diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index 74a7505d..c6e5d7b9 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ plugins {
     id "idea"
     id "org.springframework.boot" version "3.5.13"
     id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.7"
-    id "io.freefair.lombok" version "9.2.0"
-    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "6.5.0"
-    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.53.0"
+    id "io.freefair.lombok" version "9.5.0"
+    id "com.github.spotbugs" version "6.5.4"
+    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.54.0"
     id "org.owasp.dependencycheck" version "12.2.0"
-    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "8.4.0"
+    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "8.5.1"
     id "info.solidsoft.pitest" version "1.19.0"
-    id "org.openrewrite.rewrite" version "7.30.0"
+    id "org.openrewrite.rewrite" version "7.32.2"
 }
 
 spotless {
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ spotless {
 ext {
     javaUuidGeneratorVersion = "5.2.0"
     logstashVersion = "9.0"
-    caffeineVersion = "3.2.3"
+    caffeineVersion = "3.2.4"
     mockServerVersion = "5.15.0"
-    archUnitVersion = "1.4.1"
+    archUnitVersion = "1.4.2"
     jUnit5PitestVersion = "1.2.3"
     springDataSqliteVersion = "1.4.0"
-    sqliteJdbcVersion = "3.53.0.0"
-    apacheHttpClient5Version = "5.6"
+    sqliteJdbcVersion = "3.53.1.0"
+    apacheHttpClient5Version = "5.6.1"
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "net.logstash.logback:logstash-logback-encoder:${logstashVersion}"
     implementation "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:${caffeineVersion}"
     implementation "org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:${apacheHttpClient5Version}"
-    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-core:3.1.2'
+    implementation 'tools.jackson.core:jackson-core:3.1.3'
 
     testImplementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test") {
         exclude group: "org.junit.vintage", module: "junit-vintage-engine"
diff --git a/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d997cfc6..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8e61ef12..bd82f36b 100644
--- a/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=2ab2958f2a1e51120c326cad6f385153bb11ee93b3c216c5fccebfdfbb7ec6cb
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.1-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=bafc141b619ad6350fd975fc903156dd5c151998cc8b058e8c1044ab5f7b031f
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/backend/gradlew b/backend/gradlew
index 739907df..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/backend/gradlew
+++ b/backend/gradlew
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/2d6327017519d23b96af35865dc997fcb544fb40/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/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/.
diff --git a/backend/gradlew.bat b/backend/gradlew.bat
index e509b2dd..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/backend/gradlew.bat
+++ b/backend/gradlew.bat
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
@@ -73,21 +73,10 @@ goto fail
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%