diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f372c8ef..8e915426 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 minimumXtextVersion = 2.9.0
 #We can't use 2.11 while we still want Java 6 support
 bootstrapXtextVersion = 2.9.1
-latestXtextVersion = 2.11.0.beta2
+latestXtextVersion = 2.11.0.RC1
diff --git a/xtext-gradle-builder/build.gradle b/xtext-gradle-builder/build.gradle
index efcc3f0a..173847a3 100644
--- a/xtext-gradle-builder/build.gradle
+++ b/xtext-gradle-builder/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 description 'A small wrapper for Xtext to make it easier to use from Gradle'
 
 dependencies {
+	compile project(':xtext-gradle-protocol')
 	compile "org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext:$minimumXtextVersion"
-	compile "org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext.java:$minimumXtextVersion"
-	compile "org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase:$minimumXtextVersion"
 	compile "org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext.smap:$minimumXtextVersion"
-	compile project(':xtext-gradle-protocol')
+	compile "org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext.xbase:$minimumXtextVersion"
+
+	runtime "org.eclipse.xtext:org.eclipse.xtext.java:$minimumXtextVersion"
+	//workaround for old Xtext versions not declaring this hard dependency
+	runtime "org.eclipse.jdt:org.eclipse.jdt.core:3.10.0"
 }