diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1db1b5cf..f56c731f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ PROJECT_LICENSE_URL=https://github.com/graphql-java-kickstart/spring-java-servle
 PROJECT_DEV_ID=oliemansm
 PROJECT_DEV_NAME=Michiel Oliemans
 LIB_GRAPHQL_JAVA_VER=22.3
-LIB_JACKSON_VER=2.17.2
-LIB_SLF4J_VER=2.0.16
-LIB_LOMBOK_VER=1.18.34
+LIB_JACKSON_VER=2.19.0
+LIB_SLF4J_VER=2.0.17
+LIB_LOMBOK_VER=1.18.38
 # These constants are necessary to the automatic release of javax flavour
 LIB_JAVAX_SERVLET=4.0.1
 LIB_JAVAX_WEBSOCKET=1.1
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b95..1b33c55b 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 79eb9d00..6514f919 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f5feea6d..23d15a93 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
-' "$PWD" ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9b42019c..5eed7ee8 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/graphql-java-kickstart/build.gradle b/graphql-java-kickstart/build.gradle
index 7744441a..c6381736 100644
--- a/graphql-java-kickstart/build.gradle
+++ b/graphql-java-kickstart/build.gradle
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ dependencies {
     // JSON
     api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$LIB_JACKSON_VER"
     api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$LIB_JACKSON_VER"
-    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.17.2"
+    api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.0"
     api "com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:$LIB_JACKSON_VER"
 }
diff --git a/graphql-java-servlet/build.gradle b/graphql-java-servlet/build.gradle
index 084c469f..fd72a8f2 100644
--- a/graphql-java-servlet/build.gradle
+++ b/graphql-java-servlet/build.gradle
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'io.github.graphql-java:graphql-java-annotations:9.1'
 
     // Unit testing
-    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-all:4.0.23"
+    testImplementation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-all:4.0.26"
     testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core:2.3-groovy-4.0"
-    testRuntimeOnly "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.15.2"
+    testRuntimeOnly "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.17.5"
     testRuntimeOnly "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.4"
     testImplementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:$LIB_SLF4J_VER"
-    testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-test:6.1.13"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-web:6.1.13"
-    testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.3.1-jre'
+    testImplementation "org.springframework:spring-test:6.2.6"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-web:6.2.6"
+    testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.4.8-jre'
     testImplementation "jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api:6.1.0"
     testImplementation "jakarta.websocket:jakarta.websocket-api:2.2.0"
     testImplementation "jakarta.websocket:jakarta.websocket-client-api:2.2.0"