diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8fba17eb..ff0bd1ce 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 val relativePath = "CHANGELOG"
-val filePath = Paths.get(project.layout.buildDirectory.toString(), relativePath)
+val filePath = Paths.get(project.layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile.path, relativePath)
 
 // Check if the file exists and read its content or use a default string
 val changeLogContents: String = if (Files.exists(filePath)) {
diff --git a/generate-changelog b/generate-changelog
index a3100f1b..5a0d0670 100755
--- a/generate-changelog
+++ b/generate-changelog
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ SYSTEMD_MESSAGE=$(echo "<li><b>[$SYSTEMD_DATE]</b> Update of systemd unit metada
 
 echo "<h3>Changes</h3>"
 echo "<ul>"
-{ git log --format="%H %aE"  | grep -v dependabot | head -n 100 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs -d "\n" -n 1 git log -n 1 "--pretty=format:<li><b>[%ad]</b> %s</li></br>%n" --date=format:%Y-%m-%d 2> /dev/null | grep -v -E "</b> (ci|chore|docs|build|style|refactor|test):" | head -n 20 | sed -E "s%#([0-9]+)%\<a href='https://github.com/SJrX/systemdUnitFilePlugin/issues/\1'>#\1</a>%g"; echo $SYSTEMD_MESSAGE; } | sort -r
+{ git log --format="%H %aE"  | grep -v dependabot  | head -n 100 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | xargs -d "\n" -n 1 git log -n 1 "--pretty=format:<li><b>[%ad]</b> %s</li></br>%n" --date=format:%Y-%m-%d 2> /dev/null | grep -v -E "</b> (ci|chore|docs|build|style|refactor|test):" | head -n 20 | grep -v "Update gradle.properties" |  sed -E "s%#([0-9]+)%\<a href='https://github.com/SJrX/systemdUnitFilePlugin/issues/\1'>#\1</a>%g"; echo $SYSTEMD_MESSAGE; } | sort -r
 echo "</ul>"