diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 31121dba..c8d8031f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ subprojects {
   repositories {
     mavenCentral()
     maven {
-      url "https://bed-artifactory.bedford.progress.com:443/artifactory/ml-maven-snapshots/"
+      url = "https://bed-artifactory.bedford.progress.com:443/artifactory/ml-maven-snapshots/"
     }
   }
 
   configurations.all {
     resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { DependencyResolveDetails details ->
+      if (details.requested.group.equals("org.apache.hadoop") and details.requested.version.equals("3.4.1")) {
+        details.useVersion "3.4.2"
+        details.because "Using 3.4.2 to minimize CVEs and because Flux is doing the same thing. This only affects the connector tests."
+      }
       if (details.requested.group.startsWith('com.fasterxml.jackson')) {
         details.useVersion '2.17.2'
         details.because 'Need to match the version used by Spark.'
@@ -79,16 +83,12 @@ subprojects {
     exclude module: "rocksdbjni"
   }
 
-  task allDeps(type: DependencyReportTask) {
-    description = "Allows for generating dependency reports for every subproject in a single task."
-  }
-
   test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
     finalizedBy jacocoTestReport
     testLogging {
-      events 'started', 'passed', 'skipped', 'failed'
-      exceptionFormat 'full'
+      events = ['started', 'passed', 'skipped', 'failed']
+      exceptionFormat = 'full'
     }
     environment "SEMAPHORE_API_KEY", semaphoreApiKey
     environment "SEMAPHORE_HOST", semaphoreHost
diff --git a/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle b/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle
index d2b142c0..e5e89382 100644
--- a/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle
+++ b/marklogic-spark-connector/build.gradle
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ dependencies {
   // Only needs compileOnly, as the Java Client brings this as an implementation dependency.
   compileOnly 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0'
 
+  // Automatic loading of test framework implementation dependencies is deprecated.
+  // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_8.html#test_framework_implementation_dependencies
+  // Without this, once using JUnit 5.12 or higher, Gradle will not find any tests and report an error of:
+  // org.junit.platform.commons.JUnitException: TestEngine with ID 'junit-jupiter' failed to discover tests
+  testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.13.4"
+
   testImplementation "org.apache.spark:spark-sql_2.13:${sparkVersion}"
 
   // Supports testing the embedder feature.
@@ -112,11 +118,11 @@ test {
   jvmArgs = [
     '--add-exports=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED',
     '--add-exports=java.base/sun.util.calendar=ALL-UNNAMED',
-    '--add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED'
-  ]
+    '--add-exports=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED',
 
-  // Increased heap size as part of the Spark 4 upgrade, as we started experiencing OOM errors in the tests.
-  jvmArgs '-Xmx6g', '-Xms3g'
+    // Increased heap size as part of the Spark 4 upgrade, as we started experiencing OOM errors in the tests.
+    '-Xmx6g', '-Xms3g'
+  ]
 }
 
 shadowJar {
@@ -145,6 +151,13 @@ java {
   withSourcesJar()
 }
 
+// Allows for identifying compiler warnings and treating them as errors.
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
+  options.compilerArgs += ["-Xlint:unchecked", "-Xlint:deprecation", "-Werror"]
+  options.deprecation = true
+  options.warnings = true
+}
+
 javadoc.failOnError = false
 // Ignores warnings on params that don't have descriptions, which is a little too noisy
 javadoc.options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
@@ -185,8 +198,8 @@ publishing {
     maven {
       if (project.hasProperty("mavenUser")) {
         credentials {
-          username mavenUser
-          password mavenPassword
+          username = mavenUser
+          password = mavenPassword
         }
         url publishUrl
         allowInsecureProtocol = true
@@ -194,8 +207,8 @@ publishing {
         name = "central"
         url = mavenCentralUrl
         credentials {
-          username mavenCentralUsername
-          password mavenCentralPassword
+          username = mavenCentralUsername
+          password = mavenCentralPassword
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/marklogic-spark-connector/src/test/java/com/marklogic/spark/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/marklogic-spark-connector/src/test/java/com/marklogic/spark/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 851854bb..40a9f077 100644
--- a/marklogic-spark-connector/src/test/java/com/marklogic/spark/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/marklogic-spark-connector/src/test/java/com/marklogic/spark/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ protected final String rowsToString(List<Row> rows) {
     /**
      * Avoids having to repeat mode/save.
      */
-    protected void defaultWrite(DataFrameWriter writer) {
+    protected void defaultWrite(DataFrameWriter<?> writer) {
         writer.options(defaultWriteOptions())
             .mode(SaveMode.Append)
             .save();