diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6cd7312..ef9923a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
     id 'idea'
-    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '1.2.3'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '8.1.0'
     id "de.sebastianboegl.shadow.transformer.log4j" version "2.1.1"
 }