diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/build.gradle b/theodolite-benchmarks/build.gradle
index 9dfe6638d0a954901a5c0f5126f6198961fc32ac..1bdad8b66af306cb79515d2a032801c1c8d6ec32 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/build.gradle
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
   }
   dependencies {
     classpath "gradle.plugin.com.github.spotbugs.snom:spotbugs-gradle-plugin:4.6.0"
-    classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:2.0.4'
+    classpath "com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:6.0.0"
   }
 }