diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index 6a9fc5f..7cdd274 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: "Bug Report"
 about: "Report a bug or unexpected behavior in the Spring Boot microservice"
-title: "[BUG] - [Short Description of the Issue]"
+title: "[bug(scope)] - [Short description of the issue]"
 labels: "bug"
 assignees: ""
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/document_improvement.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/document_improvement.md
index 7257405..9b24959 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/document_improvement.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/document_improvement.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: "Documentation Improvement"
 about: "Suggest an improvement or correction to the project's documentation"
-title: "[DOCS] - [Short Description of the Documentation Issue]"
+title: "[docs(scope)] - [Short description of the documentation issue]"
 labels: "documentation"
 assignees: ""
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index 90f1091..c60f17d 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ---
 name: "Feature Request"
 about: "Request a new feature or enhancement for the spring-boot-microservice-best-practices repository"
-title: "[FEATURE] - [Short Description of the Feature or enhancement]"
+title: "[feat(scope)] - [short description of the Feature or enhancement]"
 labels: "enhancement"
 assignees: ""
 
 ---
 
-## Descriptiongit 
+## Description
 A clear and concise description of the feature you're requesting in this repository.
 
 This can be anything from CI tool integration, Security feature (use Security-DevSecOps label), change in the code etc.
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/security_vulnerability_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/security_vulnerability_report.md
index 234da09..e97ab55 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/security_vulnerability_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/security_vulnerability_report.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: "Security Vulnerability Report"
-about: "Report a potential security vulnerability in the Spring Boot microservice"
-title: "[SECURITY] - [Brief Description of the Vulnerability]"
+about: "Report a potential security vulnerability in the Spring Boot microservice repository"
+title: "[security(scope)] - [Brief description of the vulnerability]"
 labels: "security"
 assignees: ""
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
index 9775638..7461e44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/.gradle/caches
             ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/dependency-check-data/
       - run: ( ./gradlew dependencyCheckAnalyze -PUseNVDKey )
         name: "Executing dependency vulnerability checks"
         env:
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a595206..d6e308a 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists