diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java
index 5fbffeaa873..0c373d5b574 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.CopySpec;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.ApplicationPlugin;
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.ApplicationPluginConvention;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider;
 import org.gradle.jvm.application.scripts.TemplateBasedScriptGenerator;
 import org.gradle.jvm.application.tasks.CreateStartScripts;
 
@@ -49,12 +50,21 @@ final class ApplicationPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 		Distribution distribution = distributions.create("boot");
 		distribution.getDistributionBaseName()
 				.convention((project.provider(() -> applicationConvention.getApplicationName() + "-boot")));
-		CreateStartScripts bootStartScripts = project.getTasks().create("bootStartScripts", CreateStartScripts.class);
-		bootStartScripts
+		TaskProvider<CreateStartScripts> bootStartScripts = project.getTasks().register("bootStartScripts",
+				CreateStartScripts.class,
+				(task) -> configureCreateStartScripts(project, applicationConvention, distribution, task));
+		CopySpec binCopySpec = project.copySpec().into("bin").from(bootStartScripts);
+		binCopySpec.setFileMode(0755);
+		distribution.getContents().with(binCopySpec);
+	}
+
+	private void configureCreateStartScripts(Project project, ApplicationPluginConvention applicationConvention,
+			Distribution distribution, CreateStartScripts createStartScripts) {
+		createStartScripts
 				.setDescription("Generates OS-specific start scripts to run the project as a Spring Boot application.");
-		((TemplateBasedScriptGenerator) bootStartScripts.getUnixStartScriptGenerator())
+		((TemplateBasedScriptGenerator) createStartScripts.getUnixStartScriptGenerator())
 				.setTemplate(project.getResources().getText().fromString(loadResource("/unixStartScript.txt")));
-		((TemplateBasedScriptGenerator) bootStartScripts.getWindowsStartScriptGenerator())
+		((TemplateBasedScriptGenerator) createStartScripts.getWindowsStartScriptGenerator())
 				.setTemplate(project.getResources().getText().fromString(loadResource("/windowsStartScript.txt")));
 		project.getConfigurations().all((configuration) -> {
 			if ("bootArchives".equals(configuration.getName())) {
@@ -62,16 +72,14 @@ final class ApplicationPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 						.from((Callable<FileCollection>) () -> configuration.getArtifacts().getFiles());
 				libCopySpec.setFileMode(0644);
 				distribution.getContents().with(libCopySpec);
-				bootStartScripts.setClasspath(configuration.getArtifacts().getFiles());
+				createStartScripts.setClasspath(configuration.getArtifacts().getFiles());
 			}
 		});
-		bootStartScripts.getConventionMapping().map("outputDir", () -> new File(project.getBuildDir(), "bootScripts"));
-		bootStartScripts.getConventionMapping().map("applicationName", applicationConvention::getApplicationName);
-		bootStartScripts.getConventionMapping().map("defaultJvmOpts",
+		createStartScripts.getConventionMapping().map("outputDir",
+				() -> new File(project.getBuildDir(), "bootScripts"));
+		createStartScripts.getConventionMapping().map("applicationName", applicationConvention::getApplicationName);
+		createStartScripts.getConventionMapping().map("defaultJvmOpts",
 				applicationConvention::getApplicationDefaultJvmArgs);
-		CopySpec binCopySpec = project.copySpec().into("bin").from(bootStartScripts);
-		binCopySpec.setFileMode(0755);
-		distribution.getContents().with(binCopySpec);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java
index 0b8c8fb80ab..a9ea3fd4c97 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginAction.java
@@ -167,15 +167,16 @@ final class JavaPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 	}
 
 	private void configureUtf8Encoding(Project project) {
-		project.afterEvaluate((evaluated) -> evaluated.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class, (compile) -> {
-			if (compile.getOptions().getEncoding() == null) {
-				compile.getOptions().setEncoding("UTF-8");
-			}
-		}));
+		project.afterEvaluate(
+				(evaluated) -> evaluated.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class).configureEach((compile) -> {
+					if (compile.getOptions().getEncoding() == null) {
+						compile.getOptions().setEncoding("UTF-8");
+					}
+				}));
 	}
 
 	private void configureParametersCompilerArg(Project project) {
-		project.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class, (compile) -> {
+		project.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class).configureEach((compile) -> {
 			List<String> compilerArgs = compile.getOptions().getCompilerArgs();
 			if (!compilerArgs.contains(PARAMETERS_COMPILER_ARG)) {
 				compilerArgs.add(PARAMETERS_COMPILER_ARG);
@@ -184,8 +185,8 @@ final class JavaPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 	}
 
 	private void configureAdditionalMetadataLocations(Project project) {
-		project.afterEvaluate((evaluated) -> evaluated.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class,
-				this::configureAdditionalMetadataLocations));
+		project.afterEvaluate((evaluated) -> evaluated.getTasks().withType(JavaCompile.class)
+				.configureEach(this::configureAdditionalMetadataLocations));
 	}
 
 	private void configureAdditionalMetadataLocations(JavaCompile compile) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginAction.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginAction.java
index 06774b3075d..a4bce532bd0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/KotlinPluginAction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ class KotlinPluginAction implements PluginApplicationAction {
 	}
 
 	private void enableJavaParametersOption(Project project) {
-		project.getTasks().withType(KotlinCompile.class,
-				(compile) -> compile.getKotlinOptions().setJavaParameters(true));
+		project.getTasks().withType(KotlinCompile.class)
+				.configureEach((compile) -> compile.getKotlinOptions().setJavaParameters(true));
 	}
 
 	@Override