diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
index a3a6c56ee..ef83ff3b5 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowApplicationPlugin.groovy
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import org.gradle.jvm.toolchain.JavaToolchainService
 
 class ShadowApplicationPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
-    static final String SHADOW_RUN_TASK_NAME = 'runShadow'
-    static final String SHADOW_SCRIPTS_TASK_NAME = 'startShadowScripts'
-    static final String SHADOW_INSTALL_TASK_NAME = 'installShadowDist'
+    public static final String SHADOW_RUN_TASK_NAME = 'runShadow'
+    public static final String SHADOW_SCRIPTS_TASK_NAME = 'startShadowScripts'
+    public static final String SHADOW_INSTALL_TASK_NAME = 'installShadowDist'
 
     private Project project
     private ApplicationPluginConvention pluginConvention
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 7a4e0aad9..795afbee5 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
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 
 class ShadowBasePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
-    static final String EXTENSION_NAME = 'shadow'
-    static final String CONFIGURATION_NAME = 'shadow'
+    public static final String EXTENSION_NAME = 'shadow'
+    public static final String CONFIGURATION_NAME = 'shadow'
 
     @Override
     void apply(Project project) {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowJavaPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowJavaPlugin.groovy
index 0970fe068..3123bca5e 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowJavaPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowJavaPlugin.groovy
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 
 class ShadowJavaPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
-    static final String SHADOW_JAR_TASK_NAME = 'shadowJar'
-    static final String SHADOW_GROUP = 'Shadow'
+    public static final String SHADOW_JAR_TASK_NAME = 'shadowJar'
+    public static final String SHADOW_GROUP = 'Shadow'
 
     private final ProjectConfigurationActionContainer configurationActionContainer;
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/KnowsTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/KnowsTask.groovy
index e476c726c..4a103ffe0 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/KnowsTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/KnowsTask.groovy
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 
 class KnowsTask extends DefaultTask {
 
-    static final String NAME = "knows"
-    static final String DESC = "Do you know who knows?"
+    public static final String NAME = "knows"
+    public static final String DESC = "Do you know who knows?"
 
     @TaskAction
     def knows() {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer.groovy
index 9bf2c815b..0c91e8fb9 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer.groovy
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.FileTreeElement
 class ComponentsXmlResourceTransformer implements Transformer {
     private Map<String, Xpp3Dom> components = new LinkedHashMap<String, Xpp3Dom>()
 
-    static final String COMPONENTS_XML_PATH = "META-INF/plexus/components.xml"
+    public static final String COMPONENTS_XML_PATH = "META-INF/plexus/components.xml"
 
     boolean canTransformResource(FileTreeElement element) {
         def path = element.relativePath.pathString
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/XmlAppendingTransformer.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/XmlAppendingTransformer.groovy
index 092472c0a..9bcf1deca 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/XmlAppendingTransformer.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/XmlAppendingTransformer.groovy
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.xml.sax.SAXException
  */
 @CacheableTransformer
 class XmlAppendingTransformer implements Transformer {
-    static final String XSI_NS = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    public static final String XSI_NS = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 
     @Input
     boolean ignoreDtd = true
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ManifestAppenderTransformerTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ManifestAppenderTransformerTest.groovy
index d3d41d516..316248f0d 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ManifestAppenderTransformerTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ManifestAppenderTransformerTest.groovy
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*
  * Test for {@link ManifestAppenderTransformer}.
  */
 class ManifestAppenderTransformerTest extends TransformerTestSupport {
-    static final String MANIFEST_NAME = "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"
+    public static final String MANIFEST_NAME = "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"
 
     private ManifestAppenderTransformer transformer
 
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/util/PluginSpecification.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/util/PluginSpecification.groovy
index 81ec812b0..102a1d200 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/util/PluginSpecification.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/util/PluginSpecification.groovy
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class PluginSpecification extends Specification {
 
     @Rule TemporaryFolder dir
 
-    static final String SHADOW_VERSION = PluginSpecification.classLoader.getResource("shadow-version.txt").text.trim()
+    public static final String SHADOW_VERSION = PluginSpecification.classLoader.getResource("shadow-version.txt").text.trim()
 
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