diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 2fc76903..6fdc1fb7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     `kotlin-dsl`
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.3.21"
-    id("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") version "0.36.0"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.4.10"
+    id("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") version "0.37.0"
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ java {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.3.21")
-    implementation("com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.36.0")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.4.10")
+    implementation("com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.37.0")
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index df6a6ad7..a9db1155 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-9.6.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index b9bb139f..249efbb0 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
-#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#   gradlew start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
 #
 #   Important for running:
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
 #       command line, like:
 #
-#           ksh Gradle
+#           ksh gradlew
 #
 #       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
 #       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index aa5f10b0..8508ef68 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
-@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem  gradlew startup script for Windows
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 
 
-@rem Execute Gradle
+@rem Execute gradlew
 @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
diff --git a/langsmith-java-proguard-test/build.gradle.kts b/langsmith-java-proguard-test/build.gradle.kts
index ca229e0e..8a3cf8c4 100644
--- a/langsmith-java-proguard-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/langsmith-java-proguard-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         classpath("com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle:7.8.0")
+        classpath("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-metadata-jvm:2.4.10")
         classpath("com.android.tools:r8:9.1.31")
     }
 }