diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6d8ebcc..b7ec78c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,34 @@
-# ☕🚀 Java Basic Skeleton: Save the boilerplate in your new projects
+<p align="center">
+  <a href="https://codely.com">
+    <picture>
+      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="https://codely.com/logo/codely_logo-dark.svg">
+      <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="https://codely.com/logo/codely_logo-light.svg">
+      <img alt="Codely logo" src="https://codely.com/logo/codely_logo.svg">
+    </picture>
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+<h1 align="center">
+  ☕🚀 Java Basic Skeleton: Save the boilerplate in your new projects
+</h1>
+
+<p align="center">
+    <a href="https://github.com/CodelyTV"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Codely-OS-green.svg?style=flat-square" alt="Codely Open Source projects"/></a>
+    <a href="https://pro.codely.com"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Codely-Pro-black.svg?style=flat-square" alt="Codely Pro courses"/></a>
+    <a href="https://github.com/CodelyTV/java-basic-skeleton/actions"><img src="https://github.com/CodelyTV/java-basic-skeleton/workflows/Main%20Workflow/badge.svg" alt="Workflow Status"></a>
+</p>
 
-<img src="http://codely.tv/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-logo-codelyTV.png" align="left" width="192px" height="192px"/>
-<img align="left" width="0" height="192px" hspace="10"/>
 
 > ⚡ Start your Java projects as fast as possible
 
-[![CodelyTV](https://img.shields.io/badge/codely-tv-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codely.tv)
-[![Workflow Status](https://github.com/CodelyTV/java-basic-skeleton/workflows/Main%20Workflow/badge.svg)](https://github.com/CodelyTV/java-basic-skeleton/actions)
-
 ## ℹ️ Introduction
 
 This is a repository intended to serve as a starting point if you want to bootstrap a Java project with JUnit and Gradle.
 
 ## 🏁 How To Start
 
-1. Install Java 17: `brew install corretto` or download it [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/corretto/latest/corretto-17-ug/downloads-list.html)
-2. Set it as your default JVM: `export JAVA_HOME='/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-17.jdk/Contents/Home'`
+1. Install Java: `brew install corretto` or download it [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/corretto/)
+2. Set it as your default JVM: `export JAVA_HOME='/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-$JAVA_VERSION$.jdk/Contents/Home'`
 3. Clone this repository: `git clone https://github.com/CodelyTV/java-basic-skeleton`.
 4. Execute some [Gradle lifecycle tasks](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_plugin.html#lifecycle_tasks) in order to check everything is OK:
     1. Create [the project JAR](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/java_plugin.html#sec:jar): `make build`
@@ -24,10 +37,9 @@ This is a repository intended to serve as a starting point if you want to bootst
 
 ## ☝️ How to update dependencies
 
-* Gradle (current version: 5.6 - [releases](https://gradle.org/releases/)):
-`./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=5.6 --distribution-type=bin` or modifying the [gradle-wrapper.properties](gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties#L3)
-* JUnit (current version: 5.5.1 - [releases](https://junit.org/junit5/docs/snapshot/release-notes/index.html)):
-[`build.gradle:11`](build.gradle#L11-L12)
+* Gradle (current version: 8.9 - [releases](https://gradle.org/releases/)):
+`./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=8.9 --distribution-type=bin` or modifying the [gradle-wrapper.properties](gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties#L3)
+* JUnit (current version: 5.8.2 - [releases](https://junit.org/junit5/docs/snapshot/release-notes/index.html)): [`build.gradle:14`](build.gradle#L14-L15)
 
 ## 💡 Related repositories
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e644113..2c35211 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 b82aa23..09523c0 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-8.7-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 1aa94a4..f5feea6 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
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -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 25da30d..9d21a21 100755
--- 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 ##########################################################################