diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 32480b556d9..03b4d8beca1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ buildscript {
         classpath "com.github.adrianbk:gradle-travisci-trigger-plugin:1.0.0"
         classpath "com.bmuschko:gradle-nexus-plugin:$gradleNexusPluginVersion"
         classpath "gradle.plugin.io.sdkman:gradle-sdkvendor-plugin:$gradleSdkVendorVersion"
-//        classpath "io.github.groovylang.groovydoc:groovydoc-gradle-plugin:1.0.1"
         classpath "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:$jaxbVersion"
         classpath "com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:$jaxbVersion"
         classpath "org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.2"
@@ -284,6 +283,7 @@ subprojects { project ->
         project.ext.artifactoryPublishPassword = System.getenv("ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD")
     }
 
+    apply plugin: 'java-library'
     apply plugin: 'groovy'
 //    apply plugin: "io.github.groovylang.groovydoc"
     if(!isTestSuite) {
@@ -451,24 +451,24 @@ subprojects { project ->
         documentation "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-cli-picocli:$groovyVersion"
         documentation ("com.github.javaparser:javaparser-core:$javaParserCoreVersion")
 
-        compile groovyDependency
+        api groovyDependency
 
-        testCompile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-test-junit5:${groovyVersion}"
-        testCompile "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.6.2"
-        testCompile "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.6.2"
+        testImplementation "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-test-junit5:${groovyVersion}"
+        testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.6.2"
+        testImplementation "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.6.2"
         testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.6.2"
 
         if (project.name != "grails-docs") {
             // Logging
-            compile "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
-            compile "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
+            api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+            api "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion"
 
             // Testing
-            testCompile "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:$slf4jVersion"
-            testCompile("org.spockframework:spock-core:${spockVersion}") { transitive = false }
+            testImplementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:$slf4jVersion"
+            testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core:${spockVersion}") { transitive = false }
             // Required by Spock's Mocking
-            testCompile "cglib:cglib-nodep:${cglibVersion}"
-            testCompile "org.objenesis:objenesis:${objenesisVersion}"
+            testImplementation "cglib:cglib-nodep:${cglibVersion}"
+            testImplementation "org.objenesis:objenesis:${objenesisVersion}"
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle/docs.gradle b/gradle/docs.gradle
index 7f1ecee6cbb..1eeff437fb1 100644
--- a/gradle/docs.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docs.gradle
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         maven { url "https://repo.grails.org/grails/core" }
     }
-    dependencies {
-//        classpath "io.github.groovylang.groovydoc:groovydoc-gradle-plugin:1.0.1"
-    }
 }
+
 /**
  * Since Grails is a mixed Groovy/Java codebase the javadoc tool needs stubs in order for javadoc compilation to pass
  * This target generates a set of stubs for the Groovy sources
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ task docs {
 
 task javadoc(type:Javadoc) {
     def subs = subprojects.findAll { it.name != 'grails-dependencies' && it.name != 'grails-bom' && it.name != 'grails-compat' }
-    classpath = files(subs.configurations.compile)
+    classpath = files(subs.configurations.compileClasspath)
     dependsOn stubs
     maxMemory = '256M'
     destinationDir = file("$docs.destinationDir/javadoc")
diff --git a/gradle/integration-test.gradle b/gradle/integration-test.gradle
index 267aced6d30..74a02ae1a0a 100644
--- a/gradle/integration-test.gradle
+++ b/gradle/integration-test.gradle
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ sourceSets {
 dependencies {
   integrationTestCompile sourceSets.main.output
   integrationTestCompile sourceSets.test.output
-  integrationTestCompile configurations.testCompile
-  integrationTestRuntime configurations.testRuntime
+  integrationTestCompile configurations.testCompileClasspath
+  integrationTestRuntime configurations.testRuntimeClasspath
 }
 
 // Define integration test task
diff --git a/grails-bootstrap/build.gradle b/grails-bootstrap/build.gradle
index 6f756d7ef8b..ae1afd1d753 100644
--- a/grails-bootstrap/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-bootstrap/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 
 dependencies {
-    compile ( "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-xml:$groovyVersion" )
-    compile ( "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates:$groovyVersion" )
-    compile "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.23"
+    api ( "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-xml:$groovyVersion" )
+    api ( "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates:$groovyVersion" )
+    api "org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.23"
     
     compileOnly("io.methvin:directory-watcher:0.3.0")
     compileOnly("org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion")
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ dependencies {
     // Ant
     compileOnly "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
 
-    testCompile("org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion")
-    testCompile("jline:jline:$jlineVersion")
+    testImplementation("org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion")
+    testImplementation("jline:jline:$jlineVersion")
 
 }
 
diff --git a/grails-codecs/build.gradle b/grails-codecs/build.gradle
index 8cbce39d9ae..8312eaf8015 100644
--- a/grails-codecs/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-codecs/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10'
+    api 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.10'
 }
diff --git a/grails-console/build.gradle b/grails-console/build.gradle
index 0bc45e4fe13..c1d1ef8e6d2 100644
--- a/grails-console/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-console/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-core")
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-console:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-swing:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-groovysh:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion",
+    api project(":grails-core")
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-console:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-swing:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-groovysh:$groovyVersion"
+    implementation "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion",
             "jline:jline:$jlineVersion",
             "net.java.dev.jna:jna:$jnaVersion"
 
-    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:$springBootVersion")
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-test:${springVersion}"
+    api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:$springBootVersion")
+    api "org.springframework:spring-test:${springVersion}"
 
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-web:${springVersion}", optional
+    api "org.springframework:spring-web:${springVersion}", optional
 
-    compile "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion", optional
+    api "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:$servletApiVersion", optional
 }
diff --git a/grails-core/build.gradle b/grails-core/build.gradle
index a93ded31f76..2733e9108e1 100644
--- a/grails-core/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-core/build.gradle
@@ -6,23 +6,23 @@ dependencies {
             "org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion"
     annotationProcessor "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java:$micronautVersion"
     annotationProcessor "io.micronaut.spring:micronaut-spring-annotation:$micronautSpringVersion"
-    compile "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject:$micronautVersion"
-    compile "io.micronaut.spring:micronaut-spring-context:$micronautSpringVersion"
-    compile 'javax.persistence:javax.persistence-api:2.2'
-    compile "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:$javaxAnnotationApiVersion"
+    api "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject:$micronautVersion"
+    api "io.micronaut.spring:micronaut-spring-context:$micronautSpringVersion"
+    api 'javax.persistence:javax.persistence-api:2.2'
+    api "javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:$javaxAnnotationApiVersion"
 
-    compile "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:$caffeineVersion"
-    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:$springBootVersion")
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-core:${springVersion}") {
+    implementation "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:$caffeineVersion"
+    api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:$springBootVersion")
+    api("org.springframework:spring-core:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}") {
+    api("org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-beans:${springVersion}") {
+    api("org.springframework:spring-beans:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-context:${springVersion}") {
+    api("org.springframework:spring-context:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates:$groovyVersion")
 
 
-    compile project(":grails-bootstrap"), {
+    api project(":grails-bootstrap"), {
         exclude group:"org.fusesource.jansi", module:"jansi"
         exclude group:"jline", module:"jline"
         exclude group:"net.java.dev.jna", module:"jna"
@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group:"org.codehaus.gant", module:"gant_groovy1.8"
     }
 
-    compile project(":grails-spring"), {
+    api project(":grails-spring"), {
         exclude group:'org.springframework', module:'spring-tx'
         exclude group:'org.springframework', module:'spring-web'
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-bootstrap'
     }
 
-    compile "org.grails:grails-datastore-core:$datastoreVersion"
+    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-core:$datastoreVersion"
 
-    testCompile("org.springframework:spring-jdbc:${springVersion}") {
+    testImplementation("org.springframework:spring-jdbc:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
 
-    testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
+    testImplementation "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3"
 
-    testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
+    testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
 
     // These dependencies are not required, but due to a Groovy compiler bug they are loaded by Groovy and hence
     // have to be on the path for compilation even though they shouldn't be
diff --git a/grails-databinding/build.gradle b/grails-databinding/build.gradle
index 9b2e7f98ae1..4bac3f2efb1 100644
--- a/grails-databinding/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-databinding/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-xml:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-xml:$groovyVersion"
 }
 
diff --git a/grails-dependencies/build.gradle b/grails-dependencies/build.gradle
index 9768c85bba5..1a24ae26438 100644
--- a/grails-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ publishing {
                             delegate.groupId "org.grails"
                             delegate.artifactId "grails-bootstrap"
                             delegate.version( project.version )
-                            delegate.scope "compile"
+                            delegate.scope "api"
 
                             delegate.exclusions {
                                 delegate.exclusion {
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ publishing {
                                 delegate.groupId "org.grails"
                                 delegate.artifactId "grails-plugin-${sub}"
                                 delegate.version( project.version )
-                                delegate.scope "compile"
+                                delegate.scope "api"
                             }
                         }
                         delegate.dependency {
                             delegate.groupId "org.grails.plugins"
                             delegate.artifactId "async"
                             delegate.version asyncVersion
-                            delegate.scope "compile"
+                            delegate.scope "api"
                             delegate.exclusions {
                                 delegate.exclusion {
                                     delegate.groupId 'javax'
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ publishing {
                             delegate.groupId "org.grails.plugins"
                             delegate.artifactId "gsp"
                             delegate.version gspVersion
-                            delegate.scope "compile"
+                            delegate.scope "api"
                             delegate.exclusions {
                                 delegate.exclusion {
                                     delegate.groupId 'javax'
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ publishing {
                             delegate.groupId "com.h2database"
                             delegate.artifactId "h2"
                             delegate.version( h2Version )
-                            delegate.scope "runtime"
+                            delegate.scope "runtimeOnly"
                         }
 
                     }
diff --git a/grails-docs/build.gradle b/grails-docs/build.gradle
index 9eb8f75ea87..730e4c75633 100644
--- a/grails-docs/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-docs/build.gradle
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 configurations {
     // Required to keep Gradle classes off the test compile classpath.
-    gradleConf.extendsFrom compile
+    gradleConf.extendsFrom compileClasspath
 }
 
 dependencies {
     gradleConf gradleApi()
-    compile "commons-lang:commons-lang:$commonsLangVersion",
+    api "commons-lang:commons-lang:$commonsLangVersion",
             "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:$slf4jVersion",
             "org.apache.ant:ant:$antVersion",
             'org.grails:grails-gdoc-engine:1.0.1',
             'org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.14',
             "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
 
-    compile 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj:1.5.4'
-    compile('org.xhtmlrenderer:core-renderer:R8') {
+    api 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctorj:1.5.4'
+    api('org.xhtmlrenderer:core-renderer:R8') {
         exclude group: 'bouncycastle', module:'bcprov-jdk14'
     }
 
-    runtime "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+    runtimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
 
-    runtime('com.lowagie:itext:2.0.8')
+    runtimeOnly('com.lowagie:itext:2.0.8')
 
-    compile 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.7.3'
-    testCompile("org.spockframework:spock-core:${spockVersion}") { transitive = false }
+    api 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.7.3'
+    testImplementation("org.spockframework:spock-core:${spockVersion}") { transitive = false }
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/grails-encoder/build.gradle b/grails-encoder/build.gradle
index a3bad0d6237..5f0667a93d8 100644
--- a/grails-encoder/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-encoder/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-core")
+    api project(":grails-core")
     // HtmlUtils is used from spring-web
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-json:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-web:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-json:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-web:${springVersion}"
 }
diff --git a/grails-gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/grails-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
index 343c60431be..2e830bd25c5 100644
--- a/grails-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 apply plugin: 'groovy'
 
 dependencies {
-    compile gradleApi()
-    compile project(":grails-gradle-model")
-    compile project(":grails-shell"), {
+    api gradleApi()
+    api project(":grails-gradle-model")
+    api project(":grails-shell"), {
         exclude group:"org.slf4j", module:"slf4j-simple"
     }
-    compile project(":grails-bootstrap"), {
+    api project(":grails-bootstrap"), {
         exclude group:"org.fusesource.jansi", module:"jansi"
         exclude group:"jline", module:"jline"
         exclude group:"net.java.dev.jna", module:"jna"
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group:"org.codehaus.gant", module:"gant_groovy1.8"
     }
 
-    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:$springBootVersion"
-    compile 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.8.4'
-    compile "io.spring.gradle:dependency-management-plugin:0.6.1.RELEASE"
-    compile 'com.netflix.nebula:gradle-extra-configurations-plugin:2.2.0'
+    api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:$springBootVersion"
+    api 'com.jfrog.bintray.gradle:gradle-bintray-plugin:1.8.4'
+    api "io.spring.gradle:dependency-management-plugin:0.6.1.RELEASE"
+    api 'com.netflix.nebula:gradle-extra-configurations-plugin:2.2.0'
 }
diff --git a/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/core/IntegrationTestGradlePlugin.groovy b/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/core/IntegrationTestGradlePlugin.groovy
index c43118ef07c..3f9c7643af1 100644
--- a/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/core/IntegrationTestGradlePlugin.groovy
+++ b/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/core/IntegrationTestGradlePlugin.groovy
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ class IntegrationTestGradlePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             DependencyHandler dependencies = project.dependencies
             dependencies.add("integrationTestCompile", SourceSets.findMainSourceSet(project).output)
             dependencies.add("integrationTestCompile", SourceSets.findSourceSet(project, SourceSet.TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME).output)
-            dependencies.add("integrationTestCompile", project.configurations.findByName("testCompile"))
-            dependencies.add("integrationTestRuntime", project.configurations.findByName("testRuntime"))
+            dependencies.add("integrationTestCompile", project.configurations.findByName("testCompileClasspath"))
+            dependencies.add("integrationTestRuntime", project.configurations.findByName("testRuntimeClasspath"))
 
             TaskContainer tasks = project.tasks
             Test integrationTestTask = tasks.create('integrationTest', Test)
diff --git a/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/web/gsp/GroovyPagePlugin.groovy b/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/web/gsp/GroovyPagePlugin.groovy
index 4003915b734..5d01e7f253a 100644
--- a/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/web/gsp/GroovyPagePlugin.groovy
+++ b/grails-gradle-plugin/src/main/groovy/org/grails/gradle/plugin/web/gsp/GroovyPagePlugin.groovy
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class GroovyPagePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         File destDir = output?.dir("gsp-classes") ?: new File(project.buildDir, "gsp-classes/main")
 
         Configuration providedConfig = project.configurations.findByName('provided')
-        def allClasspath = project.configurations.compile + project.configurations.gspCompile + classesDirs
+        def allClasspath = project.configurations.compileClasspath + project.configurations.gspCompile + classesDirs
         if(providedConfig) {
             allClasspath += providedConfig
         }
diff --git a/grails-logging/build.gradle b/grails-logging/build.gradle
index 843a47e71c5..9a260428d3b 100644
--- a/grails-logging/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-logging/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-core")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    api project(":grails-core")
+}
diff --git a/grails-plugin-codecs/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-codecs/build.gradle
index 8d49a5b860c..895dbf0412e 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-codecs/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-codecs/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "io.micronaut.spring:micronaut-spring-annotation:$micronautSpringVersion"
     compileOnly "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-groovy:$micronautVersion"
 
-    compile project(":grails-web"), project(":grails-encoder")
-    runtime project(":grails-codecs")
+    api project(":grails-web"), project(":grails-encoder")
+    runtimeOnly project(":grails-codecs")
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-controllers/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-controllers/build.gradle
index a19cfac1e8e..16cef8bcbcf 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-controllers/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-controllers/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-core"),
+    api project(":grails-core"),
             project(":grails-web"),
             project(':grails-plugin-mimetypes'),
             project(':grails-plugin-validation'),
             project(':grails-plugin-domain-class')
 
-    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:$springBootVersion")
-    runtime project(':grails-plugin-i18n')
+    api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:$springBootVersion")
+    runtimeOnly project(':grails-plugin-i18n')
 
-    testRuntime "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
-    testRuntime "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-databinding/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-databinding/build.gradle
index 1a17ec389af..853243f1351 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-databinding/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-databinding/build.gradle
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java:$micronautVersion"
     compileOnly "io.micronaut.spring:micronaut-spring-annotation:$micronautSpringVersion"
 
-    compile project(':grails-core'), project(':grails-web')
+    api project(':grails-core'), project(':grails-web')
 //    compile "io.micronaut:micronaut-runtime-groovy:$micronautRuntimeGroovyVersion"
 
-    testCompile project(':grails-test-suite-base')
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
+    testImplementation project(':grails-test-suite-base')
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-rest'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-interceptors'
diff --git a/grails-plugin-datasource/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-datasource/build.gradle
index 627c5feee56..3ce4005d6b0 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-datasource/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-datasource/build.gradle
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-jdbc:${springVersion}") {
+    api("org.springframework:spring-jdbc:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
 
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-sql:$groovyVersion"
 
-    compile("org.springframework:spring-context:${springVersion}") {
+    api("org.springframework:spring-context:${springVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module:'commons-logging'
     }
 
-    compile "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm:$datastoreVersion"
-    compile "org.grails:grails-datastore-core:$datastoreVersion"
+    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm:$datastoreVersion"
+    api "org.grails:grails-datastore-core:$datastoreVersion"
 
     compileOnly "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
-    runtime "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
+    runtimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-log4j:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
 
-    compile project(":grails-core")
+    api project(":grails-core")
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-domain-class/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-domain-class/build.gradle
index 7b3dab3a48a..d4b0830adee 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-domain-class/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-domain-class/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 dependencies {
 
-    compile project(":grails-core"), project(":grails-spring")
-    compile project(":grails-plugin-validation")
+    api project(":grails-core"), project(":grails-spring")
+    api project(":grails-plugin-validation")
 
     // Datastore APIs
-    compile("org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-validation:$datastoreVersion") {
+    api("org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-validation:$datastoreVersion") {
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-core'
     }
-    compile("org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm:$datastoreVersion") {
+    api("org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm:$datastoreVersion") {
         transitive = false
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-core'
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-bootstrap'
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module:'slf4j-simple'
 
     }
-    compile("org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-support:$datastoreVersion") {
+    api("org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-support:$datastoreVersion") {
         transitive = false
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-core'
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-gorm'
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module:'slf4j-simple'
 
     }
-    compile("org.grails:grails-datastore-core:$datastoreVersion") {
+    api("org.grails:grails-datastore-core:$datastoreVersion") {
         exclude group: 'org.springframework', module:'spring-core'
         exclude group: 'org.springframework', module:'spring-context'
         exclude group: 'org.springframework', module:'spring-web'
diff --git a/grails-plugin-i18n/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-i18n/build.gradle
index 0a073394975..7c741dc088f 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-i18n/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-i18n/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-web")
+    api project(":grails-web")
 
     provided "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-interceptors/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-interceptors/build.gradle
index 0f55c607aab..438e3f86cbf 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-interceptors/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-interceptors/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-plugin-controllers")
-    compile project(":grails-plugin-url-mappings")
+    api project(":grails-plugin-controllers")
+    api project(":grails-plugin-url-mappings")
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-mimetypes/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-mimetypes/build.gradle
index 4aacc97908f..4600d5073d4 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-mimetypes/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-mimetypes/build.gradle
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java:$micronautVersion"
     compileOnly "io.micronaut.spring:micronaut-spring-annotation:$micronautSpringVersion"
 
-    compile project(":grails-web")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    api project(":grails-web")
+}
diff --git a/grails-plugin-rest/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-rest/build.gradle
index 44c37c81dd0..5893f1a261a 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-rest/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-rest/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 dependencies {
 
-    compile 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0'
+    api 'javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.0'
 
-    compile project(":grails-web"),
+    api project(":grails-web"),
             project(":grails-plugin-controllers"),
             project(":grails-plugin-datasource")
 
-    compile "org.grails.plugins:converters:$legacyConvertersVersion"
+    api "org.grails.plugins:converters:$legacyConvertersVersion"
 
-    testCompile project(":grails-plugin-url-mappings"),
+    testImplementation project(":grails-plugin-url-mappings"),
                 project(":grails-test-suite-base")
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-services/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-services/build.gradle
index ca61c55c90e..bf7b0d7ea41 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-services/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-services/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}"
 
-    compile project(":grails-core"), project(":grails-plugin-datasource")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    api project(":grails-core"), project(":grails-plugin-datasource")
+}
diff --git a/grails-plugin-url-mappings/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-url-mappings/build.gradle
index dbf12ac7c6f..373d15547d5 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-url-mappings/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-url-mappings/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-web"), project(":grails-plugin-controllers")
+    api project(":grails-web"), project(":grails-plugin-controllers")
     provided "junit:junit:${junitVersion}"
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-validation/build.gradle b/grails-plugin-validation/build.gradle
index df2be782c92..3f04461efaf 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-validation/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-plugin-validation/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-core"),
+    api project(":grails-core"),
             project(':grails-web')
 }
diff --git a/grails-shell/build.gradle b/grails-shell/build.gradle
index f943f17bb80..1ce55d85e6e 100644
--- a/grails-shell/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-shell/build.gradle
@@ -12,25 +12,25 @@ ext {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-bootstrap")
-    compile project(":grails-gradle-model")
-    compile "org.apache.ant:ant:$antVersion"
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-json:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-jmx:$groovyVersion"
-    compile "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
-    compile "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
-    compile "org.gradle:gradle-tooling-api:$gradleToolingApiVersion"
-
-    compile("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cli:$springBootVersion") {
+    api project(":grails-bootstrap")
+    api project(":grails-gradle-model")
+    api "org.apache.ant:ant:$antVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-ant:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-json:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-jmx:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi:$jansiVersion"
+    api "jline:jline:$jlineVersion"
+    api "org.gradle:gradle-tooling-api:$gradleToolingApiVersion"
+
+    api("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-cli:$springBootVersion") {
         exclude group: "org.codehaus.groovy", module: "groovy"
     }
 
-    testCompile "net.sf.expectit:expectit-core:0.5.0"
-    testCompile "com.github.jnr:jnr-posix:3.0.6"
+    testImplementation "net.sf.expectit:expectit-core:0.5.0"
+    testImplementation "com.github.jnr:jnr-posix:3.0.6"
 
-    runtime "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:$slf4jVersion"
-    runtime "org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api:1.0-alpha-33"
+    runtimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:$slf4jVersion"
+    runtimeOnly "org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-component-api:1.0-alpha-33"
 
 }
 
diff --git a/grails-spring/build.gradle b/grails-spring/build.gradle
index 799fc6118e7..fd72f8a9105 100644
--- a/grails-spring/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-spring/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-web:${springVersion}"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-context:${springVersion}"
-    compile project(":grails-bootstrap"), {
+    api "org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-web:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-context:${springVersion}"
+    api project(":grails-bootstrap"), {
         exclude group:"org.fusesource.jansi", module:"jansi"
         exclude group:"jline", module:"jline"
         exclude group:"net.java.dev.jna", module:"jna"
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ dependencies {
 
         exclude group:"org.codehaus.gant", module:"gant_groovy1.8"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-base/build.gradle b/grails-test-suite-base/build.gradle
index 696a71d664c..0f763517f91 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-base/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-test-suite-base/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(':grails-bootstrap'),
+    api project(':grails-bootstrap'),
             project(':grails-core'),
             project(':grails-spring'),
             project(':grails-web'),
             project(':grails-test'),
             project(':grails-plugin-domain-class')
 
-    compile "org.grails.plugins:converters:$legacyConvertersVersion"
+    api "org.grails.plugins:converters:$legacyConvertersVersion"
 }
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-persistence/build.gradle b/grails-test-suite-persistence/build.gradle
index 6776b5a15da..425927c7f59 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-persistence/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-test-suite-persistence/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-configurations.testCompile {
+configurations.testCompileClasspath {
     exclude module: "grails-plugin-testing"
 }
 
 dependencies {
 
-    testCompile project(':grails-test-suite-base'),
+    testImplementation project(':grails-test-suite-base'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-domain-class'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-datasource'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-i18n'),
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ dependencies {
                 project(':grails-bootstrap'),
                 project(':grails-spring')
 
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-validation:$datastoreVersion"
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:$hibernateDatastoreVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-validation:$datastoreVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:$hibernateDatastoreVersion", {
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-gorm'
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-core'
         exclude group: 'org.springframework', module:'spring-core'
@@ -42,22 +42,22 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'javassist', module: 'javassist'
     }
 
-    compile "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
+    api "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
 
-    testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
+    testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
 
     //    // Required for AspectJ support
-    testRuntime "org.springframework:spring-aspects:${springVersion}"
-    testRuntime "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-aspects:${springVersion}"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
                   "org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion"
 
-    testCompile "org.grails.plugins:async:$asyncVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:async:$asyncVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-controllers'
         exclude module:'grails-core'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-domain-class'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-domain-class'
         exclude module:'grails-test'
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-uber/build.gradle b/grails-test-suite-uber/build.gradle
index a3a7f825bc5..01c187eae12 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-uber/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-test-suite-uber/build.gradle
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
-configurations.testCompile {
+configurations.testCompileClasspath {
     exclude module: "grails-plugin-testing"
 }
 
 dependencies {
 
-    compile project(':grails-test-suite-base'),
+    api project(':grails-test-suite-base'),
             project(':grails-plugin-interceptors'),        
             project(':grails-plugin-controllers')
 
-    compile "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
+    api "org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:$tomcatVersion"
 
-    testRuntime 'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-    testRuntime 'jstl:jstl:1.1.2'
-    testRuntime 'javax.el:el-api:1.0'
-    testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
-    testRuntime "org.springframework:spring-aspects:${springVersion}"
-    testRuntime "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
+    testRuntimeOnly 'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'jstl:jstl:1.1.2'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'javax.el:el-api:1.0'
+    testRuntimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:$h2Version"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-aspects:${springVersion}"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
             "org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion"
 
