diff --git a/api/shadow.api b/api/shadow.api
index 2df52965b..e7c4d8a76 100644
--- a/api/shadow.api
+++ b/api/shadow.api
@@ -415,14 +415,13 @@ public final class com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/Compo
 }
 
 public class com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/DontIncludeResourceTransformer : com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/Transformer {
-	public fun <init> ()V
+	public fun <init> (Lorg/gradle/api/model/ObjectFactory;)V
 	public fun canTransformResource (Lorg/gradle/api/file/FileTreeElement;)Z
 	public fun getName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getObjectFactory ()Lorg/gradle/api/model/ObjectFactory;
-	public final fun getResource ()Ljava/lang/String;
+	public final fun getResource ()Lorg/gradle/api/provider/Property;
 	public fun hasTransformedResource ()Z
 	public fun modifyOutputStream (Lorg/apache/tools/zip/ZipOutputStream;Z)V
-	public final fun setResource (Ljava/lang/String;)V
 	public fun transform (Lcom/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/TransformerContext;)V
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/DontIncludeResourceTransformer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/DontIncludeResourceTransformer.kt
index e39a30a04..c9e5fff7b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/DontIncludeResourceTransformer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/DontIncludeResourceTransformer.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers
 
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal.property
+import javax.inject.Inject
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileTreeElement
+import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional
 
@@ -11,13 +15,15 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional
  *
  * @author John Engelman
  */
-public open class DontIncludeResourceTransformer : Transformer by NoOpTransformer {
+public open class DontIncludeResourceTransformer @Inject constructor(
+  override val objectFactory: ObjectFactory,
+) : Transformer by NoOpTransformer {
   @get:Optional
   @get:Input
-  public var resource: String? = null
+  public val resource: Property<String> = objectFactory.property()
 
   override fun canTransformResource(element: FileTreeElement): Boolean {
     val path = element.relativePath.pathString
-    return !resource.isNullOrEmpty() && path.endsWith(resource!!)
+    return !resource.orNull.isNullOrEmpty() && path.endsWith(resource.get())
   }
 }