diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9d327c25..6344a9df 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ buildscript {
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath "org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin:$grailsGradlePluginVersion"
-        classpath 'io.github.groovylang.groovydoc:groovydoc-gradle-plugin:1.0.1'
+        classpath 'io.github.groovylang.groovydoc:groovydoc-gradle-plugin:1.0.1', {
+            exclude group:'org.codehaus.groovy'
+        }
         classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.1.0"
     }
 }