diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e09a7200..767ad843 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version=3.0.0-alpha.2
+version=3.0.0-alpha.3-SNAPSHOT
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m
diff --git a/gradle/sdkman.gradle b/gradle/sdkman.gradle
index f062f4a0..af8baeed 100644
--- a/gradle/sdkman.gradle
+++ b/gradle/sdkman.gradle
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ task distributionAvailable() {
 
     doLast {
         String errorMsg = "Distribution is not available at $sdkman.url"
-
-        HttpURLConnection connection = sdkman.url.toURL().openConnection()
+        HttpURLConnection connection = sdkman.url.get().toURL().openConnection()
         connection.setRequestMethod("HEAD")
         connection.connect()