diff --git a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsPlayerListener.java b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsPlayerListener.java
index 0b3ad90b8..1c40363d2 100644
--- a/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsPlayerListener.java
+++ b/Essentials/src/main/java/com/earth2me/essentials/EssentialsPlayerListener.java
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ public class EssentialsPlayerListener implements Listener, FakeAccessor {
 
     @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR, ignoreCancelled = true)
     public void onPlayerCommandPreprocess(final PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event) {
-        final String cmd = event.getMessage().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).split(" ")[0].replace("/", "").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
+        final String cmd = event.getMessage().split(" ")[0].replace("/", "").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
         final int argStartIndex = event.getMessage().indexOf(" ");
         final String args = argStartIndex == -1 ? "" // No arguments present
                 : event.getMessage().substring(argStartIndex); // arguments start at argStartIndex; substring from there.
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ public class EssentialsPlayerListener implements Listener, FakeAccessor {
 
     public void handlePlayerCommandPreprocess(final PlayerCommandPreprocessEvent event, final String effectiveCommand) {
         final Player player = event.getPlayer();
-        final String cmd = effectiveCommand.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH).split(" ")[0].replace("/", "").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
+        final String cmd = effectiveCommand.split(" ")[0].replace("/", "").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH);
         final PluginCommand pluginCommand = ess.getServer().getPluginCommand(cmd);
 
         if (ess.getSettings().getSocialSpyCommands().contains(cmd) || ess.getSettings().getSocialSpyCommands().contains("*")) {
diff --git a/build-logic/build.gradle.kts b/build-logic/build.gradle.kts
index 383b8c309..cf08d3dac 100644
--- a/build-logic/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation("net.kyori", "indra-common", "3.1.3")
-    implementation("com.github.johnrengelman", "shadow", "8.1.1")
-    implementation("xyz.jpenilla", "run-task", "2.3.0")
+    implementation("com.gradleup.shadow", "shadow-gradle-plugin", "8.3.3")
+    implementation("xyz.jpenilla", "run-task", "2.3.1")
 }
diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/essentials.shadow-module.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/essentials.shadow-module.gradle.kts
index 9ebe51ea4..d54c0fae2 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/essentials.shadow-module.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/essentials.shadow-module.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("essentials.module-conventions")
-    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
+    id("com.gradleup.shadow")
 }
 
 tasks {
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ tasks {
         archiveClassifier.set("unshaded")
     }
     shadowJar {
-        archiveClassifier.set(null)
+        @Suppress("CAST_NEVER_SUCCEEDS")
+        archiveClassifier.set(null as? String)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a80b22ce5..df97d72b8 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-8.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/providers/PaperProvider/build.gradle b/providers/PaperProvider/build.gradle
index b66ffd77c..8a764dff0 100644
--- a/providers/PaperProvider/build.gradle
+++ b/providers/PaperProvider/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("essentials.base-conventions")
-    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow")
+    id("com.gradleup.shadow")
 }
 
 java {