diff --git a/dependencymanager/gradle.properties b/dependencymanager/gradle.properties
index d0b7672..fe4df56 100644
--- a/dependencymanager/gradle.properties
+++ b/dependencymanager/gradle.properties
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 # cnf project name
 bnd_cnf=cnf
 
-# bnd_jar can also be a URL.
-bnd_jar=cnf/gradle/biz.aQute.bnd.gradle.jar
+# bnd_plugin is the dependency declaration for the bnd gradle plugin
+bnd_plugin=biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.gradle:3.0.0
 
 # bnd_build can be set to the name of a "master" project whose dependencies will seed the set of projects to build.
 bnd_build=