diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 35c69b1ec0..6d09333974 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ allprojects {
         JavaCompile compile ->
             compile.options.incremental = true  // Gradle 3.4
             compile.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
+            compile.options.compilerArgs << '-parameters'  // Preserve method parameter names for Spring AI reflection
     }
 }
 
@@ -347,6 +348,14 @@ allprojects {
                     // Force consistency for dependencies from pipeline and query
                     force "org.dom4j:dom4j:${dom4jVersion}"
 
+                    // Force spring-ai components to bring in spring-* versions that match the rest of spring
+                    force "org.springframework:spring-context-support:${springVersion}"
+                    force "org.springframework:spring-messaging:${springVersion}"
+                    force "org.springframework:spring-webflux:${springVersion}"
+
+                    // spring-ai dependency. Force to mitigate a CVE.
+                    force "io.modelcontextprotocol.sdk:mcp:${modelContextProtocolVersion}"
+
                     // Force consistency between pipeline's ActiveMQ and cloud's jClouds dependencies
                     force "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:${javaxAnnotationVersion}"
 
@@ -362,6 +371,9 @@ allprojects {
                     // Force latest hadoop-hdfs-client for CVE-2021-37404, CVE-2022-25168, CVE-2022-26612, CVE-2021-25642, CVE-2021-33036, CVE-2023-26031
                     force "org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs-client:${hadoopHdfsClientVersion}"
 
+                    // Spring AI 2.0 brings in Jackson3. Force it to match embedded and mitigate CVEs.
+                    force "tools.jackson.core:jackson-core:${jackson3Version}"
+
                     dependencySubstitution {
                         // Because the client api artifact name is not the same as the directory structure, we use
                         // Gradle's dependency substitution so the dependency will appear correctly in the pom files that
diff --git a/dependencyCheckSuppression.xml b/dependencyCheckSuppression.xml
index 5b88940c56..d610e97a2b 100644
--- a/dependencyCheckSuppression.xml
+++ b/dependencyCheckSuppression.xml
@@ -255,4 +255,24 @@
         <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.apache\.pdfbox/pdfbox-tools@.*$</packageUrl>
         <cve>CVE-2026-23907</cve>
     </suppress>
+
+    <!--
+    False-positives
+    https://github.com/dependency-check/DependencyCheck/issues/8391
+    https://github.com/dependency-check/DependencyCheck/issues/8392
+    -->
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: mcp-spring-webmvc-2.0.0-M3.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.springframework\.ai/mcp-spring-webmvc@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cpe>cpe:/a:vmware:server</cpe>
+    </suppress>
+    <suppress>
+        <notes><![CDATA[
+   file name: mcp-spring-webmvc-2.0.0-M3.jar
+   ]]></notes>
+        <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/org\.springframework\.ai/mcp-spring-webmvc@.*$</packageUrl>
+        <cpe>cpe:/a:vmware:vmware_server</cpe>
+    </suppress>
 </suppressions>
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d16372a5ff..04b2a3cd5c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ buildFromSource=true
 
 # The default version for LabKey artifacts that are built or that we depend on.
 # override in an individual module's gradle.properties file as necessary 
-labkeyVersion=26.3.2
+labkeyVersion=26.3.3
 labkeyClientApiVersion=7.2.0
 
 # Version numbers for the various binary artifacts that are included when
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ windowsProteomicsBinariesVersion=1.0
 # The current version numbers for the gradle plugins.
 artifactoryPluginVersion=5.2.5
 gradleNodePluginVersion=7.1.0
-gradlePluginsVersion=7.3.1
+gradlePluginsVersion=8.0.0
 owaspDependencyCheckPluginVersion=12.2.0
 
 # Versions of node and npm to use during the build. If set, these versions
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ lombokVersion=1.18.42
 
 luceneVersion=10.3.2
 
+# Spring-AI dependency that's showing a CVE
+modelContextProtocolVersion=1.1.1
+
 mssqlJdbcVersion=13.2.1.jre11
 
 objenesisVersion=1.0
@@ -291,10 +294,10 @@ slf4jLog4jApiVersion=2.0.17
 snappyJavaVersion=1.1.10.8
 
 # Also, update apacheTomcatVersion above to match Spring Boot's Tomcat dependency version
-springBootVersion=4.0.3
+springBootVersion=4.0.4
 # This usually matches the Spring Framework version dictated by springBootVersion
-springVersion=7.0.5
-springAiVersion=2.0.0-M2
+springVersion=7.0.6
+springAiVersion=2.0.0-M4
 
 sqliteJdbcVersion=3.51.1.0