diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index c9d6e22..98ebbec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
 
       - name: Grand execute permissions to gradlew
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
 
       - name: Assemble app debug APK
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
 
       - name: Version bump
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index aa4cdf1..f3476e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        java-version: 11
+        java-version: 17
         cache: 'gradle'
 
     - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 8188a6a..300b42d 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 android {
-    compileSdkVersion 33
+    namespace 'nl.jovmit.friends'
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "nl.jovmit.friends"
         minSdkVersion 24
-        targetSdkVersion 33
+        targetSdkVersion 34
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
 
@@ -25,12 +26,12 @@ android {
     }
 
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
 
     kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = '1.8'
+        jvmTarget = '17'
     }
 
     buildFeatures {
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ android {
     }
 
     composeOptions {
-        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion "1.3.0"
+        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion "1.5.0"
     }
 
     testOptions.unitTests.all {
@@ -68,21 +69,21 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
 
-    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.8.0'
-    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.1'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.9.0'
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$composeVersion"
     implementation "androidx.compose.material:material:$composeVersion"
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling:$composeVersion"
-    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.5.1'
-    implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.5.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.7.2'
     implementation "androidx.compose.runtime:runtime-livedata:$composeVersion"
-    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-compose:2.5.1"
+    implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-compose:2.7.0"
     implementation "io.insert-koin:koin-android:$koinVersion"
     implementation "io.insert-koin:koin-androidx-compose:$koinVersion"
     implementation "com.google.accompanist:accompanist-swiperefresh:0.24.1-alpha"
 
     androidTestImplementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-test-junit4:$composeVersion"
-    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.ext:junit-ktx:1.1.3"
+    androidTestImplementation "androidx.test.ext:junit-ktx:1.1.5"
 
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:$jUnitVersion"
     testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params:$jUnitVersion"
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 3e2281c..b8feabf 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
-    package="nl.jovmit.friends">
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 
     <application
         android:name=".app.FriendsApplication"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2cb89bc..ea3575b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        kotlinVersion = '1.7.10'
-        composeVersion = '1.2.1'
+        kotlinVersion = '1.9.0'
+        composeVersion = '1.5.0'
         koinVersion = '3.1.4'
-        jUnitVersion = '5.8.2'
+        jUnitVersion = '5.9.2'
     }
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlinVersion"
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 98bed16..8145fa7 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 # Automatically convert third-party libraries to use AndroidX
 android.enableJetifier=true
 # Kotlin code style for this project: "official" or "obsolete":
-kotlin.code.style=official
\ No newline at end of file
+kotlin.code.style=official
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=true
+android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
+android.nonFinalResIds=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ddf8201..fbc69a7 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Sat Feb 06 00:40:28 CET 2021
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/whatsNewDirectory/whatsnew-en-US b/whatsNewDirectory/whatsnew-en-US
index 21f5767..c9fca20 100644
--- a/whatsNewDirectory/whatsnew-en-US
+++ b/whatsNewDirectory/whatsnew-en-US
@@ -1 +1 @@
-The second release
\ No newline at end of file
+Updating project dependencies and target OS versions.
\ No newline at end of file