diff --git a/gradle/codeQuality.gradle b/gradle/codeQuality.gradle
index 0ac660630e..b32cb99a93 100644
--- a/gradle/codeQuality.gradle
+++ b/gradle/codeQuality.gradle
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
     disable('EmptyCatch')
     disable('MissingSummary')
     error('NullAway')
-    excludedPaths = "${buildDir}/generated-sources/.*"
+    excludedPaths = '.*/generated-sources/.*'
 
     nullaway {
       annotatedPackages.add('com.github.benmanes.caffeine')
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index dd795285b5..db5a4192ab 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  */
 ext {
   versions = [
-    akka: '2.6.14',
+    akka: '2.6.15',
     cache2k: '2.1.2.Alpha',
     checkerFramework: '3.14.0',
     coherence: '20.06',
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ext {
     univocityParsers: '2.9.1',
     ycsb: '0.17.0',
     xz: '1.9',
-    zstd: '1.5.0-1',
+    zstd: '1.5.0-2',
   ]
   testVersions = [
     awaitility: '4.1.0',
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ext {
     jcacheTck: '1.1.1',
     jctools: '3.3.0',
     junit: '4.13.2',
-    mockito: '3.11.0',
+    mockito: '3.11.1',
     paxExam: '4.13.4',
     testng: '7.4.0',
     truth: '1.1.3',
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ ext {
     pmd: '6.35.0',
     semanticVersioning: '1.1.0',
     shadow: '7.0.0',
-    sonarqube: '3.2.0',
+    sonarqube: '3.3',
     spotbugs: '4.2.3',
     spotbugsPlugin: '4.7.1',
     stats: '0.2.2',
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 75b6f51eda..0cf2f2fbc1 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1-rc-1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1-rc-2-bin.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME