diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index c8006d7541..3fd5efb9a8 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ val properties = Properties().also { props ->
 dependencies {
     implementation(gradleApi())
     implementation("org.ajoberstar.grgit:grgit-gradle:5.3.2")
-    implementation("com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:8.3.9")
+    implementation("com.gradleup.shadow:shadow-gradle-plugin:9.1.0")
     implementation("io.papermc.paperweight.userdev:io.papermc.paperweight.userdev.gradle.plugin:2.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
     constraints {
         val asmVersion = "[9.7,)"
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
index d21f146fb3..434529c964 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/LibsConfig.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fun Project.applyLibrariesConfiguration() {
     )
 
     tasks.register<ShadowJar>("jar") {
-        configurations = listOf(project.configurations["shade"])
+        configurations.set(listOf(project.configurations["shade"]))
         archiveClassifier.set("")
 
         dependencies {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/PlatformConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/PlatformConfig.kt
index bc579e7d9e..dc6afadc91 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/PlatformConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/PlatformConfig.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.ShadowExtension
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.component.AdhocComponentWithVariants
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ fun Project.applyPlatformAndCoreConfiguration() {
         ext["internalVersion"] = "$version"
     }
 
+    configure<ShadowExtension> {
+        addShadowVariantIntoJavaComponent.set(false)
+    }
+
     configure<JavaPluginExtension> {
         disableAutoTargetJvm()
         withJavadocJar()
@@ -45,9 +50,6 @@ fun Project.applyPlatformAndCoreConfiguration() {
     }
 
     val javaComponent = components["java"] as AdhocComponentWithVariants
-    javaComponent.withVariantsFromConfiguration(configurations["shadowRuntimeElements"]) {
-        skip()
-    }
 
     val publishingExtension = the<PublishingExtension>()