diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84f685743a..3769824904 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 [![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/ai.koog/koog-agents)](https://search.maven.org/artifact/ai.koog/koog-agents)
 [![JetBrains incubator project](https://jb.gg/badges/incubator.svg)](https://github.com/JetBrains#jetbrains-on-github)
 [![Kotlin](https://img.shields.io/badge/kotlin-2.2-blue.svg?logo=kotlin)](http://kotlinlang.org)
+[![JVM](https://img.shields.io/badge/JVM-17+-red.svg?logo=jvm)](http://java.com)
 [![CI status](https://img.shields.io/github/checks-status/JetBrains/koog/main)](https://github.com/JetBrains/koog/actions?query=branch%3Amain)
 [![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/JetBrains/koog)](LICENSE.txt)
 
diff --git a/convention-plugin-ai/src/main/kotlin/ai.kotlin.configuration.gradle.kts b/convention-plugin-ai/src/main/kotlin/ai.kotlin.configuration.gradle.kts
index d14d313b9a..b966dcad56 100644
--- a/convention-plugin-ai/src/main/kotlin/ai.kotlin.configuration.gradle.kts
+++ b/convention-plugin-ai/src/main/kotlin/ai.kotlin.configuration.gradle.kts
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ tasks.withType<KotlinCompilationTask<*>>().configureEach {
 
 tasks.withType<KotlinJvmCompile>().configureEach {
     compilerOptions {
-        jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.JVM_11)
+        jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.JVM_17)
         freeCompilerArgs.add("-Xjvm-default=all")
     }
 }
 
 tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11.toString()
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17.toString()
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17.toString()
 }
 
 configurations.all {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7d004283a6..e458b49d46 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ h2 = "2.4.240"
 hikaricp = "6.2.1"
 jdkVersion = "17"
 jetsign = "45.47"
-junit = "5.8.2"
+junit = "6.0.2"
 knit = "0.5.0"
 kotest = "6.0.7"
 kotlin = "2.2.21"
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ kover = "0.9.4"
 ktlint = "14.0.1"
 ktor3 = "3.2.2"
 lettuce = "6.5.5.RELEASE"
-logback = "1.5.13"
+logback = "1.5.23"
 mcp = "0.8.1"
 mockito = "5.21.0"
 mockk = "1.14.7"
 mokksy = "0.5.1"
 mysql = "8.0.33"
-netty = "4.2.6.Final"
+netty = "4.2.9.Final"
 okhttp = "5.3.2"
 opentelemetry = "1.51.0"
 oshai-logging = "7.0.7"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ slf4j = "2.0.17"
 spring-boot = "3.5.9"
 spring-management = "1.1.7"
 sqlite = "3.51.1.0"
-testcontainers = "1.19.7"
+testcontainers = "1.21.4"
 
 [libraries]
 jetbrains-annotations = { module = "org.jetbrains:annotations", version.ref = "annotations" }