diff --git a/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle b/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
index e8d18b2c3..4a4d2e029 100755
--- a/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
+++ b/marklogic-client-api-functionaltests/build.gradle
@@ -15,18 +15,15 @@ dependencies {
 
 	testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.19.0'
 
-	// Allows talking to the Manage API.
-	testImplementation("com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:6.0.1") {
-		exclude module: "marklogic-client-api"
-	}
+	testImplementation "com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:6.1.0"
 
 	testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.19'
-	testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.13.4'
+	testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.14.0'
 	testImplementation 'org.xmlunit:xmlunit-legacy:2.10.4'
 
 	// Without this, once using JUnit 5.12 or higher, Gradle will not find any tests and report an error of:
 	// org.junit.platform.commons.JUnitException: TestEngine with ID 'junit-jupiter' failed to discover tests
-	testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.13.4"
+	testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.14.0"
 }
 
 tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle b/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
index cd3ace4a0..46b724103 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
@@ -46,14 +46,12 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.19.0'
 
 	// Allows talking to the Manage API.
-	testImplementation("com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:6.0.1") {
-		exclude module: "marklogic-client-api"
-	}
+	testImplementation "com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:6.1.0"
+
+	testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:5.20.0"
+	testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-inline:5.20.0"
 
-	// Starting with mockito 5.x, Java 11 is required, so sticking with 4.x as we have to support Java 8.
-	testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-core:4.11.0"
-	testImplementation "org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.11.0"
-	testImplementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver3:5.1.0"
+	testImplementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver3:5.2.0"
 
 	testImplementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml:${jacksonVersion}"
 	testImplementation 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.19'
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ dependencies {
 	// https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_8.html#test_framework_implementation_dependencies
 	// Without this, once using JUnit 5.12 or higher, Gradle will not find any tests and report an error of:
 	// org.junit.platform.commons.JUnitException: TestEngine with ID 'junit-jupiter' failed to discover tests
-	testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.13.4"
+	testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.14.0"
 }
 
 // Ensure that mlHost and mlPassword can override the defaults of localhost/admin if they've been modified
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/BitemporalTest.java b/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/BitemporalTest.java
index 9d447d098..97bb22d9d 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/BitemporalTest.java
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/src/test/java/com/marklogic/client/test/BitemporalTest.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import com.marklogic.client.io.StringHandle;
 import com.marklogic.client.query.*;
 import com.marklogic.client.query.StructuredQueryBuilder.TemporalOperator;
-import com.marklogic.mgmt.ManageClient;
-import com.marklogic.mgmt.resource.temporal.TemporalCollectionLSQTManager;
 import jakarta.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter;
 import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.exceptions.XpathException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
@@ -163,21 +161,6 @@ void writeTwoVersionsOfFourDocuments() throws XpathException {
 
 	@Test
 	void lsqtTest() {
-		// Due to bug MLE-24511 where LSQT properties aren't updated correctly in ml-gradle 6.0.0, we need to manually
-		// deploy them for this test.
-		ManageClient manageClient = Common.newManageClient();
-		TemporalCollectionLSQTManager mgr = new TemporalCollectionLSQTManager(manageClient, "java-unittest", "temporal-collection");
-		String payload = """
-						{
-				"lsqt-enabled": true,
-				"automation": {
-					"enabled": true,
-					"period": 5000
-				}
-			}
-			""";
-		mgr.save(payload);
-
 		String version1 = """
 			<test>
 			%s version1
diff --git a/test-app/build.gradle b/test-app/build.gradle
index 284d12d64..d9dc86e10 100644
--- a/test-app/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 plugins {
 	id "net.saliman.properties" version "1.5.2"
-	id 'com.marklogic.ml-gradle' version '6.0.1'
+	id 'com.marklogic.ml-gradle' version '6.1.0'
 	id "com.github.psxpaul.execfork" version "0.2.2"
 }