diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a4d39a8a355..db09456caad 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ plugins {
 	id 'de.undercouch.download' version '4.1.1'
 	id "io.freefair.aspectj" version '5.1.1' apply false
 	id "com.github.ben-manes.versions" version '0.28.0'
+	id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "6.1.0" apply false
 	id "me.champeau.gradle.jmh" version "0.5.2" apply false
 	id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization" version "1.4.21" apply false
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/spring-core.gradle b/spring-core/spring-core.gradle
index 6c72e4daccd..9672530e832 100644
--- a/spring-core/spring-core.gradle
+++ b/spring-core/spring-core.gradle
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
 
-plugins {
-	id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "5.2.0"
-}
-
 description = "Spring Core"
 
 apply plugin: "kotlin"
 
 // spring-core includes asm and repackages cglib, inlining both into the spring-core jar.
-// cglib itself depends on asm and is therefore further transformed by the JarJar task to
+// cglib itself depends on asm and is therefore further transformed by the ShadowJar task to
 // depend on org.springframework.asm; this avoids including two different copies of asm.
 def cglibVersion = "3.3.0"
 def objenesisVersion = "3.1"