diff --git a/btrace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/btrace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
index b8ec7bf34..13d868bd6 100644
--- a/btrace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/btrace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java-gradle-plugin'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'signing'
-    id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '2.0.0'
+    id 'com.gradle.plugin-publish' version '2.2.1'
 }
 
 java {
diff --git a/btrace-runtime/build.gradle b/btrace-runtime/build.gradle
index 7388fa662..69b34759f 100644
--- a/btrace-runtime/build.gradle
+++ b/btrace-runtime/build.gradle
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.18'
+    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.19'
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jctools/jctools-core
-    implementation(group: 'org.jctools', name: 'jctools-core', version: '4.0.6')
+    implementation(group: 'org.jctools', name: 'jctools-core', version: '4.0.7')
 
     java9Implementation project(':btrace-core')
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 8bc118ded..61794a1d3 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # BTrace Docker Image - Debian-based variant
 # Full distribution with all tools and shell access
-FROM bellsoft/liberica-openjdk-debian:11.0.30-cds
+FROM bellsoft/liberica-openjdk-debian:11.0.32.1-cds
 
 ARG BTRACE_VERSION=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index a4f260b89..b6234a96e 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # BTrace Docker Image - Alpine variant
 # Smaller footprint for Kubernetes sidecars and resource-constrained environments
-FROM alpine:3.23
+FROM alpine:3.24
 
 ARG BTRACE_VERSION=3.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorials/demo/Dockerfile.k8s-sidecar-demo b/docs/tutorials/demo/Dockerfile.k8s-sidecar-demo
index 863e43af1..cc8e40b48 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/demo/Dockerfile.k8s-sidecar-demo
+++ b/docs/tutorials/demo/Dockerfile.k8s-sidecar-demo
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FROM btrace/btrace:3.0.0 AS btrace
 # Same base image family/tag the official (non-Alpine, non-distroless) BTrace image itself
 # uses (see docker/Dockerfile) - it already ships a full JDK, which DemoApp.java needs for
 # single-file source launch (`java DemoApp.java`).
-FROM bellsoft/liberica-openjdk-debian:11.0.30-cds
+FROM bellsoft/liberica-openjdk-debian:11.0.32.1-cds
 
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY DemoApp.java /app/
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5dd3c0121..c42672d95 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-9.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.7.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f48ba35b4..87f1a0c2a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             version('asm', '9.10.1')
             version('jmh', '1.37')
             version('jmhGradlePlugin', '0.7.3')
-            version('slf4j', '2.0.18')
-            version('junit', '6.1.1')
+            version('slf4j', '2.0.19')
+            version('junit', '6.1.3')
             version('testcontainers', '2.0.5')
 
             // *** Gradle plugins ***
-            plugin ('spotless', 'com.diffplug.spotless').version('8.6.0')
+            plugin ('spotless', 'com.diffplug.spotless').version('8.10.2')
             plugin ('versioning', 'net.nemerosa.versioning').version('4.0.1')
             plugin ('ospackage', 'com.netflix.nebula.ospackage').version('12.3.0')
             plugin ('publish', 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin').version('2.0.0')
-            plugin ('shadow', 'com.gradleup.shadow').version('9.4.2')
+            plugin ('shadow', 'com.gradleup.shadow').version('9.6.1')
             plugin ('sdkman-vendors', 'io.sdkman.vendors').version('3.0.0')
             plugin ('foojay-resolver', 'org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention').version('1.0.0')
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.auto.service
             library ('autoService', 'com.google.auto.service', 'auto-service').version('1.1.1')
             // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jctools
-            library ('jctools', 'org.jctools', 'jctools-core').version('4.0.6')
+            library ('jctools', 'org.jctools', 'jctools-core').version('4.0.7')
 
 
             // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j