diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e08f3a3..f84cce19 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsGradlePluginVersion"
         classpath "org.grails:grails-docs:${project.ext.properties.grailsDocsVersion ?: grailsVersion}"
         classpath "org.grails.plugins:views-gradle:$jsonViewsVersion"
-        classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:2.0.0"
-        classpath("org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-jvm:4.0.2")
+        classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:$gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion"
+        classpath "org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-jvm:$asciidoctorJvmVersion"
     }
 }
 
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ subprojects { project ->
                 testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core:${spockVersion}", {
                     exclude module: 'groovy-all'
                 }
-                testImplementation "cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2.2"
-                testImplementation "org.objenesis:objenesis:1.4"
+                testRuntimeOnly "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:$bytebuddyVersion"
+                testRuntimeOnly "org.objenesis:objenesis:$objenesisVersion"
 
-                documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:1.14"
+                documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
 
             }
 
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ subprojects { subproject ->
 
     dependencies {
         if (configurations.find { it.name == 'documentation' }) {
-            documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:1.18"
-            documentation "jline:jline:2.14.6"
-            documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:3.15.14"
+            documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
+            documentation "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
+            documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:$javaParserVersion"
             documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy:${groovyVersion}"
             documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-templates:${groovyVersion}"
             documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
@@ -336,12 +336,12 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     if (configurations.find { it.name == 'documentation' }) {
-        documentation 'info.picocli:picocli:3.8.0'
-        documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:1.18"
-        documentation "jline:jline:2.14.6"
-        documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:3.15.14"
-        documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy:${groovyVersion}"
-        documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-templates:${groovyVersion}"
+        documentation "info.picocli:picocli:$picocliVersion"
+        documentation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
+        documentation "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
+        documentation "com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:$javaParserVersion"
+        documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy:$groovyVersion"
+        documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-templates:$groovyVersion"
         documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
         documentation "org.apache.groovy:groovy-cli-picocli:$groovyVersion"
     }
diff --git a/examples/demo33/build.gradle b/examples/demo33/build.gradle
index 20881236..f15cc143 100644
--- a/examples/demo33/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/demo33/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath "gradle.plugin.com.github.erdi.webdriver-binaries:webdriver-binaries-gradle-plugin:2.4"
+        classpath "com.github.erdi:webdriver-binaries-gradle-plugin:$webdriverBinariesVersion"
     }
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:scaffolding"
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:events"
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:hibernate5"
-    implementation "org.hibernate:hibernate-core:5.4.17.Final"
+    implementation "org.hibernate:hibernate-core-jakarta:$hibernateVersion"
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:gsp"
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:views-json"
     implementation "org.grails.plugins:views-json-templates"
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ dependencies {
     profile "org.grails.profiles:web"
     runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
     runtimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc"
-    runtimeOnly "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails:3.3.1"
+    runtimeOnly "com.bertramlabs.plugins:asset-pipeline-grails:$assetPipelineVersion"
     testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:geb"
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-htmlunit-driver:2.47.1"
-    testRuntimeOnly "net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:2.18"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.seleniumhq.selenium:htmlunit-driver:$seleniumHtmlunitVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "net.sourceforge.htmlunit:htmlunit:$htmlunitVersion"
 
     testImplementation project(':grails-web-testing-support')
     testImplementation project(':grails-gorm-testing-support')
 
-    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-remote-driver:3.141.59"
-    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-api:3.141.59"
-    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-support:3.141.59"
-    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:3.141.59"
+    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-remote-driver:$seleniumVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-api:$seleniumVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-support:$seleniumVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:$seleniumVersion"
 }
 
 bootRun {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 478fb2ca..80f02702 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,24 +6,37 @@ projectUrl=https://github.com/grails/grails-testing-support
 githubSlug=grails/grails-testing-support
 githubBranch=4.0.x
 developers=Jeff Brown,James Kleeh
+
+asciidoctorJvmVersion=4.0.3
+assetPipelineVersion=5.0.1
+bytebuddyVersion=1.15.1
 grailsGradlePluginVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 grailsVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 grailsDocsVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-asyncVersion=5.0.2
+asyncVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
 groovyVersion=4.0.22
+gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion=2.0.0
 gormVersion=9.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-jsonViewsVersion=3.2.3
-junitPlatformVersion=1.10.2
-junitJupiterVersion=5.10.2
 gspVersion=7.0.0-SNAPSHOT
-spockVersion=2.3-groovy-4.0
-springVersion=6.1.12
-springBootVersion=3.3.3
-slf4jVersion=1.7.36
-junitVersion=4.12
+hibernateVersion=5.6.15.Final
+jansiVersion=1.18
 javassistVersion=3.30.2-GA
-servletApiVersion=6.0.0
 javaParserVersion=3.25.10
+jlineVersion=2.14.6
+jsonViewsVersion=4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+junitPlatformVersion=1.11.0
+junitJupiterVersion=5.11.0
+objenesisVersion=3.4
+picocliVersion=4.7.6
+seleniumVersion=4.23.1
+seleniumHtmlunitVersion=4.13.0
+htmlunitVersion=2.7.0
+servletApiVersion=6.0.0
+slf4jVersion=2.0.16
+spockVersion=2.3-groovy-4.0
+springVersion=6.1.13
+springBootVersion=3.3.4
+webdriverBinariesVersion=3.2
 
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true