-    testCompile project(':grails-plugin-codecs'),
+    testImplementation project(':grails-plugin-codecs'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-domain-class') ,
                 project(':grails-plugin-url-mappings') ,
                 project(":grails-plugin-datasource"),
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies {
                 project(":grails-plugin-databinding"),
                 project(':grails-spring')
 
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:$hibernateDatastoreVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:$hibernateDatastoreVersion", {
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-gorm'
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-core'
         exclude group: 'org.springframework', module:'spring-core'
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'javassist', module: 'javassist'
     }
 
-    testCompile "org.grails.plugins:async:$asyncVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:async:$asyncVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-controllers'
         exclude module:'grails-core'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-domain-class'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails.plugins:gsp:$gspVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:gsp:$gspVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-controllers'
         exclude module:'grails-core'
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module:'grails-web-common'
         exclude module:'grails-encoder'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-domain-class'
         exclude module:'grails-test'
         exclude module:'grails-core'
         exclude module:'async'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-rest'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-interceptors'
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-web/build.gradle b/grails-test-suite-web/build.gradle
index 7abc81242ef..c4ef84507dc 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-web/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-test-suite-web/build.gradle
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ configurations.all {
     }
 }
 
-configurations.testCompile {
+configurations.testCompileClasspath {
     exclude module: "grails-plugin-testing"
 }
 
 dependencies {
 
-    testCompile 'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
-    testCompile 'jstl:jstl:1.1.2'
-    testCompile 'javax.el:el-api:1.0'
-    testCompile project(':grails-test-suite-base'),
+    testImplementation 'javax.servlet.jsp:jsp-api:2.1'
+    testImplementation 'jstl:jstl:1.1.2'
+    testImplementation 'javax.el:el-api:1.0'
+    testImplementation project(':grails-test-suite-base'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-domain-class'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-codecs'),
                 project(':grails-plugin-datasource'),
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ dependencies {
                 project(':grails-web'),
                 project(':grails-web-databinding'),
                 project(':grails-spring')
-    testCompile "org.grails.plugins:converters:$legacyConvertersVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:converters:$legacyConvertersVersion"
 
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:$hibernateDatastoreVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-datastore-gorm-hibernate5:$hibernateDatastoreVersion", {
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-gorm'
         exclude group: 'org.grails', module:'grails-datastore-core'
         exclude group: 'org.springframework', module:'spring-core'
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ dependencies {
     }
 
     // Required for tag library support
-    testCompile 'taglibs:standard:1.1.2'
-    testCompile "javax.servlet:jstl:1.1.2"
+    testImplementation 'taglibs:standard:1.1.2'
+    testImplementation "javax.servlet:jstl:1.1.2"
 
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-web-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-rest'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-interceptors'
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module:'async'
         exclude module:'gsp'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails.plugins:gsp:$gspVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:gsp:$gspVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-controllers'
         exclude module:'grails-core'
@@ -76,21 +76,21 @@ dependencies {
         exclude module:'grails-web-common'
         exclude module:'grails-encoder'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails.plugins:async:$asyncVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails.plugins:async:$asyncVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-controllers'
         exclude module:'grails-core'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-domain-class'
     }
-    testCompile "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
+    testImplementation "org.grails:grails-gorm-testing-support:$testingSupportVersion", {
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-codecs'
         exclude module:'grails-plugin-domain-class'
         exclude module:'grails-test'
         exclude module:'async'
     }
 
-    testRuntime "org.springframework:spring-aspects:${springVersion}"
-    testRuntime "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.springframework:spring-aspects:${springVersion}"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.aspectj:aspectjrt:$aspectjVersion",
             "org.aspectj:aspectjweaver:$aspectjVersion"
 
 }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dependencies {
 // javaee-web-api has a bad versions of classes we need to compile against
 // Just remove it fromt the compile classpath here
 configurations {
-    testCompile {
+    testCompileClasspath {
         exclude module: "javaee-web-api"
     }
 }
diff --git a/grails-test/build.gradle b/grails-test/build.gradle
index 1d6f3e42f4e..984ab95b10a 100644
--- a/grails-test/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-test/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 dependencies {
 
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-tx:${springVersion}"
 
-    compile "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-test:$springBootVersion"
+    api "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-test:$springBootVersion"
     // Testing
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-test-junit5:$groovyVersion"
-    compile("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-test:$groovyVersion")
-    compile("org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion") { transitive = false }
-    compile "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.6.0"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-test-junit5:$groovyVersion"
+    api("org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-test:$groovyVersion")
+    api("org.spockframework:spock-core:$spockVersion") { transitive = false }
+    api "org.junit.platform:junit-platform-runner:1.6.0"
 
 
     provided project(":grails-plugin-mimetypes")
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ dependencies {
     provided "org.apache.ant:ant-junit:${antVersion}"
 
     // needed for Spock
-    compile "org.objenesis:objenesis:${objenesisVersion}"
+    api "org.objenesis:objenesis:${objenesisVersion}"
 }
diff --git a/grails-web-boot/build.gradle b/grails-web-boot/build.gradle
index 021f14a1d0d..8683c10fcfb 100644
--- a/grails-web-boot/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web-boot/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-web-common")
+    api project(":grails-web-common")
 
-    testCompile project(":grails-plugin-controllers")
+    testImplementation project(":grails-plugin-controllers")
 
-    testCompile "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:$tomcatVersion"
-    testRuntime "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
-    testRuntime project(":grails-plugin-i18n")
-    testRuntime project(":grails-plugin-url-mappings")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    testImplementation "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:$tomcatVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:$tomcatLog4jVersion"
+    testRuntimeOnly project(":grails-plugin-i18n")
+    testRuntimeOnly project(":grails-plugin-url-mappings")
+}
diff --git a/grails-web-common/build.gradle b/grails-web-common/build.gradle
index 4e42fd643b3..425dc62c93d 100644
--- a/grails-web-common/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web-common/build.gradle
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-core"), {
+    api project(":grails-core"), {
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-spring'
     }
-    compile project(":grails-databinding")
-    compile project(":grails-encoder")
-    compile "org.grails:grails-gsp:$gspVersion", {
+    api project(":grails-databinding")
+    api project(":grails-encoder")
+    api "org.grails:grails-gsp:$gspVersion", {
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-core'
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-encoder'
     }
 
-    compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates:$groovyVersion"
+    api "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-templates:$groovyVersion"
 
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:${springVersion}"
-    compile "org.springframework:spring-context-support:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:${springVersion}"
+    api "org.springframework:spring-context-support:${springVersion}"
 }
diff --git a/grails-web-databinding/build.gradle b/grails-web-databinding/build.gradle
index be1487a3583..9606d1510cd 100644
--- a/grails-web-databinding/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web-databinding/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-databinding")
-    compile project(":grails-web-common")
+    api project(":grails-databinding")
+    api project(":grails-web-common")
 }
diff --git a/grails-web-fileupload/build.gradle b/grails-web-fileupload/build.gradle
index c8788bd643e..52abae595c4 100644
--- a/grails-web-fileupload/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web-fileupload/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-web-common")
-    compile('commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3.3')
+    api project(":grails-web-common")
+    api('commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload:1.3.3')
 }
diff --git a/grails-web-mvc/build.gradle b/grails-web-mvc/build.gradle
index ab17a593139..6470aa4ade6 100644
--- a/grails-web-mvc/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web-mvc/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-web-common"),            
+    api project(":grails-web-common"),
             project(":grails-web-url-mappings")
 
-    compile "org.grails:grails-web-sitemesh:$gspVersion", {
+    api "org.grails:grails-web-sitemesh:$gspVersion", {
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-web-common'
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/grails-web/build.gradle b/grails-web/build.gradle
index c4de548e45b..6897bbaba71 100644
--- a/grails-web/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-web/build.gradle
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 dependencies {
-    compile project(":grails-web-common")
-    compile project(":grails-web-databinding")
-    compile project(":grails-web-fileupload"), optional
-    compile project(":grails-web-url-mappings")
-    compile project(":grails-web-mvc")
+    api project(":grails-web-common")
+    api project(":grails-web-databinding")
+    api project(":grails-web-fileupload"), optional
+    api project(":grails-web-url-mappings")
+    api project(":grails-web-mvc")
 
 
-    compile "org.grails:grails-web-gsp:$gspVersion", {
+    api "org.grails:grails-web-gsp:$gspVersion", {
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-core'
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-encoder'
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-web-common'
     }
-    compile "org.grails:grails-web-sitemesh:$gspVersion", {
+    api "org.grails:grails-web-sitemesh:$gspVersion", {
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-core'
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-encoder'
         exclude group:'org.grails', module:'grails-web-common'