diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 9c2201a1b..4e4dd2a9a 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 [versions]
-ktor = "2.3.2"                     # https://ktor.io/
+ktor = "2.3.3"                     # https://ktor.io/
 datetime = "0.4.0"                 # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime
 serialization = "1.5.1"            # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization
 kotlin = "1.9.0"
 logback = "1.4.8"                  # https://logback.qos.ch/download.html
 node-plugin = "5.0.0"              # https://github.com/node-gradle/gradle-node-plugin
-coroutines = "1.7.2"               # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/
-exposed = "0.41.1"                 # https://github.com/JetBrains/Exposed
+coroutines = "1.7.3"               # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines/
+exposed = "0.42.0"                 # https://github.com/JetBrains/Exposed
 telegram-bot = "6.0.7"             # https://github.com/kotlin-telegram-bot/kotlin-telegram-bot
 shadow-plugin = "8.1.1"            # https://github.com/johnrengelman/shadow
 sqlite = "3.42.0.0"                # https://github.com/xerial/sqlite-jdbc
-clikt = "4.0.0"                    # https://ajalt.github.io/clikt/
+clikt = "4.2.0"                    # https://ajalt.github.io/clikt/
 immutable = "0.3.5"                # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.collections.immutable
-protobuf-plugin = "0.9.3"          # https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-protobuf = "3.23.2"
-grpc = "1.55.1"                    # https://github.com/grpc/grpc
+protobuf-plugin = "0.9.4"          # https://github.com/google/protobuf-gradle-plugin
+protobuf = "3.23.4"
+grpc = "1.55.3"                    # https://github.com/grpc/grpc
 grpc-kotlin = "1.3.0"              # https://github.com/grpc/grpc-kotlin
 dokka = "1.8.20"                   # https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka
 
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ ktor-server-websockets          = { version.ref = "ktor", group = "io.ktor", nam
 kotlinx-datetime           = { version.ref = "datetime", group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-datetime" }
 kotlinx-serialization-json = { version.ref = "serialization", group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-json" }
 kotlinx-serialization-properties = { version.ref = "serialization", group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-properties" }
-kotlinx-serialization-protobuf = { version.ref = "serialization", group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-protobuf" }
 kotlinx-coroutines-core    = { version.ref = "coroutines", group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-coroutines-core" }
 kotlinx-collections-immutable = { version.ref = "immutable", group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-collections-immutable"}
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index c1962a79e..033e24c4c 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 a36387743..9f4197d5f 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index aeb74cbb4..fcb6fca14 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -130,10 +130,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.