diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/build.gradle.kts b/gradle-plugins/compose/build.gradle.kts
index 3c9085dc650..abc4467d3a2 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/build.gradle.kts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(kotlin("gradle-plugin-api"))
 
     // include relocated download task to avoid potential runtime conflicts
-    embedded("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:4.1.1")
+    embedded("de.undercouch:gradle-download-task:5.3.0")
 
     embedded("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json:${BuildProperties.serializationVersion}")
     embedded("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-core:${BuildProperties.serializationVersion}")
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ val shadow = tasks.named<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
     archiveClassifier.set("shadow")
     configurations = listOf(embeddedDependencies)
     exclude("META-INF/gradle-plugins/de.undercouch.download.properties")
+    exclude("META-INF/versions/**")
 }
 
 val jar = tasks.named<Jar>("jar") {
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt
index f952ec5b1b3..5180646cb58 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugins/compose/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/compose/desktop/application/internal/wixToolset.kt
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ internal fun JvmApplicationContext.configureWix() {
     if (project.findProperty(DOWNLOAD_WIX_PROPERTY) == "false") return
 
     val root = project.rootProject
-    val wixDir = root.buildDir.resolve("wixToolset")
-    val zipFile = wixDir.resolve("wix311.zip")
-    val unzipDir = wixDir.resolve("unpacked")
+    val wixDir = project.gradle.gradleUserHomeDir.resolve("compose-jb")
+    val fileName = "wix311"
+    val zipFile = wixDir.resolve("$fileName.zip")
+    val unzipDir = root.projectDir.resolve(fileName)
     val download = root.tasks.maybeCreate(DOWNLOAD_WIX_TOOLSET_TASK_NAME, Download::class.java).apply {
         onlyIf { !zipFile.isFile }
         src("https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3112rtm/wix311-binaries.zip")