diff --git a/apps/build.gradle b/apps/build.gradle
index a431136..55022e1 100644
--- a/apps/build.gradle
+++ b/apps/build.gradle
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 plugins {
     id 'application' // to build JVM applications
+    alias(libs.plugins.download) // to retrieve files from URLs
 }
 
 application {
@@ -311,24 +312,8 @@ void registerPlatformTasks(String platform, String suffix) {
         delete downloadsDir + filename
     }
 
-    tasks.register('download' + platform, MyDownload) {
-        sourceUrl = libbulletjmeUrl + filename
-        target = file(downloadsDir + filename)
-    }
-}
-
-// helper class to wrap Ant download task:
-
-class MyDownload extends DefaultTask {
-    @Input
-    String sourceUrl
-
-    @OutputFile
-    File target
-
-    @TaskAction
-    void download() {
-        ant.get(src: sourceUrl, dest: target)
-        println sourceUrl
+    tasks.register('download' + platform, Download) {
+        src libbulletjmeUrl + filename
+        dest file(downloadsDir + filename)
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 2e13d89..2ed52ed 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ lwjgl-vulkan = { module = "org.lwjgl:lwjgl-vulkan", version.ref = "lwjgl" }
 [bundles]
 
 [plugins]
+
+download = { id = "de.undercouch.download", version = "5.6.0" }
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