cipher suites, enabled TLS protocol versions, username/password pairs, etc. When supplying the truststore and/or keystore files, the `ssl.truststore.location` and `ssl.keystore.location` properties will be assigned automatically.
 
+### Running from JAR
+First create a `kafka.properties` file with the following content:
+
+```yml
+security.protocol=SASL_SSL
+sasl.mechanism=SCRAM-SHA-512
+sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required username="foo" password="bar"
+```
+
+Then run Kafdrop with the following command:
+
+```shell
+java -jar target/kafdrop-<version>.jar \
+    --kafka.brokerConnect=<host:port,host:port> \
+    --kafka.propertiesFile=./kafka.properties
+```
+
 ### Using Docker
 The three files above can be supplied to a Docker instance in base-64-encoded form via environment variables:
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af5bb497..9e6b05ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                  <groupId>io.swagger.core.v3</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>swagger-annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
             <artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.0</version>
+            <version>2.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Spring test -->