diff --git a/quotes-backend/build.gradle.kts b/quotes-backend/build.gradle.kts
index 0e6dc75..a9944f2 100644
--- a/quotes-backend/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/quotes-backend/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.2.21"
-    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "2.2.21"
-    id("io.ktor.plugin") version "3.3.3"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.3.0"
+    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "2.3.0"
+    id("io.ktor.plugin") version "3.4.0"
     application
     id("com.github.ben-manes.versions") version "0.53.0"
 }
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ repositories {
     maven("https://jitpack.io") // For Ktor-OpenAPI-Generator
 }
 
-val ktorVersion = "3.3.3"
-val kotlinxSerializationVersion = "1.9.0"
-val logbackVersion = "1.5.22"
+val ktorVersion = "3.4.0"
+val kotlinxSerializationVersion = "1.10.0"
+val logbackVersion = "1.5.27"
 val logstashLogbackEncoderVersion = "9.0"
-val opentelemetryVersion = "2.23.0-alpha"
-val kotlinTestVersion = "2.2.21"
-val exposedVersion = "0.57.0"
-val postgresqlVersion = "42.7.5"
-val hikariVersion = "6.2.1"
+val opentelemetryVersion = "2.24.0-alpha"
+val kotlinTestVersion = "2.3.0"
+val exposedVersion = "1.0.0"
+val postgresqlVersion = "42.7.9"
+val hikariVersion = "7.0.2"
 
 dependencies {
     // Ktor
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-content-negotiation:$ktorVersion")
     testImplementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-mock:$ktorVersion")
     testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test:$kotlinTestVersion")
-    testImplementation("com.h2database:h2:2.3.232")
+    testImplementation("com.h2database:h2:2.4.240")
 }
 
 tasks.withType<Test> {
diff --git a/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1b33c55..61285a6 100644
Binary files a/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 002b867..37f78a6 100644
--- a/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/quotes-backend/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.3.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/quotes-backend/gradlew b/quotes-backend/gradlew
index 23d15a9..adff685 100755
--- a/quotes-backend/gradlew
+++ b/quotes-backend/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
         -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
diff --git a/quotes-backend/gradlew.bat b/quotes-backend/gradlew.bat
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 5eed7ee..e509b2d
--- a/quotes-backend/gradlew.bat
+++ b/quotes-backend/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell