diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 7f73c38..03b4b1f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
 plugins {
     // Apply the Java Gradle plugin development plugin to add support for developing Gradle plugins
     `java-gradle-plugin`
@@ -62,6 +66,23 @@ val functionalTest by tasks.registering(Test::class) {
 
 gradlePlugin.testSourceSets.add(functionalTestSourceSet)
 
+tasks.named<JavaCompile>("compileJava") {
+    targetCompatibility = JvmTarget.JVM_17.target
+}
+
+tasks.named<KotlinCompile>("compileKotlin") {
+    compilerOptions {
+        optIn = listOf("kotlin.io.path.ExperimentalPathApi")
+
+        // See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/compatibility.html#java_runtime.
+        jvmTarget = JvmTarget.JVM_17
+
+        // See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/compatibility.html#kotlin.
+        languageVersion = @Suppress("DEPRECATION") KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_4
+        apiVersion = @Suppress("DEPRECATION") KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_1_4
+    }
+}
+
 tasks.named<Task>("check") {
     // Run the functional tests as part of `check`
     dependsOn(functionalTest)
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 705fa7a..2ec54aa 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [versions]
-assertj = "3.27.2"
+assertj = "3.27.3"
 git-semver-plugin = "0.16.1"
 jgit = "7.3.0.202506031305-r"
-kotlin = "1.9.10"
-plugin-publish = "1.2.1"
-slf4j = "1.7.36"
+kotlin = "2.0.0"
+plugin-publish = "1.3.1"
+slf4j = "2.0.17"
 
 [plugins]
 git-semver = { id = "com.github.jmongard.git-semver-plugin", version.ref = "git-semver-plugin" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b9..1b33c55 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 cea7a79..d4081da 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-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f5feea6..23d15a9 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
-' "$PWD" ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 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,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_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.
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9d21a21..db3a6ac 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%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" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/changelog/ChangeLogFormat.kt b/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/changelog/ChangeLogFormat.kt
index 7a826e6..3efb6d4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/changelog/ChangeLogFormat.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/changelog/ChangeLogFormat.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object ChangeLogFormat {
         }
 
         // Fixes and then Features from typesOrder
-        withType(types = constants.typesOrder.toTypedArray()) {
+        withType(*constants.typesOrder.toTypedArray()) {
             filterEmptyHeader(constants.headerTexts[groupKey]) {
                 appendLine(groupKey)
                 formatChanges {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ object ChangeLogFormat {
             }
             appendLine()
         }
-        withType(types = constants.typesOrder.toTypedArray()) {
+        withType(*constants.typesOrder.toTypedArray()) {
             appendLine(constants.headerTexts[groupKey])
             formatChanges {
                 append("- ").append(scope()).appendLine(header())
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/semver/VersionFinder.kt b/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/semver/VersionFinder.kt
index 0b8602b..6d78d91 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/semver/VersionFinder.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/git/semver/plugin/semver/VersionFinder.kt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class VersionFinder(private val settings: SemverSettings, private val tags: Map<
         return when {
             parentSemVersions.isEmpty() -> versionZero()
             parentSemVersions.size == 1 -> parentSemVersions[0]
-            else -> parentSemVersions.max().mergeChanges(parentSemVersions)
+            else -> checkNotNull(parentSemVersions.maxOrNull()).mergeChanges(parentSemVersions)
         }
     }