diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts
index f915038..12221ff 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-jvm.gradle.kts
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ dependencies {
     "demoRuntimeOnly"(libs.slf4j.simple)
 }
 
-kotlin {
-    jvmToolchain(libs.versions.jvmTarget.get().toInt())
-}
 
 tasks {
     @Suppress("UNUSED_VARIABLE")
@@ -71,14 +68,19 @@ tasks {
         }
     }
     withType<KotlinCompile>() {
+        kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = libs.versions.jvmTarget.get()
         kotlinOptions.apiVersion = libs.versions.kotlinApi.get()
         kotlinOptions.languageVersion = libs.versions.kotlinLanguage.get()
+        kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs += "-Xexpect-actual-classes"
+        kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs += "-Xjdk-release=${libs.versions.jvmTarget.get()}"
     }
 }
 
 java {
     withJavadocJar()
     withSourcesJar()
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.valueOf("VERSION_${libs.versions.jvmTarget.get()}")
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.valueOf("VERSION_${libs.versions.jvmTarget.get()}")
 }
 
 val isReleaseVersion = !(version.toString()).endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts
index eb992f9..0801638 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/openrndr/orsl/convention/kotlin-multiplatform.gradle.kts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package org.openrndr.orsl.convention
 import CollectScreenshotsTask
 import org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 import java.net.URI
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCompile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinJvmCompile
 
 val libs = the<LibrariesForLibs>()
 
@@ -27,14 +29,17 @@ repositories {
 
 group = "org.openrndr.extra"
 
-tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>() {
+tasks.withType<KotlinCompile<*>> {
     kotlinOptions.apiVersion = libs.versions.kotlinApi.get()
     kotlinOptions.languageVersion = libs.versions.kotlinLanguage.get()
+    kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs += "-Xexpect-actual-classes"
+    kotlinOptions.freeCompilerArgs += "-Xjdk-release=${libs.versions.jvmTarget.get()}"
+}
+tasks.withType<KotlinJvmCompile>().configureEach {
+    compilerOptions.jvmTarget.set(JvmTarget.fromTarget(libs.versions.jvmTarget.get()))
 }
-
 kotlin {
     jvm {
-        jvmToolchain(libs.versions.jvmTarget.get().toInt())
         compilations {
             val main by getting
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 64209e3..6e3f811 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [versions]
 ksp = "1.9.23-1.0.19"
-kotlinPoet = "1.15.3"
+kotlinPoet = "1.16.0"
 kotlinApi = "1.9"
 kotlinLanguage = "1.9"
 kotlin = "1.9.23"
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ openrndr = { require = "[0.4.2, 0.5.0)" }
 orx = { require = "[0.4.2, 0.5.0)" }
 kotlinxCoroutines = "1.8.0"
 kotlinLogging = "6.0.3"
-kotlinxSerialization = "1.6.3"
+kotlinxSerialization = "1.6.4"
 dokka = "1.7.10"
 nebulaRelease = "18.0.7"
-gradleNexusPublish = "2.0.0-rc-1"
+gradleNexusPublish = "2.0.0"
 kluent = "1.73"
 junitJupiter = "5.10.1"
 slf4j = "2.0.12"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a80b22c..b82aa23 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-8.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/orsl-demos/build.gradle.kts b/orsl-demos/build.gradle.kts
index b812c55..c807587 100644
--- a/orsl-demos/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/orsl-demos/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.orx.camera)
     implementation(libs.orx.mesh.generators)
     implementation(libs.orx.olive)
-
     testImplementation(libs.kluent)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/orsl-shader-generator/build.gradle.kts b/orsl-shader-generator/build.gradle.kts
index 65624aa..2724ad2 100644
--- a/orsl-shader-generator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/orsl-shader-generator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
     org.openrndr.orsl.convention.`kotlin-multiplatform`
-    id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "1.9.22-1.0.16"
+    id("com.google.devtools.ksp") version "1.9.23-1.0.19"
 
 }