diff --git a/bukkit-legacy/build.gradle b/bukkit-legacy/build.gradle
index 927aa305b..6504bad9e 100644
--- a/bukkit-legacy/build.gradle
+++ b/bukkit-legacy/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.4'
 }
 
-apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-
 repositories {
     maven {
         name 'spigot-repo'
diff --git a/bukkit/build.gradle b/bukkit/build.gradle
index eb04e1be4..2e07e9f2e 100644
--- a/bukkit/build.gradle
+++ b/bukkit/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.4'
 }
 
-apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-
 repositories {
     maven {
         name 'spigot-repo'
diff --git a/bungee/build.gradle b/bungee/build.gradle
index c8c1fdd56..fc96497c1 100644
--- a/bungee/build.gradle
+++ b/bungee/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.4'
 }
 
-apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-
 dependencies {
     compile project(':common')
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1948b9074..135367700 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 d2c45a4b2..5c1b6c95b 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-4.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/nukkit/build.gradle b/nukkit/build.gradle
index 7d6e2ddbf..5ff8f8849 100644
--- a/nukkit/build.gradle
+++ b/nukkit/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.4'
 }
 
-apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-
 repositories {
     maven {
         name 'nukkit-repo'
diff --git a/sponge/build.gradle b/sponge/build.gradle
index 280edbbc6..cdd812016 100644
--- a/sponge/build.gradle
+++ b/sponge/build.gradle
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4"
-        classpath "gradle.plugin.ninja.miserable:blossom:1.0.1"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'net.kyori.blossom' version '1.1.0'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.4'
 }
 
-apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-apply plugin: "ninja.miserable.blossom"
-
 repositories {
     maven {
         name 'sponge-repo'
diff --git a/velocity/build.gradle b/velocity/build.gradle
index b3139d924..bdc3bfdce 100644
--- a/velocity/build.gradle
+++ b/velocity/build.gradle
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
-        }
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4"
-        classpath "gradle.plugin.ninja.miserable:blossom:1.0.1"
-    }
+plugins {
+    id 'net.kyori.blossom' version '1.1.0'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.4'
 }
 
-apply plugin: "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow"
-apply plugin: "ninja.miserable.blossom"
-
 repositories {
     maven {
         name 'velocity-repo'