diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
index 9d36958..5a285bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-write-only: true
       - name: Run build (incl. test)
         run: ./gradlew build -x intTest --no-daemon
 
       - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
+        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v5
         if: success() || failure() # always run even if the previous step fails
         with:
           report_paths: '**/build/test-results/test/TEST-*.xml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
index 565e90a..2f7566f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
       - name: Run build with Gradle Wrapper
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml
index 624889b..46f91f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
index e85ccb6..b4d81b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
index e4d839a..f7fd3ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew intTest -x test --no-daemon
 
       - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
+        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v5
         if: success() || failure() # always run even if the previous step fails
         with:
           report_paths: '**/build/test-results/intTest/TEST-*.xml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
index abacc6d..b91985c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
index 61d5bff..99ee645 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.2.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 25bdaa1..917d71c 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [versions]
-junit = "5.10.3"
-assertj = "3.26.3"
-testcontainers = "1.20.0"
+junit = "5.11.4"
+assertj = "3.27.0"
+testcontainers = "1.20.4"
 publish_plugin = "2.0.0"
-release_plugin = "3.0.2"
+release_plugin = "3.1.0"
 
 [libraries]
 junit = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 2c35211..a4b76b9 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 09523c0..cea7a79 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-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f5feea6..f3b75f3 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ 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 -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
-' "$PWD" ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum