diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 59d3bee..7a5470c 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 import com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.updates.DependencyUpdatesTask
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.DokkaMultiModuleTask
 
-if (!JavaVersion.current().isJava11Compatible) {
-    logger.warn(
-        "This build requires Java ${JavaVersion.VERSION_11}, " +
+if (!JavaVersion.current().isCompatibleWith(JavaVersion.VERSION_17)) {
+    throw GradleException(
+        "This build requires Java ${JavaVersion.VERSION_17}, " +
             "but version ${JavaVersion.current()} is currently in use."
     )
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
index 7417d79..807031b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ object DependencyVersions {
     // object creation libraries
     const val kotlinxSerializationJson = "1.6.3"
     const val kaml = "0.59.0"
-    const val jakartaActivationApi = "2.1.2"
-    const val jakartaXmlBindApi = "4.0.1"
+    const val jakartaActivationApi = "2.1.3"
+    const val jakartaXmlBindApi = "4.0.2"
     const val jaxb = "4.0.5"
 
     // object mapping libraries
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ object DependencyVersions {
     const val commonsCSV = "1.11.0"
     const val commonsLang = "3.14.0"
     const val commonsCompress = "1.26.1"
-    const val zstdJni = "1.5.5-11"
+    const val zstdJni = "1.5.6-3"
     const val emojiJava = "5.1.1"
 
     // math libraries
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135..d64cd49 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 2ea3535..b82aa23 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-8.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 93e3f59..25da30d 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+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
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+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