diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a87d5146e..887eb4302 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ subprojects {
 		mavenCentral()
 	}
 
-	tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
-		options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
-		options.compilerArgs += ["-Xlint:unchecked", "-Xlint:deprecation"]
+	// Allows for identifying compiler warnings and treating them as errors.
+	tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+		options.compilerArgs += ["-Xlint:unchecked", "-Xlint:deprecation", "-Werror"]
+		options.deprecation = true
+		options.warnings = true
 	}
 
 	tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
@@ -38,17 +40,15 @@ subprojects {
 			events = ['started', 'passed', 'skipped', 'failed']
 			exceptionFormat = 'full'
 		}
-
-		// Will remove this in a future PR to determine if they're needed or not.
-		systemProperty "file.encoding", "UTF-8"
-		systemProperty "javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory", "com.sun.xml.internal.stream.XMLOutputFactoryImpl"
 	}
 
-	// Until we do a cleanup of javadoc errors, the build (and specifically the javadoc task) fails on Java 11
-	// and higher. Preventing that until the cleanup can occur.
-	javadoc.failOnError = false
+	tasks.withType(Javadoc).configureEach {
+		// Until we do a cleanup of javadoc errors, the build (and specifically the javadoc task) fails on Java 11
+		// and higher. Preventing that until the cleanup can occur.
+		failOnError = false
 
-	// Ignores warnings on param tags with no descriptions. Will remove this once javadoc errors are addressed.
-	// Until then, it's just a lot of noise.
-	javadoc.options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+		// Ignores warnings on param tags with no descriptions. Will remove this once javadoc errors are addressed.
+		// Until then, it's just a lot of noise.
+		options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+	}
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 60f18ae19..62b1ed3dd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 group=com.marklogic
 version=8.0-SNAPSHOT
-describedName=MarkLogic Java Client API
 publishUrl=file:../marklogic-java/releases
 
 okhttpVersion=5.1.0
diff --git a/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle b/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
index 47372a6aa..b100e5a91 100644
--- a/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
+++ b/marklogic-client-api/build.gradle
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ publishing {
 		mainJava(MavenPublication) {
 			from components.java
 			pom {
-				name = "${group}:${project.name}"
+				name = "${project.group}:${project.name}"
 				description = "The MarkLogic Java Client API"
 				packaging = "jar"
 				url = "https://github.com/marklogic/java-client-api"
 				licenses {
 					license {
 						name = "The Apache License, Version 2.0"
-						url = "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+						url = "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
 					}
 				}
 				developers {
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ publishing {
 					}
 				}
 				scm {
-					url = "git@github.com:marklogic/java-client-api.git"
-					connection = "scm:git:git@github.com:marklogic/java-client-api.git"
-					developerConnection = "scm:git:git@github.com:marklogic/java-client-api.git"
+					url = "https://github.com/marklogic/java-client-api"
+					connection = "https://github.com/marklogic/java-client-api"
+					developerConnection = "https://github.com/marklogic/java-client-api"
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ publishing {
 					username = mavenUser
 					password = mavenPassword
 				}
-				url publishUrl
+				url = publishUrl
 				allowInsecureProtocol = true
 			} else {
 				name = "central"
diff --git a/ml-development-tools/build.gradle b/ml-development-tools/build.gradle
index 847a98b9c..5eeead94a 100644
--- a/ml-development-tools/build.gradle
+++ b/ml-development-tools/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2025 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
  */
@@ -12,6 +14,10 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
 	compileOnly gradleApi()
+
+	// This is a runtime dependency of marklogic-client-api but is needed for compiling.
+	compileOnly "jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:4.0.4"
+
 	implementation project(':marklogic-client-api')
 	implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:2.1.0'
 	implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.module:jackson-module-kotlin:${jacksonVersion}"
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies {
 // Added to avoid problem where processResources fails because - somehow - the plugin properties file is getting
 // copied twice. This started occurring with the upgrade of Gradle from 6.x to 7.x.
 tasks.processResources {
-	duplicatesStrategy = "exclude"
+	duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
 }
 
 tasks.register("mlDevelopmentToolsJar", Jar) {
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
 			id = 'com.marklogic.ml-development-tools'
 			displayName = 'ml-development-tools MarkLogic Data Service Tools'
 			description = 'ml-development-tools plugin for developing data services on MarkLogic'
-			tags.set(['marklogic', 'progress'])
+			tags = ['marklogic', 'progress']
 			implementationClass = 'com.marklogic.client.tools.gradle.ToolsPlugin'
 		}
 	}
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
 
 publishing {
 	publications {
-		main(MavenPublication) {
+		mainJava(MavenPublication) {
 			from components.java
 		}
 	}
@@ -70,11 +76,10 @@ publishing {
 	}
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
-	kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = '17'
-}
-compileTestKotlin {
-	kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = '17'
+tasks.withType(KotlinCompile).configureEach {
+	compilerOptions {
+		jvmTarget.set(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget.JVM_17)
+	}
 }
 
 tasks.register("generateTests", JavaExec) {