diff --git a/aop/build.gradle b/aop/build.gradle
index f103477d9b..ed85572b8e 100644
--- a/aop/build.gradle
+++ b/aop/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly libs.kotlinx.coroutines.core
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
+tasks.named("compileKotlin") {
     kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
     kotlinOptions.languageVersion = "1.6"
 }
diff --git a/benchmarks/build.gradle b/benchmarks/build.gradle
index 19a67d966c..3d3a7353a9 100644
--- a/benchmarks/build.gradle
+++ b/benchmarks/build.gradle
@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ jmh {
     fork = 1
 //    jvmArgs = ["-agentpath:/Applications/YourKit-Java-Profiler-2018.04.app/Contents/Resources/bin/mac/libyjpagent.jnilib"]
 }
-processJmhResources {
+
+tasks.named("processJmhResources") {
     duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.WARN
 }
-spotlessJavaCheck.enabled = false
-checkstyleMain.enabled = false
-checkstyleJmh.enabled = false
+['spotlessJavaCheck', 'checkstyleMain', 'checkstyleJmh'].each {
+    tasks.named(it) {
+        enabled = false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 405d796636..fd5fb4e1fb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ subprojects { Project subproject ->
     }
     tasks.withType(Checkstyle).configureEach {
         reports {
-            xml.enabled = !System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS")
-            html.enabled = !System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS")
+            xml.required = !System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS")
+            html.required = !System.getenv("GITHUB_ACTIONS")
         }
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ subprojects { Project subproject ->
 
     apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
 
-    shadowJar {
+    tasks.named("shadowJar") {
         configurations = [project.configurations.shadowCompile]
         relocate "com.github.benmanes.caffeine", "io.micronaut.caffeine"
         relocate "org.objectweb.asm", "io.micronaut.asm"
@@ -210,7 +210,10 @@ htmlSanityCheck {
         include "index.html"
     }
 }
-docs.finalizedBy(htmlSanityCheck)
+
+tasks.named("docs") {
+    finalizedBy(htmlSanityCheck)
+}
 
 tasks.named("updateVersionCatalogs") {
     // we set the list to empty because we accept upgrades which improve the status
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 30f78637ad..400ec3433f 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ext {
     shadowJarEnabled = true
 }
 
-shadowJar {
+tasks.named("shadowJar") {
     exclude "module-info.class"
 }
 
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ spotless {
     }
 }
 
-processResources.dependsOn('micronautVersionInfo')
-task micronautVersionInfo(type: WriteProperties) {
-    outputFile = "${buildDir}/resources/main/micronaut-version.properties"
+def versionInfo = tasks.register("micronautVersionInfo", WriteProperties) {
+    outputFile = "${buildDir}/resources/version/micronaut-version.properties"
     property 'micronaut.version', projectVersion
 }
-
-
+tasks.named("processResources") {
+    from(versionInfo)
+}
diff --git a/gradle/geb.gradle b/gradle/geb.gradle
index 6588d4e1b1..f82b46a5b9 100644
--- a/gradle/geb.gradle
+++ b/gradle/geb.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly libs.selenium.driver.firefox
 }
 
-test {
+tasks.named("test") {
     systemProperty "geb.env", System.getProperty('geb.env')
     systemProperty "webdriver.chrome.driver", System.getProperty('webdriver.chrome.driver')
     systemProperty "webdriver.gecko.driver", System.getProperty('webdriver.gecko.driver')
diff --git a/http-client-core/build.gradle b/http-client-core/build.gradle
index 351871feb5..81eaaca543 100644
--- a/http-client-core/build.gradle
+++ b/http-client-core/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly libs.kotlin.stdlib
 }
 
-//tasks.withType(Test) {
+//tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 //    testLogging {
 //        showStandardStreams = true
 //        exceptionFormat = 'full'
diff --git a/http-client/build.gradle b/http-client/build.gradle
index 8767da3e84..9b9be4dbdf 100644
--- a/http-client/build.gradle
+++ b/http-client/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
 }
 
-//tasks.withType(Test) {
+//tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 //    jvmArgs('-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=paranoid')
 //    testLogging {
 //        showStandardStreams = true
diff --git a/http-server-netty/build.gradle b/http-server-netty/build.gradle
index f3b5dedb94..f1320f3fd9 100644
--- a/http-server-netty/build.gradle
+++ b/http-server-netty/build.gradle
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.junit.jupiter.api
 }
 
-//tasks.withType(Test) {
+//tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 //    testLogging {
 //        showStandardStreams = true
 //        exceptionFormat = 'full'
diff --git a/http/build.gradle b/http/build.gradle
index 4c666ffba1..9abbac6822 100644
--- a/http/build.gradle
+++ b/http/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(":runtime")
 }
 
-compileKotlin {
+tasks.named("compileKotlin") {
     kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
 }
 
diff --git a/inject-groovy-test/build.gradle b/inject-groovy-test/build.gradle
index b780298a13..d957eafb05 100644
--- a/inject-groovy-test/build.gradle
+++ b/inject-groovy-test/build.gradle
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(":context")
 }
 
-afterEvaluate {
-    sourcesJar {
-        from "$projectDir/src/main/groovy"
-        duplicatesStrategy(DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE)
-    }
+tasks.named("sourcesJar") {
+    from "$projectDir/src/main/groovy"
+    duplicatesStrategy(DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE)
 }
diff --git a/inject-groovy/build.gradle b/inject-groovy/build.gradle
index 3a832fe047..c1ff3ccd9b 100644
--- a/inject-groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/inject-groovy/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
     functionalTestImplementation(testFixtures(project(":test-suite")))
 }
 
-test {
+tasks.named("test") {
     exclude '**/*$_closure*'
 }
 
diff --git a/inject-java-test/build.gradle b/inject-java-test/build.gradle
index e968340ea3..c82ecf2383 100644
--- a/inject-java-test/build.gradle
+++ b/inject-java-test/build.gradle
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.smallrye
 }
 
-afterEvaluate {
-    sourcesJar {
-        from "$projectDir/src/main/groovy"
-    }
+tasks.named("sourcesJar") {
+    from "$projectDir/src/main/groovy"
 }
diff --git a/inject-java/build.gradle b/inject-java/build.gradle
index ea6c3e428f..ec36bd3628 100644
--- a/inject-java/build.gradle
+++ b/inject-java/build.gradle
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
 //compileTestJava.options.forkOptions.jvmArgs = ['-Xdebug', '-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005']
 
 
-tasks.withType(Test) {
+tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
     forkEvery = 100
     maxParallelForks = 2
     useJUnitPlatform()
diff --git a/inject-kotlin-test/build.gradle b/inject-kotlin-test/build.gradle
index baae7d665c..5c1e6079f4 100644
--- a/inject-kotlin-test/build.gradle
+++ b/inject-kotlin-test/build.gradle
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.kotlin.stdlib
 }
 
-afterEvaluate {
-    sourcesJar {
-        from "$projectDir/src/main/groovy"
-        from "$projectDir/src/main/kotlin"
-    }
+tasks.named("sourcesJar") {
+    from "$projectDir/src/main/groovy"
+    from "$projectDir/src/main/kotlin"
 }
-compileKotlin {
+
+tasks.named("compileKotlin") {
     kotlinOptions {
         jvmTarget = "1.8"
     }
 }
-compileGroovy {
+
+tasks.named("compileGroovy") {
     // this allows groovy to access kotlin classes.
     dependsOn tasks.getByPath('compileKotlin')
     classpath += files(compileKotlin.destinationDir)
diff --git a/test-suite-groovy/build.gradle b/test-suite-groovy/build.gradle
index 21b15854c1..068d201b2d 100644
--- a/test-suite-groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/test-suite-groovy/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.managed.reactor
 }
 
-//tasks.withType(Test) {
+//tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 //    testLogging {
 //        showStandardStreams = true
 //        exceptionFormat = 'full'
diff --git a/test-suite-kotlin/build.gradle b/test-suite-kotlin/build.gradle
index f451906d9d..e850cc9383 100644
--- a/test-suite-kotlin/build.gradle
+++ b/test-suite-kotlin/build.gradle
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation libs.managed.reactor
 }
 
-compileTestKotlin {
+tasks.named("compileTestKotlin") {
     kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
 }
 
-test {
+tasks.named("test") {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
diff --git a/test-suite/build.gradle b/test-suite/build.gradle
index 131ec53078..c140785278 100644
--- a/test-suite/build.gradle
+++ b/test-suite/build.gradle
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ dependencies {
     testFixturesApi libs.managed.groovy
 }
 
-//tasks.withType(Test) {
+//tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
 //    useJUnitPlatform()
 //
 //    jvmArgs('-Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=paranoid')
diff --git a/tracing/build.gradle b/tracing/build.gradle
index 428aacda72..6ea71d7206 100644
--- a/tracing/build.gradle
+++ b/tracing/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-tasks.withType(Test) {
+tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
     testLogging {
         showStandardStreams = true
         exceptionFormat = 'full'
diff --git a/websocket/build.gradle b/websocket/build.gradle
index 19fd177aa3..a066424e4a 100644
--- a/websocket/build.gradle
+++ b/websocket/build.gradle
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(":inject-groovy")
 }
 
-test {
+tasks.named("test") {
     timeout = Duration.ofMinutes(5)
 }