diff --git a/.github/workflows/0.initial.migrate-repo-template.yml b/.github/workflows/0.initial.migrate-repo-template.yml
index 2cd3c6a..33a835e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/0.initial.migrate-repo-template.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/0.initial.migrate-repo-template.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Checkout project sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: main
           token: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
index 9d36958..12e9428 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.build.yml
@@ -9,22 +9,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-write-only: true
       - name: Run build (incl. test)
         run: ./gradlew build -x intTest --no-daemon
 
       - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
+        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v5
         if: success() || failure() # always run even if the previous step fails
         with:
           report_paths: '**/build/test-results/test/TEST-*.xml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
index 565e90a..522ee6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.codeql.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@ jobs:
           # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
           queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
       - name: Run build with Gradle Wrapper
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml
index 624889b..0662f7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.code-analysis.trivy.yml
@@ -15,15 +15,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
index e85ccb6..6424bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.gradle-release.yml
@@ -23,17 +23,16 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
       - name: Checkout project sources ('main' branch)
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: main
           token: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
index e4d839a..71972dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.integration-test.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew intTest -x test --no-daemon
 
       - name: Publish Test Report
-        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v4
+        uses: mikepenz/action-junit-report@v5
         if: success() || failure() # always run even if the previous step fails
         with:
           report_paths: '**/build/test-results/intTest/TEST-*.xml'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
index abacc6d..4c69b95 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-javadoc.yml
@@ -12,15 +12,14 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           ref: main
           token: ${{ secrets.CI_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "<!DOCTYPE html><html lang=en><meta content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\"http-equiv=Content-Type><meta content=\"index redirect\"name=description><link href=/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME/javadoc/ rel=canonical><link href=stylesheet.css rel=stylesheet title=Style><script>window.location.replace(\"/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME/javadoc/\")</script><noscript><meta content=0;/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME/javadoc/ http-equiv=Refresh></noscript><main role=main><noscript><p>JavaScript is disabled on your browser.</p></noscript><p><a href=/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME/javadoc/ >/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY_NAME/javadoc/</a></main>" > index.html
 
       - name: Download artifact from build job
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
         with:
           name: javadoc.zip
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
index 61d5bff..9595c89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/callable.publish-sonatype.yml
@@ -8,15 +8,14 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout project sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v5
         with:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: '21'
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4.4.3
         with:
           cache-read-only: true
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 25bdaa1..fe9a56b 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 [versions]
-junit = "5.10.3"
-assertj = "3.26.3"
-testcontainers = "1.20.0"
+junit = "5.13.4"
+assertj = "3.27.5"
+testcontainers = "1.21.3"
 publish_plugin = "2.0.0"
-release_plugin = "3.0.2"
+release_plugin = "3.1.0"
 
 [libraries]
-junit = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit" }
+junit_bom = { module = "org.junit:junit-bom", version.ref = "junit" }
+junit_jupiter = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "junit" }
+junit_platform = { module = "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher" }
 assertj = { module = "org.assertj:assertj-core", version.ref = "assertj" }
 testcontainers = { module = "org.testcontainers:testcontainers", version.ref = "testcontainers" }
 testcontainers_junit5 = { module = "org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter", version.ref = "testcontainers" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 2c35211..8bdaf60 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 09523c0..2e11132 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-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.1.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f5feea6..adff685 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
-' "$PWD" ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -115,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -173,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -206,15 +203,14 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9d21a21..c4bdd3a 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/java-library-template/build.gradle.kts b/java-library-template/build.gradle.kts
index 9f96f54..df051c1 100644
--- a/java-library-template/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/java-library-template/build.gradle.kts
@@ -39,14 +39,22 @@ val intTestImplementation by configurations.getting {
     extendsFrom(configurations.implementation.get())
 }
 
+val intTestRuntimeOnly by configurations.getting {
+    extendsFrom(configurations.runtimeOnly.get())
+}
+
 configurations["intTestRuntimeOnly"].extendsFrom(configurations.runtimeOnly.get())
 
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation(libs.junit)
+    testImplementation(platform(libs.junit.bom))
+    testImplementation(libs.junit.jupiter)
+    testRuntimeOnly(libs.junit.platform)
 
-    intTestImplementation(libs.junit)
+    intTestImplementation(platform(libs.junit.bom))
+    intTestImplementation(libs.junit.jupiter)
     intTestImplementation(libs.bundles.testcontainers.junit)
     intTestImplementation(libs.assertj)
+    intTestRuntimeOnly(libs.junit.platform)
 }
 
 val intTest = task<Test>("intTest") {
@@ -60,7 +68,7 @@ val intTest = task<Test>("intTest") {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 
     testLogging {
-        events("passed")
+        events("passed", "skipped", "failed")
     }
 }