diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d1f72d2..b388652 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java: ['11', '17', '21']
+        java: ['21', '25']
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 15f21d5..f1d1c42 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ gradlePlugin {
 }
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_21
 }
 
 kotlin {
     compilerOptions {
-        jvmTarget.set(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget.JVM_11)
+        jvmTarget.set(org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget.JVM_21)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b9..9bbc975 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 37f853b..299848b 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-8.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f3b75f3..faf9300 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionTask.kt
index 59f4a12..d7969ac 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionTask.kt
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.tasks.PublishToMavenRepository
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskCollection
+import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault
 import org.w3c.dom.Element
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
+@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "in case a version was uploaded, should always check")
 abstract class SemanticVersionTask : DefaultTask() {
 
     private val versionRegex = "^\\d+\\.\\d+\$".toRegex()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/VersionFinder.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/VersionFinder.kt
index 56a9a27..8f07c95 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/VersionFinder.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/VersionFinder.kt
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package dev.poolside.gradle.semanticversion
 
+import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.DependencyManagementParameters
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.DependencyManagementServices
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.ConfiguredModuleComponentRepository
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.strategy.DefaultVersionComparator
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.strategy.Version
 import org.gradle.api.internal.artifacts.ivyservice.ivyresolve.strategy.VersionParser
-import org.gradle.api.internal.initialization.StandaloneDomainObjectContext
 import org.gradle.api.logging.Logger
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
+import org.gradle.internal.Describables
 import org.gradle.internal.component.external.model.DefaultModuleComponentSelector
 import org.gradle.internal.component.model.DefaultComponentOverrideMetadata
 import org.gradle.internal.resolve.result.DefaultBuildableModuleVersionListingResolveResult
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ object VersionFinder {
         val remote = resolver.remoteAccess
         val local = resolver.localAccess
 
-        val handler = dependencyService.newDetachedResolver(StandaloneDomainObjectContext.ANONYMOUS).dependencyHandler
+        val handler = dependencyService.newDetachedResolver(DependencyManagementParameters(Describables.of("ANONYMOUS"), "", false, false, false)).dependencyHandler
         val dep = handler.create(group = publication.groupId, name = publication.artifactId, version = versionSearch)
         val selector = DefaultModuleComponentSelector.newSelector(dep.module, dep.versionConstraint)
 
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionPluginTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionPluginTest.kt
index f7e0b3c..e1cc60c 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionPluginTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/dev/poolside/gradle/semanticversion/SemanticVersionPluginTest.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class SemanticVersionPluginTest {
     companion object {
         @JvmStatic
         private fun gradleVersions(): Stream<Arguments> = Stream.of(
-            Arguments.of("8.13"),
+            Arguments.of("9.8.0"),
         )
     }