diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index d9f2c0d1b..d0b1cd5e8 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ plugins {
     // Set up specific versions of the plugins we're using.
     // Note that of all these plugins, only the Architectury plugin needs to be applied.
     id("architectury-plugin") version "3.4.+"
-    id("dev.architectury.loom") version "1.4.+" apply false
+    id("dev.architectury.loom") version "1.7.+" apply false
 
     id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "8.1.1" apply false
 }
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ tasks {
         // Copy the outputs of the tasks...
         from(tasks)
         // ...into build/libs.
-        into(buildDir.resolve("libs"))
+        into(layout.buildDirectory.dir("libs"))
     }
 
     // Set up assemble to depend on the collectJars task, so it gets run on gradlew build.
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3499ded5c..2617362fd 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists