diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/deployment-ci.yml
index 12e5d765085..904edc4dacf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment-ci.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew --stacktrace --info build
   release:
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew --stacktrace --info build
       - name: Publish with Gradle
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
index 473ab855651..7db9fe35624 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs-ci.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
       - name: Set up Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
       - name: Build docs with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew --stacktrace --info dokkaHtmlMultiModule
       - name: Deploy docs to GitHub Pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 816ec52fbbc..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-wrapper-validation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will validate the checksums of Gradle Wrapper JAR files
-
-name: Gradle Wrapper Validation
-
-on: [ push, pull_request ]
-
-jobs:
-  validation:
-    name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
-        uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 3d4637bd0a9..a26d68c9293 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 kotlin = "2.0.20" # https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin
 ktor = "2.3.12" # https://github.com/ktorio/ktor
 kotlinx-coroutines = "1.8.1" # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.coroutines
-kotlinx-serialization = "1.7.1" # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization
-kotlinx-datetime = "0.6.0" # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime
+kotlinx-serialization = "1.7.2" # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization
+kotlinx-datetime = "0.6.1" # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-datetime
 kord-cache = "0.5.4" # https://github.com/kordlib/cache
 
 # implementation dependencies
 kotlin-logging = "7.0.0" # https://github.com/oshai/kotlin-logging
 kotlin-logging-old = "3.0.5" # TODO remove after dependency is removed in rest, gateway, voice and core
-slf4j = "2.0.13" # https://www.slf4j.org
-kotlin-node = "20.14.10-pre.773" # https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-wrappers
+slf4j = "2.0.16" # https://www.slf4j.org
+kotlin-node = "20.14.10-pre.800" # https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-wrappers
 bignum = "0.3.10" # https://github.com/ionspin/kotlin-multiplatform-bignum
-stately = "2.0.7" # https://github.com/touchlab/Stately
+stately = "2.1.0" # https://github.com/touchlab/Stately
 fastZlib = "2.0.1" # https://github.com/timotejroiko/fast-zlib
 
 # code generation
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ ksp = "2.0.20-1.0.24" # https://github.com/google/ksp
 kotlinpoet = "1.18.1" # https://github.com/square/kotlinpoet
 
 # tests
-junit-jupiter = "5.10.3" # https://github.com/junit-team/junit5
-junit-platform = "1.10.3"
-mockk = "1.13.11" # https://github.com/mockk/mockk
+junit-jupiter = "5.11.0" # https://github.com/junit-team/junit5
+junit-platform = "1.11.0"
+mockk = "1.13.12" # https://github.com/mockk/mockk
 kbson = "0.4.0" # https://github.com/mongodb/kbson
 
 # plugins
 dokka = "1.9.20" # https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka
 kotlinx-atomicfu = "0.25.0" # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-atomicfu
-binary-compatibility-validator = "0.15.1" # https://github.com/Kotlin/binary-compatibility-validator
+binary-compatibility-validator = "0.16.3" # https://github.com/Kotlin/binary-compatibility-validator
 buildconfig = "5.4.0" # https://github.com/gmazzo/gradle-buildconfig-plugin
 
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 2c3521197d7..a4b76b9530d 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 68e8816d71c..2b189974c29 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=d725d707bfabd4dfdc958c624003b3c80accc03f7037b5122c4b1d0ef15cecab
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=5b9c5eb3f9fc2c94abaea57d90bd78747ca117ddbbf96c859d3741181a12bf2a
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME