diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 87be2e5..f4e2ec9 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ plugins {
 
 android {
     namespace = "com.example.affirmations"
-    compileSdk = 33
+    compileSdk = 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId = "com.example.affirmations"
         minSdk = 24
-        targetSdk = 33
+        targetSdk = 34
         versionCode = 1
         versionName = "1.0"
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ android {
         compose = true
     }
     composeOptions {
-        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.4.7"
+        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.5.3"
     }
     packaging {
         resources {
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2023.05.01"))
-    implementation("androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.7.2")
+    implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2023.09.00"))
+    implementation("androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.8.0")
     implementation("androidx.compose.material3:material3")
     implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui")
     implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-graphics")
     implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling-preview")
-    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.1")
-    implementation("androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.6.1")
+    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0")
+    implementation("androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.6.2")
 
     debugImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-manifest")
     debugImplementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/MainActivity.kt
index 511f188..704fefe 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/MainActivity.kt
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ package com.example.affirmations
 import android.os.Bundle
 import androidx.activity.ComponentActivity
 import androidx.activity.compose.setContent
+import androidx.activity.enableEdgeToEdge
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
-import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
 import androidx.compose.material3.Surface
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ import com.example.affirmations.ui.theme.AffirmationsTheme
 class MainActivity : ComponentActivity() {
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
+        enableEdgeToEdge()
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         setContent {
             AffirmationsTheme {
-                // A surface container using the 'background' color from the theme
                 Surface(
-                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
-                    color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.background
+                    modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize()
                 ) {
                     AffirmationsApp()
                 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/ui/theme/Theme.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/ui/theme/Theme.kt
index e7de411..2011969 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/ui/theme/Theme.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/example/affirmations/ui/theme/Theme.kt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ fun AffirmationsTheme(
         darkTheme -> DarkColorScheme
         else -> LightColorScheme
     }
+
     val view = LocalView.current
     if (!view.isInEditMode) {
         SideEffect {
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 76adc6b..1c20334 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 plugins {
-    id("com.android.application") version "8.0.2" apply false
-    id("com.android.library") version "8.0.2" apply false
-    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.8.21" apply false
+    id("com.android.application") version "8.1.2" apply false
+    id("com.android.library") version "8.1.2" apply false
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "1.9.10" apply false
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 58b9abb..6012ae1 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Wed Mar 15 18:26:52 PDT 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists