diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 94fda54303..2ee5e30478 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'antlr'
     id "com.github.hierynomus.license-report" version"0.16.1"
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.8.0" apply false
 }
 
 downloadLicenses {
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ subprojects {
 
     task mySourcesJar(type: Jar) {
         from sourceSets.main.allJava
-        classifier = 'sources'
+        archiveClassifier = 'sources'
     }
 
     task myJavadocJar(type: Jar) {
@@ -134,6 +135,6 @@ ext {
     neo4jVersion = "5.24.1"
     // instead we apply the override logic here
     neo4jVersionEffective = project.hasProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") ? project.getProperty("neo4jVersionOverride") : neo4jVersion
-    testContainersVersion = '1.19.1'
+    testContainersVersion = '1.20.2'
     apacheArrowVersion = '15.0.0'
 }
diff --git a/extended-it/build.gradle b/extended-it/build.gradle
index 0f78343ca0..c3e6c1b5ea 100644
--- a/extended-it/build.gradle
+++ b/extended-it/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'antlr'
-    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.6.0"
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.8.0"
     id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.7.2"
 }
 
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation group: 'org.apache.parquet', name: 'parquet-hadoop', version: '1.13.1', withoutServers
     
-    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'qdrant', version: '1.19.7'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'chromadb', version: '1.19.7'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'weaviate', version: '1.19.7'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'milvus', version: '1.19.7'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'qdrant', version: '1.20.2'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'chromadb', version: '1.20.2'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'weaviate', version: '1.20.2'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.testcontainers', name: 'milvus', version: '1.20.2'
 
     configurations.all {
         exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-nop'
diff --git a/extended/build.gradle b/extended/build.gradle
index a3f2dc2dba..fbaaf3d3db 100644
--- a/extended/build.gradle
+++ b/extended/build.gradle
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.DefaultExcludeRule
 
 plugins {
     id 'java'
-    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.0'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'antlr'
-    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.6.0"
-    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.7.2"
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.8.0"
+    id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.22.0"
 }
 
 spotless {
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 compileKotlin {
+    dependsOn(generateGrammarSource)
     kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "17"
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ generateGrammarSource {
     arguments += ["-package", "apoc.custom"]
 }
 
+sourceSets.configureEach {
+    var generateGrammarSource = tasks.named(getTaskName("generate", "GrammarSource"))
+    java.srcDir(generateGrammarSource.map { files() })
+}
+
 javadoc {
     failOnError = false
     options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ dependencies {
     apt project(':processor')
     apt group: 'org.neo4j', name: 'neo4j', version: neo4jVersionEffective   // mandatory to run @ServiceProvider based META-INF code generation
 
-    antlr "org.antlr:antlr4:4.13.1", {
+    antlr "org.antlr:antlr4:4.13.2", {
         exclude group: 'org.glassfish'
         exclude group: 'com.ibm.icu'
         exclude group: 'org.abego.treelayout'
@@ -111,7 +117,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.11.270'
     compileOnly group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , withoutJacksons
     compileOnly group: 'com.sun.mail', name: 'javax.mail', version: '1.6.0'
-    compileOnly group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', name: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8', version: '1.6.0'
+    compileOnly group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', name: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8', version: '1.8.0'
 
     compileOnly group: 'org.apache.parquet', name: 'parquet-hadoop', version: '1.13.1', withoutServers
     // testImplementation analogous is not needed since is bundled via `test-utils` submodule
@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation group: 'com.github.stefanbirkner', name: 'system-rules', version: '1.19.0'
     testImplementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-s3', version: '1.11.270'
     testImplementation group: 'org.reflections', name: 'reflections', version: '0.9.12'
-    testImplementation group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', name: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8', version: '1.6.0'
+    testImplementation group: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin', name: 'kotlin-stdlib-jdk8', version: '1.8.0'
     testImplementation group: 'org.hamcrest', name: 'hamcrest-library', version: '1.3'
     testImplementation group: 'org.apache.derby', name: 'derby', version: '10.12.1.1'
     testImplementation group: 'org.mock-server', name: 'mockserver-netty', version: '5.6.0'
diff --git a/extended/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/NodeMatcher.kt b/extended/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/NodeMatcher.kt
index 653bdbd8dd..6656c0e5e6 100644
--- a/extended/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/NodeMatcher.kt
+++ b/extended/src/test/kotlin/apoc/nlp/NodeMatcher.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ data class NodeMatcher(private val labels: List<Label>, private val properties:
                 actual?.keys == expected?.keys && actual!!.all { entry -> expected?.containsKey(entry.key)!! && expected[entry.key] == entry.value }
 
         fun nodeMatches(item: Node?, labels: List<String>?, properties: Map<String, Any>?): Boolean {
-            val labelsMatched = item?.labels!!.count() == labels?.size  && item.labels!!.all { label -> labels?.contains(label.name()) }
+            val labelsMatched = item?.labels!!.count() == labels?.size  && item.labels!!.all { label -> labels.contains(label.name()) }
             val propertiesMatches = propertiesMatch(properties, item.allProperties)
             return labelsMatched && propertiesMatches
         }
diff --git a/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle b/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle
index a67dc625cb..ac25888ae2 100644
--- a/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle
+++ b/extra-dependencies/nlp/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jar {
 dependencies {
     implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-java-sdk-comprehend', version: '1.12.353' , commonExclusions
     implementation group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.module', name: 'jackson-module-kotlin', version: '2.14.0', commonExclusions
-    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.6.0'
+    implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.8.0'
 }
 
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a0f7639f7d..e411586a54 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists