diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de3e2bc..ffd40da 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# All directories should end in / (information used by ide.gradle)
-
 # Ant
 ant/
 
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index be4fea7..c6046c0 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.6.3/apache-maven-3.6.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.8.1/apache-maven-3.8.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2530d20..f60741a 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,29 +15,21 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
   // mandatory dependencies for using Spock
-  compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.7"
-  testCompile platform("org.spockframework:spock-bom:2.0-M4-groovy-3.0")
-  testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core"
-  testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-junit4"  // you can remove this if your code does not rely on old JUnit 4 rules
+  implementation "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy:3.0.8"
+  testImplementation platform("org.spockframework:spock-bom:2.0-groovy-3.0")
+  testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core"
+  testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-junit4"  // you can remove this if your code does not rely on old JUnit 4 rules
 
   // optional dependencies for using Spock
-  testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:2.2"   // only necessary if Hamcrest matchers are used
-  testRuntime "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.10.10" // allows mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces)
-  testRuntime "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.1"      // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB)
+  testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:2.2"   // only necessary if Hamcrest matchers are used
+  testRuntimeOnly "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.11.0" // allows mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces)
+  testRuntimeOnly "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.2"      // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB)
 
   // dependencies used by examples in this project
-  testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:1.4.197"
-  compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:3.0.7"
+  testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:1.4.197"
+  implementation "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:3.0.8"
 }
 
-// the remaining configuration is specific to this project, and is not required for using Spock
-
-apply from: "gradle/ide.gradle"
-
-task collectJars(type: Copy) {
-    into "$buildDir/output/lib"
-    from configurations.testRuntime
-}
 test {
   useJUnitPlatform()
   testLogging {
diff --git a/gradle/ide.gradle b/gradle/ide.gradle
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ef6b2a..0000000
--- a/gradle/ide.gradle
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apply plugin: "idea"
-apply plugin: "eclipse"
-
-def gitIgnore = file(".gitignore").readLines()
-def gitIgnoreDirs = gitIgnore*.trim().findAll { !it.startsWith("#") && it.endsWith("/") }
-
-idea {
-  project {
-    jdkName "1.6"
-    configure(modules) {
-      excludeDirs = files(gitIgnoreDirs) as Set
-    }
-    ipr {
-      withXml { provider ->
-        def node = provider.asNode()
-        node.component.find { it.'@name' == 'VcsDirectoryMappings' }?.mapping[0].'@vcs' = 'Git'
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8174453..5d0bf73 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=3239b5ed86c3838a37d983ac100573f64c1f3fd8e1eb6c89fa5f9529b5ec091d
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
+# You can get the official checksums from https://gradle.org/release-checksums/
+distributionSha256Sum=0e46229820205440b48a5501122002842b82886e76af35f0f3a069243dca4b3c
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.0.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 89ce5f2..4e6e702 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <groovy.version>3.0.7</groovy.version>
+    <groovy.version>3.0.8</groovy.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spock-bom</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0-M5-groovy-3.0</version>
+        <version>2.0-groovy-3.0</version>
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces) -->
       <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
       <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
-      <version>1.10.10</version>
+      <version>1.11.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes without default constructor (together with ByteBuddy or CGLIB) -->
       <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1</version>
+      <version>3.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- only required if Hamcrest matchers are used -->