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/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin/build.gradle
index 14253e4..33112ae 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ java {
 dependencies {
    implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.21'
    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9'
-   implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.11.0'
+   implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.12.0'
    implementation 'gradle.plugin.com.redpillanalytics:gradle-properties:1.0.7'
    implementation 'gradle.plugin.com.github.johnrengelman:shadow:8.0.0'
    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.14.0'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ testing {
          useSpock('2.3-groovy-3.0')
          dependencies {
             implementation project()
-            implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.11.0'
+            implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.12.0'
             implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.14.0'
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/markdown/README.md b/src/markdown/README.md
index bffeff4..76ed88c 100644
--- a/src/markdown/README.md
+++ b/src/markdown/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Recent changes
 
 ### Java 17 Support
-To support Java 17, we also had to add support for the `RUNTIME_VERSION` option when creating procedures and functions with JVM languages.
-The `runtime` parameter was added to the `applications` DSL to support this change, but the default value will stay `11` for now.
+To support Java 17, we needed to add support for the `RUNTIME_VERSION` option when creating procedures and functions with JVM languages.
+The `runtime` parameter was added to the `applications` DSL to support this change, but the default value will stay `11` for now to align with the Snowflake default.
 
 Additionally, Java 17 is also being used now to compile and build this plugin.