diff --git a/bindings/jni/build.gradle b/bindings/jni/build.gradle
index fd9c8807..072f825a 100644
--- a/bindings/jni/build.gradle
+++ b/bindings/jni/build.gradle
@@ -5,15 +5,24 @@
 ################################################################################
 */
 
+buildscript {
+    configurations.configureEach {
+        resolutionStrategy {
+            force 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.1'
+        }
+        exclude group: 'xerces', module: 'xercesImpl'
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'maven-publish'
-    id 'com.jfrog.artifactory' version '4.21.0'
+    id 'com.jfrog.artifactory' version '5.2.3'
     id 'com.jfrog.bintray' version '1.8.5'
-    id 'com.google.osdetector' version '1.7.0'
+    id 'com.google.osdetector' version '1.7.3'
 }
 
-wrapper.gradleVersion = '7.5.1'
+wrapper.gradleVersion = '8.9'
 
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java'
@@ -47,7 +56,6 @@ artifactory {
             repoKey = 'oss-snapshot-local'
             username = System.getenv('ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME')
             password = System.getenv('ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD')
-            maven = true
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-all/build.gradle b/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-all/build.gradle
index 3c06e860..9f7f9554 100644
--- a/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-all/build.gradle
+++ b/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-all/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ artifactoryPublish {
     publications ('mavenJava')
 }
 
-
 bintray {
     user = System.getenv('BINTRAY_USER')
     key = System.getenv('BINTRAY_KEY')
diff --git a/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-native/build.gradle b/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-native/build.gradle
index e629a68e..065ac834 100644
--- a/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-native/build.gradle
+++ b/bindings/jni/zyre-jni-native/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dependencies {
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Build section
 
-task copyLibs(type: Copy) {
+tasks.register('copyLibs', Copy) {
     def libraryPaths = []
     if (project.hasProperty('buildPrefix')) {
         if (osdetector.os == 'windows') {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ task copyLibs(type: Copy) {
     }
 
     def javaLibraryPaths = System.getProperty('java.library.path').split(File.pathSeparator).toList()
-    libraryPaths.addAll (javaLibraryPaths)
+    libraryPaths.addAll(javaLibraryPaths)
 
     libraryPaths.add('/usr/local/lib')
     if (osdetector.os == 'windows') {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ task copyLibs(type: Copy) {
     duplicatesStrategy = oldStrategy
 }
 
-jar.baseName = "zyre-jni-${osdetector.classifier}"
+jar.archiveBaseName = "zyre-jni-${osdetector.classifier}"
 jar.dependsOn copyLibs
 
 jar {
diff --git a/bindings/jni/zyre-jni/build.gradle b/bindings/jni/zyre-jni/build.gradle
index 63ef34b6..c08e796d 100644
--- a/bindings/jni/zyre-jni/build.gradle
+++ b/bindings/jni/zyre-jni/build.gradle
@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ ext.hasNotEmptyProperty = { propertyName ->
 
 dependencies {
     implementation "org.zeromq.czmq:czmq-jni:$jni_dependencies_version"
-    implementation 'org.scijava:native-lib-loader:2.4.0'
-    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3'
+    implementation 'org.scijava:native-lib-loader:2.5.0'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest:2.2'
 }
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Build section
 
-task generateJniHeaders(type: Exec, dependsOn: 'classes') {
+tasks.register('generateJniHeaders', Exec) {
+    dependsOn 'classes'
     def classpath = sourceSets.main.output.classesDirs
     def appclasspath = configurations.runtimeClasspath.files*.getAbsolutePath().join(File.pathSeparator)
     def nativeIncludes = 'src/native/include'
@@ -34,14 +35,14 @@ task generateJniHeaders(type: Exec, dependsOn: 'classes') {
     commandLine("javac", "-h", "$nativeIncludes", "-classpath", "$classpath${File.pathSeparator}$appclasspath", *jniClasses, *utilityClasses)
 }
 
-tasks.withType(Test) {
+tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
     def defaultJavaLibraryPath = System.getProperty("java.library.path")
     if (osdetector.os == 'windows') {
-         def extraJavaLibraryPath = hasNotEmptyProperty('buildPrefix') ? "$project.buildPrefix\\bin;$project.buildPrefix\\lib" : ''
-         extraJavaLibraryPath = extraJavaLibraryPath.replace("/", "\\")
-         systemProperty "java.library.path", "${projectDir}\\build\\Release${File.pathSeparator}" +
-                                             "${extraJavaLibraryPath}${File.pathSeparator}" +
-                                             "${defaultJavaLibraryPath}"
+        def extraJavaLibraryPath = hasNotEmptyProperty('buildPrefix') ? "$project.buildPrefix\\bin;$project.buildPrefix\\lib" : ''
+        extraJavaLibraryPath = extraJavaLibraryPath.replace("/", "\\")
+        systemProperty "java.library.path", "${projectDir}\\build\\Release${File.pathSeparator}" +
+                                            "${extraJavaLibraryPath}${File.pathSeparator}" +
+                                            "${defaultJavaLibraryPath}"
     } else {
         def extraJavaLibraryPath = hasNotEmptyProperty('buildPrefix') ? "$project.buildPrefix/lib" : ''
         systemProperty "java.library.path", "${projectDir}/build${File.pathSeparator}" +
@@ -52,22 +53,24 @@ tasks.withType(Test) {
     }
 }
 
-task initCMake(type: Exec, dependsOn: 'generateJniHeaders') {
-    workingDir  'build'
+tasks.register('initCMake', Exec) {
+    dependsOn 'generateJniHeaders'
+    workingDir 'build'
     def prefixPath = hasNotEmptyProperty('buildPrefix') ? "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$project.buildPrefix" : ''
     commandLine 'cmake', "$prefixPath", '..'
 }
 
-task buildNative(type: Exec, dependsOn: 'initCMake') {
+tasks.register('buildNative', Exec) {
+    dependsOn 'initCMake'
     if (osdetector.os == 'windows') {
         commandLine 'cmake',
-                    '--build',  'build',
+                    '--build', 'build',
                     '--config', 'Release',
                     '--target', 'zyrejni',
-                    '--', '-verbosity:Minimal',  '-maxcpucount'
+                    '--', '-verbosity:Minimal', '-maxcpucount'
     } else {
         commandLine 'cmake',
-                    '--build',  'build'
+                    '--build', 'build'
     }
 }
 
@@ -77,13 +80,15 @@ test.dependsOn buildNative
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Install and Publish section
 
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: 'classes') {
-    classifier = 'sources'
+tasks.register('sourcesJar', Jar) {
+    dependsOn 'classes'
+    archiveClassifier = 'sources'
     from sourceSets.main.allSource
 }
 
-task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: 'javadoc') {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
+tasks.register('javadocJar', Jar) {
+    dependsOn 'javadoc'
+    archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
     from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
 
@@ -119,7 +124,6 @@ artifactoryPublish {
     publications ('mavenJava')
 }
 
-
 bintray {
     user = System.getenv('BINTRAY_USER')
     key = System.getenv('BINTRAY_KEY')