diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ce36f5710107..e9bbda2cdaa1 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -104,5 +104,5 @@ jreleaser = { id = "org.jreleaser", version = "1.19.0" }
 kotlin = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version = "2.2.0" }
 nullaway = { id = "net.ltgt.nullaway", version = "2.2.0" }
 plantuml = { id = "io.freefair.plantuml", version = "8.14" }
-shadow = { id = "com.gradleup.shadow", version = "8.3.8" }
+shadow = { id = "com.gradleup.shadow", version = "9.0.0-rc1" }
 spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "7.1.0" }
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.shadow-conventions.gradle.kts b/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.shadow-conventions.gradle.kts
index 6962f80c3ca3..237a7e87f968 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.shadow-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.shadow-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ tasks {
 		exclude("META-INF/maven/**")
 		excludes.remove("module-info.class")
 		archiveClassifier = ""
+		from(sourceSets.main.get().output.classesDirs) {
+			include("module-info.class")
+		}
 	}
 	jar {
 		dependsOn(shadowJar)
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.testing-conventions.gradle.kts b/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.testing-conventions.gradle.kts
index 2ba0f59d1152..91982c4896ba 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.testing-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/plugins/common/src/main/kotlin/junitbuild.testing-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation(dependencyFromLibs("testingAnnotations"))
 	testImplementation(project(":junit-jupiter"))
 
-	testRuntimeOnly(project(":junit-platform-engine"))
+	testRuntimeOnly(project(":junit-platform-launcher"))
 	testRuntimeOnly(project(":junit-platform-reporting"))
 
 	testRuntimeOnly(bundleFromLibs("log4j"))
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1b33c55baabb..8bdaf60c75ab 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 78cb6e16a49f..a78b3dff983b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=bd71102213493060956ec229d946beee57158dbd89d0e62b91bca0fa2c5f3531
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=19ce31d8a4f2e59a99931cc13834c70c0e502804851c0640f31a1af9a7d5b003
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-rc-3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 23d15a936707..ef07e0162b18 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/platform-tooling-support-tests/src/test/java/platform/tooling/support/tests/GradleMissingEngineTests.java b/platform-tooling-support-tests/src/test/java/platform/tooling/support/tests/GradleMissingEngineTests.java
index 846a41c6adf9..249675770f47 100644
--- a/platform-tooling-support-tests/src/test/java/platform/tooling/support/tests/GradleMissingEngineTests.java
+++ b/platform-tooling-support-tests/src/test/java/platform/tooling/support/tests/GradleMissingEngineTests.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
-import org.junit.platform.reporting.testutil.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.platform.tests.process.OutputFiles;
 import org.opentest4j.TestAbortedException;
 
@@ -41,11 +40,8 @@ void gradle_wrapper(@TempDir Path workspace, @FilePrefix("gradle") OutputFiles o
 				.redirectOutput(outputFiles).startAndWait();
 
 		assertEquals(1, result.exitCode());
-		assertThat(result.stdErrLines()) //
-				.contains("FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.");
-
-		var htmlFile = FileUtils.findPath(workspace, "glob:**/build/reports/tests/test/classes/*.html");
-		assertThat(htmlFile).content() //
+		assertThat(result.stdErr()) //
+				.contains("FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.") //
 				.contains("Cannot create Launcher without at least one TestEngine");
 	}
 }