diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e087692..940d852 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ plugins {
     // Apply the java-library plugin to add support for Java Library
     id 'java-library'
     id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '5.2.0'
-    id("com.github.gmazzo.buildconfig") version '2.0.2'
+    id("com.github.gmazzo.buildconfig") version '2.1.0'
     id 'signing'
     id 'maven'
 }
@@ -23,28 +23,28 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1'
-    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.10.0'
-    compileOnly 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-kinesis:1.12.100'
-    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.9'
-    implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.13'
-    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.2'
+    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.4.0'
+    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.16.1'
+    compileOnly 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-kinesis:1.12.797'
+    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.2'
+    implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.14'
+    implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0'
-    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.32'
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
     implementation 'org.jetbrains:annotations:22.0.0'
     implementation 'io.opentracing:opentracing-api:0.33.0'
     implementation 'io.opentracing:opentracing-util:0.33.0'
-    implementation 'com.datadoghq:dd-trace-api:0.90.0'
-    implementation 'com.datadoghq:java-dogstatsd-client:3.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.datadoghq:dd-trace-api:0.115.1'
+    implementation 'com.datadoghq:java-dogstatsd-client:3.0.1'
 
     // Use JUnit test framework
     testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
     //log4j imported for running unit tests. Doesn't get bundled with the build artifact.
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.32'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.1'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.36'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.25.3'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.1'
     testImplementation 'com.github.stefanbirkner:system-rules:1.19.0'
-    testImplementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-kinesis:1.11.980'
+    testImplementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-kinesis:1.12.797'
 
     // Use wiremock for stubbing http calls
     testCompile 'com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:2.31.0'
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 60abfe2..0a4378d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Tue Jan 28 16:34:37 EST 2020
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9.4-all.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/tests/testfunctions/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/tests/testfunctions/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 622ab64..53b9e38 100644
--- a/tests/testfunctions/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/tests/testfunctions/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.9.4-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/tests/testfunctions/template.build.gradle b/tests/testfunctions/template.build.gradle
index 591a4b9..d67069f 100644
--- a/tests/testfunctions/template.build.gradle
+++ b/tests/testfunctions/template.build.gradle
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ targetCompatibility = 1.8
 
 dependencies {
     api (
-        'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1',
+        'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.4.0',
         'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j:1.0.1',
         'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.11.0',
         'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.0',
-        'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.11.0'
+        'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.21'
     )
 
     implementation 'com.datadoghq:datadog-lambda-java:REPLACE_ME'
-    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.7.0'
+    implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.16.1'
 }
 
 // Task for building the zip file for upload