diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 50fccdc0e3920a266a777e0fb8427a9e85b18861..0a9f22eee19793b6bef078c33f42930a5ae0b464 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Upcoming version:
 -----------------
+  - upgrading gradle plugin shadowjar (Nikolaus Krismer)
   - updating to gradle 4.1 (Nikolaus Krismer)
 
 Version v0.9.0:
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e02cbad6f49268be9fe41e67410bff4dfe30883e..21f244e4480b38e459a5242707ea6988e7626b60 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
-	id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '1.2.3'
+	id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '2.0.1'
 	id 'com.kageiit.url-cache' version '1.0.0'
 	id 'de.ploing.scmversion' version '0.6.6'
 	id 'org.asciidoctor.convert' version '1.5.3'