diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9fcfdc6b..5795603e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 
 archivesBaseName = project.archives_base_name
-version = project.minecraft_version+'-'+project.mod_version
+version = project.minecraft_version+'-'+project.mod_version+'+v'+new Date().format('yyMMdd')
 group = project.maven_group
 
 minecraft {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ minecraft {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	//to change the versions see the gradle.properties file
+	// To change the versions see the gradle.properties file
 	minecraft "com.mojang:minecraft:${project.minecraft_version}"
 	mappings "net.fabricmc:yarn:${project.yarn_mappings}:v2"
 	modCompile "net.fabricmc:fabric-loader:${project.loader_version}"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ processResources {
 
 	from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
 		include "fabric.mod.json"
-		expand "version": project.version
+		expand "version": project.mod_version
 	}
 
 	from(sourceSets.main.resources.srcDirs) {
@@ -40,23 +40,34 @@ processResources {
 	}
 }
 
-// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
-// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
-// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
-tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
-	options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+	// ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
+	// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
+	// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
+	// If Javadoc is generated, this must be specified in that task too.
+	it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+
+	// The Minecraft launcher currently installs Java 8 for users, so your mod probably wants to target Java 8 too
+	// JDK 9 introduced a new way of specifying this that will make sure no newer classes or methods are used.
+	// We'll use that if it's available, but otherwise we'll use the older option.
+	def targetVersion = 8
+	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+		 it.options.release = targetVersion
+	}
 }
 
-// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
-// if it is present.
-// If you remove this task, sources will not be generated.
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
-	classifier = "sources"
-	from sourceSets.main.allSource
+java {
+	// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
+	// if it is present.
+	// If you remove this line, sources will not be generated.
+	withSourcesJar()
 }
 
 jar {
-	from "LICENSE"
+	from("LICENSE") {
+		rename { "${it}_${project.archivesBaseName}"}
+	}
 }
 
 // configure the maven publication
@@ -73,10 +84,10 @@ publishing {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// select the repositories you want to publish to
+	// Select the repositories you want to publish to
+	// To publish to maven local, no extra repositories are necessary. Just use the task `publishToMavenLocal`.
 	repositories {
-		// uncomment to publish to the local maven
-		// mavenLocal()
+		// See https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html for information on how to set up publishing.
 		maven {
 			url "$projectDir/publish"
 		}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9551a36d..83348ba8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 	loader_version=0.10.8
 
 # Mod Properties
-	mod_version = 1.4.21+v201216
+	mod_version = 1.4.21
 	maven_group = carpet
 	archives_base_name = fabric-carpet
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 5c2d1cf0..e708b1c0 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 4b7e1f3d..be52383e 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 8e25e6c1..cdc5fd53 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -125,10 +125,11 @@ if $darwin; then
     GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
 fi
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin ; then
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
@@ -154,19 +155,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
         else
             eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
         fi
-        i=$((i+1))
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
     done
     case $i in
-        (0) set -- ;;
-        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
     esac
 fi
 
@@ -175,14 +176,9 @@ save () {
     for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
     echo " "
 }
-APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
 eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
 
-# 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" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9618d8d9..107acd32 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -61,28 +64,14 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
 set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json b/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
index be2c43ff..af56a541 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/fabric.mod.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "schemaVersion": 1,
   "id": "carpet",
-  "version": "1.4.21",
+  "version": "${version}",
 
   "name": "Carpet Mod in Fabric",
   "description": "Carpet made out of fabric",