diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-gradle-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/build-gradle-plugin.yml
index b46e971..3bac45e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-gradle-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-gradle-plugin.yml
@@ -14,17 +14,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@bc6bd473bfd218b1718cf9d88aa51c89cced7826e06508014f0aca5888938c77 # v4.2.1
-        run: echo "The ${{ github.repository }} repo has been cloned to the runner
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab  # v3.5.2
 
       - name: Setup Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@5ffc13f4174014e2d4d4572b3d74c3fa61aeb2c2  # v3.11.0
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@749f47bda3e44aa060e82d7b3ef7e40d953bd629 # v2.4.2
         with:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: temurin
 
       - name: 🐘 Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@749f47bda3e44aa060e82d7b3ef7e40d953bd629 # v2.4.2
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Build Gradle Plugin
-        run: ./gradle-plugin/gradlew -p gradle-plugin/ build
+        run: cd gradle-plugin/ && ./gradlew build
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ebb8781..cf1acf8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ local.properties
 # Typically, this file would be tracked if it contains build/dependency configurations:
 .project
 
+#need gradle wrapper, and jar files are usually ignored
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 # Gradle build directories
 gradle-plugin/.gradle
 gradle-plugin/build