diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowBasePlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowBasePlugin.groovy
index 795afbee5..b367957d7 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowBasePlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowBasePlugin.groovy
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class ShadowBasePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     @Override
     void apply(Project project) {
-        if (GradleVersion.current() < GradleVersion.version("7.0")) {
-            throw new GradleException("This version of Shadow supports Gradle 7.0+ only. Please upgrade.")
+        if (GradleVersion.current() < GradleVersion.version("8.0")) {
+            throw new GradleException("This version of Shadow supports Gradle 8.0+ only. Please upgrade.")
         }
         project.extensions.create(EXTENSION_NAME, ShadowExtension, project)
         createShadowConfiguration(project)