diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d27f3f664c..355ce465a9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.1'
         classpath 'com.automattic.android:fetchstyle:1.1'
     }
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ subprojects {
 
 ext {
     daggerVersion = '2.22.1'
-    wellSqlVersion = '1.4.0'
+    wellSqlVersion = '1.5.0'
     supportLibraryVersion = '27.1.1'
     arch_paging_version = '1.0.1'
     arch_lifecycle_version = '1.1.1'
diff --git a/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/ListOrder.kt b/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/ListOrder.kt
index b6123f4d23..ec8061f6b9 100644
--- a/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/ListOrder.kt
+++ b/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/ListOrder.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.list
 
+import java.util.Locale
+
 enum class ListOrder(val value: String) {
     ASC("ASC"),
     DESC("DESC");
     companion object {
         fun fromValue(value: String): ListOrder? {
-            return values().firstOrNull { it.value.toLowerCase() == value.toLowerCase() }
+            return values().firstOrNull { it.value.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) == value.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/PostListDescriptor.kt b/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/PostListDescriptor.kt
index 0ac248cf84..3640b91fd9 100644
--- a/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/PostListDescriptor.kt
+++ b/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/model/list/PostListDescriptor.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.list.ListOrder.DESC
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.list.PostListOrderBy.DATE
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.model.post.PostStatus
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.PostStore.DEFAULT_POST_STATUS_LIST
+import java.util.Locale
 
 sealed class PostListDescriptor(
     val site: SiteModel,
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ enum class PostListOrderBy(val value: String) {
 
     companion object {
         fun fromValue(value: String): PostListOrderBy? {
-            return values().firstOrNull { it.value.toLowerCase() == value.toLowerCase() }
+            return values().firstOrNull { it.value.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) == value.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/store/PageStore.kt b/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/store/PageStore.kt
index f94f657117..83d9dc3672 100644
--- a/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/store/PageStore.kt
+++ b/fluxc/src/main/java/org/wordpress/android/fluxc/store/PageStore.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.PostStore.PostErrorType
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.PostStore.PostErrorType.UNKNOWN_POST
 import org.wordpress.android.fluxc.store.PostStore.RemotePostPayload
 import org.wordpress.android.util.DateTimeUtils
+import java.util.Locale
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import javax.inject.Singleton
 import kotlin.coroutines.Continuation
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class PageStore @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     suspend fun search(site: SiteModel, searchQuery: String): List<PageModel> = withContext(coroutineContext) {
-        getPagesFromDb(site).filter { it.title.toLowerCase().contains(searchQuery.toLowerCase()) }
+        getPagesFromDb(site).filter { it.title.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).contains(searchQuery.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)) }
     }
 
     suspend fun updatePageInDb(page: PageModel): OnPostChanged = suspendCoroutine { cont ->
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9b4a5546b5..96a09f854d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Thu Nov 02 13:54:34 EDT 2017
+#Mon Sep 30 16:27:52 EDT 2019
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.3-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.4.1-all.zip