diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 7340ffb..bb72d18 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ Features:
 
 [WARNING]
 This project is under early development; compatibility *will be broken* without prior notice.
+In particular, we aim to stabilize our Gradle dependency on future version 9.
 
 Requirements:
 
-* Gradle 8.3 or newer
+* Gradle 8.4 or newer
 * JDK 17 or newer
 * LLVM 16 or newer (with clang, clang-scan-deps, lld, llvm-ar etc.)
 
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 58a6a8f..3ffdd92 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ subprojects {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 033e24c..7f93135 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 ac72c34..98ea390 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-8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-rc-2-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index fcb6fca..0adc8e1 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/plugins/src/main/java/br/dev/pedrolamarao/gradle/metal/base/MetalBasePlugin.java b/plugins/src/main/java/br/dev/pedrolamarao/gradle/metal/base/MetalBasePlugin.java
index 154eac6..7efcf02 100644
--- a/plugins/src/main/java/br/dev/pedrolamarao/gradle/metal/base/MetalBasePlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/src/main/java/br/dev/pedrolamarao/gradle/metal/base/MetalBasePlugin.java
@@ -32,36 +32,23 @@ public void apply (Project project)
         final var configurations = project.getConfigurations();
         final var tasks = project.getTasks();
 
-        configurations.create(COMMANDS_ELEMENTS, configuration ->
-        {
-            configuration.setCanBeConsumed(true);
-            configuration.setCanBeResolved(false);
+        configurations.consumable(COMMANDS_ELEMENTS, configuration -> {
             configuration.attributes(it -> it.attribute(MetalCapability.ATTRIBUTE, MetalCapability.COMMANDS));
         });
 
-        final var nativeImplementation = configurations.create("nativeImplementation",configuration -> {
-            configuration.setCanBeConsumed(true);
-            configuration.setCanBeResolved(false);
-        });
+        final var nativeImplementation = configurations.dependencyScope("nativeImplementation");
 
-        configurations.create(EMPTY_ELEMENTS, configuration -> {
+        configurations.consumable(EMPTY_ELEMENTS, configuration -> {
             configuration.attributes(it -> it.attribute(MetalCapability.ATTRIBUTE, MetalCapability.NONE));
-            configuration.setCanBeConsumed(true);
-            configuration.setCanBeDeclared(false);
-            configuration.setCanBeResolved(false);
             configuration.setVisible(false);
         });
 
-        configurations.create(LINKABLE_DEPENDENCIES, configuration -> {
-            configuration.setCanBeConsumed(false);
-            configuration.setCanBeResolved(true);
+        configurations.resolvable(LINKABLE_DEPENDENCIES, configuration -> {
             configuration.attributes(it -> it.attribute(MetalCapability.ATTRIBUTE, MetalCapability.LINKABLE));
-            configuration.extendsFrom(nativeImplementation);
+            configuration.extendsFrom(nativeImplementation.get());
         });
 
-        configurations.create(LINKABLE_ELEMENTS, configuration -> {
-            configuration.setCanBeConsumed(true);
-            configuration.setCanBeResolved(false);
+        configurations.consumable(LINKABLE_ELEMENTS, configuration -> {
             configuration.attributes(it -> it.attribute(MetalCapability.ATTRIBUTE, MetalCapability.LINKABLE));
         });
 
diff --git a/samples/application-asm/build.gradle.kts b/samples/application-asm/build.gradle.kts
index a174560..4abe173 100644
--- a/samples/application-asm/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/application-asm/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
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diff --git a/samples/application-c/build.gradle.kts b/samples/application-c/build.gradle.kts
index f4835d9..163ffdb 100644
--- a/samples/application-c/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/application-c/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/application-cxx/build.gradle.kts b/samples/application-cxx/build.gradle.kts
index 691bc72..6e848d7 100644
--- a/samples/application-cxx/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/application-cxx/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/application-mixed/build.gradle.kts b/samples/application-mixed/build.gradle.kts
index a59e791..de6d5b6 100644
--- a/samples/application-mixed/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/application-mixed/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/archive-asm/build.gradle.kts b/samples/archive-asm/build.gradle.kts
index 841908a..f091009 100644
--- a/samples/archive-asm/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/archive-asm/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/archive-c/build.gradle.kts b/samples/archive-c/build.gradle.kts
index c888958..aefe99c 100644
--- a/samples/archive-c/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/archive-c/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/archive-cxx/build.gradle.kts b/samples/archive-cxx/build.gradle.kts
index fbbe402..22ce9f6 100644
--- a/samples/archive-cxx/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/archive-cxx/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/archive-mixed/build.gradle.kts b/samples/archive-mixed/build.gradle.kts
index 4627f23..8a21339 100644
--- a/samples/archive-mixed/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/archive-mixed/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/bare-metal-multiboot2/build.gradle.kts b/samples/bare-metal-multiboot2/build.gradle.kts
index 2437913..86c2c8a 100644
--- a/samples/bare-metal-multiboot2/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/bare-metal-multiboot2/build.gradle.kts
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ tasks.assemble.configure {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/dependency-on-external-cmake-ninja/build.gradle.kts b/samples/dependency-on-external-cmake-ninja/build.gradle.kts
index f7889fa..fde90f7 100644
--- a/samples/dependency-on-external-cmake-ninja/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/dependency-on-external-cmake-ninja/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/dependency-on-external-prebuilt/build.gradle.kts b/samples/dependency-on-external-prebuilt/build.gradle.kts
index f7889fa..fde90f7 100644
--- a/samples/dependency-on-external-prebuilt/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/dependency-on-external-prebuilt/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/dependency-on-subproject-headers/build.gradle.kts b/samples/dependency-on-subproject-headers/build.gradle.kts
index f7889fa..fde90f7 100644
--- a/samples/dependency-on-subproject-headers/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/dependency-on-subproject-headers/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/dependency-on-subproject-modules/build.gradle.kts b/samples/dependency-on-subproject-modules/build.gradle.kts
index f7889fa..fde90f7 100644
--- a/samples/dependency-on-subproject-modules/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/samples/dependency-on-subproject-modules/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 tasks.wrapper.configure {
-    gradleVersion = "8.3"
+    gradleVersion = "8.4-rc-2"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index c37b1ec..72ec9bc 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 // Copyright (c) Pedro Lamarão <pedro.lamarao@gmail.com>. All rights reserved.
 
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+}
+
 rootProject.name = "gradle-metal"
 
 include("plugins")
\ No newline at end of file