diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f1ecdce..1b3d177 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
-    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.47.0"
-    id "pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release" version "1.15.4"
-    id "com.github.breadmoirai.github-release" version "2.4.1"
+    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.49.0"
+    id "pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release" version "1.15.5"
+    id "com.github.breadmoirai.github-release" version "2.5"
     id "build-dashboard"
     id 'idea'
 }
diff --git a/examples/java-manual/build.gradle b/examples/java-manual/build.gradle
index 76ca42f..b6114b1 100644
--- a/examples/java-manual/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/java-manual/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
    id 'java'
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c..7f93135 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 ac72c34..3fa8f86 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-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index fcb6fca..0adc8e1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# 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
diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin/build.gradle
index 84d4806..2437f1f 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ java {
 dependencies {
    implementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.19'
    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.9'
-   implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.8.0'
+   implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.9.0'
    implementation 'gradle.plugin.com.redpillanalytics:gradle-properties:1.0.7'
    implementation 'gradle.plugin.com.github.johnrengelman:shadow:8.0.0'
    implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.13.0'
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ testing {
          useSpock('2.3-groovy-3.0')
          dependencies {
             implementation project()
-            implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.8.0'
+            implementation 'com.snowflake:snowpark:1.9.0'
             implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.13.0'
          }
       }
diff --git a/src/examples/groovy/build.gradle b/src/examples/groovy/build.gradle
index d682a9c..703a676 100644
--- a/src/examples/groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/src/examples/groovy/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
    id 'groovy'
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
    id 'io.github.stewartbryson.snowflake' version '@version@'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/examples/java-external-stage/build.gradle b/src/examples/java-external-stage/build.gradle
index 6f00e4b..2a3d7f0 100644
--- a/src/examples/java-external-stage/build.gradle
+++ b/src/examples/java-external-stage/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
    id 'java'
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
    id 'io.github.stewartbryson.snowflake' version '@version@'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/examples/java-testing/build.gradle b/src/examples/java-testing/build.gradle
index 673310e..a3212b9 100644
--- a/src/examples/java-testing/build.gradle
+++ b/src/examples/java-testing/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
    id 'groovy' // needed for Spock testing framework
    id 'io.github.stewartbryson.snowflake' version '@version@'
    id 'com.adarshr.test-logger' version '3.2.0' // added for testing
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
 }
 
 repositories {
diff --git a/src/examples/java/build.gradle b/src/examples/java/build.gradle
index 98f80fe..1569c97 100644
--- a/src/examples/java/build.gradle
+++ b/src/examples/java/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
    id 'java'
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
    id 'io.github.stewartbryson.snowflake' version '@version@'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/examples/kotlin/build.gradle b/src/examples/kotlin/build.gradle
index e88b43b..8bac1c6 100644
--- a/src/examples/kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/src/examples/kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.8.21"
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
    id 'io.github.stewartbryson.snowflake' version '@version@'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/examples/scala/build.gradle b/src/examples/scala/build.gradle
index 696b65e..20a4e9e 100644
--- a/src/examples/scala/build.gradle
+++ b/src/examples/scala/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
    id 'scala'
-   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.47.0'
+   id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.49.0'
    id 'io.github.stewartbryson.snowflake' version '@version@'
 }