diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9e428769..ab31ac45 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 buildscript {
     ext {
         jmockitVersion = "1.49"
-        springBootVersion = "3.3.5"
+        springBootVersion = "3.4.3"
     }
 }
 
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ plugins {
 description = 'Java Library for Accessing Cloud Foundry Environment Variables'
 
 wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = "8.7"
+    gradleVersion = "8.13"
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 48c0a02c..2733ed5d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/java-cfenv-all/build.gradle b/java-cfenv-all/build.gradle
index 409925d2..07a965ff 100644
--- a/java-cfenv-all/build.gradle
+++ b/java-cfenv-all/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         // groupId changed from com.github.johnrengelman to com.gradleup.shadow
-        classpath 'com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:8.3.5'
+        classpath 'com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:8.3.6'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/java-cfenv/build.gradle b/java-cfenv/build.gradle
index 5954b07a..b561fc52 100644
--- a/java-cfenv/build.gradle
+++ b/java-cfenv/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 description = 'Java CF Env Core Library'
 
 dependencies {
-    api 'com.cedarsoftware:json-io:4.30.0'
+    api 'com.cedarsoftware:json-io:4.51.0'
 
     testImplementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test"
     testImplementation "junit:junit"
diff --git a/java-cfenv/src/main/java/io/pivotal/cfenv/core/JsonIoConverter.java b/java-cfenv/src/main/java/io/pivotal/cfenv/core/JsonIoConverter.java
index b8ca5b3a..77b3e680 100644
--- a/java-cfenv/src/main/java/io/pivotal/cfenv/core/JsonIoConverter.java
+++ b/java-cfenv/src/main/java/io/pivotal/cfenv/core/JsonIoConverter.java
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 package io.pivotal.cfenv.core;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.cedarsoftware.io.JsonIo;
 import com.cedarsoftware.io.JsonObject;
+import com.cedarsoftware.io.ReadOptionsBuilder;
 
 
 public class JsonIoConverter {
@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ public class JsonIoConverter {
 	 * @return a serialized version of the input in a Map
 	 */
 	public static Map jsonToJavaWithListsAndInts(String jsonInput) {
-		Map args = new HashMap();
-		args.put(JsonIo.USE_MAPS, true);
-		JsonObject rawServicesMap = JsonIo.toObjects(jsonInput, JsonIo.getReadOptionsBuilder(args).build(), JsonObject.class);
+		// Create read options that will return JsonObjects (Maps) instead of fully resolved Java objects
+		ReadOptionsBuilder readOptionsBuilder = new ReadOptionsBuilder()
+				.returnAsJsonObjects();
+
+		// Parse the JSON string into a JsonObject (Map)
+		JsonObject rawServicesMap = JsonIo.toJava(jsonInput, readOptionsBuilder.build()).asClass(JsonObject.class);
+
 		return convertArraysAndLongs(rawServicesMap);
 	}
 
@@ -85,5 +89,4 @@ private static List convertArray(Object[] array) {
 		}
 		return resultList;
 	}
-
 }