diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 11a86f5..56e453b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
 
       - name: Gradle Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.gradle/caches
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: build/distributions
 
       - name: Save artefacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
         with:
           name: Artefacts
           path: build/distributions
 
       - name: Save Coverage Report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
         with:
           name: CoverageReport
           path: build/reports/tests/test
 
       - name: Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
         with:
           files: build/distributions/*
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e55bf4..4bb8da6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.11'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.16.1'
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.13'
+    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.17.0'
     implementation 'org.jasypt:jasypt:1.9.3'
-    runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.11'
+    runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.13'
     testImplementation "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d0cafdc..d391bfa 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 junitVersion=4.13.2
-artifactVersion=1.3.0
+artifactVersion=1.3.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index afba109..e644113 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 829e1a5..e7646de 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+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,
+#     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" \
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85..7101f8e 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apereo/openequella/adminconsole/launcher/ClientLauncher.java b/src/main/java/org/apereo/openequella/adminconsole/launcher/ClientLauncher.java
index 9f9c679..6f83fc7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apereo/openequella/adminconsole/launcher/ClientLauncher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apereo/openequella/adminconsole/launcher/ClientLauncher.java
@@ -219,8 +219,14 @@ public Object doInBackground() throws Exception {
           jarService.ensureBinJars(jarName);
           loadingDialog.setVisible(false);
 
-          jarService.executeJar(jarName, "com.tle.admin.boot.Bootstrap", "-Djnlp.ENDPOINT=" + url,
-              "-Dplugin.cache.dir=" + StorageService.getCacheFolder(uuid, "cache"), "-DSERVER_NAME=" + serverProfile.getName());
+          jarService.executeJar(
+                  jarName,
+                  "com.tle.admin.boot.Bootstrap",
+                  "-Djnlp.ENDPOINT=" + url,
+                  "-Dplugin.cache.dir=" + StorageService.getCacheFolder(uuid, "cache"),
+                  "-DSERVER_NAME=" + serverProfile.getName(),
+                  "--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED"
+          );
 
           ClientLauncher.this.setVisible(true);
         } catch (Throwable t) {