chore: Gradle 9.0 RC1 and dependency updates

Author: sureshg

gradle/libs.versions.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ kotlin-jvmtarget               = "21"
 kotlin-dsl-jvmtarget           = "21"
 kotlin-api-version             = "2.2"
 kotlin-lang-version            = "2.2"
-gradle                         = "9.0.0-milestone-9"
+gradle                         = "9.0.0-rc-1"
 java-vendor                    = "Oracle"
 java-jvmargs                   = "--enable-preview"
 java-addmodules                = "jdk.incubator.vector"
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ kotlin-diff                    = "1.1.0"
 kotlin-retry                   = "2.0.1"
 kotlinx-jsonpath               = "3.0.2"
 kotlin-cryptography            = "0.4.0"
-koja                           = "0.3.3"
+koja                           = "0.4.0"
 json-sugar                     = "0.7.0"
 json-schema-validator          = "0.5.1"
 pwall-json-schema              = "0.56"
-schema-kenerator               = "2.1.2"
+schema-kenerator               = "2.1.3"
 uri-kmp                        = "0.0.19"
 urlencoder                     = "1.6.0"
 bytesize                       = "2.0.0-beta04"
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ langchain4j-kotlin             = "0.2.0"
 jlama                          = "0.8.4"
 mcp-kotlin                     = "0.5.1"
 koog                           = "0.2.1"
-mcp4k                          = "0.4.0"
+mcp4k                          = "0.4.1"
 dflib                          = "2.0.0-M2"
 ldaptive                       = "2.4.1"
 chicory                        = "1.4.1"
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ nmcp                           = "0.1.5"
 nexus-publish                  = "2.0.0"
 vanniktech-publish             = "0.32.0"
 gradle-publish                 = "1.3.1"
-shadow                         = "9.0.0-beta16"
+shadow                         = "9.0.0-beta17"
 spotless                       = "7.0.4"
 semver-plugin                  = "0.8.0"
 gratatouille                   = "0.0.10"

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-milestone-9-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-rc-1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME