diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 202f7ce..60fcf15 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ description = "An application to reset the state of Kafka Connect connectors"
 plugins {
     `java-library`
     id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.14"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.16"
     id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.14"
-    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "1.12.1"
+    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "2.2.0"
     id("com.google.cloud.tools.jib") version "3.4.0"
-    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "6.6.3"
+    id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4"
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
-configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
+    }
 }
 
 configure<com.bakdata.gradle.SonatypeSettings> {
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