diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ffed3a254..e1adfb493 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-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataEntry.java
index bb3751c3b..6903a67f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataEntry.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public String getRawText(byte[] cipherKey) {
      */
     public DataIndex getBlockIndex() {
         int start = keyEnd + 1;
-        return new DataIndex(SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(data, start), SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(data, start + 4));
+        return new DataIndex(SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(data, start) & 0xFFFFFFFFL, SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(data, start + 4));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataIndex.java b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataIndex.java
index 35e88e1e2..6a27664ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataIndex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/DataIndex.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class DataIndex {
      * @param size
      *            The number of bytes to read from the file.
      */
-    public DataIndex(int offset, int size) {
+    public DataIndex(long offset, int size) {
         this.offset = offset;
         this.size = size;
     }
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public DataIndex(int offset, int size) {
     /**
      * @return the offset
      */
-    public int getOffset() {
+    public long getOffset() {
         return offset;
     }
 
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ public int getSize() {
         return size;
     }
 
-    private int offset;
+    private long offset;
     private int size;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawBackend.java b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawBackend.java
index 4dfd74457..143672e7c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawBackend.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ protected DataIndex getIndex(RandomAccessFile raf, long entry) throws IOExceptio
             return new DataIndex(0, 0);
         }
 
-        int entryOffset = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(buffer, 0);
+        long entryOffset = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(buffer, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
         int entrySize = -1;
         switch (datasize) {
         case 2:
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawLDBackend.java b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawLDBackend.java
index e2c25945b..bbd938bc5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawLDBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/RawLDBackend.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public int getRawTextLength(Key key) {
     protected DataIndex getIndex(RawLDBackendState state, long entry) throws IOException {
         // Read the offset and size for this key from the index
         byte[] buffer = SwordUtil.readRAF(state.getIdxRaf(), entry * entrysize, entrysize);
-        int entryOffset = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(buffer, 0);
+        long entryOffset = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(buffer, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
         int entrySize = -1;
         switch (datasize) {
         case 2:
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ public void dumpIdxRaf() {
             System.out.println("index\toffset\tsize\tkey\tvalue");
             for (long i = 0; i < end; ++i) {
                 DataIndex index = getIndex(state, i);
-                int offset = index.getOffset();
+                long offset = index.getOffset();
                 int size   = index.getSize();
                 buf.setLength(0);
                 buf.append(i);
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ public void toIMP() {
             StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
             for (long i = 0; i < end; ++i) {
                 DataIndex index = getIndex(state, i);
-                int offset = index.getOffset();
+                long offset = index.getOffset();
                 int size   = index.getSize();
                 buf.setLength(0);
                 buf.append("$$$");
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZLDBackend.java b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZLDBackend.java
index 90b3f3679..fa490bf71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZLDBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZLDBackend.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ protected DataEntry getEntry(RawLDBackendState fileState, DataEntry entry) {
                     return new DataEntry(entry.getName(), new byte[0], entry.getCharset());
                 }
 
-                int blockStart = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 0);
+                long blockStart = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
                 int blockSize = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 4);
 
                 temp = SwordUtil.readRAF(state.getZdtRaf(), blockStart, blockSize);
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public void dumpIdxRaf() {
             System.out.println("index\toffset\tsize\tkey\tvalue");
             for (long i = 0; i < end; ++i) {
                 DataIndex index = getIndex(state, i);
-                int offset = index.getOffset();
+                long offset = index.getOffset();
                 int size   = index.getSize();
                 buf.setLength(0);
                 buf.append(i);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZVerseBackend.java b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZVerseBackend.java
index 3eb8e1afd..387fdd9b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZVerseBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/crosswire/jsword/book/sword/ZVerseBackend.java
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public String readRawContent(ZVerseBackendState rafBook, Key key) throws IOExcep
         // The data is little endian - extract the blockNum, verseStart
         // and
         // verseSize
-        final long blockNum = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 0);
+        final long blockNum = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
         final int verseStart = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 4);
         final int verseSize;
         if (datasize == 2) {
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public String readRawContent(ZVerseBackendState rafBook, Key key) throws IOExcep
                 return "";
             }
 
-            final int blockStart = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 0);
+            final long blockStart = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 0) & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
             final int blockSize = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 4);
             final int uncompressedSize = SwordUtil.decodeLittleEndian32(temp, 8);