diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 4ee84ec8c..dbac6a5eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: Get-CI-Image-Tag
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     name: Gradle Check Linux
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
   Check-neural-search-windows:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [windows-latest]
 
     name: Gradle Check Windows
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: Get-CI-Image-Tag
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     name: Pre-commit Linux
@@ -109,18 +109,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run build
         run: |
           chown -R 1000:1000 `pwd`
-          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew precommit --parallel"
+          su `id -un 1000` -c "./gradlew precommit --parallel && ./gradlew jacocoTestReport && cp -v build/reports/jacoco/test/jacocoTestReport.xml ./jacocoTestReport.xml"
 
-      - name: Upload Coverage Report
-        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: ${{ matrix.os }} == "ubuntu-latest"
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          name: coverage-report-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: ./jacocoTestReport.xml
 
   Precommit-neural-search-windows:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [windows-latest]
 
     name: Pre-commit Windows
@@ -138,3 +138,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run build
         run: |
           ./gradlew precommit --parallel
+
+  Precommit-codecov:
+    needs: Precommit-neural-search-linux
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        java: [21, 23]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: coverage-report-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: ./
+      - name: Upload Coverage Report
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          files: ./jacocoTestReport.xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backwards_compatibility_tests_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/backwards_compatibility_tests_workflow.yml
index d264e6845..57d029c00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backwards_compatibility_tests_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backwards_compatibility_tests_workflow.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   Restart-Upgrade-BWCTests-NeuralSearch:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ 21 ]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [ubuntu-latest,windows-latest]
         bwc_version : ["2.9.0","2.10.0","2.11.0","2.12.0","2.13.0","2.14.0","2.15.0","2.16.0","2.17.0","2.18.0","2.19.0-SNAPSHOT"]
         opensearch_version : [ "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT" ]
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
   Rolling-Upgrade-BWCTests-NeuralSearch:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [ 21 ]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [ubuntu-latest,windows-latest]
         bwc_version: [ "2.19.0-SNAPSHOT" ]
         opensearch_version: [ "3.0.0-SNAPSHOT" ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
index f24f022b0..da0293b5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete_backport_branch.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ on:
 jobs:
   delete-branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref,'backport/')
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    if: github.repository == 'opensearch-project/neural-search' && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref,'backport/')
     steps:
-      - name: Delete merged branch
-        uses: SvanBoxel/delete-merged-branch@main
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Delete merged branch
+      uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      with:
+        script: |
+          github.rest.git.deleteRef({
+            owner: context.repo.owner,
+            repo: context.repo.repo,
+            ref: `heads/${context.payload.pull_request.head.ref}`,
+          })
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_aggregations.yml b/.github/workflows/test_aggregations.yml
index 53da514ff..918f20b38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_aggregations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_aggregations.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: Get-CI-Image-Tag
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
 
     name: Integ Tests Linux
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
   Check-neural-search-windows:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
         os: [windows-latest]
 
     name: Integ Tests Windows
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_security.yml b/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
index 63506b2f4..4ce3f4177 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_security.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
   integ-test-with-security-linux:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: [21]
+        java: [21, 23]
 
     name: Run Integration Tests on Linux
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 2c3521197..a4b76b953 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 68e8816d7..6acc1431e 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=d725d707bfabd4dfdc958c624003b3c80accc03f7037b5122c4b1d0ef15cecab
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=2ab88d6de2c23e6adae7363ae6e29cbdd2a709e992929b48b6530fd0c7133bd6
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME