diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 8afe661..2d8293f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: gradle
       - name: Validate Gradle wrapper
-        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@e6e38bacfdf1a337459f332974bb2327a31aaf4b
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@88425854a36845f9c881450d9660b5fd46bee142
       - name: Build, test, lint
         run: ./gradlew build
       - name: Analyse dependencies for vulnerabilities
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index a0ded74..73a8621 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-val kafkaVersion = "3.6.0"
+val kafkaVersion = "3.7.0"
 
 plugins {
     // Apply the org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm Plugin to add support for Kotlin.
-    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.6.10"
+    id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm") version "1.9.24"
 
     // Add ktlint
     id("org.jmailen.kotlinter") version "3.6.0"
 
     // Vulnerable dependency checker
-    id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "8.3.1"
+    id("org.owasp.dependencycheck") version "10.0.4"
 
     // Apply the java-library plugin for API and implementation separation.
     `java-library`
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ dependencies {
     // Use the Kotlin JUnit integration.
     testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit")
 
-    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.11")
-    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.2.11")
+    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.6")
+    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-core:1.5.6")
 
     // Upgraded version of Jackson Databind to patch:
     // CVE-2022-42003 - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjjh-jjxp-wpff
-    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.15.2")
+    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.17.1")
 
     // Upgraded version of Snappy Java to patch: 
     // CVE-2023-34454 - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjpj-2g6w-x25r
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.5")
 
     // CVE-2023-42503
-    implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.24.0")
+    implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.26.2")
 
-    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.13.3")
-    implementation("org.mongodb.kafka:mongo-kafka-connect:1.7.0")
-    implementation("org.mongodb:bson:4.5.1")
+    implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:2.17.1")
+    implementation("org.mongodb.kafka:mongo-kafka-connect:1.13.0")
+    implementation("org.mongodb:bson:4.11.2")
 }
 
 //A full list of config options can be found here:
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c..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 9f4197d..a441313 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-8.2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index fcb6fca..b740cf1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       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/.
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ 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 "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -144,7 +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
@@ -152,7 +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
@@ -201,11 +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/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