chore: upgrade to Gradle 9.8.0 and Kotlin 2.4.20 - #31

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v4, actions/setup-java@v4, actions/upload-artifact@v4, gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/

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setup-java v4 is deprecated and will no longer receive updates. Please migrate to actions/setup-java@v5.