diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d6905caef..3e2b7e8ed 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.53.0'
-  id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.4.8' apply false
-  id 'com.gradleup.shadow' version '9.4.1' apply false
+  id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.54.0'
+  id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '6.5.5' apply false
+  id 'com.gradleup.shadow' version '9.4.2' apply false
   id 'me.champeau.jmh' version '0.7.3'
   id 'com.netflix.nebula.dependency-recommender' version '14.0.0'
   id 'com.netflix.nebula.netflixoss' version '13.0.0'
diff --git a/dependencies.properties b/dependencies.properties
index 4681c4f1e..5c6cd1912 100644
--- a/dependencies.properties
+++ b/dependencies.properties
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ com.netflix.governator:governator-api = 1.17.13
 com.netflix.governator:governator-core = 1.17.13
 com.netflix.servo:servo-core = 0.13.2
 com.typesafe:config = 1.4.6
-io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core = 4.2.38
+io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core = 4.2.39
 io.dropwizard.metrics5:metrics-core = 5.0.6
 io.micrometer:micrometer-core = 1.16.4
 javax.inject:javax.inject = 1
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d997cfc60..b1b8ef56b 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 c61a118f7..df6a6ad76 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 739907dfd..b9bb139f7 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/2d6327017519d23b96af35865dc997fcb544fb40/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index e509b2dd8..aa5f10b06 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo. 1>&2
 echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
 echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
-goto fail
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ echo. 1>&2
 echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
 echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
-goto fail
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
@@ -73,21 +73,10 @@ goto fail
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/spectator-ext-spark/build.gradle b/spectator-ext-spark/build.gradle
index 026ff56fe..2aa6b3b80 100644
--- a/spectator-ext-spark/build.gradle
+++ b/spectator-ext-spark/build.gradle
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ dependencies {
   implementation project(':spectator-ext-jvm')
   implementation project(':spectator-reg-sidecar')
   implementation "com.typesafe:config"
-  compileOnly 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.25'
-  compileOnly 'org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.12:3.3.4'
+  compileOnly 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:4.2.39'
+  compileOnly 'org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.12:3.5.8'
   testImplementation 'io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-core:3.1.5'
-  testImplementation 'org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.12:3.3.4'
+  testImplementation 'org.apache.spark:spark-core_2.12:3.5.8'
 }
 
 jar {