diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 97b2e86..e5ad26e 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ java {
 
 kotlin {
     jvmToolchain {
-        (this as JavaToolchainSpec).languageVersion.set(jvmTargetVer)
+        languageVersion.set(jvmTargetVer)
     }
 }
 
@@ -42,10 +42,17 @@ tasks.withType<org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile>().configureEach
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("com.github.spotbugs.snom:spotbugs-gradle-plugin:6.0.7")                // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.spotbugs
+    implementation("com.github.spotbugs.snom:spotbugs-gradle-plugin:6.1.13")                // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.spotbugs
     implementation("com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:7.2.1")                   // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.diffplug.spotless
     implementation("gradle.plugin.org.kt3k.gradle.plugin:coveralls-gradle-plugin:2.12.2")   // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.kt3k.coveralls
-    implementation("org.javamodularity:moduleplugin:1.8.12")                                // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.javamodularity.moduleplugin
-    implementation("io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.3.0")                           // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin
-    implementation("com.gradle.publish:plugin-publish-plugin:1.2.1")                        // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.gradle.plugin-publish
+    implementation("org.javamodularity:moduleplugin:1.8.15")                                // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.javamodularity.moduleplugin
+    implementation("io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:2.0.0")                           // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin
+    implementation("com.gradle.publish:plugin-publish-plugin:1.3.1")                        // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.gradle.plugin-publish
+}
+
+configurations.all {
+    configurations.all {
+        // Coveralls.io plugin brings this in, which breaks the parsing of snapshot metadata
+        exclude(group = "xerces", module = "xercesImpl")
+    }
 }
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