diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index bd2c3b58..002f2bc2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repositories {
 
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.0.21")
-    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:2.0.21")
-    implementation("com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:6.25.0")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:2.2.10")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:2.2.10")
+    implementation("com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:7.2.1")
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/dev/restate/client/base/BaseClient.java b/client/src/main/java/dev/restate/client/base/BaseClient.java
index 773e7a08..d9742a45 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/dev/restate/client/base/BaseClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/dev/restate/client/base/BaseClient.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -358,7 +357,7 @@ protected abstract <Res> CompletableFuture<Res> doPostRequest(
   protected abstract <Res> CompletableFuture<Res> doGetRequest(
       URI target, Stream<Map.Entry<String, String>> headers, ResponseMapper<Res> responseMapper);
 
-  private <Res> @NotNull ResponseMapper<Response<Res>> callResponseMapper(
+  private <Res> @NonNull ResponseMapper<Response<Res>> callResponseMapper(
       String requestMethod, URI requestUri, Serde<Res> resSerde) {
     return (statusCode, responseHeaders, responseBody) -> {
       if (statusCode >= 300) {
@@ -389,7 +388,7 @@ protected abstract <Res> CompletableFuture<Res> doGetRequest(
     };
   }
 
-  private <Res> @NotNull ResponseMapper<Response<Output<Res>>> getOutputResponseMapper(
+  private <Res> @NonNull ResponseMapper<Response<Output<Res>>> getOutputResponseMapper(
       String requestMethod, URI requestUri, Serde<Res> resSerde) {
     return (statusCode, responseHeaders, responseBody) -> {
       if (statusCode == 470) {
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/restate/serde/Serde.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/restate/serde/Serde.java
index 5da8d401..7f4e6af9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/restate/serde/Serde.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/restate/serde/Serde.java
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@
  *
  * @see SerdeFactory
  */
-@NullMarked
 public interface Serde<T extends @Nullable Object> extends TypeTag<T> {
 
   Slice serialize(T value);
 
-  T deserialize(Slice value);
+  T deserialize(@NonNull Slice value);
 
   // --- Metadata about the serialized/deserialized content
 
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ public Slice serialize(T value) {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public T deserialize(Slice value) {
+      public T deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
         return deserializer.asFunction().apply(value.toByteArray());
       }
     };
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ public Slice serialize(T value) {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public T deserialize(Slice value) {
+      public T deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
         return deserializer.asFunction().apply(value.toByteArray());
       }
 
@@ -112,7 +111,7 @@ public Slice serialize(T value) {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public T deserialize(Slice value) {
+      public T deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
         return inner.deserialize(value);
       }
 
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ public Slice serialize(Void value) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Void deserialize(Slice value) {
+        public Void deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
           return null;
         }
 
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@ public Slice serialize(byte[] value) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public byte[] deserialize(Slice value) {
+        public byte[] deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
           return value.toByteArray();
         }
       };
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ public Slice serialize(Slice value) {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public Slice deserialize(Slice value) {
+        public Slice deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
           return value;
         }
       };
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 1574199d..e9c928ce 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -200,8 +200,8 @@
       ref = 'victools-json-schema'
 
 [plugins]
-  aggregate-javadoc = 'io.freefair.aggregate-javadoc:8.6'
-  dependency-license-report = 'com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report:2.0'
+  aggregate-javadoc = 'io.freefair.aggregate-javadoc:8.14'
+  dependency-license-report = 'com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report:2.9'
   dokka = 'org.jetbrains.dokka:1.9.20'
   jib = 'com.google.cloud.tools.jib:3.4.4'
   jsonschema2pojo = 'org.jsonschema2pojo:1.2.1'
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
   openapi-generator = 'org.openapi.generator:7.5.0'
   protobuf = 'com.google.protobuf:0.9.4'
   shadow = 'com.gradleup.shadow:9.0.0-beta8'
-  spotless = 'com.diffplug.spotless:6.25.0'
+  spotless = 'com.diffplug.spotless:7.2.1'
   spring-dependency-management = 'io.spring.dependency-management:1.1.6'
 
   [plugins.ksp]
@@ -221,14 +221,14 @@
 [versions]
   jackson = '2.18.1'
   junit = '5.10.2'
-  kotlinx-coroutines = '1.9.0'
-  kotlinx-serialization = '1.7.3'
-  ksp = '2.0.21-1.0.28'
+  kotlinx-coroutines = '1.10.2'
+  kotlinx-serialization = '1.9.0'
+  ksp = '2.2.10-2.0.2'
   log4j = '2.24.2'
   opentelemetry = '1.47.0'
   protobuf = '4.29.3'
   restate = '2.3.0-SNAPSHOT'
   schema-kenerator = '2.1.2'
   spring-boot = '3.4.5'
-  vertx = '4.5.16'
+  vertx = '4.5.18'
   victools-json-schema = '4.38.0'
diff --git a/sdk-api-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/kotlin/futures.kt b/sdk-api-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/kotlin/futures.kt
index 827f754a..12b9fbb5 100644
--- a/sdk-api-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/kotlin/futures.kt
+++ b/sdk-api-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/kotlin/futures.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ internal abstract class BaseDurableFutureImpl<T : Any?> : DurableFuture<T> {
           }
 
           try {
-            @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST") return@simpleMap this.asyncResult().poll().getNow(null) as T
+            @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
+            return@simpleMap this.asyncResult().poll().getNow(null) as T
           } catch (e: ExecutionException) {
             throw e.cause ?: e // unwrap original cause from ExecutionException
           }
diff --git a/sdk-api/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/JsonSerdes.java b/sdk-api/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/JsonSerdes.java
index 165445e3..0d948646 100644
--- a/sdk-api/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/JsonSerdes.java
+++ b/sdk-api/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/JsonSerdes.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public Slice serialize(T value) {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public T deserialize(Slice value) {
+      public T deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
         ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(value.toByteArray());
         try (JsonParser parser = JSON_FACTORY.createParser(inputStream)) {
           return deserializer.asFunction().apply(parser);
diff --git a/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/TestSerdes.java b/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/TestSerdes.java
index 55e187fb..a6011a98 100644
--- a/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/TestSerdes.java
+++ b/sdk-core/src/test/java/dev/restate/sdk/core/TestSerdes.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 /**
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public Slice serialize(@Nullable T value) {
       }
 
       @Override
-      public T deserialize(Slice value) {
+      public T deserialize(@NonNull Slice value) {
         ByteArrayInputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(value.toByteArray());
         try (JsonParser parser = JSON_FACTORY.createParser(inputStream)) {
           return deserializer.asFunction().apply(parser);
diff --git a/sdk-core/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/core/vertx/ThreadTrampoliningTestSuite.kt b/sdk-core/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/core/vertx/ThreadTrampoliningTestSuite.kt
index d50788c5..46a2a4bf 100644
--- a/sdk-core/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/core/vertx/ThreadTrampoliningTestSuite.kt
+++ b/sdk-core/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/core/vertx/ThreadTrampoliningTestSuite.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ThreadTrampoliningTestSuite : TestDefinitions.TestSuite {
 
   private fun checkBlockingComponentTrampolineExecutor(
       ctx: dev.restate.sdk.Context,
-      _unused: Any
+      _unused: Any?
   ): Void? {
     val id = Thread.currentThread().id
     check(Vertx.currentContext() == null)
diff --git a/sdk-serde-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/serde/kotlinx/KotlinSerializationSerdeFactory.kt b/sdk-serde-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/serde/kotlinx/KotlinSerializationSerdeFactory.kt
index db1ce7ec..59b59900 100644
--- a/sdk-serde-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/serde/kotlinx/KotlinSerializationSerdeFactory.kt
+++ b/sdk-serde-kotlinx/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/serde/kotlinx/KotlinSerializationSerdeFactory.kt
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ constructor(
     val UNIT: Serde<Unit> =
         object : Serde<Unit> {
           // This is fine, it's less strict
-          @Suppress("WRONG_NULLABILITY_FOR_JAVA_OVERRIDE")
           override fun serialize(value: Unit?): Slice {
             return Slice.EMPTY
           }
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ constructor(
       val schema = jsonSchemaFactory.generateSchema(json, serializer)
 
       return object : Serde<T> {
-        @Suppress("WRONG_NULLABILITY_FOR_JAVA_OVERRIDE")
         override fun serialize(value: T?): Slice {
           if (value == null) {
             return Slice.wrap(json.encodeToString(JsonNull.serializer(), JsonNull))
diff --git a/sdk-spring-boot-kotlin-starter/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/kotlin/RestateHttpEndpointBeanTest.kt b/sdk-spring-boot-kotlin-starter/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/kotlin/RestateHttpEndpointBeanTest.kt
index 5bb7c638..e1fc078c 100644
--- a/sdk-spring-boot-kotlin-starter/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/kotlin/RestateHttpEndpointBeanTest.kt
+++ b/sdk-spring-boot-kotlin-starter/src/test/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/kotlin/RestateHttpEndpointBeanTest.kt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class RestateHttpEndpointBeanTest {
             .readValue<EndpointManifestSchema>(response.body(), EndpointManifestSchema::class.java)
 
     Assertions.assertThat<Service?>(endpointManifest.services)
-        .map<String>({ it.name })
+        .map<String> { it?.name }
         .containsOnly("greeter")
   }
 }
diff --git a/test-services/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/testservices/TestUtilsServiceImpl.kt b/test-services/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/testservices/TestUtilsServiceImpl.kt
index 07dbd9f2..d040e1de 100644
--- a/test-services/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/testservices/TestUtilsServiceImpl.kt
+++ b/test-services/src/main/kotlin/dev/restate/sdk/testservices/TestUtilsServiceImpl.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class TestUtilsServiceImpl : TestUtilsService {
   override suspend fun countExecutedSideEffects(context: Context, increments: Int): Int {
     val invokedSideEffects = AtomicInteger(0)
 
-    for (i in 0 ..< increments) {
+    for (i in 0..<increments) {
       context.runBlock { invokedSideEffects.incrementAndGet() }
     }