diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 623cba9f..6c644839 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '2.11'
+    gradleVersion = '3.4.1'
 }
 
 //Task used by Heroku for staging
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 5ccda13e..17279fa9 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 ec299545..10eb72ab 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Fri Feb 12 10:36:51 CET 2016
+#Fri Mar 17 10:32:10 CET 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.11-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.4.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 9d82f789..4453ccea 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
@@ -6,12 +6,30 @@
 ##
 ##############################################################################
 
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
 
 APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
 
@@ -30,6 +48,7 @@ die ( ) {
 cygwin=false
 msys=false
 darwin=false
+nonstop=false
 case "`uname`" in
   CYGWIN* )
     cygwin=true
@@ -40,26 +59,11 @@ case "`uname`" in
   MINGW* )
     msys=true
     ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
 esac
 
-# Attempt to set APP_HOME
-# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
-PRG="$0"
-# Need this for relative symlinks.
-while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
-    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
-    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
-    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
-        PRG="$link"
-    else
-        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
-    fi
-done
-SAVED="`pwd`"
-cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
-APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
-cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
-
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -85,7 +89,7 @@ location of your Java installation."
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
-if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" ] ; then
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
     MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
         if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
@@ -150,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+# Escape application args
+save ( ) {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 72d362da..e95643d6 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
-@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
-
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ goto fail
 @rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
diff --git a/json-path-assert/build.gradle b/json-path-assert/build.gradle
index 0a47bd0c..f63e70bb 100644
--- a/json-path-assert/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path-assert/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publishMaven.gradle"
 
-displayName = "JsonPath Assert"
-
 description = "Assertions on Json using JsonPath"
 
 jar {
diff --git a/json-path-web-test/build.gradle b/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
index 7c185eb4..83eb94fc 100644
--- a/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path-web-test/build.gradle
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
 apply plugin: 'application'
 
-displayName = "JsonPath Test Bench"
-
 description = "Web app that compares different JsonPath implementations."
 
 mainClassName = 'com.jayway.jsonpath.web.boot.Main'
 
-task createBuildInfoFile << {
-    def buildInfoFile = new File("$buildDir/classes/main/build-info.properties")
-    Properties props = new Properties()
-    props.setProperty('version', project.version.toString())
-    props.setProperty('timestamp', project.buildTimestamp)
-    props.store(buildInfoFile.newWriter(), null)
+task createBuildInfoFile {
+    doLast {
+	    def buildInfoFile = new File("$buildDir/classes/main/build-info.properties")
+	    Properties props = new Properties()
+	    props.setProperty('version', project.version.toString())
+	    props.setProperty('timestamp', project.buildTimestamp)
+	    props.store(buildInfoFile.newWriter(), null)
+    }
 }
 
 jar {
diff --git a/json-path/build.gradle b/json-path/build.gradle
index fa79910b..f8851274 100644
--- a/json-path/build.gradle
+++ b/json-path/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/publishMaven.gradle"
 
-
-displayName = "Json Path"
-
 description = "Java port of Stefan Goessner JsonPath."
 
 jar {