diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37d8867..7fdca07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ gr8 {
     val compileOnlyDependenciesForGr8 = configurations.create("compileOnlyDependenciesForGr8") {
       attributes {
         attribute(ArtifactTypeDefinition.ARTIFACT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, FilterTransform.artifactType)
-      }
-      attributes {
         attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, project.objects.named<Usage>(Usage.JAVA_API))
       }
     }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86b4966..1023792 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,14 +34,15 @@ dependencies {
  * Create a separate configuration to resolve compileOnly dependencies.
  * You can skip this if you have no compileOnly dependencies. 
  */
-val compileOnlyDependencies: Configuration = configurations.create("compileOnlyDependencies") 
-compileOnlyDependencies.extendsFrom(configurations.getByName("compileOnly"))
+val compileOnlyDependencies by configurations.creating {
+  extendsFrom(configurations.compileOnly.get())
+}
 
 gr8 {
   val shadowedJar = create("gr8") {
     // program jars are included in the final shadowed jar
-    addProgramJarsFrom(configurations.getByName("runtimeClasspath"))
-    addProgramJarsFrom(tasks.getByName("jar"))
+    addProgramJarsFrom(configurations.runtimeClasspath.get())
+    addProgramJarsFrom(tasks.named<Jar>("jar"))
     // classpath jars are only used by R8 for analysis but are not included in the
     // final shadowed jar.
     addClassPathJarsFrom(compileOnlyDependencies)
@@ -85,60 +86,58 @@ Using Gr8 to shadow dependencies in Gradle plugin is a typical use case but requ
 To work around this, you can use, `removeGradleApiFromApi()`, `registerTransform()` and custom configurations:
 
 ```kotlin
-val shadowedDependencies = configurations.create("shadowedDependencies")
+val shadowedDependencies by configurations.creating
 
-val compileOnlyDependencies: Configuration = configurations.create("compileOnlyDependencies") {
+val compileOnlyDependencies by configurations.creating {
   attributes {
     attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, project.objects.named<Usage>(Usage.JAVA_API))
-  }
-  // this attribute is needed to filter out some classes, see https://issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/380805015 
-  attributes {
+
+    // this attribute is needed to filter out some classes, see https://issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/380805015 
     attribute(ArtifactTypeDefinition.ARTIFACT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, FilterTransform.artifactType)
   }
+
+  extendsFrom(configurationscompileOnly.get())
 }
-compileOnlyDependencies.extendsFrom(configurations.getByName("compileOnly"))
 
 dependencies {
-  add(shadowedDependencies.name, "com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.0")
-  add("compileOnly", gradleApi())
+  shadowedDependencies("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.0")
+  compileOnly(gradleApi())
   // More dependencies here
 }
 
 if (shadow) {
   gr8 {
-    create("default") {
-      val shadowedJar = create("default") {
-        addProgramJarsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
-        addProgramJarsFrom(tasks.getByName("jar"))
-        // classpath jars are only used by R8 for analysis but are not included in the
-        // final shadowed jar.
-        addClassPathJarsFrom(compileOnlyDependencies)
-
-        proguardFile("rules.pro")
-
-        // for more information about the different options, refer to their matching R8 documentation
-        // at https://r8.googlesource.com/r8#running-r8
-
-        // See https://issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/380805015 for why this is required
-        registerFilterTransform(listOf(".*/impldep/META-INF/versions/.*"))
-      }
-
-      removeGradleApiFromApi()
-      
-      // Optional: replace the regular jar with the shadowed one in the publication
-      replaceOutgoingJar(shadowedJar)
-
-      // Or if you prefer the shadowed jar to be a separate variant in the default publication
-      // The variant will have `org.gradle.dependency.bundling = shadowed`
-      addShadowedVariant(shadowedJar)
-
-      // Allow to compile the module without exposing the shadowedDependencies downstream
-      configurations.getByName("compileOnly").extendsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
-      configurations.getByName("testImplementation").extendsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
+    val shadowedJar = create("default") {
+      addProgramJarsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
+      addProgramJarsFrom(tasks.named<Jar>("jar"))
+      // classpath jars are only used by R8 for analysis but are not included in the
+      // final shadowed jar.
+      addClassPathJarsFrom(compileOnlyDependencies)
+
+      proguardFile("rules.pro")
+
+      // for more information about the different options, refer to their matching R8 documentation
+      // at https://r8.googlesource.com/r8#running-r8
+
+      // See https://issuetracker.google.com/u/1/issues/380805015 for why this is required
+      registerFilterTransform(listOf(".*/impldep/META-INF/versions/.*"))
     }
+
+    removeGradleApiFromApi()
+    
+    // Optional: replace the regular jar with the shadowed one in the publication
+    replaceOutgoingJar(shadowedJar)
+
+    // Or if you prefer the shadowed jar to be a separate variant in the default publication
+    // The variant will have `org.gradle.dependency.bundling = shadowed`
+    addShadowedVariant(shadowedJar)
+
+    // Allow to compile the module without exposing the shadowedDependencies downstream
+    configurations.compileOnly.get().extendsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
+    configurations.testImplementation.get().extendsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
   }
 } else {
-  configurations.getByName("implementation").extendsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
+  configurations.implementation.get().extendsFrom(shadowedDependencies)
 }
 ```
 
@@ -162,13 +161,13 @@ If you want to keep them, you need to keep `kotlin.Metadata` and `kotlin.Unit`:
 
 You can specify the version of the java runtime to use with `systemClassesToolchain`:
 
-```
+```kotlin
 gr8 {
   val shadowedJar = create("gr8") {
     proguardFile("rules.pro")
-    addProgramJarsFrom(configurations.getByName("runtimeClasspath"))
+    addProgramJarsFrom(configurations.runtimeClasspath)
     systemClassesToolchain {
-      languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(11))
+      languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(11)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/gr8-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/gr8-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 793cb52..e53bc4b 100644
--- a/gr8-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/gr8-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ plugins {
 val filteredClasspathDependencies: Configuration = configurations.create("filteredClasspathDependencies") {
   attributes {
     attribute(ArtifactTypeDefinition.ARTIFACT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, FilterTransform.artifactType)
-  }
-  attributes {
     attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, project.objects.named<Usage>(Usage.JAVA_API))
   }
 }
diff --git a/test-plugin/build.gradle.kts b/test-plugin/build.gradle.kts
index 67cca6e..2dab62a 100644
--- a/test-plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/test-plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ dependencies {
 val compileOnlyDependenciesForGr8: Configuration = configurations.create("compileOnlyDependenciesForGr8") {
   attributes {
     attribute(ArtifactTypeDefinition.ARTIFACT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE, FilterTransform.artifactType)
-  }
-  attributes {
     attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, project.objects.named<Usage>(Usage.JAVA_API))
   }
 }