diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-types.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint-types.yaml
index 830a50b1b7..16881ff3e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-types.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-types.yaml
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Check Generated Types
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-funman-taskrunner.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-funman-taskrunner.yml
index 64343f1ecb..0165c09901 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-funman-taskrunner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-funman-taskrunner.yml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Create image and push
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Create image and push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-gollm-taskrunner.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-gollm-taskrunner.yml
index 0863613877..0626649e71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-gollm-taskrunner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-gollm-taskrunner.yml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Create image and push
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Create image and push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-mira-taskrunner.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-mira-taskrunner.yml
index acb1b678b9..c3f4c4f766 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-mira-taskrunner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-mira-taskrunner.yml
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Create image and push
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Create image and push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-server.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-server.yml
index cb0df1a2a8..90893e89fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-server.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-server.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Build hmi-server using Makefile
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       - name: Build hmi-server using Makefile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-server.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-server.yaml
index b53f512acc..3a8fe7d7c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-server.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-server.yaml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      # Setup Java 21
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      # Setup Java 17
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: "temurin"
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       # Start containers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-taskrunner.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-taskrunner.yaml
index 181ee4a35c..bf362bf0cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-taskrunner.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-taskrunner.yaml
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate GradleW JAR
         uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
 
-      # Setup Java 21
-      - name: Setup Java v21
+      # Setup Java 17
+      - name: Setup Java v17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: "temurin"
-          java-version: 21
+          java-version: 17
           cache: gradle
 
       # Start containers
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 457959a922..9f84a87548 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ develop Terarium, you will need these as a prerequisite:
 
 - [Yarn 4](https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install)
 - [NodeJS 20](https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/)
-- [JDK 21](https://adoptium.net/temurin)
+- [JDK 17](https://adoptium.net/temurin)
 - [Gradle 8](https://gradle.org/install/)
 - [Ansible](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html)
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ There are many ways/package managers to install these dependencies. We recommend
 
 ```bash
 brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
-brew install openjdk@21
+brew install openjdk@17
 brew install gradle
 brew install node
 brew install yarnb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ In the WSL Terminal input these commands to install the dependencies (Ubuntu ins
 ```shell
 sudo apt-get upgrade
 sudo apt-get install build-essential
-sudo apt install openjdk-21-jre-headless
+sudo apt install openjdk-17-jre-headless
 sudo apt install gradle
 sudo apt install python3-pip
 python3 -m pip install --user ansible
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49..a4b76b9530 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f862f7..9355b41557 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-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a4269..f5feea6d6b 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/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/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85bee..9b42019c79 100755
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+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
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+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
 
diff --git a/packages/equation_extraction/Dockerfile b/packages/equation_extraction/Dockerfile
index 54dfad3c2a..f9246545ea 100644
--- a/packages/equation_extraction/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/equation_extraction/Dockerfile
@@ -1,37 +1,30 @@
 # Build the Spring Boot application
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS equation_extraction_taskrunner_builder
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS equation_extraction_taskrunner_builder
 
 ###### DEV ONLY ######
 #VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
 
 # These deps are installed only for use during local development
 
-# Install OpenJDK21
+# Install OpenJDK
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	build-essential \
-	git \
-	libgl1 \
-	libglib2.0-0 \
-	poppler-utils \
-	wget && \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7 /usr/local/jdk-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  build-essential \
+  git \
+  libgl1 \
+  libglib2.0-0 \
+  poppler-utils \
+  wget \
+  openjdk-17-jdk-headless && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install equation-extraction
 COPY ./packages/equation_extraction/equation-extraction-version.txt /extractionVersion.txt
 RUN COMMIT_SHA="$(cat /extractionVersion.txt)" && \
-	echo "Using document_intelligence commit $COMMIT_SHA" && \
-	wget --progress=dot:giga -O equation-extraction.tar.gz "https://github.com/DARPA-ASKEM/document_intelligence/archive/${COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" && \
-	tar -zxvf equation-extraction.tar.gz && \
-	rm equation-extraction.tar.gz && \
-	mv document_intelligence-* document_intelligence
+  echo "Using document_intelligence commit $COMMIT_SHA" && \
+  wget --progress=dot:giga -O equation-extraction.tar.gz "https://github.com/DARPA-ASKEM/document_intelligence/archive/${COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" && \
+  tar -zxvf equation-extraction.tar.gz && \
+  rm equation-extraction.tar.gz && \
+  mv document_intelligence-* document_intelligence
 WORKDIR /document_intelligence/document_intelligence/fast_latex
 RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
@@ -54,27 +47,20 @@ RUN mv /taskrunner/build/libs/*.jar .
 RUN mv /terarium-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar /taskrunner.jar
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
 
 WORKDIR /
 
-# Install OpenJRE21
+# Install OpenJDK JRE
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	build-essential \
-	git \
-	libgl1 \
-	libglib2.0-0 \
-	poppler-utils \
-	wget && \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7-jre /usr/local/jre-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jre-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  build-essential \
+  git \
+  libgl1 \
+  libglib2.0-0 \
+  poppler-utils \
+  wget  \
+  openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Copy the supervisord configuration file
 COPY ./packages/equation_extraction/supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
diff --git a/packages/funman/Dockerfile b/packages/funman/Dockerfile
index f085666ecb..83281d2827 100644
--- a/packages/funman/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/funman/Dockerfile
@@ -8,31 +8,24 @@ FROM ghcr.io/darpa-askem/funman-base:latest AS funman_taskrunner_builder
 
 # Install OpenJDK21
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	gcc \
-	git \
-	wget && \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7 /usr/local/jdk-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  gcc \
+  git \
+  wget  \
+  openjdk-17-jdk-headless && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install funman-api
 COPY ./packages/funman/funman-version.txt /funmanVersion.txt
 RUN COMMIT_SHA="$(cat /funmanVersion.txt)" && \
-	echo "Using FUNMAN commit $COMMIT_SHA" && \
-	wget --progress=dot:giga -O funman.tar.gz "https://github.com/DARPA-ASKEM/funman-api/archive/${COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" && \
-	tar -zxvf funman.tar.gz && \
-	rm funman.tar.gz && \
-	mv -v funman-* funman-api
+  echo "Using FUNMAN commit $COMMIT_SHA" && \
+  wget --progress=dot:giga -O funman.tar.gz "https://github.com/DARPA-ASKEM/funman-api/archive/${COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" && \
+  tar -zxvf funman.tar.gz && \
+  rm funman.tar.gz && \
+  mv -v funman-* funman-api
 WORKDIR /funman-api
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir . && \
-	pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_dreal && \
-	pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_demo
+  pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_dreal && \
+  pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_demo
 
 #^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 ######################
@@ -50,11 +43,11 @@ FROM ghcr.io/darpa-askem/funman-base:latest
 
 WORKDIR /
 
-# Install OpenJDK JRE and wget
+# Install OpenJDK JRE
 RUN apt-get update && \
-	apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	openjdk-21-jre-headless && \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+  openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Copy the Spring Boot fat JAR from the builder image
 COPY --from=funman_taskrunner_builder /taskrunner/build/libs/*.jar /taskrunner.jar
@@ -63,8 +56,8 @@ COPY --from=funman_taskrunner_builder /taskrunner/build/libs/*.jar /taskrunner.j
 COPY --from=funman_taskrunner_builder /funman-api /funman-api
 WORKDIR /funman-api
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir . && \
-	pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_dreal && \
-	pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_demo
+  pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_dreal && \
+  pip install --no-cache-dir auxiliary_packages/funman_demo
 
 # Install taskrunner
 COPY ./packages/taskrunner/setup.py /taskrunner/setup.py
diff --git a/packages/gollm/Dockerfile b/packages/gollm/Dockerfile
index 427f12f3ea..34f7eac25a 100644
--- a/packages/gollm/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/gollm/Dockerfile
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
 # Build the Spring Boot application
-FROM python:3.11-slim AS gollm_taskrunner_builder
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm AS gollm_taskrunner_builder
 
 ###### DEV ONLY ######
 #VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
 
 # These deps are installed only for use during local development
 
-# Install OpenJDK21
+# Install OpenJDK
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	wget && \
+	wget  \
+  openjdk-17-jdk-headless && \
 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7 /usr/local/jdk-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
-
 # Install gollm
 COPY ./packages/gollm/gollm-version.txt /gollmVersion.txt
 RUN COMMIT_SHA="$(cat /gollmVersion.txt)" && \
@@ -43,23 +36,16 @@ RUN ./gradlew bootJar
 WORKDIR /
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM python:3.11-slim
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bookworm
 
 WORKDIR /
 
-# Install OpenJRE21
+# Install OpenJDK JRE
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	wget && \
+	wget  \
+  openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7-jre /usr/local/jre-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jre-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
-
 # Copy the Spring Boot fat JAR from the builder image
 COPY --from=gollm_taskrunner_builder /taskrunner/build/libs/*.jar /taskrunner.jar
 
diff --git a/packages/mira/Dockerfile b/packages/mira/Dockerfile
index 129a372125..c0c173e2ef 100644
--- a/packages/mira/Dockerfile
+++ b/packages/mira/Dockerfile
@@ -1,32 +1,25 @@
 # Build the Spring Boot application
-FROM python:3.10-slim AS mira_taskrunner_builder
+FROM python:3.10-slim-bookworm AS mira_taskrunner_builder
 
 ###### DEV ONLY ######
 #VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
 
 # These deps are installed only for use during local development
 
-# Install OpenJDK21
+# Install OpenJDK
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	wget && \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7 /usr/local/jdk-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jdk_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  wget \
+  openjdk-17-jdk-headless && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install Mira
 COPY ./packages/mira/mira-version.txt /miraVersion.txt
 RUN COMMIT_SHA="$(cat /miraVersion.txt)" && \
-	echo "Using MIRA commit $COMMIT_SHA" && \
-	wget --progress=dot:giga -O mira.tar.gz "https://github.com/gyorilab/mira/archive/${COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" && \
-	tar -zxvf mira.tar.gz && \
-	rm mira.tar.gz && \
-	mv -v mira-* mira
+  echo "Using MIRA commit $COMMIT_SHA" && \
+  wget --progress=dot:giga -O mira.tar.gz "https://github.com/gyorilab/mira/archive/${COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz" && \
+  tar -zxvf mira.tar.gz && \
+  rm mira.tar.gz && \
+  mv -v mira-* mira
 WORKDIR /mira
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir .[sbml,biomodels]
 
@@ -40,22 +33,15 @@ COPY ./packages/taskrunner .
 RUN ./gradlew bootJar
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-FROM python:3.10-slim
+FROM python:3.10-slim-bookworm
 
 WORKDIR /
 
-# Install OpenJRE21
+# Install OpenJDK JRE
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-	wget && \
-	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-RUN wget https://github.com/adoptium/temurin21-binaries/releases/download/jdk-21.0.4%2B7/OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	tar xvf OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz && \
-	mv jdk-21.0.4+7-jre /usr/local/jre-21 && \
-	rm OpenJDK21U-jre_x64_linux_hotspot_21.0.4_7.tar.gz
-
-ENV JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jre-21
-ENV PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+  wget \
+  openjdk-17-jre-headless && \
+  rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Copy the Spring Boot fat JAR from the builder image
 COPY --from=mira_taskrunner_builder /taskrunner/build/libs/*.jar /taskrunner.jar
diff --git a/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49..a4b76b9530 100644
Binary files a/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f862f7..9355b41557 100644
--- a/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/server/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/server/gradlew b/packages/server/gradlew
index 1aa94a4269..f5feea6d6b 100755
--- a/packages/server/gradlew
+++ b/packages/server/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/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/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/packages/server/gradlew.bat b/packages/server/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85bee..9b42019c79 100644
--- a/packages/server/gradlew.bat
+++ b/packages/server/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+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
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+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
 
diff --git a/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49..a4b76b9530 100644
Binary files a/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3fa8f862f7..9355b41557 100644
--- a/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/taskrunner/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/taskrunner/gradlew b/packages/taskrunner/gradlew
index 1aa94a4269..f5feea6d6b 100755
--- a/packages/taskrunner/gradlew
+++ b/packages/taskrunner/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/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/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/packages/taskrunner/gradlew.bat b/packages/taskrunner/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85bee..9b42019c79 100644
--- a/packages/taskrunner/gradlew.bat
+++ b/packages/taskrunner/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+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
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+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