diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9f6610ca2..08650d0a4 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -147,10 +147,9 @@ jacocoTestReport {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    annotationProcessor 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor'
+    annotationProcessor 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor' // handles @ConfigurationProperties
     implementation project(':common')
     implementation project(':ui')
-    implementation project(':webui')
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-json'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1e730be99..f0c54d313 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ plugins {
 
 // To upgrade Gradle, change the version here, refresh, then run the 'wrapper' task
 wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = '8.0.2'
+    gradleVersion = '8.1.1'
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/common/build.gradle b/common/build.gradle
index 2bc436af7..a283e46c8 100644
--- a/common/build.gradle
+++ b/common/build.gradle
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: "com.vaadin.external.google", module: "android-json"
     }
     testFixturesImplementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3'
+    testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":common")))
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bdc9a83b1..37aef8d3f 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index bc485e197..b3f42d117 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@ gradleEnterprise {
 rootProject.name = 'Xeres'
 include 'ui'
 include 'app'
-include 'webui'
 include 'common'
diff --git a/webui/README.md b/webui/README.md
index c5f765fa2..2d779087c 100644
--- a/webui/README.md
+++ b/webui/README.md
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ To upgrade Angular, use https://update.angular.io/ and pray.
 
 And because it breaks all the time, there's no Angular stuff here anymore.
 If you want to write a web frontend, feel free to restart it here.
+
+Note that the module is currently removed from the gradle build.