diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 797cf4e5..391e612a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
+      - name: Setup Java 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
           distribution: temurin  # pre-installed on ubuntu-latest
           cache: gradle
 
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
+      - name: Setup Java 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
           distribution: temurin  # pre-installed on ubuntu-latest
           cache: gradle
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/error-prone.yml b/.github/workflows/error-prone.yml
index e248a849..d2ef3b9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/error-prone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/error-prone.yml
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
+      - name: Setup Java 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
           distribution: temurin  # pre-installed on ubuntu-latest
           cache: gradle
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fonts.yml b/.github/workflows/fonts.yml
index 9654f503..b6167524 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fonts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fonts.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-            - name: Setup Java 11
+            - name: Setup Java 21
               uses: actions/setup-java@v4
               with:
-                  java-version: 11
+                  java-version: 21
                   distribution: temurin  # pre-installed on ubuntu-latest
                   cache: gradle
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/natives.yml b/.github/workflows/natives.yml
index 3817c17f..df8175cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/natives.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/natives.yml
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ jobs:
 #             if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
 #             run: sudo apt-get install g++-aarch64-linux-gnu
 
-            - name: Setup Java 11
+            - name: Setup Java 21
               uses: actions/setup-java@v4
               with:
-                  java-version: 11
+                  java-version: 21
                   distribution: temurin
                   cache: gradle
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-snapshots.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-snapshots.yml
index 207bae20..a44445a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-snapshots.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-snapshots.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
+      - name: Setup Java 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 21
           distribution: temurin  # pre-installed on ubuntu-latest
           cache: gradle
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 6b745cf7..8617cecd 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ allprojects {
 			}
 		}
 
+		withType<AbstractArchiveTask>().configureEach {
+			isPreserveFileTimestamps = true
+		}
+
 		withType<Javadoc>().configureEach {
 			options {
 				this as StandardJavadocDocletOptions
@@ -92,6 +96,12 @@ allprojects {
 				links( "https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/" )
 			}
 			isFailOnError = false
+
+			// use Java 25 to generate javadoc
+			val javaToolchains = (project as ExtensionAware).extensions.getByName("javaToolchains") as JavaToolchainService
+			javadocTool.set( javaToolchains.javadocToolFor {
+				languageVersion.set( JavaLanguageVersion.of( 25 ) )
+			} )
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts
index 0a547c20..9960b0df 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/flatlaf-publish.gradle.kts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 
-open class NativeArtifact( val fileName: String, val classifier: String, val type: String ) {}
+open class NativeArtifact( val fileName: String, val classifier: String, val extension: String ) {}
 
 open class PublishExtension {
 	var artifactId: String? = null
@@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ publishing {
 
 			afterEvaluate {
 				extension.nativeArtifacts?.forEach {
-					artifact( artifacts.add( "archives", file( it.fileName ) ) {
+					artifact( file( it.fileName ) ) {
 						classifier = it.classifier
-						type = it.type
-					} )
+						extension = it.extension
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/flatlaf-natives/flatlaf-natives-windows/build.gradle.kts b/flatlaf-natives/flatlaf-natives-windows/build.gradle.kts
index 3892d870..ed398496 100644
--- a/flatlaf-natives/flatlaf-natives-windows/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/flatlaf-natives/flatlaf-natives-windows/build.gradle.kts
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ var javaHome = System.getProperty( "java.home" )
 if( javaHome.endsWith( "jre" ) )
 	javaHome += "/.."
 
+interface InjectedExecOps { @get:Inject val execOps: ExecOperations }
+val injected = project.objects.newInstance<InjectedExecOps>()
+
 tasks {
 	register( "build-natives" ) {
 		group = "build"
@@ -98,9 +101,9 @@ tasks {
 			val dumpbin = "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio/2022/Community/VC/Tools/MSVC/14.42.34433/bin/Hostx64/x64/dumpbin.exe"
 			val dll = linkedFile.asFile.get()
 			val dllDir = dll.parent
-			exec { commandLine( dumpbin, "/all", "/rawdata:none", "/out:$dllDir/objdump.txt", dll ) }
-			exec { commandLine( dumpbin, "/all", "/out:$dllDir/full-contents.txt", dll ) }
-			exec { commandLine( dumpbin, "/disasm", "/out:$dllDir/disassemble.txt", dll ) }
+			injected.execOps.exec { commandLine( dumpbin, "/all", "/rawdata:none", "/out:$dllDir/objdump.txt", dll ) }
+			injected.execOps.exec { commandLine( dumpbin, "/all", "/out:$dllDir/full-contents.txt", dll ) }
+			injected.execOps.exec { commandLine( dumpbin, "/disasm", "/out:$dllDir/disassemble.txt", dll ) }
 dump*/
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1b33c55b..f8e1ee31 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 002b867c..bad7c246 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-8.14.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 23d15a93..adff685a 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 db3a6ac2..c4bdd3ab 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
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 23d937fa..9b52d948 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ fun includeProject( projectPath: String, projectDir: String ) {
 
 // for using newer Java version via toolchain
 plugins {
-	id( "org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention" ) version( "0.5.0" )
+	id( "org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention" ) version( "1.0.0" )
 }