diff --git a/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/build.gradle b/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/build.gradle
index 06489534605..9594fa16bd1 100644
--- a/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/build.gradle
+++ b/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 plugins {
-    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.9.20" apply false
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "2.0.0-Beta1" apply false
     id "org.graalvm.buildtools.native" version "0.9.28" apply false
 }
 
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ group = "com.hexagonkt"
 ext {
     hexagonVersion = "3.4.3"
     jettyVersion = "12.0.3"
-    nettyVersion = "4.1.100.Final"
+    nettyVersion = "4.1.101.Final"
 
     hikariVersion = "5.1.0"
     postgresqlVersion = "42.6.0"
-    vertxVersion = "4.4.6"
+    vertxVersion = "4.5.0"
     cache2kVersion = "2.6.1.Final"
 
     applicationClass = "com.hexagonkt.BenchmarkKt"
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = "8.4"
+    gradleVersion = "8.5-rc-3"
 }
diff --git a/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f862f75..9aaaf603dda 100644
--- a/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/frameworks/Kotlin/hexagon/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-rc-3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME