diff --git a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/build.gradle b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/build.gradle
index 5584480..9f5b988 100644
--- a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/build.gradle
+++ b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java'
 }
 
-def junitJupiterVersion = '5.7.0'
+def junitJupiterVersion = '5.10.2'
 
 group 'com.josdem.kata'
 version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
diff --git a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index aa991fc..a595206 100644
--- a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/main/java/com/josdem/kata/UppercaseCounter.java b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/main/java/com/josdem/kata/UppercaseCounter.java
index b9e1cd8..d07c29c 100644
--- a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/main/java/com/josdem/kata/UppercaseCounter.java
+++ b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/main/java/com/josdem/kata/UppercaseCounter.java
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 public class UppercaseCounter {
 
-  public int count(String message) {
-    return (int) message.chars().filter(it -> it >= 65 && it <= 90).count();
-  }
+    public int count(String message) {
+        return message.length();
+    }
 
-  public boolean hasSpace(String message) {
-    return message.contains(" ");
-  }
+    public boolean hasSpace(String message) {
+        return message.isEmpty();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/test/java/com/josdem/kata/CountingUppercaseTest.java b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/test/java/com/josdem/kata/CountingUppercaseTest.java
index ca72aad..f80a265 100644
--- a/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/test/java/com/josdem/kata/CountingUppercaseTest.java
+++ b/simple-algorithms/counting-uppercase/src/test/java/com/josdem/kata/CountingUppercaseTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 class CountingUppercaseTest {
 
-  private UppercaseCounter uppercaseCounter = new UppercaseCounter();
+  private final UppercaseCounter uppercaseCounter = new UppercaseCounter();
 
   @Test
   @DisplayName("count three uppercase")