diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
index 0ef1e3e318..1c4613a77b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ dependencies {
 
 }
 
-task libtest << { configurations.testCompile.files.each { println it } }
+task libtest() {
+	doLast{
+		configurations.testCompile.files.each { println it }
+	}
+}
 
 test {
 	testLogging {
@@ -126,4 +130,8 @@ task resolveDependencies {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+	gradleVersion = '3.4'
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
index 7c5e8ebb39..dc488d8fa7 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle.properties
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
 
 nexusUsername =
 nexusPassword =
-verifierVersion=1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+verifierVersion=1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+org.gradle.daemon=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 3baa851b28..deedc7fa5e 100644
Binary files a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 66a1d160df..19de5bfeda 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Aug 29 14:43:30 CEST 2016
+#Tue Feb 28 14:19:34 CET 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.4-bin.zip
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew
index 27309d9231..9aa616c273 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew
@@ -161,4 +161,9 @@ function splitJvmOpts() {
 eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
 JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
 
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]] && [[ "$HOME" == "$PWD" ]]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
 exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
index 832fdb6079..f9553162f1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ goto fail
 @rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec.groovy
index 06abe952e1..011b99a5f6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec.groovy
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ abstract class ContractVerifierIntegrationSpec extends Specification {
 	protected void runTasksSuccessfully(String... tasks) {
 		BuildResult result = run(tasks)
 		result.tasks.each {
-			assert it.outcome == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS || it.outcome == TaskOutcome.UP_TO_DATE
+			assert it.outcome == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS || it.outcome == TaskOutcome.UP_TO_DATE || it.outcome == TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
 		}
 	}