diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index fe145dd..0000000
--- a/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'twomartens.versions'
-  id 'twomartens.nebula-release'
-}
-
-versionCatalogUpdate {
-  sortByKey = false
-  keep {
-    keepUnusedVersions = true
-    keepUnusedLibraries = true
-    keepUnusedPlugins = true
-  }
-}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64e90ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+plugins {
+  id("twomartens.versions")
+  id("twomartens.nebula-release")
+}
+
+nebulaRelease {
+    addReleaseBranchPattern("/main/")
+}
+
+versionCatalogUpdate {
+  sortByKey.set(false)
+  keep {
+    keepUnusedVersions.set(true)
+    keepUnusedLibraries.set(true)
+    keepUnusedPlugins.set(true)
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index af471e1..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-    id 'groovy-gradle-plugin'
-}
-
-repositories {
-    gradlePluginPortal()
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation libs.plugin.springboot
-    implementation libs.plugin.lombok
-    implementation libs.plugin.nebula.release
-    implementation libs.plugin.gradle.versions
-    implementation libs.plugin.version.catalog
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b35e9bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+plugins {
+    `kotlin-dsl`
+}
+
+repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(files(libs.javaClass.superclass.protectionDomain.codeSource.location))
+    implementation(libs.plugin.kotlin.gradle)
+    implementation(libs.plugin.springboot)
+    implementation(libs.plugin.lombok)
+    implementation(libs.plugin.nebula.release)
+    implementation(libs.plugin.gradle.versions)
+    implementation(libs.plugin.version.catalog)
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/settings.gradle b/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
similarity index 79%
rename from buildSrc/settings.gradle
rename to buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
index 7cd729c..50483dc 100644
--- a/buildSrc/settings.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rootProject.name = 'twomartens.config'
+rootProject.name = "twomartens.config"
 
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
     versionCatalogs {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.base.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.base.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index c6c8dd5..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.base.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'idea'
-  id 'eclipse'
-}
-
-group = projectgroup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.checkstyle.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.checkstyle.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index ef5353a..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.checkstyle.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'checkstyle'
-  id 'twomartens.java-base'
-}
-
-checkstyle {
-  toolVersion '10.0'
-  ignoreFailures = false
-  maxWarnings = 0
-
-  configFile rootProject.file('config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml')
-
-  configProperties = ['org.checkstyle.google.suppressionfilter.config': "${project.rootDir}/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml"]
-
-  tasks.withType(Checkstyle).tap {
-    configureEach {
-      reports {
-        xml.required = true
-        html.required = true
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java-base.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java-base.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index c85aa0d..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java-base.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'java'
-  id 'java-library'
-  id 'twomartens.base'
-}
-
-sourceCompatibility = projectSourceCompatibility
-targetCompatibility = projectSourceCompatibility
-
-repositories {
-  mavenCentral()
-}
-
-tasks.register('buildAll') {
-  group 'build'
-  dependsOn(build)
-  dependsOn(test)
-}
-
-clean {
-  delete 'out'
-}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java-preview.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java-preview.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 1459a9d..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java-preview.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'twomartens.java-base'
-}
-
-tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
-  options.compilerArgs += "--enable-preview"
-}
-
-tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
-  jvmArgs += "--enable-preview"
-}
-
-tasks.withType(JavaExec).configureEach {
-  jvmArgs += '--enable-preview'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b61efa..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.java.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
-
-plugins {
-  id 'jacoco'
-  id 'io.freefair.lombok'
-  id 'twomartens.java-base'
-  id 'twomartens.checkstyle'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  constraints.implementation libs.bundles.logging
-
-  implementation libs.slf4j.api
-  runtimeOnly libs.bundles.logging
-
-  testImplementation libs.bundles.test
-}
-
-configurations {
-  configureEach {
-    exclude group: 'junit', module: 'junit'
-    // we are using log4j-slf4j2-impl, so we need to suppress spring include of log4j-slf4j-impl
-    exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-slf4j-impl'
-  }
-}
-
-test {
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled', true
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default', "concurrent"
-  useJUnitPlatform()
-  maxHeapSize = "4g"
-  workingDir = rootProject.projectDir
-  finalizedBy jacocoTestReport
-}
-
-configurations {
-  compileOnly {
-    extendsFrom annotationProcessor
-  }
-}
-
-jacocoTestReport {
-  dependsOn(test)
-  reports {
-    xml.required = true
-  }
-}
-
-jar {
-  doFirst {
-    manifest {
-      attributes 'Implementation-Title': rootProject.name,
-          'Implementation-Version': archiveVersion.get(),
-          'Implementation-Vendor': "Jim Martens",
-          'Build-Timestamp': new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ").format(new Date()),
-          'Created-By': "Gradle ${gradle.gradleVersion}",
-          'Build-Jdk': "${System.properties['java.version']} (${System.properties['java.vendor']} ${System.properties['java.vm.version']})",
-          'Build-OS': "${System.properties['os.name']} ${System.properties['os.arch']} ${System.properties['os.version']}"
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-normalization.runtimeClasspath.metaInf {
-  ignoreAttribute("Build-Timestamp")
-}
-
-tasks.register('cleanLibs') {
-  delete("${buildDir}/libs")
-}
-
-tasks.build.dependsOn("cleanLibs")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.nebula-release.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.nebula-release.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cf743a..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.nebula-release.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'com.netflix.nebula.release'
-  id 'twomartens.base'
-}
-
-nebulaRelease {
-  addReleaseBranchPattern(/main/)
-}
-
-task writeVersionProperties() {
-  group 'version'
-  buildDir.mkdirs()
-  file("$buildDir/version.properties").text = "VERSION=${project.version.toString()}\n"
-  mustRunAfter("release")
-  outputs.file("$buildDir/version.properties")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.spring-boot-cloud.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.spring-boot-cloud.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 2feb1ed..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.spring-boot-cloud.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'twomartens.spring-boot'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  implementation platform(libs.spring.cloud)
-  implementation libs.bundles.spring.boot.server
-  implementation libs.spring.openapi
-
-  implementation libs.httpclient
-  implementation libs.prometheus
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-  "server-test" {
-    java {
-      compileClasspath += main.output + test.output
-      runtimeClasspath += main.output + test.output
-      srcDir file('src/server-test/java')
-    }
-    resources.srcDir file('src/server-test/resources')
-  }
-}
-
-configurations {
-  serverTestImplementation.extendsFrom testImplementation
-}
-
-tasks.register('serverTest', Test) {
-  outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled', true
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default', "concurrent"
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.classes.default', "concurrent"
-  useJUnitPlatform()
-  maxHeapSize = "4g"
-  group = 'verification'
-  workingDir = rootProject.projectDir
-  testClassesDirs = sourceSets."server-test".output.classesDirs
-  classpath = sourceSets."server-test".runtimeClasspath
-}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.spring-boot.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.spring-boot.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index f9ede99..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.spring-boot.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'org.springframework.boot'
-  id 'twomartens.java'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  implementation platform(libs.spring.boot)
-
-  implementation libs.bundles.spring.boot
-  testImplementation libs.spring.boot.test
-  annotationProcessor libs.spring.boot.config
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-  "integration-test" {
-    java {
-      compileClasspath += main.output + test.output
-      runtimeClasspath += main.output + test.output
-      srcDir file('src/integration-test/java')
-    }
-    resources.srcDir file('src/integration-test/resources')
-  }
-}
-
-configurations {
-  configureEach {
-    exclude group: 'org.springframework.boot', module: 'spring-boot-starter-logging'
-    exclude group: 'org.junit.vintage', module: 'junit-vintage-engine'
-  }
-  integrationTestImplementation.extendsFrom testImplementation
-}
-
-tasks.register('integrationTest', Test) {
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled', true
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default', "concurrent"
-  systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.classes.default', "concurrent"
-  useJUnitPlatform()
-  maxHeapSize = "4g"
-  group = 'verification'
-  workingDir = rootProject.projectDir
-  testClassesDirs = sourceSets."integration-test".output.classesDirs
-  classpath = sourceSets."integration-test".runtimeClasspath
-}
-
-tasks.named("buildAll").configure() {
-  dependsOn(integrationTest)
-}
-
-springBoot {
-  buildInfo()
-}
-
-bootJar {
-  enabled = false
-}
-
-jar {
-  enabled = true
-  archiveClassifier.set("")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.versions.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.versions.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 60eb26c..0000000
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/twomartens.versions.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id "com.github.ben-manes.versions"
-  id "nl.littlerobots.version-catalog-update"
-}
-
-dependencyUpdates {
-  revision = "release"
-  gradleReleaseChannel = "current"
-}
-
-def isNonStable = { String version ->
-  def stableKeyword = ['RELEASE', 'FINAL', 'GA'].any { it -> version.toUpperCase().contains(it) }
-  def regex = /^[0-9,.v-]+(-r)?$/
-  return !stableKeyword && !(version ==~ regex)
-}
-
-tasks.named("dependencyUpdates").configure {
-  rejectVersionIf {
-    isNonStable(it.candidate.version)
-  }
-}
-
-tasks.named("versionCatalogUpdate").configure {
-  group 'version'
-}
-
-tasks.named("dependencyUpdates").configure {
-  group 'version'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.base.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.base.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a863b4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.base.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+plugins {
+    idea
+}
+
+val projectgroup: String = providers.gradleProperty("projectgroup").get()
+group = projectgroup
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.checkstyle.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.checkstyle.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e80a466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.checkstyle.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+plugins {
+    checkstyle
+    id("twomartens.java-base")
+}
+
+checkstyle {
+    toolVersion = "10.0"
+    setIgnoreFailures(false)
+    maxWarnings = 0
+
+    configFile = rootProject.file("config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml")
+
+    configProperties = mapOf<String, String>(
+            "org.checkstyle.google.suppressionfilter.config" to
+            "${project.rootDir}/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml")
+
+}
+tasks.withType<Checkstyle>().configureEach {
+    reports {
+        xml.required.set(true)
+        html.required.set(true)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java-base.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java-base.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c665e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java-base.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+plugins {
+    java
+    `java-library`
+    id("twomartens.base")
+    application
+}
+
+val projectSourceCompatibility: String = rootProject.properties["projectSourceCompatibility"].toString()
+
+java {
+    toolchain {
+        languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(projectSourceCompatibility))
+    }
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+tasks.register("buildAll") {
+    group = "build"
+    dependsOn("build")
+    dependsOn("test")
+}
+
+tasks.clean {
+    doFirst {
+        delete("out")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java-preview.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java-preview.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55b0390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java-preview.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+plugins {
+    id("twomartens.java-base")
+}
+
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+    options.compilerArgs.plusAssign("--enable-preview")
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    jvmArgs.plusAssign("--enable-preview")
+}
+
+tasks.withType<JavaExec>().configureEach {
+    jvmArgs.plusAssign("--enable-preview")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6408e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.java.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs
+import java.time.LocalDateTime
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+
+plugins {
+    jacoco
+    id("io.freefair.lombok")
+    id("twomartens.java-base")
+    id("twomartens.checkstyle")
+}
+
+val libs = the<LibrariesForLibs>()
+
+dependencies {
+    constraints.implementation(libs.bundles.logging)
+
+    implementation(libs.slf4j.api)
+    runtimeOnly(libs.bundles.logging)
+
+    testImplementation(libs.bundles.test)
+    testImplementation(kotlin("test-junit5"))
+}
+
+configurations {
+    configureEach {
+        exclude(group="junit", module="junit")
+        // we are using log4j-slf4j2-impl, so we need to suppress spring include of log4j-slf4j-impl
+        exclude(group="org.apache.logging.log4j", module="log4j-slf4j-impl")
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled", true)
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default", "concurrent")
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    maxHeapSize = "4g"
+    workingDir = rootProject.projectDir
+    finalizedBy(tasks.jacocoTestReport)
+}
+
+configurations {
+    compileOnly {
+        extendsFrom(configurations.annotationProcessor.get())
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.jacocoTestReport {
+    dependsOn(tasks.test)
+    reports {
+        xml.required.set(true)
+    }
+}
+
+val formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ")
+
+tasks.jar {
+    doFirst {
+        manifest {
+            attributes["Implementation-Title"] = rootProject.name
+            attributes["Implementation-Version"] = archiveVersion.get()
+            attributes["Implementation-Vendor"] = "Jim Martens"
+            attributes["Build-Timestamp"] = LocalDateTime.now().format(formatter)
+            attributes["Created-By"] = "Gradle ${gradle.gradleVersion}"
+            attributes["Build-Jdk"] = "${providers.systemProperty("java.version").get()} (${providers.systemProperty("java.vendor").get()} ${providers.systemProperty("java.vm.version").get()})"
+            attributes["Build-OS"] = "${providers.systemProperty("os.name").get()} ${providers.systemProperty("os.arch").get()} ${providers.systemProperty("os.version").get()}"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+normalization.runtimeClasspath.metaInf {
+    ignoreAttribute("Build-Timestamp")
+}
+
+tasks.register("cleanLibs") {
+    delete("${buildDir}/libs")
+}
+
+tasks.build {
+    dependsOn("cleanLibs")
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.nebula-release.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.nebula-release.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..859b39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.nebula-release.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import java.nio.file.Files
+
+plugins {
+    id("twomartens.base")
+}
+
+apply(plugin="com.netflix.nebula.release")
+
+tasks.register("writeVersionProperties") {
+    group = "version"
+    mustRunAfter("release")
+    outputs.file("$buildDir/version.properties")
+    val directory = buildDir
+    doLast {
+        Files.createDirectories(directory.toPath())
+        File("$buildDir/version.properties").writeText("VERSION=${project.version.toString()}\n")
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.spring-boot-cloud.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.spring-boot-cloud.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfbf0f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.spring-boot-cloud.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs
+
+plugins {
+    id("twomartens.spring-boot")
+}
+
+val libs = the<LibrariesForLibs>()
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(platform(libs.spring.cloud))
+    implementation(libs.bundles.spring.boot.server)
+    implementation(libs.spring.openapi)
+
+    implementation(libs.httpclient)
+    implementation(libs.prometheus)
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    create("server-test") {
+        java {
+            compileClasspath += sourceSets.main.get().output + sourceSets.test.get().output
+            runtimeClasspath += sourceSets.main.get().output + sourceSets.test.get().output
+            setSrcDirs(listOf("src/server-test"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+idea {
+    module {
+        testSources.from(sourceSets["server-test"].java.srcDirs)
+    }
+}
+
+val serverTestImplementation: Configuration by configurations.getting {
+    extendsFrom(configurations["testImplementation"])
+}
+
+tasks.register<Test>("serverTest") {
+    outputs.upToDateWhen { false }
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled", true)
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default", "concurrent")
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.classes.default", "concurrent")
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    maxHeapSize = "4g"
+    group = "verification"
+    workingDir = rootProject.projectDir
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets["server-test"].output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets["server-test"].runtimeClasspath
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.spring-boot.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.spring-boot.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77787a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.spring-boot.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import org.gradle.accessors.dm.LibrariesForLibs
+
+plugins {
+    id("org.springframework.boot")
+    id("twomartens.java")
+}
+
+val libs = the<LibrariesForLibs>()
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation(platform(libs.spring.boot))
+
+    implementation(libs.bundles.spring.boot)
+    testImplementation(libs.spring.boot.test)
+    annotationProcessor(libs.spring.boot.config)
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    create("integration-test") {
+        java {
+            compileClasspath += sourceSets.main.get().output + sourceSets.test.get().output
+            runtimeClasspath += sourceSets.main.get().output + sourceSets.test.get().output
+            setSrcDirs(listOf("src/integration-test"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+idea {
+    module {
+        testSources.from(sourceSets["integration-test"].java.srcDirs)
+    }
+}
+
+val integrationTestImplementation by configurations.getting {
+    extendsFrom(configurations.testImplementation.get())
+}
+
+configurations {
+    configureEach {
+        exclude(group = "org.springframework.boot", module = "spring-boot-starter-logging")
+        exclude(group = "org.junit.vintage", module = "junit-vintage-engine")
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.register<Test>("integrationTest") {
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled", true)
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default", "concurrent")
+    systemProperty("junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.classes.default", "concurrent")
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    maxHeapSize = "4g"
+    group = "verification"
+    workingDir = rootProject.projectDir
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets["integration-test"].output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets["integration-test"].runtimeClasspath
+}
+
+tasks.named("buildAll") {
+    dependsOn("integrationTest")
+}
+
+springBoot {
+    buildInfo()
+}
+
+tasks.bootJar {
+    enabled = false
+}
+
+tasks.jar {
+    enabled = true
+    archiveClassifier.set("")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.versions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.versions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b54faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/twomartens.versions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.updates.DependencyUpdatesTask
+
+plugins {
+    id("com.github.ben-manes.versions")
+    id("nl.littlerobots.version-catalog-update")
+}
+
+tasks.withType<DependencyUpdatesTask>().configureEach {
+    revision = "release"
+    gradleReleaseChannel = "current"
+}
+
+fun String.isNonStable(): Boolean {
+    val stableKeyword = listOf("RELEASE", "FINAL", "GA").any { uppercase().contains(it) }
+    val regex = "^[0-9,.v-]+(-r)?$".toRegex()
+    val isStable = stableKeyword || regex.matches(this)
+    return isStable.not()
+}
+
+tasks.withType<DependencyUpdatesTask> {
+    rejectVersionIf {
+        candidate.version.isNonStable()
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.named("versionCatalogUpdate").configure {
+    group = "version"
+}
+
+tasks.named("dependencyUpdates").configure {
+    group = "version"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index f715417..9c6b1ed 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ junit = "5.9.2"
 assertj = "3.24.2"
 mockito = "5.3.0"
 keycloak = "22.0.0"
-plugin-nebula-release = "17.1.0"
+plugin-nebula-release = "17.2.2"
 plugin-lombok = "8.0.1"
 plugin-gradle-versions = "0.46.0"
 plugin-version-catalog = "0.8.0"
+plugin-kotlin-gradle = "1.9.0"
 
 [libraries]
 spring-boot = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies", version.ref = "spring-boot" }
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ plugin-springboot = { module = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plug
 plugin-lombok = { module = "io.freefair.gradle:lombok-plugin", version.ref = "plugin-lombok" }
 plugin-gradle-versions = { module = "com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin", version.ref = "plugin-gradle-versions" }
 plugin-version-catalog = { module = "nl.littlerobots.vcu:plugin", version.ref = "plugin-version-catalog" }
+plugin-kotlin-gradle = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "plugin-kotlin-gradle" }
 
 [bundles]
 logging = [
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index fae0804..84a0b92 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/module-server/server.gradle b/module-server/server.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 610a7aa..0000000
--- a/module-server/server.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-plugins {
-  id 'twomartens.spring-boot-cloud'
-}
-
-dependencies {
-  implementation libs.mapstruct.base
-  implementation libs.bundles.spring.boot.security
-  annotationProcessor libs.mapstruct.processor
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/module-server/server.gradle.kts b/module-server/server.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..500f575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module-server/server.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+plugins {
+  id("twomartens.spring-boot-cloud")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  implementation(libs.mapstruct.base)
+  implementation(libs.bundles.spring.boot.security)
+  annotationProcessor(libs.mapstruct.processor)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 9349cde..0000000
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-rootProject.name = projectname
-
-include 'server'
-
-rootProject.children.each { subproject ->
-    subproject.projectDir = file("module-" + subproject.name)
-    subproject.buildFileName = "${subproject.name}.gradle"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8abb2dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+val projectname: String = providers.gradleProperty("projectname").get()
+rootProject.name = projectname
+
+include("server")
+
+for (subproject in rootProject.children) {
+    subproject.projectDir = file("module-" + subproject.name)
+    subproject.buildFileName = "${subproject.name}.gradle.kts"
+}
\ No newline at end of file