diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml
index b289ca1aa5..f4b8d9dff0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle-build.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up JDK 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4.7.1
         with:
-          java-version: '21'
+          java-version: '25'
           distribution: 'temurin'
           server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
           settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Utils.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Utils.kt
index 679786788b..4b761e1e2f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Utils.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Utils.kt
@@ -1,25 +1,21 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.support.serviceOf
 
 
 var isPrerelease = false
 
 
 fun Project.getGitHash(): String {
-    val stdout = ByteArrayOutputStream()
-    exec {
+    return providers.exec {
         commandLine = mutableListOf("git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD")
-        standardOutput = stdout
-    }
-    return stdout.toString().trim()
+    }.standardOutput.asText.get().trim()
 }
 
 fun Project.gitClone(name: String) {
-    val stdout = ByteArrayOutputStream()
-    exec {
+    providers.exec {
         commandLine = mutableListOf("git", "clone", name)
-        standardOutput = stdout
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
index 9023eb5dce..5fed134c82 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ object Versions {
     }
     
     object Minestom {
-        const val minestom = "2025.10.04-1.21.8"
+        const val minestom = "2025.10.31-1.21.10"
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1b33c55baa..f8e1ee3125 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 9128c7d428..8a848873f3 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=845952a9d6afa783db70bb3b0effaae45ae5542ca2bb7929619e8af49cb634cf
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.1-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=72f44c9f8ebcb1af43838f45ee5c4aa9c5444898b3468ab3f4af7b6076c5bc3f
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 23d15a9367..adff685a03 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
         -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index db3a6ac207..c4bdd3ab8e 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/platforms/minestom/build.gradle.kts b/platforms/minestom/build.gradle.kts
index 694cedbd58..d3924c991e 100644
--- a/platforms/minestom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/platforms/minestom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.named("jar") {
     finalizedBy("installAddonsIntoDefaultJar")
 }
+
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+    options.release = 25
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/platforms/minestom/example/build.gradle.kts b/platforms/minestom/example/build.gradle.kts
index 1cec6c60d5..8c465b7c96 100644
--- a/platforms/minestom/example/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/platforms/minestom/example/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ tasks.withType<Jar> {
     }
 }
 
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+    options.release = 25
+}
+
 application {
     mainClass.set(javaMainClass)
 }