diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 8c68bb7c..79c0fd49 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
         "connectionId": "itsallcode",
         "projectKey": "white-rabbit"
     },
-    "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic"
+    "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic",
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e20f740..618b1607 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 plugins {
     id 'eclipse'
-    id "org.sonarqube" version "4.3.1.3277"
+    id "org.sonarqube" version "4.4.1.3373"
     id "org.jetbrains.gradle.plugin.idea-ext" version "1.1.7"
     id "io.codearte.nexus-staging" version "0.30.0"
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '8.1.1' apply false
     id "com.moowork.node" version "1.3.1" apply false
-    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.48.0"
-    id "org.panteleyev.jpackageplugin" version "1.5.2" apply false
+    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.50.0"
+    id "org.panteleyev.jpackageplugin" version "1.6.0" apply false
     id "org.gradle.crypto.checksum" version "1.4.0" apply false
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c..d64cd491 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 ac72c34e..1af9e093 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-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 0adc8e1a..1aa94a42 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ fi
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 0567f7c3..98fff42f 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -19,15 +19,15 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
     }
     versionCatalogs {
         libs {
-            version('junitJupiter', '5.10.0')
-            version('mockito', '5.5.0')
-            version('log4j', '2.20.0')
+            version('junitJupiter', '5.10.1')
+            version('mockito', '5.9.0')
+            version('log4j', '2.22.1')
             version('javafx', '20-ea+9') // Versions >= 20-ea+11 and 20 causes UI-Test failures in non-headless mode (-PuiTestsHeadless=false)
 
             library('junitParams', 'org.junit.jupiter', 'junit-jupiter-params').versionRef('junitJupiter')
-            library('assertj', 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.24.2')
-            library('junitPioneer', 'org.junit-pioneer:junit-pioneer:2.1.0')
-            library('equalsverifier', 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.15.1')
+            library('assertj', 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.25.1')
+            library('junitPioneer', 'org.junit-pioneer:junit-pioneer:2.2.0')
+            library('equalsverifier', 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.15.6')
             library('hamcrest', 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3')
             library('mockito', 'org.mockito', 'mockito-core').versionRef('mockito')
             library('mocktioJunit', 'org.mockito', 'mockito-junit-jupiter').versionRef('mockito')
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library('jsonBindApi', 'jakarta.json.bind:jakarta.json.bind-api:3.0.0')
             library('yasson', 'org.eclipse:yasson:3.0.3')
 
-            library('jdtAnnotations', 'org.eclipse.jdt:org.eclipse.jdt.annotation:2.2.700')
-            library('jansi', 'org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:2.4.0')
+            library('jdtAnnotations', 'org.eclipse.jdt:org.eclipse.jdt.annotation:2.2.800')
+            library('jansi', 'org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:2.4.1')
             library('log4j.api', 'org.apache.logging.log4j', 'log4j-api').versionRef('log4j')
             library('log4j.core', 'org.apache.logging.log4j', 'log4j-core').versionRef('log4j')
             library('log4j.jul', 'org.apache.logging.log4j', 'log4j-jul').versionRef('log4j')