diff --git a/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts b/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts
index 61c7208..9fb7ff7 100644
--- a/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 description = "Word count pipeline with Kafka Streams"
+
 plugins {
     java
     idea
     id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.16"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.14"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.4.1"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.4.1"
     id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "2.2.0"
     id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.11"
     id("com.google.cloud.tools.jib") version "3.4.4"
diff --git a/word-count/code/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/word-count/code/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e2847c8..3fa8f86 100644
--- a/word-count/code/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/word-count/code/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/word-count/code/settings.gradle b/word-count/code/settings.gradle
index 50e3d9c..a602244 100644
--- a/word-count/code/settings.gradle
+++ b/word-count/code/settings.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 pluginManagement {
     repositories {
         gradlePluginPortal()
-        maven {
-            name "JCenter Gradle Plugins"
-            url "https://dl.bintray.com/gradle/gradle-plugins"
-        }
     }
 }