diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index d05d07b..ec1d95d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.40.5
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.40.6
     with:
       java-version: 17
     secrets:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index b139422..6a30c40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.40.5
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.40.6
     with:
       java-version: 17
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 49c1aa0..71a4a0d 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 plugins {
     // release
     id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.11"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.11"
-    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "1.12.1"
-    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "6.6.1" apply false
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.16"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.14"
+    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "2.2.0"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4" apply false
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ configure<org.hildan.github.changelog.plugin.GitHubChangelogExtension> {
 subprojects {
     apply(plugin = "java-library")
     apply(plugin = "io.freefair.lombok")
-    configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
-        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    java {
+        toolchain {
+            languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(11)
+        }
     }
 
     tasks.withType<Javadoc> {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2b22d05..309b4e1 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-7.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists