diff --git a/.github/workflows/central-sync.yml b/.github/workflows/central-sync.yml
index 06e7e597f..dd1f3514a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/central-sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/central-sync.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: v${{ github.event.inputs.release_version }}
-      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v2
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/graalvm-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/graalvm-dev.yml
index ecd870d6e..eb0203b21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/graalvm-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/graalvm-dev.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 6
-      matrix: ${{ fromJson(needs.build_matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
+      matrix:
+        java: ['dev', 'latest-ea']
+        distribution: ['graalvm-community', 'graalvm']
+        native_test_task: ${{ fromJson(needs.build_matrix.outputs.matrix).native_test_task }}
+        exclude:
+          - java: 'dev'
+            distribution: 'graalvm'
+          - java: 'latest-ea'
+            distribution: 'graalvm-community'
     env:
       GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY }}
       GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USERNAME }}
@@ -39,7 +47,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: micronaut-projects/github-actions/graalvm/pre-build@master
         id: pre-build
         with:
-          java: 'dev'
+          java: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
       - name: Build Steps
         uses: micronaut-projects/github-actions/graalvm/build@master
         id: build
@@ -53,4 +62,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: micronaut-projects/github-actions/graalvm/post-build@master
         id: post-build
         with:
-          java: 'dev'
+          java: ${{ matrix.java }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index 54d290977..8ca81050f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: "🔧 Setup GraalVM CE"
-        uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1.1.5
+        uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1.1.7
         with:
           distribution: 'graalvm'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: "🔧 Setup Gradle"
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.0.0
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3.1.0
 
       - name: "❓ Optional setup step"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9aa496e2f..4158900bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
+      - uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v2
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1af9e0930..a80b22ce5 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-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME