diff --git a/.github/workflows/releaseExtension.yml b/.github/workflows/releaseExtension.yml
index 7b52a01..80b86bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/releaseExtension.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/releaseExtension.yml
@@ -18,18 +18,12 @@ jobs:
           cache: gradle
       - name: Build Zip
         run: ./gradlew hivemqExtensionZip
-      - name: Get release
-        id: get_release
-        uses: bruceadams/get-release@v1.3.2
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Upload Release Asset
-        id: upload-release-asset
         uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.get_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
           asset_path: ./build/hivemq-extension/hivemq-deny-wildcard-extension-${{ github.event.release.name }}.zip
           asset_name: hivemq-deny-wildcard-extension-${{ github.event.release.name }}.zip
           asset_content_type: application/zip
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 81d995f..baf1b0b 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
-    id("com.hivemq.extension")
-    id("com.github.hierynomus.license")
-    id("io.github.sgtsilvio.gradle.defaults")
-    id("org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert")
+    alias(libs.plugins.hivemq.extension)
+    alias(libs.plugins.defaults)
+    alias(libs.plugins.license)
 }
 
 group = "com.hivemq.extensions"
@@ -13,45 +12,32 @@ hivemqExtension {
     author.set("HiveMQ")
     priority.set(1000)
     startPriority.set(1000)
-    sdkVersion.set("${property("hivemq-extension-sdk.version")}")
+    sdkVersion.set(libs.versions.hivemq.extensionSdk)
 
     resources {
         from("LICENSE")
-        from("README.adoc") { rename { "README.txt" } }
-        from(tasks.asciidoctor)
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:${property("commons-lang.version")}")
-}
-
-tasks.asciidoctor {
-    sourceDirProperty.set(layout.projectDirectory)
-    sources("README.adoc")
-    secondarySources { exclude("**") }
-}
-
-/* ******************** test ******************** */
-
-dependencies {
-    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:${property("junit-jupiter.version")}")
-    testImplementation("org.mockito:mockito-core:${property("mockito.version")}")
-}
-
-tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
-    useJUnitPlatform()
+    implementation(libs.commonsLang)
+}
+
+@Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
+testing {
+    suites {
+        withType<JvmTestSuite> {
+            useJUnitJupiter(libs.versions.junit.jupiter)
+        }
+        "test"(JvmTestSuite::class) {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation(libs.mockito)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-/* ******************** checks ******************** */
-
 license {
     header = rootDir.resolve("HEADER")
     mapping("java", "SLASHSTAR_STYLE")
 }
-
-/* ******************** run ******************** */
-
-tasks.prepareHivemqHome {
-    hivemqHomeDirectory.set(file("/path/to/a/hivemq/folder"))
-}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 5d0fe55..b3668f2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,18 +1 @@
 version=4.1.2
-#
-# main dependencies
-#
-hivemq-extension-sdk.version=4.1.0
-commons-lang.version=3.12.0
-#
-# test dependencies
-#
-junit-jupiter.version=5.9.1
-mockito.version=4.8.0
-#
-# plugins
-#
-plugin.hivemq-extension.version=2.1.2
-plugin.license.version=0.16.1
-plugin.defaults.version=0.2.0
-plugin.asciidoctor.version=3.3.2
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df78572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[versions]
+commonsLang = "3.12.0"
+hivemq-extensionSdk = "4.1.0"
+junit-jupiter = "5.10.0"
+mockito = "5.6.0"
+
+[libraries]
+commonsLang = { module = "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3", version.ref = "commonsLang" }
+mockito = { module = "org.mockito:mockito-core", version.ref = "mockito" }
+
+[plugins]
+hivemq-extension = { id = "com.hivemq.extension", version = "3.1.0" }
+defaults = { id = "io.github.sgtsilvio.gradle.defaults", version = "0.2.0" }
+license = { id = "com.github.hierynomus.license", version = "0.16.1" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index afba109..7f93135 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 4e86b92..3fa8f86 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-7.6.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68..1aa94a4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# 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"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# 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
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# 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, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index ea1b458..dba9552 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1 @@
 rootProject.name = "hivemq-deny-wildcard-extension"
-
-pluginManagement {
-    plugins {
-        id("com.hivemq.extension") version "${extra["plugin.hivemq-extension.version"]}"
-        id("com.github.hierynomus.license") version "${extra["plugin.license.version"]}"
-        id("io.github.sgtsilvio.gradle.defaults") version "${extra["plugin.defaults.version"]}"
-        id("org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert") version "${extra["plugin.asciidoctor.version"]}"
-    }
-}