diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2760119..b017a35 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
-    id("xyz.jpenilla.run-paper") version "2.3.1"
+    id("xyz.jpenilla.run-paper") version "${runPaperVersion}"
 }
 
 group = 'de.shiewk'
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ runServer {
     minecraftVersion("1.21.11")
     downloadPlugins {
         // for testing from other client versions
-        modrinth("ViaVersion", "5.5.1")
-        modrinth("ViaBackwards", "5.5.1")
+        modrinth("ViaVersion", viaVersionVersion)
+        modrinth("ViaBackwards", viaVersionVersion)
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    //compileOnly "io.papermc.paper:paper-api:1.21.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT"
-    compileOnly 'dev.folia:folia-api:1.21.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT'
+    //compileOnly "io.papermc.paper:paper-api:${apiVersion}"
+    compileOnly "dev.folia:folia-api:${apiVersion}"
 }
 
 jar {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f5b3290..7a54b6f 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-pluginVersion = 1.8.2
\ No newline at end of file
+pluginVersion = 1.8.2
+apiVersion = 1.21.4-R0.1-SNAPSHOT
+runPaperVersion = 3.0.2
+viaVersionVersion = 5.8.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 94113f2..dbc3ce4 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-8.11-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME