diff --git a/fdb-relational-api/src/testFixtures/java/com/apple/foundationdb/relational/utils/RelationalAssertions.java b/fdb-relational-api/src/testFixtures/java/com/apple/foundationdb/relational/utils/RelationalAssertions.java
index c3c616d9b0..23d322036c 100644
--- a/fdb-relational-api/src/testFixtures/java/com/apple/foundationdb/relational/utils/RelationalAssertions.java
+++ b/fdb-relational-api/src/testFixtures/java/com/apple/foundationdb/relational/utils/RelationalAssertions.java
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ public static RelationalAssert assertThat(Object o) {
     }
 
     public static RelationalExceptionAssert assertThrows(ThrowableAssert.ThrowingCallable shouldThrow) {
-        RelationalException ve = Assertions.catchThrowableOfType(shouldThrow, RelationalException.class);
+        RelationalException ve = Assertions.catchThrowableOfType(RelationalException.class, shouldThrow);
         return new RelationalExceptionAssert(ve);
     }
 
     public static SQLExceptionAssert assertThrowsSqlException(ThrowableAssert.ThrowingCallable shouldThrow) {
-        SQLException se = Assertions.catchThrowableOfType(shouldThrow, SQLException.class);
+        SQLException se = Assertions.catchThrowableOfType(SQLException.class, shouldThrow);
         if (se == null) {
             Assertions.fail(String.format("expected an exception of type %s to be thrown, but no exception was thrown", SQLException.class.getSimpleName()));
         }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 8f768446d1..73567e638c 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fdb = "7.1.26"
 geophile = "2.3.0"
 generatedAnnotation = "1.3.2"
 grpc = "1.64.1"
-grpc-commonProtos = "2.9.6"
+grpc-commonProtos = "2.37.0"
 guava = "33.3.1-jre"
 h2 = "1.3.148"
 icu = "69.1"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ slf4j = "1.7.36"
 
 # Test-only dependency versions
 
-assertj = "3.24.2"
+assertj = "3.26.3"
 apache-commonsCollections = "4.4"
 apache-commonsMath3 = "3.6.1"
 apache-httpclient = "5.2.1"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ diffutils = "4.12"
 hamcrest = "2.2"
 jcommander = "1.81"
 jline = "3.19.0"
-junit = "5.11.2"
+junit = "5.11.3"
 junit-platform = "1.7.1"
 mockito = "3.7.7"
 snakeyaml = "2.2"