diff --git a/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
index b1d1e31da633..62991c1ef50a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 rootProject.name = "buildSrc"
 
 dependencyResolutionManagement {
-    @Suppress("UnstableApiUsage")
     versionCatalogs {
         create("libs") {
             from(files("../gradle/libs.versions.toml"))
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Compiler.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Compiler.kt
index d0e75c32e579..382763bca8c7 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Compiler.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Compiler.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinJvmOptions
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinJvmCompilerOptions
 
 object CompilerArguments {
     const val time = "-opt-in=kotlin.time.ExperimentalTime"
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@ object CompilerArguments {
 }
 
 object Jvm {
-    // keep these equivalent
-    const val targetString = "1.8"
-    const val targetInt = 8
+    const val target = 8
 }
 
-fun KotlinJvmOptions.applyKordKotlinOptions() {
-    jvmTarget = Jvm.targetString
-    allWarningsAsErrors = true
-    freeCompilerArgs += CompilerArguments.progressive
+fun KotlinJvmCompilerOptions.applyKordCompilerOptions() {
+    allWarningsAsErrors.set(true)
+    freeCompilerArgs.add(CompilerArguments.progressive)
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-internal-module.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-internal-module.gradle.kts
index 20737779b3ff..8973472bb5f9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-internal-module.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-internal-module.gradle.kts
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<JavaCompile> {
-        sourceCompatibility = Jvm.targetString
-        targetCompatibility = Jvm.targetString
-    }
+kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain(Jvm.target)
+}
 
-    withType<KotlinCompile> {
-        kotlinOptions {
-            applyKordKotlinOptions()
-        }
+tasks.withType<KotlinCompile> {
+    compilerOptions {
+        applyKordCompilerOptions()
     }
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-module.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-module.gradle.kts
index 02710fa90661..dd71f0562c66 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-module.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/kord-module.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.gradle.KspTask
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.AbstractDokkaLeafTask
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 import java.net.URL
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ repositories {
 kotlin {
     explicitApi()
 
+    jvmToolchain(Jvm.target)
+
     sourceSets {
         // mark ksp src dir
         main { kotlin.srcDir("build/generated/ksp/main/kotlin") }
@@ -34,16 +37,14 @@ atomicfu {
     dependenciesVersion = libs.findVersion("kotlinx-atomicfu").get().requiredVersion
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<JavaCompile> {
-        sourceCompatibility = Jvm.targetString
-        targetCompatibility = Jvm.targetString
-    }
+// the kspKotlin Task is created very late and isn't available via tasks.findByName("kspKotlin")
+val kspKotlin get() = tasks.withType<KspTask>().matching { it.name == "kspKotlin" }
 
+tasks {
     withType<KotlinCompile> {
-        kotlinOptions {
-            applyKordKotlinOptions()
-            freeCompilerArgs += listOf(
+        compilerOptions {
+            applyKordCompilerOptions()
+            freeCompilerArgs.addAll(
                 CompilerArguments.time,
                 CompilerArguments.contracts,
 
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ tasks {
     withType<AbstractDokkaLeafTask> {
         // see https://kotlin.github.io/dokka/<dokka version>/user_guide/gradle/usage/#configuration-options
 
-        // make sure ksp generates files before building docs
-        dependsOn(compileKotlin)
+        // include documentation generated by ksp
+        dependsOn(kspKotlin)
 
         failOnWarning.set(true)
 
         dokkaSourceSets.configureEach {
 
-            jdkVersion.set(Jvm.targetInt)
+            jdkVersion.set(Jvm.target)
 
             val baseRemoteUrl =
                 "https://github.com/kordlib/kord/blob/${Library.commitHashOrDefault("0.8.x")}/${project.name}"
@@ -106,28 +107,27 @@ tasks {
         }
     }
 
-    val sourcesJar by registering(Jar::class) {
-        archiveClassifier.set("sources")
-        from(sourceSets.main.get().allSource)
+    withType<PublishToMavenRepository> {
+        doFirst { require(!Library.isUndefined) { "No release/snapshot version found." } }
     }
 
-    val dokkaJar by registering(Jar::class) {
-        group = JavaBasePlugin.DOCUMENTATION_GROUP
-        description = "Assembles Kotlin docs with Dokka"
-        archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
-        from(dokkaHtml)
-        dependsOn(dokkaHtml)
+    kotlinSourcesJar {
+        // include sources generated by ksp
+        dependsOn(kspKotlin)
     }
+}
 
-    withType<PublishToMavenRepository>().configureEach {
-        doFirst { require(!Library.isUndefined) { "No release/snapshot version found." } }
-    }
+val dokkaJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
+    group = JavaBasePlugin.DOCUMENTATION_GROUP
+    description = "Assembles Kotlin docs with Dokka"
+    archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
+    from(tasks.dokkaHtml)
+}
 
-    publishing {
-        publications.withType<MavenPublication> {
-            from(components["java"])
-            artifact(sourcesJar.get())
-            artifact(dokkaJar.get())
-        }
+publishing {
+    publications.withType<MavenPublication> {
+        from(components["java"])
+        artifact(tasks.kotlinSourcesJar)
+        artifact(dokkaJar)
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7583167ae78a..b28460e2ab10 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx-atomicfu#atomicfu-compiler-plugin
 kotlinx.atomicfu.enableJvmIrTransformation=true
 kotlinx.atomicfu.enableJsIrTransformation=true
-
-# remove when upgrading to gradle 8.0
-# https://docs.gradle.org/7.6/userguide/upgrading_version_7.html#strict-kotlin-dsl-precompiled-scripts-accessors
-systemProp.org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.precompiled.accessors.strict=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 943f0cbfa754..ccebba7710de 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bc073f67610a..74e2ced04e38 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=312eb12875e1747e05c2f81a4789902d7e4ec5defbd1eefeaccc08acf096505d
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-all.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=f30b29580fe11719087d698da23f3b0f0d04031d8995f7dd8275a31f7674dc01
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68d65c8..79a61d421cc4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac