diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
index 7969a24..07bd657 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/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.4.1
         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 15a9751..4543dc9 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/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.4.1
         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 9708cbd..c3866f0 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/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.4.1
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
index 05eb043..7cc462d 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/gradle-build-action@v3.2.1
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.4.1
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d48e26e..936d539 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 [versions]
 # note: the version named `micronaut` is picked up by the micronaut gradle plugin
-micronaut = "4.3.8"
+micronaut = "4.5.0"
 
 junit = "5.10.2"
-assertj = "3.25.3"
-testcontainers = "1.19.7"
+assertj = "3.26.0"
+testcontainers = "1.19.8"
 
 johnrengelman_shadow_plugin = "8.1.1"
-micronaut_application_plugin = "4.3.6"
-micronaut_aot_plugin = "4.3.6"
+micronaut_application_plugin = "4.4.0"
+micronaut_aot_plugin = "4.4.0"
 
 [libraries]
 # note: the defined library 'micronaut-platform' is not referenced directly in any build.gradle(.kts)
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b82aa23..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-8.7-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 1aa94a4..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/.