diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 5ff2bc5..788ecf0 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dokka = { id = "org.jetbrains.dokka", version = "1.8.10" }
 japicmp = { id = "me.champeau.gradle.japicmp", version = "0.4.1" }
 ksp = { id = "com.google.devtools.ksp", version.ref = "ksp" }
 mavenPublish = { id = "com.vanniktech.maven.publish", version = "0.25.2" }
-mavenShadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version = "8.0.0" }
+mavenShadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version = "8.1.1" }
 spotless = { id = "com.diffplug.spotless", version = "6.18.0" }
 
 [libraries]
diff --git a/moshi-kotlin-codegen/build.gradle.kts b/moshi-kotlin-codegen/build.gradle.kts
index 69b6a04..e6f48fb 100644
--- a/moshi-kotlin-codegen/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/moshi-kotlin-codegen/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ConfigureShadowRelocation
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers.ServiceFileTransformer
 import com.vanniktech.maven.publish.JavadocJar.None
 import com.vanniktech.maven.publish.KotlinJvm
@@ -84,13 +83,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(libs.kotlinCompileTesting)
 }
 
-val relocateShadowJar = tasks.register<ConfigureShadowRelocation>("relocateShadowJar") {
-  target = tasks.shadowJar.get()
-}
-
 val shadowJar = tasks.shadowJar.apply {
   configure {
-    dependsOn(relocateShadowJar)
     archiveClassifier.set("")
     configurations = listOf(shade)
     relocate("com.squareup.kotlinpoet.metadata", "com.squareup.moshi.kotlinpoet.metadata")