diff --git a/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts b/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
index f691e13..228941b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/benchmarks/build.gradle.kts
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ benchmark {
 }
 
 kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain(8)
+
     jvm {
-        compilations.all {
-            kotlinOptions {
-                jvmTarget = "1.8"
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     js(IR) {
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index b9119cf..19b4327 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ subprojects {
             configure<KotlinMultiplatformExtension> {
                 explicitApi()
 
+                jvmToolchain(8)
+
                 jvm {
                     mavenPublication {
                         artifact(javadocJar.get())
diff --git a/example/build.gradle.kts b/example/build.gradle.kts
index f04cf2b..9cce8bd 100644
--- a/example/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/example/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ application {
     mainClass.set("com.github.michaelbull.result.example.ApplicationKt")
 }
 
+kotlin {
+    jvmToolchain(8)
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":kotlin-result"))
     implementation(libs.kotlin.stdlib.jdk8)
@@ -18,9 +22,3 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.ktor.server.content.negotiation)
     implementation(libs.ktor.server.netty)
 }
-
-tasks.withType(KotlinCompile::class.java).all {
-    kotlinOptions {
-        jvmTarget = "1.8"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 943f0cb..ccebba7 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2b22d05..761b8f0 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-7.6-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68..79a61d4 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
diff --git a/kotlin-result/build.gradle.kts b/kotlin-result/build.gradle.kts
index e9e5ed9..0850a1b 100644
--- a/kotlin-result/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kotlin-result/build.gradle.kts
@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 kotlin {
-    jvm {
-        compilations.all {
-            kotlinOptions {
-                jvmTarget = "1.8"
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    jvmToolchain(8)
 
     // Additional targets not currently supported by coroutines
     androidNativeArm32()