diff --git a/apps/i2psnark/build.gradle b/apps/i2psnark/build.gradle
index 59c26076b61dd3c10bc4d00936c6e787c51e7579..001043e9969496ab016b7b8f0f289b1846b59468 100644
--- a/apps/i2psnark/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/i2psnark/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
+plugins {
+    id 'war'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/build.gradle b/apps/i2ptunnel/build.gradle
index 85bd28c7100bf23eeba33af83f266e614952eb0b..02180bd45358c1be01f041c16abbafe64cc6283f 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
+plugins {
+    id 'war'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
diff --git a/apps/ministreaming/build.gradle b/apps/ministreaming/build.gradle
index ee5001ea1c751d29ac96213febec61ac4614ecdb..e3c4351c5bce4c4e64e044b88f9e6c5d98cced3f 100644
--- a/apps/ministreaming/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/ministreaming/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'java-library'
+plugins {
+    id 'java-library'
+}
 
 archivesBaseName = 'mstreaming'
 
diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/build.gradle b/apps/routerconsole/build.gradle
index da26c367e2c5d1f77b529b866c09cefb7843c38e..8abefd8e1167d77df4306bd5316fcda46c6c162d 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
-apply plugin: 'scala'
+plugins {
+    id 'war'
+    id 'scala'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
diff --git a/apps/streaming/build.gradle b/apps/streaming/build.gradle
index ecc916f943934d891253c7a587a6ce2a420014f0..2772ad66be98e1977b1214c10b8bd4430dc519fd 100644
--- a/apps/streaming/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/streaming/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'java-library'
+plugins {
+    id 'java-library'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
diff --git a/apps/susidns/build.gradle b/apps/susidns/build.gradle
index 103163af72cbb4aa53bff3adc47f07aac63f439f..ed958e3a93b5ebcc4c765dbb357ee459d2a101fc 100644
--- a/apps/susidns/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/susidns/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
+plugins {
+    id 'war'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
diff --git a/apps/susimail/build.gradle b/apps/susimail/build.gradle
index 7cb5787fc5b23e01bfc5feb9a3f069d9d64c63e9..fac1d6906046e6d2ec5ef458ee28e08ecf620043 100644
--- a/apps/susimail/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/susimail/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'war'
+plugins {
+    id 'war'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9dcd55476b6f59fb29da7b7ce1a1992ddab20038..57ef779dde27af901e23965cf75cdf17a980b80c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'idea'
+plugins {
+    id 'idea'
+}
 
 // Exclude apps/ dir itself, but include its subdirs
 def javaProjects = subprojects - project(':apps')
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 6dcdc38977945f46c4b0c4f626d8c212dff45291..abff417faaf28dc560cb8db4630e98475cc972c9 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-apply plugin: 'java-library'
-apply plugin: 'scala'
+plugins {
+    id 'java-library'
+    id 'scala'
+}
 
 archivesBaseName = 'i2p'
 
diff --git a/router/build.gradle b/router/build.gradle
index bb2aa937b654e4412a40e93af2e32b7349bcf435..0ea245c22dccbe3090e12a7e8ba38d03500f4c8f 100644
--- a/router/build.gradle
+++ b/router/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-apply plugin: 'java-library'
+plugins {
+    id 'java-library'
+}
 
 sourceSets {
     main {