diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 77c251a..68ee096 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       pluginVerifierHomeDir: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.pluginVerifierHomeDir }}
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -53,9 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
-        with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       # Set environment variables
       - name: Export Properties
@@ -73,8 +71,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-          ./gradlew listProductsReleases # prepare list of IDEs for Plugin Verifier
-
       # Build plugin
       - name: Build plugin
         run: ./gradlew buildPlugin
@@ -104,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -117,9 +113,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
-        with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       # Run tests
       - name: Run Tests
@@ -157,9 +151,12 @@ jobs:
           tool-cache: false
           large-packages: false
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}  # to check out the actual pull request commit, not the merge commit
+          fetch-depth: 0  # a full history is required for pull request analysis
 
       # Set up Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
@@ -170,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Run Qodana inspections
       - name: Qodana - Code Inspection
-        uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2024.1.5
+        uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2024.2
         with:
           cache-default-branch-only: true
 
@@ -188,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
           tool-cache: false
           large-packages: false
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -201,9 +198,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
-        with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       # Cache Plugin Verifier IDEs
       - name: Setup Plugin Verifier IDEs Cache
@@ -214,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Run Verify Plugin task and IntelliJ Plugin Verifier tool
       - name: Run Plugin Verification tasks
-        run: ./gradlew runPluginVerifier -Dplugin.verifier.home.dir=${{ needs.build.outputs.pluginVerifierHomeDir }}
+        run: ./gradlew verifyPlugin -Dplugin.verifier.home.dir=${{ needs.build.outputs.pluginVerifierHomeDir }}
 
       # Collect Plugin Verifier Result
       - name: Collect Plugin Verifier Result
@@ -235,7 +230,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -259,4 +254,4 @@ jobs:
             --notes "$(cat << 'EOM'
           ${{ needs.build.outputs.changelog }}
           EOM
-          )"
+          )"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4898779..c5176d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Setup Gradle
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
-        with:
-          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       # Set environment variables
       - name: Export Properties
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # Update Unreleased section with the current release note
+      # Update the Unreleased section with the current release note
       - name: Patch Changelog
         if: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.changelog != '' }}
         env:
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index d951fac..18330fc 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-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists