diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4cbf456df..bf3a45424 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -12,21 +12,17 @@ version '6.0.0-BETA2'
 
 repositories {
     jcenter()
-    maven {
-        url 'http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'
-    }
+    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
-        maven {
-            url 'http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2'
-        }
+        mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'org.owasp:dependency-check-gradle:1.4.0'
-        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:1.2.4'
+        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.2'
     }
 }
 
@@ -221,10 +217,7 @@ uploadArchives {
     }
 }
 
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '4.3.1'
-    description 'Generates the Gradle wrapper scripts.'
-}
+wrapper.gradleVersion = '4.4.1'
 
 test {
     useJUnit()
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 6b6ea3ab4..99340b4ad 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 0e680f375..2c2bbe5f9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.3.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4.1-bin.zip