diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 33c4c1d..01912da 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
   // mandatory dependencies for using Spock
-  compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.3.6"
+  compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.3.8"
   testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.3-SNAPSHOT"
 
   // optional dependencies for using Spock
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies {
   testRuntime "org.objenesis:objenesis:2.1"    // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with CGLIB)
 
   // dependencies used by examples in this project
-  testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:1.4.181"
+  testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:1.4.182"
 }
 
 // the remaining configuration is specific to this project, and is not required for using Spock
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ task collectJars(type: Copy) {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-  gradleVersion = "2.1"
+  gradleVersion = "2.2"
 }
 
 
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 05c3e38..351f0f3 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@
       <dependency
         groupId="com.h2database"
         artifactId="h2"
-        version="1.4.181" />
+        version="1.4.182" />
       <remoteRepository
         id="maven-central"
-        url="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/" />
+        url="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/" />
 <!-- Only required if a snapshot version of Spock is used -->
       <remoteRepository
         id="spock-snapshots"
-        url="http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" />
+        url="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" />
     </artifact:dependencies>
   </target>
   
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 3d0dee6..2322723 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 949d04f..2f44ba1 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Tue Sep 09 15:41:30 CDT 2014
+#Mon Dec 08 00:28:14 CET 2014
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.2-bin.zip
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b157ad8..6d0a84d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.6</version>
+            <version>2.3.8</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.181</version>
+      <version>1.4.182</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
   <!-- Only required if a snapshot version of Spock is used -->
     <repository>
       <id>spock-snapshots</id>
-      <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
       <snapshots>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </snapshots>
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@
   <pluginRepositories>
     <pluginRepository>
       <id>spock-snapshots</id>
-      <url>http://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
       <snapshots>
         <enabled>true</enabled>
       </snapshots>
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
 
-  <!-- Only required by spock-example build -->
+  <!-- Only required in spock-example build -->
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
       <id>foo</id>