diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66c6d02..de3e2bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ bin/
 *.iws
 *.ipr
 *.iml
-out/
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/
+out/
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e0021d8..f21180d 100755
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ apply plugin: "groovy"
 version = "1.0"
 description = "Spock Framework - Example Project"
 
-// Spock works with Java 1.5 and above
-sourceCompatibility = 1.5
+// Spock works with Java 1.6 and above
+sourceCompatibility = 1.6
 
 repositories {
   // Spock releases are available from Maven Central
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   // mandatory dependencies for using Spock
   compile "org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.1"
-  testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.4"
+  testCompile "org.spockframework:spock-core:1.1-groovy-2.4-rc-3"
 
   // optional dependencies for using Spock
   testCompile "org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" // only necessary if Hamcrest matchers are used
-  testRuntime "cglib:cglib-nodep:3.1"          // allows mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces)
-  testRuntime "org.objenesis:objenesis:2.1"    // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with CGLIB)
+  testRuntime "cglib:cglib-nodep:3.2.4"          // allows mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces)
+  testRuntime "org.objenesis:objenesis:2.5.1"    // allows mocking of classes without default constructor (together with CGLIB)
 
   // dependencies used by examples in this project
   testRuntime "com.h2database:h2:1.4.182"
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 5dab880..fedcabd 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <property name="src.dir" location="src/test/groovy" />
   <property name="resource.dir" location="src/test/resources" />
   <property name="build.dir" location="ant/build" />
-  <property name="lib.dir" location="ant/lib" />  
-  
+  <property name="lib.dir" location="ant/lib" />
+
   <property name="maven.ant.tasks.url" value="http://central.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/maven-ant-tasks/2.1.3/maven-ant-tasks-2.1.3.jar" />
   <property name="maven.ant.tasks.jar" value="${lib.dir}${file.separator}maven-ant-tasks-2.1.3.jar" />
   <available property="maven.ant.tasks.jar.exists" file="${maven.ant.tasks.jar}" />
-          
+
   <target name="bootstrap.maven.tasks" unless="maven.ant.tasks.jar.exists">
     <mkdir dir="${lib.dir}" />
     <get
@@ -16,30 +16,30 @@
   </target>
 
   <target name="init.maven.tasks" depends="bootstrap.maven.tasks">
-    <typedef 
-      resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml" 
-      uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant" 
-      classpath="${maven.ant.tasks.jar}" /> 
+    <typedef
+      resource="org/apache/maven/artifact/ant/antlib.xml"
+      uri="urn:maven-artifact-ant"
+      classpath="${maven.ant.tasks.jar}" />
   </target>
-  
-  <target name="resolve.dependencies" depends="init.maven.tasks">   
+
+  <target name="resolve.dependencies" depends="init.maven.tasks">
     <artifact:dependencies pathId="classpath.spock">
 <!-- Mandatory dependencies for using Spock -->
       <dependency
         groupId="org.spockframework"
         artifactId="spock-core"
-        version="1.0-groovy-2.4" />
+        version="1.1-groovy-2.4-rc-3" />
 <!-- Optional dependencies for using Spock -->
       <!-- enables mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces) -->
-      <dependency 
+      <dependency
         groupId="cglib"
         artifactId="cglib-nodep"
-        version="3.1" />
+        version="3.2.4" />
       <!-- enables mocking of classes without parameterless constructor (together with CGLIB) -->
       <dependency
         groupId="org.objenesis"
         artifactId="objenesis"
-        version="2.1" />
+        version="2.5.1" />
       <!-- only required if Spock's Ant selector is used, which finds spec classes regardless of their name -->
       <dependency
         groupId="org.ow2.asm"
@@ -64,19 +64,19 @@
         url="https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/" />
     </artifact:dependencies>
   </target>
-  
+
   <target name="init.groovy.tasks" depends="resolve.dependencies">
     <!-- Using the Groovy compiler from classpath.spock is a simple and safe setup -->
     <taskdef
       name="groovyc"
       classname="org.codehaus.groovy.ant.Groovyc"
-      classpathref="classpath.spock" />  
+      classpathref="classpath.spock" />
   </target>
 
   <target name="init" depends="init.groovy.tasks">
     <tstamp />
-    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}" /> 
-  </target> 
+    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}" />
+  </target>
 
   <target name="copy.resources" depends="init">
     <copy todir="${build.dir}">
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@
       destdir="${build.dir}"
       classpathref="classpath.spock" />
   </target>
-  
+
   <target name="test" depends="compile">
     <junit fork="true" forkmode="once">
       <classpath path="${build.dir}" />
-      <classpath refid="classpath.spock" />       
+      <classpath refid="classpath.spock" />
       <batchtest>
         <fileset dir="${build.dir}">
           <custom
@@ -109,4 +109,4 @@
   <target name="clean">
     <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
   </target>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 245cae1..a697830 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.2.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b9599c..df740b7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         visit https://github.com/groovy/GMavenPlus/wiki -->
         <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
         <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
+        <version>1.5</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <goals>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       <!-- Only required if names of spec classes don't match default Surefire patterns (`*Test` etc.) -->
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6</version>
+        <version>2.18.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <useFile>false</useFile>
           <includes>
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
       <!-- Only required for spock-example build -->
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
+        <version>2.8.2</version>
         <configuration>
           <skip>true</skip>
         </configuration>
@@ -59,25 +59,25 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spock-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0-groovy-2.4</version>
+      <version>1.1-groovy-2.4-rc-3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Optional dependencies for using Spock -->
     <dependency> <!-- use a specific Groovy version rather than the one specified by spock-core -->
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.1</version>
+      <version>2.4.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes (in addition to interfaces) -->
       <groupId>cglib</groupId>
       <artifactId>cglib-nodep</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1</version>
+      <version>3.2.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- enables mocking of classes without default constructor (together with CGLIB) -->
       <groupId>org.objenesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>objenesis</artifactId>
-      <version>2.1</version>
+      <version>2.5.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency> <!-- only required if Hamcrest matchers are used -->