diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11af69a0..537554f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 0.4.0-alpha08
+* Add support for skipping field initialization when initializing a scope.
+
 # 0.4.0-alpha06
 * Add support for Kotlin 2.1.0
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 211fa6d2..4ff3fd4b 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 GROUP=com.uber.motif
-VERSION_NAME=0.4.0-alpha08-SNAPSHOT
+VERSION_NAME=0.4.0-alpha09-SNAPSHOT
 POM_DESCRIPTION=Simple DI API for Android / Java.
 POM_URL=https://github.com/uber/motif/
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/uber/motif/
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 1092923c..8f93028f 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ ext.deps = [
 
                 gradlePlugins: [
                         android: 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2',
-                        intellij: 'org.jetbrains.intellij:org.jetbrains.intellij.gradle.plugin:1.15.0',
+                        intellij: 'org.jetbrains.intellij:org.jetbrains.intellij.gradle.plugin:1.17.4',
                         kotlin: "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:${versions.kotlin}",
                         ksp: "com.google.devtools.ksp:com.google.devtools.ksp.gradle.plugin:${versions.ksp}",
                         dokka: "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin:${versions.dokka}",
-                        mavenPublish: 'com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.27.0',
+                        mavenPublish: 'com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.34.0',
                         spotless: "com.diffplug.spotless:spotless-plugin-gradle:7.0.2",
                         shadow: "com.github.johnrengelman:shadow:8.1.0",
                 ]
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 1f017e4e..3ae1e2f1 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-8.1.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/samples/sample/build.gradle b/samples/sample/build.gradle
index 8ef8443d..1607a488 100644
--- a/samples/sample/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/sample/build.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ android {
     }
 
     compileOptions {
-        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
     }
 
     defaultConfig {