diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 2cc9e8a..7112a0d 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -3,24 +3,23 @@ plugins {
     id 'kotlin-android'
 }
 
+kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain(17)
+}
+
 android {
-    compileSdk 33
+    compileSdk 34
 
     defaultConfig {
         applicationId "org.unifiedpush.distributor.nextpush"
         minSdk 24
-        targetSdk 33
+        targetSdk 34
         versionCode 28
         versionName "1.8.1"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
     }
 
-    compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-    }
-
     buildTypes {
         release {
             resValue "string", "app_name", "NextPush"
@@ -59,15 +58,15 @@ ext {
 dependencies {
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version")
     implementation("androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.6.1")
-    implementation("com.google.android.material:material:1.9.0")
+    implementation('com.google.android.material:material:1.11.0')
     implementation("androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4")
     implementation("androidx.coordinatorlayout:coordinatorlayout:1.2.0")
-    implementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-sse:4.11.0")
+    implementation('com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-sse:4.12.0')
     implementation("com.github.nextcloud:Android-SingleSignOn:0.8.1")
     implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:$retrofitVersion")
     implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:$retrofitVersion")
     implementation("com.squareup.retrofit2:adapter-rxjava3:$retrofitVersion")
-    implementation('io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.7')
+    implementation('io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxjava:3.1.8')
     implementation("io.reactivex.rxjava3:rxandroid:3.0.2")
-    implementation("androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.8.1")
+    implementation('androidx.work:work-runtime-ktx:2.9.0')
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 7455b50..67a2e8c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
@@ -40,7 +41,11 @@
 
         <service
             android:name=".services.StartService"
-            android:enabled="true" />
+            android:enabled="true"
+            android:foregroundServiceType="specialUse">
+            <property android:name="android.app.PROPERTY_SPECIAL_USE_FGS_SUBTYPE"
+            android:value="This service needs to be constantly connected to the server, to get Server-Sent Events messages from it."/>
+        </service>
 
         <receiver
             android:name=".receivers.StartReceiver"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 78ae65d..837439a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = '1.9.10'
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.9.22'
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ buildscript {
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.2.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath "org.jlleitschuh.gradle:ktlint-gradle:11.5.1"
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e90b2c7..90aa6b5 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Sun Jan 22 18:36:40 CET 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME