diff --git a/.github/workflows/android.yml b/.github/workflows/android.yml
index 22be075..92a67bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
 
     environment: build
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
         distribution: 'zulu'
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         REMOTE_CACHE_USER: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_CACHE_USER }}
         REMOTE_CACHE_PASS: ${{ secrets.REMOTE_CACHE_PASS }}
       run: ./gradlew clean build
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: Package
         path: build/libs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mavenCentral.yml b/.github/workflows/mavenCentral.yml
index d7b3e88..53b8989 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mavenCentral.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mavenCentral.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
 
     environment: build
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 90009b8..9866bd4 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ plugins {
 
 tasks {
     wrapper {
-        gradleVersion = "8.5"
+        gradleVersion = "8.6"
         distributionType = Wrapper.DistributionType.BIN
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7a93ee7..1063464 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [versions]
 #libs
-kotlinx-serialization = "1.5.1"
-vanniktech-maven-publish = "0.25.3"
-evalex = "3.1.0"
+kotlinx-serialization = "1.6.2"
+vanniktech-maven-publish = "0.27.0"
 androidx-startup = "1.1.1"
 androidx-appcompat = "1.6.1"
 androidx-fragment-ktx = "1.6.2"
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ android-material = "1.11.0"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 
 #plugins
-kotlin= "1.9.21"
-gradlePlugins-agp = "8.2.1"
+kotlin= "1.9.22"
+gradlePlugins-agp = "8.2.2"
 tomlChecker = "0.47.0"
 gradleCacheFix = "3.0"
 dokka = "1.9.10"
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ dokka = "1.9.10"
 dokka-gradle = { module = "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "dokka" }
 kotlin-gradle = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlinx-serialization-json = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json", version.ref = "kotlinx-serialization" }
-evalex = { module = "com.ezylang:EvalEx", version.ref = "evalex"}
 androidx-startup = { module = "androidx.startup:startup-runtime", version.ref = "androidx-startup" }
 androidx-appcompat = { module = "androidx.appcompat:appcompat", version.ref = "androidx-appcompat" }
 androidx-fragment-ktx = { module = "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx", version.ref = "androidx-fragment-ktx" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1af9e09..a80b22c 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85..7101f8e 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/savestateobserver/build.gradle.kts b/savestateobserver/build.gradle.kts
index b61c818..bb42093 100644
--- a/savestateobserver/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/savestateobserver/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.toml.version.checker)
 }
 
-version = "2.12.0"
+version = "2.12.1"
 group = "com.pnuema.android"
 
 android {