diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 70040408..65bafa9f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ConfigureShadowRelocation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.9.23"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.0.0"
     id("fabric-loom") version "1.5-SNAPSHOT"
     id("com.modrinth.minotaur") version "2.+"
-    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "7.1.2"
+    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "8.1.1"
 }
 
 val modName: String by project
@@ -144,20 +143,17 @@ tasks {
         enabled = false
     }
 
-    val relocate by registering(ConfigureShadowRelocation::class) {
-        // repackage shaded dependencies
-        target = shadowJar.get()
-        prefix = "$mavenGroup.recode.shaded"
-    }
-
     shadowJar {
-        dependsOn(relocate.get())
         configurations = listOf(shade)
+        from("LICENSE")
+
         // output shaded jar in the correct destination to be used by remapJar
         destinationDirectory.set(file("build/devlibs"))
         archiveClassifier.set("dev")
 
-        from("LICENSE")
+        // relocate
+        isEnableRelocation = true
+        relocationPrefix = "$mavenGroup.$modName.shaded"
     }
 
     remapJar {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2f761e94..016b69ed 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-org.gradle.jvmargs  = -Xmx1G
+org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xmx1G
 
 # https://fabricmc.net/develop/
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ loaderVersion = 0.15.2
 # ideally, pick versions without bugs but not versions with unused features (for compatibility)
 
 fabricVersion = 0.96.1+1.20.4
-flkVersion = 1.10.19+kotlin.1.9.23
+flkVersion = 1.11.0+kotlin.2.0.0
 
 # required dependency mods
 required.adventure-platform-fabric.artifact = net.kyori:adventure-platform-fabric
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index c1962a79..7f93135c 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 c30b486a..a4413138 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index aeb74cbb..0adc8e1a 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# 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
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -130,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.