diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f5e2a78..e41f641 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 group = org.xbib
 name = elx
-version = 7.10.2.39
+version = 7.10.2.40
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd49..e644113 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 e6aba25..e7646de 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-8.5-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85..7101f8e 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
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index e1be287..e0a6cec 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
     versionCatalogs {
         libs {
-            version('gradle', '8.5')
+            version('gradle', '8.7')
             version('elasticsearch', '7.10.2')
             // ES 7.10.2 uses lucene 8.7.0
             version('lucene', '8.7.0')
             // ES 7.10.2 uses log4j2 2.11.1
             version('log4j', '2.22.0')
             // ES 7.10.2 uses netty 4.1.49
-            version('netty', '4.1.107.Final')
+            version('netty', '4.1.109.Final')
             // ES 7.10.2 uses Jackson 2.10.4
             version('jackson', '2.16.0')
-            version('net-http', '4.2.0') // beware, net-http must match netty version
+            version('net-http', '4.5.0')
             library('log4j-api', 'org.apache.logging.log4j', 'log4j-api').versionRef('log4j')
             library('log4j-core', 'org.apache.logging.log4j', 'log4j-core').versionRef('log4j')
             library('log4j-slf4j', 'org.apache.logging.log4j', 'log4j-slf4j-impl').versionRef('log4j')
@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library('netty-handler', 'io.netty', 'netty-handler').versionRef('netty')
             library('netty-buffer', 'io.netty', 'netty-buffer').versionRef('netty')
             library('netty-transport', 'io.netty', 'netty-transport').versionRef('netty')
-            library('net-http-netty-client', 'org.xbib', 'net-http-client-netty').versionRef('net-http')
             library('jna', 'net.java.dev.jna', 'jna').version('5.14.0')
             library('snakeyaml', 'org.yaml', 'snakeyaml').version('2.2')
+            // xbib
+            library('net-http-netty-client', 'org.xbib', 'net-http-client-netty').versionRef('net-http')
             library('metrics', 'org.xbib', 'metrics-common').version('3.0.0')
             library('time', 'org.xbib', 'time').version('3.0.0')
         }
         testLibs {
-            version('junit', '5.10.1')
+            version('junit', '5.10.2')
             library('junit-jupiter-api', 'org.junit.jupiter', 'junit-jupiter-api').versionRef('junit')
             library('junit-jupiter-params', 'org.junit.jupiter', 'junit-jupiter-params').versionRef('junit')
             library('junit-jupiter-engine', 'org.junit.jupiter', 'junit-jupiter-engine').versionRef('junit')