diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
index 7969a24..0627623 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.5.0
         with:
           cache-write-only: true
       - name: Run build (incl. test)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
index 15a9751..783ae8a 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/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.5.0
         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 9708cbd..16fe5fa 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/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.5.0
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
index 05eb043..d7237f7 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/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.5.0
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d48e26e..b8defad 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [versions]
 # note: the version named `micronaut` is picked up by the micronaut gradle plugin
-micronaut = "4.3.8"
+micronaut = "4.5.0"
 
-junit = "5.10.2"
-assertj = "3.25.3"
-testcontainers = "1.19.7"
+junit = "5.10.3"
+assertj = "3.26.3"
+testcontainers = "1.20.0"
 
 johnrengelman_shadow_plugin = "8.1.1"
-micronaut_application_plugin = "4.3.6"
-micronaut_aot_plugin = "4.3.6"
+micronaut_application_plugin = "4.4.2"
+micronaut_aot_plugin = "4.4.2"
 
 [libraries]
 # note: the defined library 'micronaut-platform' is not referenced directly in any build.gradle(.kts)
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e644113..2c35211 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 b82aa23..09523c0 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-8.9-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a4..f5feea6 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 25da30d..9d21a21 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 ##########################################################################