diff --git a/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml b/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml
index e810225a4b..2fc00080af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment-with-react.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Run Gradle Command
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5c4ca6a5fd..8be8c04c76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
           cache-disabled: true
 
       - name: Build with Gradle and spring security ${{ matrix.spring-security }}
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
           cache-disabled: true
 
       - name: Generate OpenAPI documentation
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
           cache-disabled: true
 
       - name: check the licenses for compatibility
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
           cache-disabled: true
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
           cache-disabled: true
 
       - name: Build application
diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-backend-licenses-update.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-backend-licenses-update.yml
index 520067f35e..a7e10dd4fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-backend-licenses-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-backend-licenses-update.yml
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Check licenses and generate report
         id: license-check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml b/.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml
index b0636126a9..a51d6d8757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Get version number
         id: versionNumber
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         if: matrix.variant.build_frontend == true
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Build Java backend with JLink
         working-directory: ./
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml
index 5a037fa5de..764f748d44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/push-docker.yml
index ca00f3a68c..4b4780190d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-docker.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
diff --git a/.github/workflows/swagger.yml b/.github/workflows/swagger.yml
index eee23a6525..78195183ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/swagger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/swagger.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Generate Swagger documentation
         run: ./gradlew :stirling-pdf:generateOpenApiDocs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tauri-build.yml b/.github/workflows/tauri-build.yml
index 135638f90e..d7ca66b2e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tauri-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tauri-build.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Build Java backend with JLink
         working-directory: ./
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testdriver.yml b/.github/workflows/testdriver.yml
index 4bcd1abb56..5d2466013b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testdriver.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testdriver.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@f29f5a9d7b09a7c6b29859002d29d24e1674c884 # v5.0.1
         with:
-          gradle-version: 8.14
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
 
       - name: Build with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1b33c55baa..61285a659d 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 5f38436fc6..37f78a6af8 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-9.3.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.3.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 23d15a9367..adff685a03 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
         -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index db3a6ac207..c4bdd3ab8e 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell