diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 5dcba2a8..d3783a93 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
+apply(from= "../gradle/loadProps.gradle.kts")
+
 plugins {
     `java-gradle-plugin`
+    `kotlin-dsl`
     groovy
 }
 
+val nokeeVersion = extra["nokee.version"]
+
 dependencies {
-    implementation(platform("dev.nokee:nokee-gradle-plugins:0.4.0-60cff2b"))
+    implementation(platform("dev.nokee:nokee-gradle-plugins:$nokeeVersion"))
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -26,3 +31,7 @@ gradlePlugin {
         }
     }
 }
+
+configure<KotlinDslPluginOptions> {
+    experimentalWarning.set(false)
+}
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index 2f77981b..6f8ce0bf 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tasks.test {
     workingDir.mkdirs()
 }
 
-tasks.jar {
+fun Jar.includeLicenses() {
     CrLfSpec(LineEndings.LF).run {
         into("META-INF") {
             filteringCharset = "UTF-8"
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ tasks.jar {
     }
 }
 
+tasks.jar {
+    includeLicenses()
+}
+
 val makeDocumentation by tasks.registering(JavaExec::class) {
     group = "Development"
     description = "Builds the documentation"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a3465744..bd08a928 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ systemProp.org.gradle.internal.publish.checksums.insecure = true
 darklaf.version                                           = 2.3.1
 
 # Plugins
-shadow.version                                            = 5.1.0
 com.github.vlsi.vlsi-release-plugins.version              = 1.70
 com.github.autostyle.version                              = 3.1
+nokee.version                                             = 0.4.0-60cff2b
 
 # Dependencies
 jna.version                                               = 5.5.0
diff --git a/gradle/loadProps.gradle.kts b/gradle/loadProps.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4b4c7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/loadProps.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import java.io.FileInputStream
+import java.util.Properties
+
+val properties = Properties()
+FileInputStream(File("${rootProject.rootDir}/../gradle.properties")).use {
+    properties.load(it)
+}
+properties.stringPropertyNames().forEach {
+    extra[it] = properties[it]
+}