diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9b86920c..742ca48e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    groovy 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:1.8.8'
+    compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.3.6'
     compile 'org.apache.ivy:ivy:2.2.0'
     compile 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.2' // should be part of groovy, but not available when running for some reason
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.10'