diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1381cb5..0427bc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Check tag existence
-        uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.5.0
+        uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.7.0
         id: check-tag-exists
         with:
           tag: ${{ steps.version-step.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yaml b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yaml
index 94210c3..ae999c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Check tag existence
-        uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.5.0
+        uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@v1.7.0
         id: check-tag-exists
         with:
           tag: ${{ steps.version-step.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd49..1b33c55 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 a80b22c..d4081da 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-8.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a4..23d15a9 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -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/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/.
@@ -84,7 +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 "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( 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
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ 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.
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 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/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 25da30d..db3a6ac 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/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 ##########################################################################
@@ -68,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/model/build.gradle.kts b/model/build.gradle.kts
index 99d44ec..30159ee 100644
--- a/model/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/model/build.gradle.kts
@@ -26,17 +26,17 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     // This dependency is exported to consumers, that is to say found on their compile classpath.
-    api("org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:5.2.0")
+    api("org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:5.3.0")
     // This dependency is used internally, and not exposed to consumers on their own compile classpath.
-    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.21.1")
+    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.2")
     //
-    implementation("org.springframework:spring-beans:6.1.11")
+    implementation("org.springframework:spring-beans:6.2.15")
 
     // Use JUnit Jupiter for testing.
-    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.3")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.10.3")
+    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.14.1")
+    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.14.1")
     // XMLUnit
-    testImplementation("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj3:2.10.0")
+    testImplementation("org.xmlunit:xmlunit-assertj3:2.11.0")
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index c4bf87b..89eacae 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     // Apply the foojay-resolver plugin to allow automatic download of JDKs
-    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.7.0"
+    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.10.0"
 }
 
 rootProject.name = "DDI-Lifecycle-Java"