diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bdd8d5a7..96e1acff 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:0.9.17"
-        classpath "com.netflix.nebula:nebula-release-plugin:15.3.1"
+        classpath "com.netflix.nebula:nebula-release-plugin:16.0.0"
     }
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def doNotPublish = ["openrndr-demos"]
 project.ext {
     kotlinApiVersion = '1.6'
     kotlinLanguageVersion = '1.6'
-    kotlinVersion = '1.6.10'
+    kotlinVersion = '1.6.20'
     kotlinxCoroutinesVersion = '1.6.0'
     kotlinLoggingVersion = '2.1.21'
     kotlinxSerializationVersion = '1.3.2'
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ allprojects {
             url = "https://maven.openrndr.org"
         }
     }
+
 }
 
 switch (org.gradle.internal.os.OperatingSystem.current()) {
@@ -375,6 +376,8 @@ nexusPublishing {
 }
 
 
+
+
 //configure(allprojects.findAll { it.name != "openrndr-demos" }) {
 //    apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 //    apply plugin: 'nebula.release'
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 8e18ee24..99d55f6a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ repositories {
 val openrndrVersion = ((findProperty("OPENRNDR.version")?.toString())?:System.getenv("OPENRNDR_VERSION"))?.replace("v", "")  ?: "0.5.1-SNAPSHOT"
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.10")
+    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.6.20")
     val preloadImplementation by configurations.getting {  }
     preloadImplementation("org.openrndr:openrndr-application:$openrndrVersion")
     preloadImplementation("org.openrndr:openrndr-extensions:$openrndrVersion")
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 41dfb879..aa991fce 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-7.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists