diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a5952066..17655d0e 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.6-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/neoforge/build.gradle b/neoforge/build.gradle
index 5d05b23a..2495cbfb 100644
--- a/neoforge/build.gradle
+++ b/neoforge/build.gradle
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
+	id 'java-library'
+    id 'eclipse'
+    id 'idea'
     id "com.modrinth.minotaur" version "2.+"
-    id "net.neoforged.gradle.userdev" version "7.0.94"
+    id 'net.neoforged.gradle.userdev' version '7.0.109'
 }
 
 println("Applying plugins...")
@@ -79,6 +82,10 @@ sourceSets.main.resources {
     // NO-OP
 }
 
+configurations {
+    runtimeClasspath.extendsFrom localRuntime
+}
+
 repositories {
 	println("Specifying repositories...")	
 	maven {  url "file:///${project.projectDir}/deps/"    } // local
@@ -200,6 +207,18 @@ tasks.updateResources.dependsOn processResources
 //    options.failOnError(true)
 //}
 
+tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+    options.encoding = 'UTF-8' // Use the UTF-8 charset for Java compilation
+}
+
+// IDEA no longer automatically downloads sources/javadoc jars for dependencies, so we need to explicitly enable the behavior.
+idea {
+    module {
+        downloadSources = true
+        downloadJavadoc = true
+    }
+}
+
 publishing {
 
     publications {