diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 560e8957b3..a9be757d20 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ tasks.register('packageLibraries', Zip) {
     }
 
     group('crucible')
-    description("Package all necessary libraries to run Crucible, in case the server is unable to download them at runtime")
 }
 
 def generateClasspath(boolean legacy = false) {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 42defcc94b..2617362fd0 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-8.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists