diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index bb86d0101a..ed969749bc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -74,23 +74,23 @@ task libDist(dependsOn: subprojects.build, description: 'Builds and copies the e
         subprojects.each {project ->
             if(!project.hasProperty('mainClassName')){
                 project.tasks.withType(Jar).each {archiveTask ->
-                    if(archiveTask.classifier == "sources"){
+                    if(archiveTask.archiveClassifier == "sources"){
                         copy {
                             from archiveTask.archivePath
                                 into sourceFolder
-                                rename {project.name + '-' + archiveTask.classifier +'.'+ archiveTask.extension}
+                                rename {project.name + '-' + archiveTask.archiveClassifier +'.'+ archiveTask.archiveExtension}
                         }
-                    } else if(archiveTask.classifier == "javadoc"){
+                    } else if(archiveTask.archiveClassifier == "javadoc"){
                         copy {
                             from archiveTask.archivePath
                                 into javadocFolder
-                                rename {project.name + '-' + archiveTask.classifier +'.'+ archiveTask.extension}
+                                rename {project.name + '-' + archiveTask.archiveClassifier +'.'+ archiveTask.archiveExtension}
                         }
                     } else{
                         copy {
                             from archiveTask.archivePath
                                 into libFolder
-                                rename {project.name + '.' + archiveTask.extension}
+                                rename {project.name + '.' + archiveTask.archiveExtension}
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/common.gradle b/common.gradle
index a8aaa69230..90beb8427b 100644
--- a/common.gradle
+++ b/common.gradle
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ test {
 }
 
 task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes, description: 'Creates a jar from the source files.') {
-    classifier = 'sources'
+    archiveClassifier = 'sources'
     from sourceSets*.allSource
 }
 
 task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc, description: 'Creates a jar from the javadoc files.') {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    archiveClassifier = 'javadoc'
     from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
 
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ checkstyleTest {
 
 tasks.withType(Checkstyle) {
     reports {
-        xml.enabled false
-        html.enabled true
+        xml.required.set(false)
+        html.required.set(true)
     }
     include("**/com/jme3/renderer/**/*.java")
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index afba109285..e6441136f3 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 c7d437bbb4..a4413138c9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68d65..b740cf1339 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -133,10 +131,13 @@ location of your Java installation."
     fi
 else
     JAVACMD=java
-    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
 
 Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
 location of your Java installation."
+    fi
 fi
 
 # Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
@@ -197,11 +198,15 @@ if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     done
 fi
 
-# Collect all arguments for the java command;
-#   * $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, $JAVA_OPTS, and $GRADLE_OPTS can contain fragments of
-#     shell script including quotes and variable substitutions, so put them in
-#     double quotes to make sure that they get re-expanded; and
-#   * put everything else in single quotes, so that it's not re-expanded.
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 6689b85bee..7101f8e467 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo.
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
-echo.
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
-echo location of your Java installation.
+echo. 1>&2
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
+echo. 1>&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
+echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 
 goto fail
 
diff --git a/jme3-android-native/bufferallocator.gradle b/jme3-android-native/bufferallocator.gradle
index f03027e275..d10335a7f2 100644
--- a/jme3-android-native/bufferallocator.gradle
+++ b/jme3-android-native/bufferallocator.gradle
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ task copyPreCompiledLibsBufferAllocator(type: Copy) {
     from file(bufferAllocatorPreCompiledLibsDir)
     into file(bufferAllocatorBuildLibsDir)
 }
+if (skipPrebuildLibraries != "true" && buildNativeProjects != "true") {
+    copyPreCompiledLibsBufferAllocator.dependsOn(rootProject.extractPrebuiltNatives)
+}
 
 // ndkExists is a boolean from the build.gradle in the root project
 // buildNativeProjects is a string set to "true"
diff --git a/jme3-android-native/decode.gradle b/jme3-android-native/decode.gradle
index 27dc02dd5b..d6a3842f02 100644
--- a/jme3-android-native/decode.gradle
+++ b/jme3-android-native/decode.gradle
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ task copyPreCompiledLibs(type: Copy) {
     from sourceDir
     into outputDir
 }
+if (skipPrebuildLibraries != "true" && buildNativeProjects != "true") {
+    copyPreCompiledLibs.dependsOn(rootProject.extractPrebuiltNatives)
+}
 
 // ndkExists is a boolean from the build.gradle in the root project
 // buildNativeProjects is a string set to "true"
diff --git a/jme3-android-native/openalsoft.gradle b/jme3-android-native/openalsoft.gradle
index 8c224ec457..3cff49b073 100644
--- a/jme3-android-native/openalsoft.gradle
+++ b/jme3-android-native/openalsoft.gradle
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ task copyPreCompiledOpenAlSoftLibs(type: Copy) {
     from sourceDir
     into outputDir
 }
+if (skipPrebuildLibraries != "true" && buildNativeProjects != "true") {
+    copyPreCompiledOpenAlSoftLibs.dependsOn(rootProject.extractPrebuiltNatives)
+}
 
 // ndkExists is a boolean from the build.gradle in the root project
 // buildNativeProjects is a string set to "true"