diff --git a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/build.gradle b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/build.gradle
index cf48310e..6d4d610a 100644
--- a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/build.gradle
+++ b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/build.gradle
@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.devh/grpc-server-spring-boot-starter
         grpcSpringBootVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        springBootVersion = '3.4.1'
+        springBootVersion = '4.0.6'
         springDependencyManagementVersion = '1.1.7'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.validation/jakarta.validation-api
-        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.0'
+        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-annotations-api
-        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda
-        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.18.2'
+        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.21.3'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api
         // jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.1
-        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.2'
+        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.5'
         mockitoVersion = '4.+'
 
-        log4j2Version = '2.24.3'
+        log4j2Version = '2.25.4'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c4..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew
index fcb6fca1..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew
+++ b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ 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
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 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 $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -201,16 +202,15 @@ 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, 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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew.bat b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/gradlew.bat
+++ b/elixir-to-java/java-grpc-elixir-server/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -57,36 +59,24 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/build.gradle b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/build.gradle
index 00953ee3..8a7bcc4d 100644
--- a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/build.gradle
+++ b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/build.gradle
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.devh/grpc-server-spring-boot-starter
         grpcSpringBootVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        springBootVersion = '3.4.1'
+        springBootVersion = '4.0.6'
         springDependencyManagementVersion = '1.1.7'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.validation/jakarta.validation-api
-        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.0'
+        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-annotations-api
-        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda
-        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.18.2'
+        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.21.3'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api
         // jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.1
-        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.2'
+        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.5'
         mockitoVersion = '4.+'
 
-        log4j2Version = '2.24.3'
+        log4j2Version = '2.25.4'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c4..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew
index fcb6fca1..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew
+++ b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ 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
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 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 $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -201,16 +202,15 @@ 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, 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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew.bat b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/gradlew.bat
+++ b/java-to-elixir/elixir-grpc-java/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -57,36 +59,24 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-api-server/build.gradle b/java-to-java/java-api-server/build.gradle
index cdef548a..583c361a 100644
--- a/java-to-java/java-api-server/build.gradle
+++ b/java-to-java/java-api-server/build.gradle
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.devh/grpc-server-spring-boot-starter
         grpcSpringBootVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        springBootVersion = '3.4.1'
+        springBootVersion = '4.0.6'
         springDependencyManagementVersion = '1.1.7'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.validation/jakarta.validation-api
-        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.0'
+        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-annotations-api
-        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda
-        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.18.2'
+        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.21.3'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api
         // jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.1
-        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.2'
+        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.5'
         mockitoVersion = '4.+'
 
-        log4j2Version = '2.24.3'
+        log4j2Version = '2.25.4'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c4..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew
index fcb6fca1..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew
+++ b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ 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
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 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 $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -201,16 +202,15 @@ 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, 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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew.bat b/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/java-to-java/java-api-server/gradlew.bat
+++ b/java-to-java/java-api-server/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -57,36 +59,24 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/build.gradle b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/build.gradle
index 52a86dd7..39f4297f 100644
--- a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/build.gradle
+++ b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/build.gradle
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.devh/grpc-server-spring-boot-starter
         grpcSpringBootVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        springBootVersion = '3.4.1'
+        springBootVersion = '4.0.6'
         springDependencyManagementVersion = '1.1.7'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.validation/jakarta.validation-api
-        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.0'
+        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-annotations-api
-        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda
-        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.18.2'
+        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.21.3'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api
         // jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.1
-        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.2'
+        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.5'
         mockitoVersion = '4.+'
 
-        log4j2Version = '2.24.3'
+        log4j2Version = '2.25.4'
     }
 
     dependencies {
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c4..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew
index fcb6fca1..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew
+++ b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ 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
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 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 $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -201,16 +202,15 @@ 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, 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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew.bat b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/gradlew.bat
+++ b/java-to-java/java-grpc-server/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -57,36 +59,24 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/build.gradle b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/build.gradle
index 36419e1c..c65bade6 100644
--- a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/build.gradle
+++ b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/build.gradle
@@ -5,27 +5,27 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.devh/grpc-server-spring-boot-starter
         grpcSpringBootVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        springBootVersion = '3.4.1'
+        springBootVersion = '4.0.6'
         springDependencyManagementVersion = '1.1.7'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.validation/jakarta.validation-api
-        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.0'
+        jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.1.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-annotations-api
-        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda
-        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.18.2'
+        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.21.3'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api
         // jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/3.0.1
-        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.2'
+        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.5'
         mockitoVersion = '4.+'
 
-        log4j2Version = '2.24.3'
+        log4j2Version = '2.25.4'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b95..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew
index f5feea6d..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew
+++ b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -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
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -206,15 +203,14 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew.bat b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew.bat
index 9b42019c..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew.bat
+++ b/java-to-rust/java-grpc-example/gradlew.bat
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -65,30 +65,18 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/build.gradle b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/build.gradle
index 8035c408..7ff67dee 100644
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/build.gradle
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/build.gradle
@@ -5,31 +5,31 @@ buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.devh/grpc-server-spring-boot-starter
         grpcSpringBootVersion = '3.1.0.RELEASE'
-        springBootVersion = '3.4.1'
+        springBootVersion = '4.0.6'
         springDependencyManagementVersion = '1.1.7'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.validation/jakarta.validation-api
         jakartaValidationApiVersion = '3.0.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-annotations-api
-        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatAnnotationsApi = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.tomcat/tomcat-jdbc
-        tomcatJdbcVersion = '11.0.2'
+        tomcatJdbcVersion = '11.0.21'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.mysql/mysql-connector-j
-        mysqlConnectorVersion = '9.1.0'
+        mysqlConnectorVersion = '9.7.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype/jackson-datatype-joda
-        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.18.2'
+        jacksonDatatypeJodaVersion = '2.21.3'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/javax.xml.bind/jaxb-api
         // jaxbApiVersion = '2.3.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api
-        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.2'
+        jaxbApiVersion = '4.0.5'
         mockitoVersion = '4.+'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-bom
-        log4j2Version = '2.24.3'
+        log4j2Version = '2.25.4'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c4..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew
index fcb6fca1..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ 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
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 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 $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -201,16 +202,15 @@ 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, 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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew.bat b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/gradlew.bat
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/java-micronaut-grpc-server/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -57,36 +59,24 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/build.gradle b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/build.gradle
index 14d53109..33b35bfd 100644
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/build.gradle
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/build.gradle
@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-bom
-        protobufVersion = '4.29.2'
+        protobufVersion = '4.34.1'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-gradle-plugin
-        protobufPluginVersion = '0.9.4'
+        protobufPluginVersion = '0.10.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.grpc/grpc-bom
-        grpcVersion = '1.69.0'
+        grpcVersion = '1.80.0'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.micronaut/micronaut-bom
-        micronautVersion = '3.10.4'
+        micronautVersion = '3.10.6'
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/ch.qos.logback/logback-classic
-        logbackVersion = "1.5.15"
+        logbackVersion = "1.5.32"
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-api
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.junit.jupiter/junit-jupiter-engine
-        junitJupiterVersion = "5.11.4"
+        junitJupiterVersion = "6.0.3"
         // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.micronaut.test/micronaut-test-junit5
-        micronautJunit5Version = '4.6.2'
+        micronautJunit5Version = '4.10.3'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c4..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c82..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew
index fcb6fca1..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -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/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -111,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ 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
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 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 $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -169,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -201,16 +202,15 @@ 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, 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=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew.bat b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/gradlew.bat
+++ b/micronaut-to-springboot/micronaut-grpc-api/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -43,13 +45,13 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -57,36 +59,24 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
-
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%