diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e017ce41e1..86d7008a41 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         gradlePluginPortal()
-        maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
+        maven {
+            url = "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:$gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion"
@@ -83,9 +85,13 @@ nexusPublishing {
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
-        maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
+        maven {
+            url = "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+        }
         if (project.projectVersion.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')) {
-            maven { url "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" }
+            maven {
+                url = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -124,8 +130,6 @@ allprojects {
     }
 }
 
-apply from: "gradle/idea.gradle"
-
 subprojects { project ->
     version = grailsVersion
     group = "org.graceframework"
@@ -187,6 +191,8 @@ subprojects { project ->
     apply plugin: "org.gradle.test-retry"
 
     java {
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
         withJavadocJar()
         withSourcesJar()
     }
@@ -222,7 +228,7 @@ subprojects { project ->
 
         afterEvaluate {
             signing {
-                required { isReleaseVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish") }
+                required = isReleaseVersion && gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publish")
                 sign publishing.publications.maven
             }
         }
@@ -255,9 +261,6 @@ subprojects { project ->
     if (project.name == 'grace-dependencies') return
     if (project.name == 'grace-bom') return
 
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
-
     jar{
         manifest.mainAttributes(
             "Built-By": System.properties['user.name'],
@@ -289,10 +292,11 @@ subprojects { project ->
     }
 
     configure([compileGroovy, compileTestGroovy]) {
-        groovyOptions.fork(memoryInitialSize: '128M', memoryMaximumSize: '1G')
         groovyOptions.encoding = "UTF-8"
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"
         options.compilerArgs << '-parameters'
+        options.forkOptions.memoryInitialSize = '128M'
+        options.forkOptions.memoryMaximumSize = '1G'
     }
 
     configure([compileJava, compileTestJava]) {
@@ -357,10 +361,10 @@ subprojects { project ->
         testLogging {
             events "passed", "skipped", "failed"
 
-            showExceptions true
-            exceptionFormat "full"
-            showCauses true
-            showStackTraces true
+            showExceptions = true
+            exceptionFormat = "full"
+            showCauses = true
+            showStackTraces = true
         }
         excludes = ["**/*TestCase.class", "**/*\$*.class"]
         if (isCiBuild) {
@@ -446,8 +450,8 @@ sdkman {
 }
 
 task sdkManRelease {
-    group 'SDKMAN! Release'
-    description 'Performs a Major or Minor Release depend on project version'
+    group = 'SDKMAN! Release'
+    description = 'Performs a Major or Minor Release depend on project version'
     if (project.projectVersion.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")) {
         // Do nothing
     } else if (project.projectVersion.contains("M") || project.projectVersion.contains("RC")) {
diff --git a/grace-bom/build.gradle b/grace-bom/build.gradle
index 1086e5438f..7787609a34 100644
--- a/grace-bom/build.gradle
+++ b/grace-bom/build.gradle
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ task generateEffectiveBom(type: Copy) {
         include "pom-default.xml"
         filter(org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens, beginToken: '${', endToken: '}', tokens: tokens)
     }
-    destinationDir file("$buildDir/generated/effective-bom")
+    destinationDir = file("$buildDir/generated/effective-bom")
     rename "pom-default.xml", "${project.name}-effective.xml"
 }
 
diff --git a/grace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/grace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
index 394ffab9f1..f73e40c1be 100644
--- a/grace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/grace-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -105,9 +105,10 @@ jar {
 }
 
 configure([compileGroovy, compileTestGroovy]) {
-    groovyOptions.fork(memoryInitialSize: '128M', memoryMaximumSize: '1G')
     groovyOptions.encoding = "UTF-8"
     options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+    options.forkOptions.memoryInitialSize = '128M'
+    options.forkOptions.memoryMaximumSize = '1G'
 }
 
 configure([compileJava, compileTestJava]) {
@@ -121,9 +122,9 @@ configure([groovydoc]) {
 }
 
 configure([javadoc]) {
-    options.encoding "UTF-8"
-    options.docEncoding "UTF-8"
-    options.charSet "UTF-8"
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+    options.docEncoding = "UTF-8"
+    options.charSet = "UTF-8"
     options.jFlags "-Xms64M", "-Xmx512M"
 }
 
diff --git a/grace-shell/build.gradle b/grace-shell/build.gradle
index a0d9a4260e..ffbe9de614 100644
--- a/grace-shell/build.gradle
+++ b/grace-shell/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-apply plugin:'application'
+apply plugin: 'application'
 
-mainClassName = "org.grails.cli.GrailsCli"
+application {
+    mainClass.set('org.grails.cli.GrailsCli')
+}
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
-    maven { url 'https://repo.gradle.org/gradle/libs-releases' }
+    maven {
+        url = 'https://repo.gradle.org/gradle/libs-releases'
+    }
 }
 
 ext {
diff --git a/gradle/docs.gradle b/gradle/docs.gradle
index 7dd82b54d8..807229433e 100644
--- a/gradle/docs.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
-        maven { url "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
+        maven {
+            url = "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core"
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +80,6 @@ task javadoc(type:Javadoc, group: 'documentation') {
         links("https://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api", "https://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api", "https://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api")
 //        tags("todo:a:To do")  todo fix the javadoc task to accept this option
     }
-    verbose = false
 }
 
 tasks.register('groovydoc', Groovydoc) {
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ task gdoc(type: GradleBuild, dependsOn: ["groovydoc", "fetchGrailsDocsSource"],
     startParameter.setCurrentDir(new File("${buildDir}/grails-docs-src"));
     // startParameter.setSearchUpwards(false)
     startParameter.useEmptySettings()
-    buildFile = "${buildDir}/grails-docs-src/build.gradle"
+    dir = "${buildDir}/grails-docs-src/build.gradle"
     tasks = ["clean", "assemble"]
 
     doFirst {