diff --git a/News-Android-App/build.gradle b/News-Android-App/build.gradle
index c9be37b06..dd8a8464d 100644
--- a/News-Android-App/build.gradle
+++ b/News-Android-App/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
     id 'com.android.application'
-    id 'kotlin-android'
-    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt'
     id 'com.google.devtools.ksp'
     id 'io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt' version "1.23.8"
     id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "8.2.1"
@@ -25,8 +23,8 @@ android {
 
         vectorDrawables.useSupportLibrary = true
 
-        versionCode 195
-        versionName "0.9.9.94"
+        versionCode 196
+        versionName "0.9.9.95"
     }
 
     buildFeatures {
@@ -45,22 +43,18 @@ android {
         targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
     }
 
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "17"
-    }
-
     buildTypes {
         debug {
             shrinkResources false
             minifyEnabled false
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
             testProguardFiles 'proguard-test.pro'
             pseudoLocalesEnabled true
         }
         release {
             shrinkResources true
             minifyEnabled true
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
             testProguardFiles 'proguard-test.pro'
             //signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
         }
@@ -120,7 +114,7 @@ repositories {
     //needed for com.gu:option:1.3 in Android-DirectoryChooser
 }
 
-final DAGGER_VERSION = '2.59.1'
+final DAGGER_VERSION = '2.59.2'
 final GLIDE_VERSION = '5.0.5'
 final ESPRESSO_VERSION = '3.7.0'
 final OKHTTP_VERSION = '5.3.2'
@@ -178,7 +172,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     implementation "com.google.dagger:dagger:${DAGGER_VERSION}"
-    kapt "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:${DAGGER_VERSION}"
+    ksp "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:${DAGGER_VERSION}"
 
     implementation 'io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxandroid:3.0.2'
     // Because RxAndroid releases are few and far between, it is recommended you also
@@ -201,9 +195,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'com.google.dexmaker:dexmaker-mockito:1.2'
     testImplementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:${OKHTTP_VERSION}"
 
-
-    kaptAndroidTest "com.google.dagger:dagger-compiler:${DAGGER_VERSION}"
-
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.squareup.okhttp3/mockwebserver
     //androidTestImplementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:${OKHTTP_VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7cf4a6ef3..02cabc2be 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        kotlin_version = '2.2.0'
+        kotlin_version = '2.2.10'
     }
     repositories {
         google()
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ buildscript {
         gradlePluginPortal()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.1.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt' version '2.2.0' apply false
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt' version '2.2.10' apply false
     id 'com.google.devtools.ksp' version '2.3.5' apply false
 }
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/de-DE/changelogs/196.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/de-DE/changelogs/196.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d51b9865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/de-DE/changelogs/196.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Dependency updates
+- Fixed - !1637 - Fix bug in "Mark all unread items as read" feature (thanks to @Unpublished)
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/196.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/196.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d51b9865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/196.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Dependency updates
+- Fixed - !1637 - Fix bug in "Mark all unread items as read" feature (thanks to @Unpublished)
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d4339e584..9cd7a6374 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -24,3 +24,13 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
 org.gradle.dependency.verification.console=verbose
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.resvalues=true
+android.sdk.defaultTargetSdkToCompileSdkIfUnset=true
+android.enableAppCompileTimeRClass=true
+android.usesSdkInManifest.disallowed=true
+android.uniquePackageNames=true
+android.dependency.useConstraints=true
+android.r8.strictFullModeForKeepRules=true
+android.r8.optimizedResourceShrinking=true
+android.builtInKotlin=true
+android.newDsl=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 37f853b1c..37f78a6af 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-8.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.3.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 14a1a4949..1b49512f7 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+        google()
+    }
+}
 include ':News-Android-App'
-// include ':MaterialShowcaseView:library'
 // include ':Android-SingleSignOn:lib'