diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af0cb9bb07a..c92e0b4f11c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,17 +1,47 @@
-target/*
-bin/*
-build/*
-.gradle/*
-.settings/*
+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+.gradle
+build/
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### STS ###
+.attach_pid*
+.apt_generated
 .classpath
-.project
 .factorypath
-.attach_pid*
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+bin/
+!**/src/main/**/bin/
+!**/src/test/**/bin/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea
+*.iws
 *.iml
-/target
-.sts4-cache/
-.vscode
+*.ipr
+out/
+!**/src/main/**/out/
+!**/src/test/**/out/
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### CSS ###
 _site/
 *.css
 !petclinic.css
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index ce65fef7e93..654af46a704 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
 wrapperVersion=3.3.2
 distributionType=only-script
-distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.7/apache-maven-3.9.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.9.9/apache-maven-3.9.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index aa7c51244fe..21baa9a26e6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 plugins {
   id 'java'
   id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.3.4'
-  id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.5'
-  id 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native' version '0.10.2'
-  id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' version '1.8.2'
-  id 'io.spring.javaformat' version '0.0.41'
+  id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.6'
+  id 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native' version '0.10.3'
+  id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' version '1.10.0'
+  id 'io.spring.javaformat' version '0.0.43'
   id "io.spring.nohttp" version "0.0.11"
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ repositories {
   mavenCentral()
 }
 
+ext.checkstyleVersion = "10.18.1"
+ext.springJavaformatCheckstyleVersion = "0.0.43"
 ext.webjarsFontawesomeVersion = "4.7.0"
 ext.webjarsBootstrapVersion = "5.3.3"
 
@@ -49,8 +51,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-docker-compose'
   testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter'
   testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:mysql'
-  checkstyle 'io.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-checkstyle:0.0.41'
-  checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.16.0'
+  checkstyle "io.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-checkstyle:${springJavaformatCheckstyleVersion}"
+  checkstyle "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:${checkstyleVersion}"
 }
 
 tasks.named('test') {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index aaebf7ca813..7d41b57d290 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   mysql:
-    image: mysql:8.4
+    image: mysql:9.0
     ports:
       - "3306:3306"
     environment:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
     profiles:
       - mysql
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:16.3
+    image: postgres:17.0
     ports:
       - "5432:5432"
     environment:
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e6441136f3d..a4b76b9530d 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 b82aa23a4f0..df97d72b8b9 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-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a42690..f5feea6d6b1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       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/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 25da30dbdee..9d21a21834d 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 276d501f843..e327681664f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@
     <webjars-bootstrap.version>5.3.3</webjars-bootstrap.version>
     <webjars-font-awesome.version>4.7.0</webjars-font-awesome.version>
 
-    <checkstyle.version>10.16.0</checkstyle.version>
+    <checkstyle.version>10.18.1</checkstyle.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
     <libsass.version>0.2.29</libsass.version>
     <lifecycle-mapping>1.0.0</lifecycle-mapping>
-    <maven-checkstyle.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle.version>
+    <maven-checkstyle.version>3.5.0</maven-checkstyle.version>
     <nohttp-checkstyle.version>0.0.11</nohttp-checkstyle.version>
-    <spring-format.version>0.0.41</spring-format.version>
+    <spring-format.version>0.0.43</spring-format.version>
 
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 9dea4591b24..43d6bab4956 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ A similar setup is provided for MySQL and PostgreSQL if a persistent database co
 You can start MySQL or PostgreSQL locally with whatever installer works for your OS or use docker:
 
 ```bash
-docker run -e MYSQL_USER=petclinic -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=petclinic -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -e MYSQL_DATABASE=petclinic -p 3306:3306 mysql:8.4
+docker run -e MYSQL_USER=petclinic -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=petclinic -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root -e MYSQL_DATABASE=petclinic -p 3306:3306 mysql:9.0
 ```
 
 or
 
 ```bash
-docker run -e POSTGRES_USER=petclinic -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=petclinic -e POSTGRES_DB=petclinic -p 5432:5432 postgres:16.3
+docker run -e POSTGRES_USER=petclinic -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=petclinic -e POSTGRES_DB=petclinic -p 5432:5432 postgres:17.0
 ```
 
 Further documentation is provided for [MySQL](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-petclinic/blob/main/src/main/resources/db/mysql/petclinic_db_setup_mysql.txt)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Pet.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Pet.java
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Visit.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/Visit.java
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/system/CacheConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/system/CacheConfiguration.java
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/layout.html b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/layout.html
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java
index 08d0d712990..300ac359ff9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MySqlIntegrationTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class MySqlIntegrationTests {
 
 	@ServiceConnection
 	@Container
-	static MySQLContainer<?> container = new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:8.4");
+	static MySQLContainer<?> container = new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:9.0");
 
 	@LocalServerPort
 	int port;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java
index 3c582d67cdf..96b71ecc515 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/MysqlTestApplication.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class MysqlTestApplication {
 	@Profile("mysql")
 	@Bean
 	static MySQLContainer<?> container() {
-		return new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:8.4");
+		return new MySQLContainer<>("mysql:9.0");
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/PetControllerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/samples/petclinic/owner/PetControllerTests.java
old mode 100755
new mode 100644