diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b52c429..358669a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ make init
 
 # or
 
-../gradlew :operator:quarkusBuild
+../gradlew --console=colored :operator:quarkusBuild
 ```
 
 ### Development
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ make run
 
 # or
 
-./gradlew :operator:quarkusDev
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:quarkusDev
 ```
 
 The app service will be available at [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080).
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ make test
 
 # or
 
-./gradlew :operator:test
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:test
 ```
 
 #### Run the project as a service in IntelliJ
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ make run
 
 # or
 
-./gradlew :operator:quarkusDev
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:quarkusDev
 ```
 
 Once the application is running (and the database is available on port 5432), run the following command:
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ make generate-jooq
 
 # or
 
-./gradlew :generated:jooqCodegen
+./gradlew --console=colored :generated:jooqCodegen
 ```
 
 The generator writes JSpecify nullability annotations into the generated sources, so NullAway reads the real nullness of every generated column accessor instead of guessing.  
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ See [Docker Environment](docs/docker-environment.md) for setting up a local deve
 The application can be packaged using:
 
 ```bash
-./gradlew :operator:build
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:build
 ```
 
 It produces the `quarkus-run.jar` file in the `build/quarkus-app/` directory.
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ The application is now runnable using `java -jar build/quarkus-app/quarkus-run.j
 If you want to build an _über-jar_, execute the following command:
 
 ```bash
-./gradlew :operator:build -Dquarkus.package.jar.type=uber-jar
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:build -Dquarkus.package.jar.type=uber-jar
 ```
 
 The application, packaged as an _über-jar_, is now runnable using `java -jar build/*-runner.jar`.
@@ -346,13 +346,13 @@ The application, packaged as an _über-jar_, is now runnable using `java -jar bu
 You can create a native executable using:
 
 ```bash
-./gradlew :operator:build -Dquarkus.native.enabled=true
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:build -Dquarkus.native.enabled=true
 ```
 
 Or, if you don't have GraalVM installed, you can run the native executable build in a container using:
 
 ```bash
-./gradlew :operator:build -Dquarkus.native.enabled=true -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true
+./gradlew --console=colored :operator:build -Dquarkus.native.enabled=true -Dquarkus.native.container-build=true
 ```
 
 You can then execute your native executable with: `./build/postgresql-operator-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-runner`
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 010171e..b6967d8 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ subprojects {
                 val excludePatterns = project.property("excludeTests").toString().split(",")
                 excludePatterns.forEach { pattern ->
                     excludeTestsMatching(pattern.trim())
-                    // Since Gradle 9.6, excluding a class no longer excludes its @Nested classes
+                    // A pattern ending in a class name does not match its @Nested classes (Outer$Inner)
                     excludeTestsMatching("${pattern.trim()}\$*")
                 }
             }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0aaf285..049df22 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.tooling.parallel=true
 org.gradle.logging.level=INFO
 
 # Quarkus
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 92da640..0d1c54f 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ scram-client = "3.3"
 assertj = "3.27.7"
 datafaker = "2.7.0"
 errorProne = "2.51.0"
-errorPronePlugin = "5.1.1"
+errorPronePlugin = "5.2.0"
 nullAway = "0.14.3"
 
 [plugins]
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 9fa7f28..51cbd2a 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5907d39..39ad053 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=21bd5da2de49b642904077f38c0efdc7778e92b3ed0889392dca61b97e389607
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.2-bin.zip
+# https://gradle.org/release-checksums/
+distributionSha256Sum=0b00b0ffe07c4d4789c12d4935a44a7057d55774b7540bd4a3f76f336deb177a
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.9.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500