diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 44c64ea..11a705f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup java
         uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1
         with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
           distribution: graalvm
           cache: "gradle"
       - name: Publish
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
index 829c6bf..409715a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup java
         uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1
         with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
           distribution: graalvm
           cache: "gradle"
       - name: Lint
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup java
         uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1
         with:
-          java-version: "21"
+          java-version: "25"
           distribution: graalvm
           cache: "gradle"
       - name: Test
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 2d0c179..9d9bf57 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group = "com.valensas"
-java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+java.sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_25
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
         compilerOptions {
             freeCompilerArgs.addAll("-Xjsr305=strict")
-            jvmTarget = JvmTarget.JVM_21
+            jvmTarget = JvmTarget.JVM_25
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index df6a6ad..eb84db6 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-9.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.6.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500