diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/AbstractAnalyze.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/AbstractAnalyze.groovy
index 1d8c65e..4acff98 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/AbstractAnalyze.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/AbstractAnalyze.groovy
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ import static org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Checksum.*
 abstract class AbstractAnalyze extends ConfiguredTask {
 
     @Internal
-    transient String currentProjectName = project.getName()
+    String currentProjectName = project.getName()
     @Internal
     Attribute artifactType = Attribute.of('artifactType', String)
     // @Internal
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/ConfiguredTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/ConfiguredTask.groovy
index fc2a262..ea3ca6d 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/ConfiguredTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/owasp/dependencycheck/gradle/tasks/ConfiguredTask.groovy
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ import static org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.Settings.KEYS.*
 abstract class ConfiguredTask extends DefaultTask {
 
     @Internal
-    transient DependencyCheckExtension config = (DependencyCheckExtension) project.getExtensions().findByName('dependencyCheck')
+    DependencyCheckExtension config = (DependencyCheckExtension) project.getExtensions().findByName('dependencyCheck')
     @Internal
-    transient Settings settings
+    Settings settings
     @Internal
     String PROPERTIES_FILE = 'task.properties'