diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ce81137..63c2e458 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <useBeta>true</useBeta>
 
     <!-- Jenkins Plug-in Dependencies Versions -->
-    <checks-api.version>0.2.0</checks-api.version>
+    <checks-api.version>0.2.2</checks-api.version>
     <plugin-util-api.version>1.2.2</plugin-util-api.version>
     <github-api.version>1.115</github-api.version>
     <github-branch-source.version>2.8.3</github-branch-source.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisher.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisher.java
index 47f52979..8c209f1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisher.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.Date;
 
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public class GitHubChecksPublisher extends ChecksPublisher {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(GitHubChecksPublisher.class.getName());
 
     private final GitHubChecksContext context;
+    @Nullable
     private final TaskListener listener;
 
     /**
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ public class GitHubChecksPublisher extends ChecksPublisher {
      * @param context
      *         a context which contains SCM properties
      */
-    public GitHubChecksPublisher(final GitHubChecksContext context, final TaskListener listener) {
+    public GitHubChecksPublisher(final GitHubChecksContext context, @Nullable final TaskListener listener) {
         super();
 
         this.context = context;
@@ -57,12 +59,16 @@ public void publish(final ChecksDetails details) {
                     credentials);
             GHCheckRunBuilder builder = createBuilder(gitHub, new GitHubChecksDetails(details));
             builder.create();
-            listener.getLogger().println("GitHub checks have been published.");
+            if (listener != null) {
+                listener.getLogger().println("GitHub checks have been published.");
+            }
         }
         catch (IllegalStateException | IOException e) {
             String message = "Failed Publishing GitHub checks: ";
             LOGGER.log(Level.WARN, message, e);
-            listener.getLogger().println(message + e);
+            if (listener != null) {
+                listener.getLogger().println(message + e);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisherFactory.java b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisherFactory.java
index 30cab1d6..efb0953a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisherFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/jenkins/plugins/checks/github/GitHubChecksPublisherFactory.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import edu.hm.hafner.util.VisibleForTesting;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.Nullable;
 import hudson.model.Job;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
 import org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSource;
@@ -45,23 +46,30 @@ protected Optional<ChecksPublisher> createPublisher(final Job<?, ?> job, final T
     }
 
     protected Optional<ChecksPublisher> createPublisher(final GitHubChecksContext context,
-                                                        final TaskListener listener) {
+                                                        @Nullable final TaskListener listener) {
         Job<?, ?> job = context.getJob();
         Optional<GitHubSCMSource> source = scmFacade.findGitHubSCMSource(job);
         if (!source.isPresent()) {
-            listener.getLogger().println("Skipped publishing GitHub checks: no GitHub SCM found.");
+            if (listener != null) {
+                listener.getLogger().println("Skipped publishing GitHub checks: no GitHub SCM found.");
+            }
             return Optional.empty();
         }
 
         String credentialsId = source.get().getCredentialsId();
         if (credentialsId == null
                 || !scmFacade.findGitHubAppCredentials(job, credentialsId).isPresent()) {
-            listener.getLogger().println("Skipped publishing GitHub checks: no GitHub APP credentials found, "
-                    + "see https://github.com/jenkinsci/github-branch-source-plugin/blob/master/docs/github-app.adoc");
+            if (listener != null) {
+                listener.getLogger().println("Skipped publishing GitHub checks: no GitHub APP credentials found, "
+                        + "see "
+                        + "https://github.com/jenkinsci/github-branch-source-plugin/blob/master/docs/github-app.adoc");
+            }
             return Optional.empty();
         }
 
-        listener.getLogger().println("Publishing GitHub checks...");
+        if (listener != null) {
+            listener.getLogger().println("Publishing GitHub checks...");
+        }
         return Optional.of(new GitHubChecksPublisher(context, listener));
     }
 }