chore: gradle update

Author: sureshg

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kotlin-jvmtarget               = "21"
 kotlin-dsl-jvmtarget           = "21"
 kotlin-api-version             = "1.9"
 kotlin-lang-version            = "2.0"
-gradle                         = "8.5"
+gradle                         = "8.6-rc-1"
 java-vendor                    = "GraalVM Community"
 java-jvmArguments              = "--enable-preview"
 java-addModules                = "jdk.incubator.vector"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ kotest                         = "5.8.0"
 ksp-auto-service               = "1.1.0"
 ksp-redacted                   = "1.7.1"
 ksp-powerassert                = "0.13.0"
-slf4j                          = "2.0.9"
+slf4j                          = "2.1.0-alpha0"
 ktfmt                          = "0.46"
 google-javaformat              = "1.17.0"
 google-auto-service            = "1.1.1"

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-rc-1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME