diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8b46c6c..66dbee5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ versioncheck:
 	./gradlew dependencyUpdates
 
 upgrade-wrapper:
-	./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=7.3.3 --distribution-type=bin
\ No newline at end of file
+	./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=7.4-rc-1 --distribution-type=bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d09d601..6f0a6ad 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'application'
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm' version '1.6.10'
-    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.39.0"
+    id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version "0.41.0"
 }
 
 // This is for ./gradlew run
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1c6e545..448200c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.caching=true
 coroutines_version=1.6.0
 junit_version=5.8.2
-kotest_version=5.0.3
+kotest_version=5.1.0
 kotest_ktor_version=4.4.3
 kotlin_version=1.6.10
-ktor_version=1.6.7
-logback_version=1.2.9
+ktor_version=2.0.0-beta-1
+logback_version=1.2.10
 logging_version=2.1.21
-readingbat_version=1.24.0
-utils_version=1.20.0
\ No newline at end of file
+readingbat_version=1.25.0
+utils_version=1.21.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2e6e589..703adba 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-7.3.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-rc-1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists