diff --git a/ToolchainPlugin/build.gradle b/ToolchainPlugin/build.gradle
index 93989bdd..aab40c3c 100644
--- a/ToolchainPlugin/build.gradle
+++ b/ToolchainPlugin/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
     // For some utility classes. We don't actually apply DeployUtils to the FRCToolchain,
     // but we do in GradleRIO
     api 'edu.wpi.first:DeployUtils:2025.2.0'
-    api 'de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:4.0.1'
+    api 'de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:5.6.0'
 
     testImplementation('org.spockframework:spock-core:2.0-M4-groovy-3.0') {
         exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy'
diff --git a/ToolchainPlugin/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/toolchain/DefaultToolchainInstaller.java b/ToolchainPlugin/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/toolchain/DefaultToolchainInstaller.java
index dd12eee3..673fff5f 100644
--- a/ToolchainPlugin/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/toolchain/DefaultToolchainInstaller.java
+++ b/ToolchainPlugin/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/toolchain/DefaultToolchainInstaller.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 public class DefaultToolchainInstaller extends AbstractToolchainInstaller {
 
@@ -39,9 +40,14 @@ public void install(Project project) {
             action.src(source);
             action.dest(dst);
             action.overwrite(false);
-            action.execute();
+            action.retries(1);
+            action.execute().get();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new GradleException("Could not download toolchain", e);
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new GradleException("Could not download toolchain, interrupted", e);
+        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+            throw new GradleException("Could not download toolchain, failed", e);
         }
 
         if (action.isUpToDate()) {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 26d704a8..6250baf8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ java {
 
 allprojects {
     group = "edu.wpi.first"
-    version = "2025.12.4"
+    version = "2026.0.0"
 
     if (project.hasProperty('publishVersion')) {
         version = project.publishVersion
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/nativeutils/vendordeps/VendorDepTask.java b/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/nativeutils/vendordeps/VendorDepTask.java
index c0a1efa7..c0e8ffa0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/nativeutils/vendordeps/VendorDepTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/nativeutils/vendordeps/VendorDepTask.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
 import org.gradle.api.file.Directory;
@@ -39,10 +40,12 @@ public void update() {
 
     /**
      * Installs the JSON file
-     * @throws java.io.IOException throws on ioexception
+     * @throws ExecutionException if completed exceptionally
+     * @throws InterruptedException if cancelled
+     * @throws IOException if the download fails
      */
     @TaskAction
-    public void install() throws IOException {
+    public void install() throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         if (update) {
           Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
           Object property = getProject().findProperty(WPIVendorDepsExtension.NATIVEUTILS_VENDOR_FOLDER_PROPERTY);
@@ -167,10 +170,13 @@ private void copyLocal(String filename, Path dest) {
     /**
      * Download a vendor JSON file from a URL
      * @param dest the destination file
+     * @throws ExecutionException if completed exceptionally
+     * @throws InterruptedException if cancelled
+     * @throws IOException if the download fails
      */
-    private void downloadRemote(Path dest) throws IOException {
+    private void downloadRemote(Path dest) throws IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException {
         downloadAction.src(url);
         downloadAction.dest(dest.toFile());
-        downloadAction.execute();
+        downloadAction.execute().get();
     }
 }
diff --git a/testing/cpp/build.gradle b/testing/cpp/build.gradle
index 67ee1052..22b25c02 100644
--- a/testing/cpp/build.gradle
+++ b/testing/cpp/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import edu.wpi.first.nativeutils.vendordeps.WPIVendorDepsPlugin
 
 plugins {
     id "cpp"
-    id "edu.wpi.first.NativeUtils" version "2025.12.4"
+    id "edu.wpi.first.NativeUtils" version "2026.0.0"
 }
 
 nativeUtils.addWpiNativeUtils()