diff --git a/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/BundlerJarTasks.kt b/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/BundlerJarTasks.kt
index 85adef97..296d9b1d 100644
--- a/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/BundlerJarTasks.kt
+++ b/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/BundlerJarTasks.kt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.artifacts.component.ProjectComponentIdentifier
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFile
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.provider.ProviderFactory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class BundlerJarTasks(
     project: Project,
     private val bundlerJarName: Provider<String>,
     private val mainClassString: Provider<String>,
+    private val providers: ProviderFactory = project.providers,
 ) {
     val createBundlerJar: TaskProvider<CreateBundlerJar>
     val createPaperclipJar: TaskProvider<CreatePaperclipJar>
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ class BundlerJarTasks(
             registerVersionArtifact(
                 bundlerJarName.get(),
                 bundlerVersionJson,
+                providers,
                 serverJar
             )
         }
@@ -175,9 +178,10 @@ class BundlerJarTasks(
         fun NamedDomainObjectContainer<CreateBundlerJar.VersionArtifact>.registerVersionArtifact(
             name: String,
             versionJson: Provider<RegularFile>,
+            providers: ProviderFactory,
             serverJar: Provider<RegularFile>
         ) = register(name) {
-            id.set(versionJson.map { gson.fromJson<JsonObject>(it)["id"].asString })
+            id.set(providers.fileContents(versionJson).asText.map { gson.fromJson<JsonObject>(it)["id"].asString })
             file.set(serverJar)
         }
     }
diff --git a/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/DevBundleTasks.kt b/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/DevBundleTasks.kt
index 5e012ee5..11b1470c 100644
--- a/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/DevBundleTasks.kt
+++ b/paperweight-core/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/core/taskcontainers/DevBundleTasks.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFile
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginExtension
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.provider.ProviderFactory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskContainer
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*
 class DevBundleTasks(
     project: Project,
     tasks: TaskContainer = project.tasks,
+    private val providers: ProviderFactory = project.providers,
 ) {
     val serverBundlerForDevBundle by tasks.registering<CreateBundlerJar> {
         paperclip.from(project.configurations.named(PAPERCLIP_CONFIG))
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ class DevBundleTasks(
                 registerVersionArtifact(
                     bundlerJarName,
                     versionJsonFile,
+                    providers,
                     project.tasks.named<IncludeMappings>("includeMappings").flatMap { it.outputJar }
                 )
             }
diff --git a/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreateBundlerJar.kt b/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreateBundlerJar.kt
index fca79ac9..cbddce58 100644
--- a/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreateBundlerJar.kt
+++ b/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreateBundlerJar.kt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ abstract class CreateBundlerJar : ZippedTask() {
     }
 
     override fun run(rootDir: Path) {
-        paperclip.singleFile.toPath().openZip().use { zip ->
+        paperclip.singleFile.toPath().openZipSafe().use { zip ->
             zip.getPath("/").copyRecursivelyTo(rootDir)
         }
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ abstract class CreateBundlerJar : ZippedTask() {
         rootDir.resolve("META-INF/main-class").writeText(mainClass.get())
 
         // copy version.json file
-        vanillaBundlerJar.path.openZip().use { fs ->
+        vanillaBundlerJar.path.openZipSafe().use { fs ->
             fs.getPath("/").resolve(FileEntry.VERSION_JSON).copyTo(rootDir.resolve("version.json"))
         }
     }
diff --git a/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreatePaperclipJar.kt b/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreatePaperclipJar.kt
index 7b57029f..93510cf2 100644
--- a/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreatePaperclipJar.kt
+++ b/paperweight-lib/src/main/kotlin/io/papermc/paperweight/tasks/CreatePaperclipJar.kt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ abstract class CreatePaperclipJar : JavaLauncherZippedTask() {
     override fun run(rootDir: Path) {
         // Vanilla's URL uses a SHA1 hash of the vanilla server jar
         val patchEntries: List<PatchEntry>
-        bundlerJar.path.openZip().use { newBundlerFs ->
-            originalBundlerJar.path.openZip().use { originalBundlerFs ->
+        bundlerJar.path.openZipSafe().use { newBundlerFs ->
+            originalBundlerJar.path.openZipSafe().use { originalBundlerFs ->
                 val originalBundlerRoot = originalBundlerFs.getPath("/")
                 val newBundlerRoot = newBundlerFs.getPath("/")