diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e9dfd9bd..40fa5fe4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ jobs:
         distribution: 'adopt'
         cache: gradle
 
-    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-      run: chmod +x gradlew
+    - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
+      uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
       
     - name: Run unit tests
       run: ./gradlew testDebugUnitTest
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 1133aa37..e51f7dd8 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
     id("kotlin-parcelize")
     id("androidx.navigation.safeargs.kotlin")
     id("com.squareup.sqldelight")
-    id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "1.6.21-1.0.5"
+    id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "1.8.20-1.0.10"
 }
 
 val signingPropertiesFile = rootProject.file("signing.properties")
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:$coroutinesVer")
 
     // KTX extensions provide concise, idiomatic Kotlin to Jetpack, Android platform, and other APIs
-    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.9.0")
+    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.10.0")
 
     val fragmentVer = "1.4.1"
     implementation("androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:$fragmentVer")
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation("androidx.work:work-testing:$workVer")
 
     // In-app browser, it's about 2x faster than calling an external browser
-    implementation("androidx.browser:browser:1.4.0")
+    implementation("androidx.browser:browser:1.5.0")
 
     // Provides lifecycle-aware coroutine scopes
     val lifecycleVer = "2.5.1"
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4")
 
     // List widget
-    implementation("androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.2.1")
+    implementation("androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.3.0")
 
     // Enables swipe to refresh pattern
     implementation("androidx.swiperefreshlayout:swiperefreshlayout:1.1.0")
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ dependencies {
     ksp("io.insert-koin:koin-ksp-compiler:$koinAnnotationsVer")
 
     // Material design components
-    implementation("com.google.android.material:material:1.7.0")
+    implementation("com.google.android.material:material:1.8.0")
 
     // Used to download, cache and display images
     implementation("com.squareup.picasso:picasso:2.71828")
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2")
 
     // An instrumentation that runs various types of test cases
-    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test:runner:1.4.0")
+    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test:runner:1.5.2")
 
     // UI testing framework
-    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.4.0")
+    androidTestImplementation("androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.5.1")
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 206cf20f..fbf9c2c7 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ buildscript {
 
     dependencies {
         classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1")
-        classpath(kotlin("gradle-plugin", version = "1.6.21"))
-        classpath("androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:2.5.2")
+        classpath(kotlin("gradle-plugin", version = "1.8.20"))
+        classpath("androidx.navigation:navigation-safe-args-gradle-plugin:2.5.3")
         classpath("com.squareup.sqldelight:gradle-plugin:1.5.4")
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 41d9927a..c1962a79 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 aa991fce..0c85a1f7 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1b6c7873..aeb74cbb 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -143,12 +140,16 @@ fi
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -193,6 +194,10 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
 # Collect all arguments for the java command;
 #   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
 #     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
@@ -205,6 +210,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index ac1b06f9..6689b85b 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +76,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal