diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 75b16ad..db4f605 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
       NEXUS_PASS: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASS }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '11'
           distribution: 'adopt'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index f08f917..ba789de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Get Version
         run: |
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
           # Store version for later use.
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Set up JDK 11
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: adopt
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 64f8215..2fb782b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 val gradleNexusVersion = "1.3.0"
 val kotlinVersion = "1.9.24"
-val dokkaVersion = "1.8.20"
+val dokkaVersion = "1.9.20"
 val ktLintVersion = "11.6.1"
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
index 9a1aced..91b076a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ object Versions {
         const val DateTime = "0.5.0"
     }
 
-    const val Kotest = "5.6.2"
+    const val Kotest = "5.9.1"
     const val KotlinLogging = "3.0.5"
     const val Kafka = "3.3.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index b3a1e39..341f42f 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ kotlinxCli = "0.3.6"
 kotlinxDateTime = "0.3.0"
 kotlinLogging = "3.0.5"
 logback = "1.4.14"
-slf4jApi = "2.0.7"
+slf4jApi = "2.0.13"
 
 pluginNexusPublishPlugin = "1.3.0"
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd49..e644113 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 1af9e09..a441313 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a4..b740cf1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..25da30d 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index b0b7dd7..2227236 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ include("ft-coroutines-kafka")
 include("ft-coroutines-kafka-retry")
 
 plugins {
-    id("org.danilopianini.gradle-pre-commit-git-hooks") version "1.1.16"
+    id("org.danilopianini.gradle-pre-commit-git-hooks") version "2.0.7"
 }
 
 gitHooks {