diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index a756617..2dad03e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ val applicationLogging = Logging.FULL
 @Suppress("DSL_SCOPE_VIOLATION")
 plugins {
     java
+    application
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.jvm)
     alias(libs.plugins.shadow)
-    alias(libs.plugins.runtime)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jpackage)
     alias(libs.plugins.gitarchive.tomarkdown).apply(false)
     alias(libs.plugins.versions)
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.serialization)
@@ -197,7 +198,12 @@ tasks {
             exclude(dependency("org.bytedeco:.*"))
         }
     }
-    named<org.beryx.runtime.JPackageTask>("jpackage") {
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
+
+tasks {
+    named("jpackage") {
         doLast {
             val destPath = if (OperatingSystem.current().isMacOsX)
                 "build/jpackage/openrndr-application.app/Contents/Resources/data"
@@ -216,13 +222,14 @@ tasks {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
 
-tasks.register<Zip>("jpackageZip") {
-    archiveFileName = "openrndr-application.zip"
-    from("${layout.buildDirectory.get()}/jpackage") {
-        include("**/*")
+    register<Zip>("jpackageZip") {
+        archiveFileName = "openrndr-application.zip"
+        from("${layout.buildDirectory.get()}/jpackage") {
+            include("**/*")
+        }
+        dependsOn("jpackage")
     }
 }
-tasks.findByName("jpackageZip")?.dependsOn("jpackage")
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ //
 
@@ -232,7 +239,7 @@ runtime {
         skipInstaller = true
         if (OperatingSystem.current().isMacOsX) {
             jvmArgs.add("-XstartOnFirstThread")
-            jvmArgs.add("-Duser.dir=${"$"}APPDIR/../Resources")
+            jvmArgs.add($$"-Duser.dir=$APPDIR/../Resources")
         }
     }
     options = listOf("--strip-debug", "--compress", "1", "--no-header-files", "--no-man-pages")
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d8dd14a..2e63b11 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jackson = "2.17.2"
 junit = "4.13.2"
 kotlinxCoroutines = "1.10.2"
 kotlinxSerialization = "1.9.0"
-kotlinLogging = "7.0.7"
+kotlinLogging = "7.0.10"
 kotlinCsvJvm = "1.9.3"
 jsoup = "1.17.1"
-shadow = "8.1.1"
-runtime = "1.13.1"
+shadow = "8.3.8"
+jpackage = "1.7.3"
 versions = "0.52.0"
 
 [libraries]
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ csv = { group = "com.github.doyaaaaaken", name = "kotlin-csv-jvm", version.ref =
 [plugins]
 kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlin-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
-shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version.ref = "shadow" }
-runtime = { id = "org.beryx.runtime", version.ref = "runtime" }
+shadow = { id = "com.gradleup.shadow", version.ref = "shadow" }
+jpackage = { id = "org.panteleyev.jpackageplugin", version.ref = "jpackage"}
 gitarchive-tomarkdown = { id = "org.openrndr.extra.gitarchiver.tomarkdown", version.ref = "orx" }
 versions = { id = "com.github.ben-manes.versions", version.ref = "versions" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index d4081da..2a84e18 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME