diff --git a/src/ad/build.gradle b/src/ad/build.gradle
index 12c2599c..1998bf62 100644
--- a/src/ad/build.gradle
+++ b/src/ad/build.gradle
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 
 
 plugins {
-    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.9.6'
+    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.10.0'
     id 'com.github.sherter.google-java-format' version '0.9'
     id 'idea'
     id 'application'
-    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.53.0'
+    id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.54.0'
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ description = 'Ad Service'
 group = "ad"
 version = "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
-def opentelemetryVersion = "1.60.1"
-def opentelemetryInstrumentationVersion = "2.25.0"
-def grpcVersion = "1.79.0"
-def jacksonVersion = "2.21.1"
-def protocVersion = "4.34.0"
+def opentelemetryVersion = "1.61.0"
+def opentelemetryInstrumentationVersion = "2.27.0"
+def grpcVersion = "1.81.0"
+def jacksonVersion = "2.21.3"
+def protocVersion = "4.34.1"
 
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dependencies {
         implementation platform("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:${opentelemetryVersion}")
         implementation platform("io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom:${opentelemetryInstrumentationVersion}")
 
-        implementation "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.66.0",
+        implementation "com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.70.0",
                 "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:${protocVersion}",
                 "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2",
                 "io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:${grpcVersion}",
@@ -53,13 +53,13 @@ dependencies {
                 "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api",
                 "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk",
                 "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-instrumentation-annotations",
-                "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.3",
-                "dev.openfeature.contrib.providers:flagd:0.11.20",
-                'dev.openfeature:sdk:1.20.1'
+                "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.4",
+                "dev.openfeature.contrib.providers:flagd:0.13.1",
+                'dev.openfeature:sdk:1.20.2'
 
         runtimeOnly "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${jacksonVersion}",
                 "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jacksonVersion}",
-                "io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:2.0.75.Final"
+                "io.netty:netty-tcnative-boringssl-static:2.0.77.Final"
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d997cfc6..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index dbc3ce4a..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/src/ad/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/ad/gradlew b/src/ad/gradlew
index 0262dcbd..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/src/ad/gradlew
+++ b/src/ad/gradlew
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/b631911858264c0b6e4d6603d677ff5218766cee/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
diff --git a/src/ad/gradlew.bat b/src/ad/gradlew.bat
index e509b2dd..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/src/ad/gradlew.bat
+++ b/src/ad/gradlew.bat
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
@@ -73,21 +73,10 @@ goto fail
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%
diff --git a/src/fraud-detection/build.gradle.kts b/src/fraud-detection/build.gradle.kts
index 4a48afa5..bbd88332 100644
--- a/src/fraud-detection/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/src/fraud-detection/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import com.google.protobuf.gradle.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.3.10"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.3.21"
     application
     id("java")
     id("idea")
-    id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.9.6"
+    id("com.google.protobuf") version "0.10.0"
     id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "8.1.1"
 }
 
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ group = "io.opentelemetry"
 version = "1.0"
 
 
-val grpcVersion = "1.79.0"
-val protobufVersion = "4.34.0"
+val grpcVersion = "1.81.0"
+val protobufVersion = "4.34.1"
 
 
 repositories {
@@ -37,19 +37,19 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(kotlin("test"))
     implementation(kotlin("script-runtime"))
     implementation("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.2.0")
-    implementation("com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.66.0")
+    implementation("com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:2.70.0")
     implementation("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:${grpcVersion}")
     implementation("io.grpc:grpc-stub:${grpcVersion}")
     implementation("io.grpc:grpc-netty:${grpcVersion}")
     implementation("io.grpc:grpc-services:${grpcVersion}")
-    implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.60.1")
-    implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk:1.60.1")
+    implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.61.0")
+    implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk:1.61.0")
     implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-extension-annotations:1.18.0")
-    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.3")
+    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.4")
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17")
     implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin:${protobufVersion}")
-    implementation("dev.openfeature:sdk:1.20.1")
-    implementation("dev.openfeature.contrib.providers:flagd:0.11.20")
+    implementation("dev.openfeature:sdk:1.20.2")
+    implementation("dev.openfeature.contrib.providers:flagd:0.13.1")
 
     if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible) {
         // Workaround for @javax.annotation.Generated
diff --git a/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d997cfc6..b1b8ef56 100644
Binary files a/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index dbc3ce4a..b52fb7e7 100644
--- a/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/src/fraud-detection/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.5.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+retries=0
+retryBackOffMs=500
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/fraud-detection/gradlew b/src/fraud-detection/gradlew
index 0262dcbd..b9bb139f 100755
--- a/src/fraud-detection/gradlew
+++ b/src/fraud-detection/gradlew
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/b631911858264c0b6e4d6603d677ff5218766cee/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/3d91ce3b8caaf77ad09f381f43615b715b53f72c/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
diff --git a/src/fraud-detection/gradlew.bat b/src/fraud-detection/gradlew.bat
index e509b2dd..aa5f10b0 100644
--- a/src/fraud-detection/gradlew.bat
+++ b/src/fraud-detection/gradlew.bat
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 @rem
 @rem ##########################################################################
 
-@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+@rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
+setlocal EnableExtensions
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ 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
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
@@ -73,21 +73,10 @@ goto fail
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+@rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
+@rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
 
-:end
-@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
-
-:fail
-rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
-rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
-if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
-if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
-exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
-
-:mainEnd
-if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
-
-:omega
+:exitWithErrorLevel
+@rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
+"%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%