diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d26458a..3f79cb3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
-    id 'io.freefair.lombok' version '8.10.2'
+    id 'io.freefair.lombok' version '8.14.4'
     id 'jacoco'
-    id 'org.sonarqube' version '5.1.0.4882'
+    id 'org.sonarqube' version '6.3.1.5724'
     id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ repositories {
     mavenLocal()
     mavenCentral()
     maven {
-        url 'https://docker-regis-adm.iex.ec/repository/maven-public/'
+        url = 'https://docker-regis-adm.iex.ec/repository/maven-public/'
         credentials {
-            username nexusUser
-            password nexusPassword
+            username = nexusUser
+            password = nexusPassword
         }
     }
 }
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ publishing {
     repositories {
         maven {
             credentials {
-                username nexusUser
-                password nexusPassword
+                username = nexusUser
+                password = nexusPassword
             }
             url = project.hasProperty('nexusUrl') ? nexusUrl : ''
         }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b9..1b33c55 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 df97d72..d4081da 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f5feea6..23d15a9 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
-' "$PWD" ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9b42019..5eed7ee 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java b/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java
index 7430c5f..08bcd21 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/iexec/commons/containers/client/DockerClientInstanceTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2023-2024 IEXEC BLOCKCHAIN TECH
+ * Copyright 2023-2026 IEXEC BLOCKCHAIN TECH
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.LogContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.PullImageCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.PullImageResultCallback;
-import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
 import com.iexec.commons.containers.*;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ class DockerClientInstanceTests extends AbstractDockerTests {
     private static final String BLABLA_LATEST = "blabla:latest";
     private static final String DOCKERHUB_USERNAME_ENV_NAME = "DOCKER_IO_USER";
     private static final String DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD_ENV_NAME = "DOCKER_IO_PASSWORD";
-    private static final String PRIVATE_IMAGE_NAME = "iexechub/private-image:alpine-3.13";
 
     private static final List<String> usedRandomNames = new ArrayList<>();
     private static final List<String> usedImages = List.of(
@@ -127,19 +124,6 @@ void shouldGetAuthenticatedClientWithDockerIoRegistry() {
     }
     //endregion
 
-    /**
-     * This test is temporarily disabled because of this error:
-     * toomanyrequests: too many failed login attempts for
-     * username or IP address.
-     */
-    @Test
-    @Disabled("toomanyrequests: too many failed login attempts for username or IP address")
-    void shouldFailToAuthenticateClientToRegistry() {
-        final DockerException e = assertThrows(DockerException.class, () -> DockerClientFactory
-                .getDockerClientInstance(DockerClientInstance.DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY, "badUsername", "badPassword"));
-        assertThat(e.getHttpStatus()).isEqualTo(401);
-    }
-
     //region isImagePresent
     @Test
     void shouldFindImagePresent() {
@@ -234,26 +218,6 @@ void shouldNotPullImageSinceInterruptedException(CapturedOutput stdout) throws I
         dockerClientInstance.pullImage(ALPINE_LATEST);
         assertThat(stdout.getOut()).contains("Docker pull command was interrupted");
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Try to pull a private image from iexechub, require valid login and permissions.
-     * The test will fail if Docker Hub credentials are missing or invalid.
-     */
-    @Test
-    void shouldPullPrivateImage() {
-        final String username = getEnvValue(DOCKERHUB_USERNAME_ENV_NAME);
-        final String password = getEnvValue(DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD_ENV_NAME);
-        // Get an authenticated docker client
-        final DockerClientInstance authClientInstance =
-                new DockerClientInstance(DockerClientInstance.DEFAULT_DOCKER_REGISTRY,
-                        username, password);
-        // clean to avoid previous tests collisions
-        authClientInstance.removeImage(PRIVATE_IMAGE_NAME);
-        // pull image and check
-        assertThat(authClientInstance.pullImage(PRIVATE_IMAGE_NAME)).isTrue();
-        // clean
-        authClientInstance.removeImage(PRIVATE_IMAGE_NAME);
-    }
     //endregion
 
     //region getImageId