diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index bc1536801e..5a4365e162 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import kotlin.io.path.*
 plugins {
     java
     `maven-publish`
-    id("io.papermc.paperweight.core") version "1.7.5"
+    id("io.papermc.paperweight.core") version "1.7.6"
 }
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index df97d72b8b..e2847c8200 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index eb689c22d8..7b0716497a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ rootProject.name = "paper"
 for (name in listOf("Paper-API", "Paper-Server")) {
     val projName = name.lowercase(Locale.ENGLISH)
     include(projName)
+    file(name).mkdirs()
     findProject(":$projName")!!.projectDir = file(name)
 }