diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37b449102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Always use Unix line endings for Unix shell scripts.
+gradlew	text eol=lf
+*.sh	text eol=lf
+
+# Always use Windows line endings for Windows batch scripts.
+*.bat	text eol=crlf
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 39e8b52a9..3655d8cd2 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 [versions]
-junit5-jupiter = "5.10.1"
-kotlinx-serialization = "1.6.2"
-kotlin = "1.9.23"
-dokka = "1.9.10"
+apiVersion = "1.8"
 binaryValidator = "0.14.0"
-woodstox = "6.5.1"
+dokka = "1.9.20"
 javaVersion = "8"
-apiVersion = "1.8"
+junit5-jupiter = "5.10.2"
+kotlin = "1.9.23"
+kotlinx-serialization = "1.6.3"
+kxml2 = "2.3.0"
+logback-classic = "1.4.7"
+woodstox = "6.6.2"
 xmlutil = "0.90.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 [libraries]
-logback-classic = "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.4.7"
-woodstox = { module = "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core", version.ref="woodstox" }
-kxml2 = "net.sf.kxml:kxml2:2.3.0"
+logback-classic = { module = "ch.qos.logback:logback-classic", version.ref = "logback-classic" }
+woodstox = { module = "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core", version.ref = "woodstox" }
+kxml2 = { module = "net.sf.kxml:kxml2", version.ref = "kxml2" }
 
 junit5-api = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api", version.ref = "junit5-jupiter" }
 junit5-engine = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine", version.ref = "junit5-jupiter" }
@@ -22,10 +24,10 @@ serialization-json = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-jso
 kotlin-reflect = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect", version.ref = "kotlin"}
 
 [plugins]
-kotlinSerialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref="kotlin" }
-kotlinMultiplatform = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform", version.ref="kotlin" }
-kotlinJvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref="kotlin" }
-kotlinAndroid = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android", version.ref="kotlin" }
-kotlinJs = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.js", version.ref="kotlin" }
-dokka = { id = "org.jetbrains.dokka", version.ref="dokka" }
-binaryValidator = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.binary-compatibility-validator", version.ref="binaryValidator" }
+binaryValidator = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.binary-compatibility-validator", version.ref = "binaryValidator" }
+dokka = { id = "org.jetbrains.dokka", version.ref = "dokka" }
+kotlinAndroid = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+kotlinJs = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.js", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+kotlinJvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+kotlinMultiplatform = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.multiplatform", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+kotlinSerialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd4917..e6441136f 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 1af9e0930..381baa9ce 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=544c35d6bd849ae8a5ed0bcea39ba677dc40f49df7d1835561582da2009b961d
+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 93e3f59f1..25da30dbd 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