diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b1975d68..6291d659 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -25,29 +25,6 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-// TODO remove (all this) once kotlinter supports ktlint 1.3.2+ once that's released.
-buildscript {
-    configurations.classpath {
-        resolutionStrategy {
-            repositories {
-                maven { url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots") }
-            }
-            force(
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-cli-reporter-checkstyle:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-cli-reporter-core:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-cli-reporter-html:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-cli-reporter-json:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-cli-reporter-plain:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-cli-reporter-sarif:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-rule-engine-core:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-rule-engine:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
-                "com.pinterest.ktlint:ktlint-ruleset-standard:1.4.0-SNAPSHOT"
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
-// end to-do
-
 java {
     sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(libs.versions.java.get())
     targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.toVersion(libs.versions.java.get())
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 4531377c..5d02cf6c 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 java = "11"
 kotlin = "2.0.20" # https://kotlinlang.org/docs/releases.html#release-details
 dokka = "1.9.20" # https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.jetbrains.dokka/dokka-gradle-plugin
-kotlinter = "4.4.1" # https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jmailen.kotlinter
+kotlinter = "4.5.0" # https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.jmailen.kotlinter
 
 # Standard Library versions
 bouncyCastle = "1.78.1" # https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk18on