diff --git a/.github/renovate.json b/.github/renovate.json
index 0f901ad49..97873205d 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json
+++ b/.github/renovate.json
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
     {
       "matchPackagePrefixes": ["com.github.Fraunhofer-AISEC"],
       "registryUrls": ["https://jitpack.io/"]
+    },
+    {
+      "groupName": "PMD packages",
+      "matchPackagePrefixes": ["net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-"]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts b/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts
index 8baf569ed..affcd9577 100644
--- a/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/codyze-plugins/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.h3xstream.findsecbugs:findsecbugs-plugin:1.13.0")
 
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/net.sourceforge.pmd/
-    implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core:7.2.0")
-    implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-java:7.2.0")
+    implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-core:7.3.0")
+    implementation("net.sourceforge.pmd:pmd-java:7.3.0")
 }
 
 publishing {
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 6a0c60bcc..ef9656962 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ detekt-formatting = { module = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt:detekt-formatting",
 
 # test
 junit-bom = { module = "org.junit:junit-bom", version = "5.10.3" }
-mockk = { module = "io.mockk:mockk", version = "1.13.11"}
+mockk = { module = "io.mockk:mockk", version = "1.13.12"}
 
 # this is necessary for the plugins to be used in the buildSrc folder
 kotlin-gradle = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "kotlin" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e6441136f..2c3521197 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 a4413138c..09523c0e5 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-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index b740cf133..f5feea6d6 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
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -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 7101f8e46..9b42019c7 100644
--- 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 ##########################################################################