diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 75ee56d..158a56d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id("io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin") version "1.1.0"
+    id("io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin") version "2.0.0"
 }
 
 autoConfigure {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 461033b..15dc7db 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ azure-identity = "1.15.4"
 # we provide the latest version of guava here, as queryDSL pulls in a very old (and vulnerable) version of guava, and we want to override that here
 guava = "33.2.1-jre"
 
-jgiven = "1.3.1"
+jgiven = "2.0.2"
 jupiter = "5.11.4"
 
 kotlin-logging = "3.0.5"
 
-logstash = "7.4"
+logstash = "8.1"
 
 opentelemetry = "1.48.0"
 
 shedlock = "6.3.0"
 
 spring-boot = "3.4.5"
-spring-cloud = "2024.0.1"
+spring-cloud = "2025.0.0"
 
 [libraries]
 archunit-ccv = { module = "io.cloudflight.cleancode.archunit:archunit-cleancode-verifier", version = "0.5.0" }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jackson-databind-nullable = { module = "org.openapitools:jackson-databind-nullab
 jgiven-html5-report = { module = "com.tngtech.jgiven:jgiven-html5-report", version.ref = "jgiven" }
 jgiven-junit5 = { module = "com.tngtech.jgiven:jgiven-html5-report", version.ref = "jgiven" }
 jgiven-spring-junit5 = { module = "com.tngtech.jgiven:jgiven-spring-junit5", version.ref = "jgiven" }
-jgiven-kotlin = { module = "io.toolisticon.testing:jgiven-kotlin", version = "1.3.1.0" }
+jgiven-kotlin = { module = "io.toolisticon.testing:jgiven-kotlin", version = "2.0.2.1" }
 
 junit-api = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api", version.ref = "jupiter" }
 junit-params = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-params", version.ref = "jupiter" }