diff --git a/build.gradle-template b/build.gradle-template
index 60ec7c9..638c953 100644
--- a/build.gradle-template
+++ b/build.gradle-template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.2"
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/bulletin-board-client/build.gradle b/bulletin-board-client/build.gradle
index 03c395a..8f00228 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-client/build.gradle
+++ b/bulletin-board-client/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-    id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+    id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle b/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle
index 1606ef8..bb28fb8 100644
--- a/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle
+++ b/bulletin-board-server/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-    id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+    id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+    id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
     id 'org.akhikhl.gretty' version "1.2.4"
 }
 
diff --git a/distributed-key-generation/build.gradle b/distributed-key-generation/build.gradle
index c90a15a..6befbc4 100644
--- a/distributed-key-generation/build.gradle
+++ b/distributed-key-generation/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 864f396..7047800 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.9-all.zip
-distributionSha256Sum=4647967f8de78d6d6d8093cdac50f368f8c2b8038f41a5afe1c3bce4c69219a9
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.1-all.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=43be380834a13e28e9504c21f67fe1a8895ab54f314a6596601896dca7213482
diff --git a/meerkat-common/build.gradle b/meerkat-common/build.gradle
index 6bf5ad7..896a547 100644
--- a/meerkat-common/build.gradle
+++ b/meerkat-common/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/mixer/build.gradle b/mixer/build.gradle
index ba26598..2dab24c 100644
--- a/mixer/build.gradle
+++ b/mixer/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/polling-station/build.gradle b/polling-station/build.gradle
index 68aad49..2f73721 100644
--- a/polling-station/build.gradle
+++ b/polling-station/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/restful-api-common/build.gradle b/restful-api-common/build.gradle
index 3c0ad1e..a9c80b9 100644
--- a/restful-api-common/build.gradle
+++ b/restful-api-common/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
diff --git a/versionup.pl b/versionup.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..21cfab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versionup.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -i.orig  
+
+# Plugins and their latest versions
+$plugins = {
+	'com.google.protobuf'	=> '0.8.0',
+	'us.kirchmeier.capsule'	=> '1.0.2',
+};
+
+while (<>) {
+ for $plugin (keys %$plugins) {
+   my $ver = $plugins->{$plugin};
+   s/^(\s*id\s*[\'\"]\Q$plugin\E[\'\"]\s*version\s*)\S+/${1}'$ver'/i;
+ } 
+ print;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/voting-booth/build.gradle b/voting-booth/build.gradle
index 544f0b4..0920359 100644
--- a/voting-booth/build.gradle
+++ b/voting-booth/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
-  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version "1.0.1"
-  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.7.0'
+  id "us.kirchmeier.capsule" version '1.0.2'
+  id 'com.google.protobuf' version '0.8.0'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'