diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9e1d75c5a8..46f9ed3f0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
     - master
     - version-*
 
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Xmx2g -Xms2g
+
 jobs:
   branch-build:
     # Only run this on repositories in the 'spinnaker' org, not on forks.
@@ -28,8 +31,4 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
       - name: Build
-        env:
-          BINTRAY_USER: ${{ secrets.BINTRAY_USER }}
-          BINTRAY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BINTRAY_API_KEY }}
-          GRADLE_OPTS: -Xmx6g -Xms6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false
-        run: ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true -PenablePublishing=true -PbintrayUser="${BINTRAY_USER}" -PbintrayKey="${BINTRAY_API_KEY}" build snapshot --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true build --stacktrace
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 41601f9e79..d13d376afd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ name: PR Build
 
 on: [ pull_request ]
 
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Xmx2g -Xms2g
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -22,6 +25,4 @@ jobs:
         restore-keys: |
           ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
     - name: Build
-      env:
-        GRADLE_OPTS: -Xmx6g -Xms6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false
-      run: ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true build javadoc
+      run: ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 35abb94f54..2c98234641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
     - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
     - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc.[0-9]+"
 
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Xmx2g -Xms2g
+
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -31,26 +34,18 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          . .github/workflows/release_info.sh ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+          . .github/workflows/release_info.sh ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
           echo ::set-output name=CHANGELOG::$(echo -e "${CHANGELOG}")
           echo ::set-output name=SKIP_RELEASE::${SKIP_RELEASE}
           echo ::set-output name=IS_CANDIDATE::${IS_CANDIDATE}
-      - name: Candidate build
-        if: steps.release_info.outputs.IS_CANDIDATE == 'true'
-        env:
-          BINTRAY_USER: ${{ secrets.BINTRAY_USER }}
-          BINTRAY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BINTRAY_API_KEY }}
-          GRADLE_OPTS: -Xmx6g -Xms6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false
-        run: |
-          ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true -PenablePublishing=true --info -Prelease.disableGitChecks=true -Prelease.useLastTag=true -PbintrayUser="${BINTRAY_USER}" -PbintrayKey="${BINTRAY_API_KEY}" candidate
+          echo ::set-output name=RELEASE_VERSION::${RELEASE_VERSION}
       - name: Release build
-        if: steps.release_info.outputs.IS_CANDIDATE == 'false'
         env:
           BINTRAY_USER: ${{ secrets.BINTRAY_USER }}
           BINTRAY_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.BINTRAY_API_KEY }}
-          GRADLE_OPTS: -Xmx6g -Xms6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.release_info.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
         run: |
-          ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true -PenablePublishing=true --info -Prelease.disableGitChecks=true -Prelease.useLastTag=true -PbintrayUser="${BINTRAY_USER}" -PbintrayKey="${BINTRAY_API_KEY}" final
+          ./gradlew -PenableCrossCompilerPlugin=true --info -Pversion="${RELEASE_VERSION}" -PbintrayUser="${BINTRAY_USER}" -PbintrayKey="${BINTRAY_API_KEY}" publish
       - name: Create release
         if: steps.release_info.outputs.SKIP_RELEASE == 'false'
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_info.sh b/.github/workflows/release_info.sh
index b4b8eb97d1..0cadf01b76 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/release_info.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_info.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
 # Only look to the latest release to determine the previous tag -- this allows us to skip unsupported tag formats (like `version-1.0.0`)
-export PREVIOUS_TAG=`curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/spinnaker/$1/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'`
+export PREVIOUS_TAG=`curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'`
 echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$PREVIOUS_TAG"
 export NEW_TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
 echo "NEW_TAG=$NEW_TAG"
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ SEMVER_REGEX="\
 
 # Used in downstream steps to determine if the release should be marked as a "prerelease" and if the build should build candidate release artifacts
 export IS_CANDIDATE=`[[ $NEW_TAG =~ $SEMVER_REGEX && ! -z ${BASH_REMATCH[4]} ]] && echo "true" || echo "false"`
+
+# This is the version string we will pass to the build, trim off leading 'v' if present
+export RELEASE_VERSION=`[[ $NEW_TAG =~ $SEMVER_REGEX ]] && echo "${NEW_TAG:1}" || echo "${NEW_TAG}"`
+echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 847e4331eb..84570a6c7c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,29 +14,16 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-buildscript {
-  repositories {
-    jcenter()
-    maven { url "https://spinnaker.bintray.com/gradle" }
-    maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
-  }
-  dependencies {
-    classpath "com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-dev-plugin:$spinnakerGradleVersion"
-    if (Boolean.valueOf(enablePublishing)) {
-      classpath "com.netflix.spinnaker.gradle:spinnaker-gradle-project:$spinnakerGradleVersion"
-    }
-    classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.8'
-  }
+plugins {
+  id 'io.spinnaker.project' version "$spinnakerGradleVersion" apply false
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version "0.8.12" apply false
 }
 
-allprojects {
+subprojects {
   group = "com.netflix.spinnaker.halyard"
-  apply plugin: 'spinnaker.base-project'
+  apply plugin: 'io.spinnaker.project'
   apply plugin: 'java-library'
   apply plugin: 'groovy'
-  if (Boolean.valueOf(enablePublishing)) {
-    apply plugin: 'spinnaker.project'
-  }
 
   test {
     testLogging {
@@ -47,6 +34,13 @@ allprojects {
     maxHeapSize = "512m"
   }
 
+  if ([korkVersion, fiatVersion, clouddriverVersion, front50Version].any { it.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT") }) {
+    logger.info("Enabling mavenLocal")
+    repositories {
+      mavenLocal()
+    }
+  }
+
   dependencies {
     implementation platform("com.netflix.spinnaker.kork:kork-bom:$korkVersion")
 
@@ -77,12 +71,3 @@ def createScript(project, mainClass, name) {
     }
   }
 }
-
-subprojects { project ->
-  if ([korkVersion, fiatVersion, clouddriverVersion, front50Version].any { it.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT") }) {
-    logger.info("Enabling mavenLocal")
-    repositories {
-      mavenLocal()
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 8a927b63c7..92816a4369 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 clouddriverVersion=5.57.0
-enablePublishing=false
 fiatVersion=1.18.3
 front50Version=2.17.1
 korkVersion=7.38.1
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-spinnakerGradleVersion=7.11.6
+spinnakerGradleVersion=8.0.0-rc.3
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 5c2d1cf016..490fda8577 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 5028f28f8e..a4b4429748 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 83f2acfdc3..2fe81a7d95 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -154,19 +154,19 @@ if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
         else
             eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
         fi
-        i=$((i+1))
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
     done
     case $i in
-        (0) set -- ;;
-        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
     esac
 fi
 
@@ -175,14 +175,9 @@ save () {
     for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
     echo " "
 }
-APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
 eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
 
-# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
-  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-fi
-
 exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 24467a141f..9109989e3c 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
diff --git a/halyard-web/halyard-web.gradle b/halyard-web/halyard-web.gradle
index 7dc4c77145..57ea6b1502 100644
--- a/halyard-web/halyard-web.gradle
+++ b/halyard-web/halyard-web.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.google.protobuf'
-apply plugin: 'spinnaker.application'
+apply plugin: 'io.spinnaker.package'
 
 ext {
   springConfigLocation = System.getProperty('spring.config.additional-location', "${System.getProperty('user.home')}/.spinnaker/")