diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6dab71737..49992e2b6 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id "architectury-plugin" version "3.4-SNAPSHOT"
-    id "dev.architectury.loom" version "0.10.0.195" apply false
+    id "dev.architectury.loom" version "0.10.0-SNAPSHOT" apply false
 }
 
 architectury {
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ allprojects {
 
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-        options.release = 8
+
+        // The Minecraft launcher currently installs Java 8 for users, so your mod probably wants to target Java 8 too
+        // JDK 9 introduced a new way of specifying this that will make sure no newer classes or methods are used.
+        // We'll use that if it's available, but otherwise we'll use the older option.
+        def targetVersion = 8
+        if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+            options.release = targetVersion
+        }
     }
 
     java {
diff --git a/core b/core
index 975c24c8a..219ad9c45 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 975c24c8a9650dcfa9bd817d4c803c108ff1123a
+Subproject commit 219ad9c45ac48b705e7a034d74383b636b2c9006