diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index f8ddfca0..567baa4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.56.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.62.0
     with:
       java-version: 17
     secrets:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8d420bb3..fd3d65d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.56.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.62.0
     with:
       java-version: 17
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c..a4b76b95 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 e0fd0202..d9fbee2e 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-8.12-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a42..f3b75f3b 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +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 "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( 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
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85b..9b42019c 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -43,11 +45,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/streams-bootstrap-core/build.gradle.kts b/streams-bootstrap-core/build.gradle.kts
index c5018061..ccc714d0 100644
--- a/streams-bootstrap-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/streams-bootstrap-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
         version = "2.0.16"
     )
     implementation(group = "org.jooq", name = "jool", version = "0.9.15")
+    implementation(group = "io.github.resilience4j", name = "resilience4j-retry", version = "1.7.1")
 
     val junitVersion: String by project
     testRuntimeOnly(group = "org.junit.jupiter", name = "junit-jupiter-engine", version = junitVersion)
diff --git a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java
index 82c5ba58..7118b074 100644
--- a/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java
+++ b/streams-bootstrap-core/src/main/java/com/bakdata/kafka/util/TopicClient.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 
+import io.github.resilience4j.retry.Retry;
+import io.github.resilience4j.retry.RetryConfig;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -55,6 +57,12 @@
 @Slf4j
 public final class TopicClient implements AutoCloseable {
 
+    private static final RetryConfig RETRY_CONFIG = RetryConfig.<Boolean>custom()
+            .retryOnResult(result -> result)
+            .failAfterMaxAttempts(false)
+            .maxAttempts(3)
+            .waitDuration(Duration.ofSeconds(5L))
+            .build();
     private final @NonNull Admin adminClient;
     private final @NonNull Duration timeout;
 
@@ -142,7 +150,9 @@ public void deleteTopic(final String topicName) {
         } catch (final TimeoutException ex) {
             throw failedToDeleteTopic(topicName, ex);
         }
-        if (this.exists(topicName)) {
+        final Retry retry = Retry.of("topic-deleted", RETRY_CONFIG);
+        final boolean exists = Retry.decorateSupplier(retry, () -> this.exists(topicName)).get();
+        if (exists) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Deletion of topic %s failed", topicName));
         }
     }
@@ -259,7 +269,9 @@ public void createTopic(final String topicName, final TopicSettings settings, fi
         } catch (final TimeoutException ex) {
             throw failedToCreateTopic(topicName, ex);
         }
-        if (!this.exists(topicName)) {
+        final Retry retry = Retry.of("topic-exists", RETRY_CONFIG);
+        final boolean doesNotExist = Retry.decorateSupplier(retry, () -> !this.exists(topicName)).get();
+        if (doesNotExist) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Creation of topic %s failed", topicName));
         }
     }