diff --git a/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle b/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
index 0e512a3bf..d7cde31e1 100644
--- a/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
+++ b/annotation-file-utilities/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import java.nio.file.Files
 
 plugins {
     // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/com.github.johnrengelman.shadow
-    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '7.1.2'
+    id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '8.0.0'
     id 'java'
 
     id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '3.0.1'