diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index edbcebd..d760731 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # WalletAndroid
 VCL library consumer app
 
-kotlin version: 1.9.23
+kotlin version: 1.9.24
 
 minSdk 24 
 
diff --git a/VCL/build.gradle b/VCL/build.gradle
index 47b7206..664935e 100644
--- a/VCL/build.gradle
+++ b/VCL/build.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdk 24
         targetSdk 34
-        versionName "2.5.5"
-        versionCode 145
+        versionName "2.5.7"
+        versionCode 147
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         consumerProguardFiles "consumer-rules.pro"
     }
diff --git a/VCL/src/main/java/io/velocitycareerlabs/api/entities/VCLServiceCredentialAgentIssuer.kt b/VCL/src/main/java/io/velocitycareerlabs/api/entities/VCLServiceCredentialAgentIssuer.kt
index 3c3e0d2..fb4e418 100644
--- a/VCL/src/main/java/io/velocitycareerlabs/api/entities/VCLServiceCredentialAgentIssuer.kt
+++ b/VCL/src/main/java/io/velocitycareerlabs/api/entities/VCLServiceCredentialAgentIssuer.kt
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import org.json.JSONObject
 import java.lang.StringBuilder
 
 class VCLServiceCredentialAgentIssuer(payload: JSONObject): VCLService(payload) {
-    val credentialTypes: List<String>? =
-        payload.optJSONArray(VCLService.KeyCredentialTypes)?.toList() as? List<String>
+    val credentialTypes: List<*>? = payload.optJSONArray(VCLService.KeyCredentialTypes)?.toList()
 
     override fun toPropsString() =
         StringBuilder(super.toPropsString())
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index cdfefe5..58f743e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = "1.9.23"
+    ext.kotlin_version = "1.9.24"
     // Set "rc" suffix for VCL SDK release candidate
     ext.rcSuffix = "rc"
     repositories {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.2'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.6.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-android-extensions:$kotlin_version"
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2eae35a..49172ca 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-all.zip