diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 99a46f1..4db0ea8 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 plugins {
     id 'com.android.application'
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose'
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization'
     id 'app.cash.paparazzi'
 }
 
-ext {
-    composeCompiler = "1.5.12"
-}
-
 android {
     namespace 'io.github.lordraydenmk.superheroesapp'
     compileSdk 34
@@ -40,10 +37,6 @@ android {
         buildConfig true
     }
 
-    composeOptions {
-        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion project.ext.composeCompiler
-    }
-
     sourceSets {
         test.java.srcDirs += "src/testFixtures/kotlin"
         test.java.srcDirs += "src/paparazzi/kotlin"
@@ -80,25 +73,21 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-android:1.8.0"
 
-    // this helps renovate detect and update the compose compiler
-    //noinspection GroovyUnusedAssignment
-    def composeCompiler = "androidx.compose.compiler:compiler:${project.ext.composeCompiler}"
-
     implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.13.1'
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0'
     implementation 'androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.9.0'
-    def compose = "1.6.7"
+    def compose = "1.6.8"
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui:$compose"
-    implementation "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation:1.6.7"
-    implementation "androidx.compose.material:material:1.6.7"
+    implementation "androidx.compose.foundation:foundation:1.6.8"
+    implementation "androidx.compose.material:material:1.6.8"
     implementation "androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling:$compose"
 
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1'
+    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0'
     implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.12.0'
-    def lifecycle = "2.7.0"
+    def lifecycle = "2.8.2"
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$lifecycle"
     implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-compose:$lifecycle"
-    implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.7.0'
+    implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.8.0'
     def nav_version = "2.7.7"
     implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:$nav_version"
     implementation "androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:$nav_version"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e9be02..101db7e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        kotlinVersion = "1.9.23"
+        kotlinVersion = "2.0.0"
     }
 }
 plugins {
-    id 'com.android.application' version '8.4.0' apply false
+    id 'com.android.application' version '8.5.0' apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android' version "$kotlinVersion" apply false
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose' version "$kotlinVersion" apply false
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization' version "$kotlinVersion" apply false
     id 'app.cash.paparazzi' version '1.3.3' apply false
 }
@@ -30,7 +31,3 @@ subprojects {
     }
   }
 }
-
-task clean(type: Delete) {
-    delete rootProject.buildDir
-}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b17c05d..f6e147b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,5 +19,3 @@ android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=false
 # Kotlin code style for this project: "official" or "obsolete":
 kotlin.code.style=official
-# try the K2 compiler https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/07/try-k2-compiler-in-your-android-projects.html
-kotlin.experimental.tryK2=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index d64cd49..e644113 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 b82aa23..a441313 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-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME