diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
index 9f043e6..c5cf54d 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/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         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 13b8913..841e38e 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/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         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 c37afe6..a71e420 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/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
index 5a9fb6b..dbb6519 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/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
index f11fd13..7919d1a 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/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
index 89ec474..8401cf2 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/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
index d118a3d..f238134 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/wrapper-validation-action@v2
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.1.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.3.2
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index c92b5af..85bee0b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [versions]
 junit = "5.10.2"
-assertj = "3.25.3"
-testcontainers = "1.19.6"
-publish_plugin = "1.3.0"
+assertj = "3.26.0"
+testcontainers = "1.19.8"
+publish_plugin = "2.0.0"
 release_plugin = "3.0.2"
 
 [libraries]
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd49..e644113 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 a80b22c..b82aa23 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-8.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..25da30d 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail