diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9fc92b4d..d2b6f157 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath "org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.7.2"
-        classpath "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsVersion"
+        classpath "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsGradlePluginVersion"
         classpath 'org.asciidoctor:asciidoctor-gradle-plugin:1.6.1'
         classpath "gradle.plugin.com.energizedwork.webdriver-binaries:webdriver-binaries-gradle-plugin:$webdriverBinariesVersion"
         classpath "org.grails.plugins:views-gradle:2.1.0.RC1"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b4e98f88..7e835b08 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ chromeDriverVersion=2.44
 datastoreVersion=7.1.0.RC1
 gebVersion=2.3
 geckodriverVersion=0.23.0
+grailsGradlePluginVersion=5.0.0.M3
 groovyVersion=3.0.7
 h2Version=1.4.200
 hibernateCoreVersion=5.4.0.Final