diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2b74c8c..7edfa81f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 HELP.md
 .gradle
 build/
-!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 !**/src/main/**/build/
 !**/src/test/**/build/
 
@@ -41,6 +40,7 @@ out/
 
 ### Java binaries ###
 *.jar
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 ### UME specific connector configs ###
 ume*.sh
diff --git a/deploy/deploy-connectors.sh b/deploy/deploy-connectors.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2577f210..cc8b047b
--- a/deploy/deploy-connectors.sh
+++ b/deploy/deploy-connectors.sh
@@ -1,35 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
-#curl -X POST \
-#  http://localhost:8083/connectors \
-#  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-#  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
-#  -d '{
-#  "name": "onkostar-meldung-connector",
-#  "config": {
-#    "tasks.max": "1",
-#    "connector.class": "io.confluent.connect.jdbc.JdbcSourceConnector",
-#    "connection.url": "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//oracle2:1521/COGN12",
-#    "connection.user": "DWH_ROUTINE",
-#    "connection.password": "devPassword",
-#    "schema.pattern": "DWH_ROUTINE",
-#    "topic.prefix": "onkostar.MELDUNG",
-#    "query": "SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM STG_ONKOSTAR_LKR_MELDUNG) o",
-#    "mode": "incrementing",
-#    "incrementing.column.name": "ID",
-#    "validate.non.null": "true",
-#    "numeric.mapping": "best_fit",
-#    "transforms": "ValueToKey",
-#    "transforms.ValueToKey.type": "org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ValueToKey",
-#    "transforms.ValueToKey.fields": "ID"
-#  }
-#}'
-
 curl -X POST \
-  http://localhost:8083/connectors \
-  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
-  -d '{
+	http://localhost:8083/connectors \
+	-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+	-H 'Accept: application/json' \
+	-d '{
   "name": "onkostar-meldung-export-connector",
   "config": {
     "tasks.max": "1",
@@ -49,31 +23,3 @@ curl -X POST \
     "transforms.ValueToKey.fields": "ID"
   }
 }'
-
-# Typ -1 entspricht Arbeitsversion und kann daher im Connector herausgefiltert werden
-
-#curl -X POST \
-#  http://localhost:8083/connectors \
-#  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-#  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
-#  -d '{
-#  "name": "onkostar-export-connector",
-#  "config": {
-#    "tasks.max": "1",
-#    "connector.class": "io.confluent.connect.jdbc.JdbcSourceConnector",
-#    "connection.url": "jdbc:oracle:thin:@//oracle2:1521/COGN12",
-#    "connection.user": "DWH_ROUTINE",
-#    "connection.password": "devPassword",
-#    "schema.pattern": "DWH_ROUTINE",
-#    "topic.prefix": "onkostar.EXPORT",
-#    "query": "SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM STG_ONKOSTAR_LKR_EXPORT) o",
-#    "mode": "incrementing",
-#    "incrementing.column.name": "ID",
-#    "validate.non.null": "true",
-#    "numeric.mapping": "best_fit",
-#    "transforms": "ValueToKey",
-#    "transforms.ValueToKey.type": "org.apache.kafka.connect.transforms.ValueToKey",
-#    "transforms.ValueToKey.fields": "ID"
-#  }
-#}'
-
diff --git a/deploy/down.sh b/deploy/down.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/deploy/resetTopics.sh b/deploy/resetTopics.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/deploy/up.sh b/deploy/up.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f93135c
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 744c64d1..3fa8f862 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 79a61d42..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ 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.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+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,
+#     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.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \