diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 76e9747..66344d2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import com.bmuschko.gradle.docker.tasks.image.DockerBuildImage
 plugins {
     `java-library`
     id("com.bmuschko.docker-remote-api") version "10.0.0"
-    id("com.gradleup.shadow") version "9.3.2"
+    id("com.gradleup.shadow") version "9.4.0"
     alias(libs.plugins.edc.build)
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7e06317..7e6d0b5 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jakarta-rsApi = { module = "jakarta.ws.rs:jakarta.ws.rs-api", version.ref = "rsA
 jersey-multipart = { module = "org.glassfish.jersey.media:jersey-media-multipart", version.ref = "jersey" }
 
 [plugins]
-shadow = { id = "com.gradleup.shadow", version = "9.3.2" }
+shadow = { id = "com.gradleup.shadow", version = "9.4.0" }
 edc-build = { id = "org.eclipse.edc.edc-build", version.ref = "edc-build" }
 docker = { id = "com.bmuschko.docker-remote-api", version = "10.0.0" }
 swagger = { id = "io.swagger.core.v3.swagger-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "swagger" }