diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b6e4dd92..c2376ba6 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ subprojects {
     plugins.withId("org.jetbrains.dokka") {
 
         dependencies {
-            "dokkaJavadocPlugin"("org.jetbrains.dokka:kotlin-as-java-plugin:$embeddedKotlinVersion")
+            "dokkaJavadocPlugin"("org.jetbrains.dokka:kotlin-as-java-plugin:${libs.versions.dokka.get()}")
         }
 
         // have an option to disable Dokka task for local builds
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 1dcbbbfc..a92daa98 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 [versions]
-dokka = "1.8.20"
+dokka = "1.9.10"
 spek = "2.0.19"
 unbrokenDome = "0.5.0"
 okhttp = "4.11.0"
-jackson = "2.15.2"
+jackson = "2.16.0"
 # No need to keep the same Kotlin version with Gradle, at least because kotlin runtime is a transitive dependency of okhttp
-kotlin = "1.8.21"
-junit = "5.9.3"
+kotlin = "1.9.21"
+junit = "5.10.1"
 
 [libraries]
-snakeyaml = "org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.0"
-assertk = "com.willowtreeapps.assertk:assertk-jvm:0.26.1"
+snakeyaml = "org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2"
+assertk = "com.willowtreeapps.assertk:assertk-jvm:0.28.0"
+# version 1.13.8 doesn't work because of JVM 11 bytecode despite of https://github.com/mockk/mockk/pull/1161
 mockk = "io.mockk:mockk:1.13.5"
 tabbedCodeExtension = "com.bmuschko:asciidoctorj-tabbed-code-extension:0.3"
-orgJson = "org.json:json:20230227"
+orgJson = "org.json:json:20231013"
 jsonPath = "com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.8.0"
-kotestAssertions = "io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core:5.6.2"
+kotestAssertions = "io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core:5.8.0"
 jacksonDataBind = { module = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind", version.ref = "jackson" }
 jacksonDataFormatYaml = { module = "com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml", version.ref = "jackson" }
 okHttp = { module = "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp", version.ref = "okhttp" }
@@ -31,12 +32,12 @@ coroutinesCore = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core", ver
 
 
 [plugins]
-detekt = { id = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", version = "1.23.0" }
-gradlePublish = { id = "com.gradle.plugin-publish", version = "1.2.0" }
-dokka = { id = "org.jetbrains.dokka", version = "1.8.20" }
+detekt = { id = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", version = "1.23.4" }
+gradlePublish = { id = "com.gradle.plugin-publish", version = "1.2.1" }
+dokka = { id = "org.jetbrains.dokka", version.ref = "dokka" }
 kotlinJvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 asciidoctor = { id = "org.asciidoctor.jvm.convert", version = "3.3.2" }
-benManesVersions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version = "0.47.0" }
+benManesVersions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version = "0.50.0" }
 binaryCompatibilityValidator = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx.binary-compatibility-validator", version = "0.13.2" }
 
 [bundles]
diff --git a/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/HelmPluginTest.kt b/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/HelmPluginTest.kt
index ddad5e4f..da0aa89e 100644
--- a/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/HelmPluginTest.kt
+++ b/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/HelmPluginTest.kt
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ object HelmPluginTest : Spek({
     describe("applying the helm plugin") {
 
         it("project can be evaluated successfully") {
-            assertThat {
-                project.evaluate()
-            }.isSuccess()
+            project.evaluate()
         }
 
 
diff --git a/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/command/HelmCommandsPluginTest.kt b/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/command/HelmCommandsPluginTest.kt
index 590d7e32..5e5169e9 100644
--- a/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/command/HelmCommandsPluginTest.kt
+++ b/helm-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/command/HelmCommandsPluginTest.kt
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ object HelmCommandsPluginTest : Spek({
 
 
         it("project can be evaluated successfully") {
-            assertThat {
-                project.evaluate()
-            }.isSuccess()
+            project.evaluate()
         }
 
 
diff --git a/helm-publish-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/publishing/HelmPublishPluginTest.kt b/helm-publish-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/publishing/HelmPublishPluginTest.kt
index 8acabff0..3222595c 100644
--- a/helm-publish-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/publishing/HelmPublishPluginTest.kt
+++ b/helm-publish-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/publishing/HelmPublishPluginTest.kt
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ object HelmPublishPluginTest : Spek({
     describe("applying the helm-publish plugin") {
 
         it("project can be evaluated successfully") {
-            assertThat {
-                project.evaluate()
-            }.isSuccess()
+            project.evaluate()
         }
 
 
diff --git a/helm-releases-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/release/HelmReleasesPluginTest.kt b/helm-releases-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/release/HelmReleasesPluginTest.kt
index 2772ecd9..a9735072 100644
--- a/helm-releases-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/release/HelmReleasesPluginTest.kt
+++ b/helm-releases-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/citi/gradle/plugins/helm/release/HelmReleasesPluginTest.kt
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ object HelmReleasesPluginTest : Spek({
     describe("when applying the helm-releases plugin") {
 
         it("project can be evaluated successfully") {
-            assertThat {
-                project.evaluate()
-            }.isSuccess()
+            project.evaluate()
         }
     }