diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e54ea2551..deade989f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ captures/*
 
 # Test and other output
 app/jacoco.exec
-app/CommonsContributions
\ No newline at end of file
+app/CommonsContributions
+app/.attach_pid*
diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index b5445f7d4..86f98a61a 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ android {
         compose true
     }
     composeOptions {
-        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion '1.3.2'
+        kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion '1.5.13'
     }
     namespace 'fr.free.nrw.commons'
     lint {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ecfe43a80..b3515ca1e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M
 org.gradle.caching=true
 android.enableR8.fullMode=false
 
-KOTLIN_VERSION=1.7.20
+KOTLIN_VERSION=1.9.23
 LEAK_CANARY_VERSION=2.10
 DAGGER_VERSION=2.23
-ROOM_VERSION=2.5.0
+ROOM_VERSION=2.6.1
 PREFERENCE_VERSION=1.1.0
 CORE_KTX_VERSION=1.9.0
 ADAPTER_DELEGATES_VERSION=4.3.0