diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
index b589d56..b86273d 100644
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="17" />
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel target="21" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/gradle.xml b/.idea/gradle.xml
index 0897082..7b3006b 100644
--- a/.idea/gradle.xml
+++ b/.idea/gradle.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   <component name="GradleSettings">
     <option name="linkedExternalProjectsSettings">
       <GradleProjectSettings>
+        <option name="testRunner" value="CHOOSE_PER_TEST" />
         <option name="externalProjectPath" value="$PROJECT_DIR$" />
         <option name="gradleJvm" value="#GRADLE_LOCAL_JAVA_HOME" />
         <option name="modules">
diff --git a/.idea/kotlinc.xml b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
index 6d0ee1c..c224ad5 100644
--- a/.idea/kotlinc.xml
+++ b/.idea/kotlinc.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="version" value="2.0.0" />
+    <option name="version" value="2.0.21" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 7605519..8986224 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       <item index="0" class="java.lang.String" itemvalue="androidx.compose.runtime.Composable" />
     </list>
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" default="true" project-jdk-name="jbr-17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_21" default="true" project-jdk-name="jbr-21" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/build/classes" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectType">
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index b5a395f..ae92428 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.com.android.application)
     alias(libs.plugins.org.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
-    alias(libs.plugins.org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt)
-    alias(libs.plugins.com.google.dagger.hilt.android)
+    alias(libs.plugins.com.google.ksp)
+    id("dagger.hilt.android.plugin")
     alias(libs.plugins.com.google.gms)
     alias(libs.plugins.com.google.firebase)
     alias(libs.plugins.compose.compiler)
@@ -106,12 +106,13 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.room.room.ktx)
     implementation(libs.com.google.firebase.analytics)
     implementation(libs.com.google.firebase.crashlytics)
-    kapt(libs.androidx.room.room.compiler)
+    ksp(libs.androidx.room.room.compiler)
 
     // hilt
     implementation(libs.com.google.dagger.hilt.android)
     implementation(libs.androidx.hilt.hilt.navigation.compose)
-    kapt(libs.com.google.dagger.hilt.android.compiler)
+    ksp(libs.com.google.dagger.hilt.android.compiler)
+    ksp(libs.hilt.androidx.compiler)
 
     // Paging
     implementation(libs.androidx.paging.paging.compose)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/developersbreach/composeactors/ui/components/VerticalGradientScrim.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/developersbreach/composeactors/ui/components/VerticalGradientScrim.kt
index 5a21d43..db84998 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/developersbreach/composeactors/ui/components/VerticalGradientScrim.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/developersbreach/composeactors/ui/components/VerticalGradientScrim.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.developersbreach.composeactors.ui.components
 
 import androidx.annotation.FloatRange
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableFloatStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
 import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
 import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ fun Modifier.verticalGradientScrim(
         }
     }
 
-    var height by remember { mutableStateOf(0f) }
+    var height by remember { mutableFloatStateOf(0f) }
     val brush = remember(color, numStops, startYPercentage, endYPercentage, height) {
         Brush.verticalGradient(
             colors = colors,
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index dc51b86..5c0272f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.com.android.application) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.org.jetbrains.kotlin.android) apply false
-    alias(libs.plugins.org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt) apply false
-    alias(libs.plugins.com.google.dagger.hilt.android) apply false
+    alias(libs.plugins.com.google.ksp) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.com.google.gms) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.com.google.firebase) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.com.diffplug.spotless)
@@ -11,6 +10,12 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.compose.compiler) apply false
 }
 
+buildscript {
+    dependencies {
+        classpath(libs.hilt.android.gradle.plugin)
+    }
+}
+
 spotless {
     // optional: limit format enforcement to just the files changed by this feature branch
     //ratchetFrom 'origin/master'
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 2c33638..802600c 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ androidx-navigation = "2.8.5"
 androidx-palette = "1.0.0"
 androidx-room = "2.6.1"
 androidx-test-ext = "1.2.1"
-com-google-dagger = "2.46.1"
+com-google-dagger = "2.53.1"
 com-google-gms = "4.4.2"
 com-google-firebase = "3.0.2"
-kotlin = "2.0.0"
+kotlin = "2.0.21"
 kotlinx-coroutines-core = "1.9.0"
 ktor-bom = "3.0.1"
 
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ androidx-room-room-runtime = { module = "androidx.room:room-runtime", version.re
 androidx-test-ext-junit-ktx = { module = "androidx.test.ext:junit-ktx", version.ref = "androidx-test-ext" }
 com-google-android-material = "com.google.android.material:material:1.12.0"
 com-google-dagger-hilt-android = { module = "com.google.dagger:hilt-android", version.ref = "com-google-dagger" }
+hilt-androidx-compiler = { module = "androidx.hilt:hilt-compiler", version.ref = "androidx-hilt" }
+hilt-android-gradle-plugin = { module = "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "com-google-dagger" }
 com-google-dagger-hilt-android-compiler = { module = "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler", version.ref = "com-google-dagger" }
 com-google-firebase-analytics = "com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx:22.1.2"
 com-google-firebase-crashlytics = "com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-ktx:19.3.0"
@@ -55,14 +57,13 @@ ktor-client-serialization = { module = "io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization" }
 ktor-serialization-kotlinx-json = { module = "io.ktor:ktor-serialization-kotlinx-json" }
 
 [plugins]
-com-android-application = "com.android.application:8.5.2"
+com-android-application = "com.android.application:8.7.3"
 com-diffplug-spotless = "com.diffplug.spotless:6.18.0"
 com-github-ben-manes-versions = "com.github.ben-manes.versions:0.46.0"
-com-google-dagger-hilt-android = "com.google.dagger.hilt.android:2.46.1"
 nl-littlerobots-version-catalog-update = "nl.littlerobots.version-catalog-update:0.8.0"
 org-jetbrains-kotlin-android = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.android", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 compose-compiler = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
-org-jetbrains-kotlin-kapt = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+com-google-ksp = "com.google.devtools.ksp:2.0.21-1.0.27"
 com-google-gms = { id = "com.google.gms.google-services", version.ref = "com-google-gms" }
 com-google-firebase = { id = "com.google.firebase.crashlytics", version.ref = "com-google-firebase" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 20db9ad..171d876 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
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists