diff --git a/conventions/src/main/groovy/config.docs.gradle b/conventions/src/main/groovy/config.docs.gradle
index 0d918fb..343abbd 100644
--- a/conventions/src/main/groovy/config.docs.gradle
+++ b/conventions/src/main/groovy/config.docs.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 // https://github.com/grails-plugins/grails-plugin-template/tree/main/conventions
 import grails.plugins.conventions.PluginDocsExtension
 
+plugins {
+    // Gives the Groovydoc tasks their conventions (Gradle 9 requires the noIndex, noHelp, ... flags) and groovyRuntime
+    id 'groovy-base'
+}
+
 // Defaults follow the template naming convention (<name>-root, <name>, <name>-docs); override them with
 //   pluginDocs { pluginProject = ':my-plugin'; docsProject = ':my-docs' }
 def docsExtension = extensions.create('pluginDocs', PluginDocsExtension)
@@ -12,6 +17,32 @@ docsExtension.docsProject.convention(":${project.name - 'root'}docs".toString())
 def docProject = docsExtension.docsProject.map { project(it) }
 def pluginProject = docsExtension.pluginProject.map { project(it) }
 
+// Gradle 9 does not let a task resolve another project's configurations, so the aggregation does not read the plugin
+// project's Groovydoc classpath: it resolves the plugin project (and the Groovy it is built with) through its own
+def aggregateGroovydoc = configurations.dependencyScope('aggregateGroovydoc') {
+    description = 'Dependencies of the aggregated Groovy API documentation'
+}
+aggregateGroovydoc.configure {
+    def grailsVersion = providers.gradleProperty('grailsVersion').orElse(providers.provider {
+        throw new GradleException('config.docs needs grailsVersion in gradle.properties')
+    })
+    dependencies.addLater(grailsVersion.map {
+        project.dependencies.platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:${it}")
+    })
+    dependencies.add(project.dependencies.create('org.apache.groovy:groovy'))
+    dependencies.addLater(docsExtension.pluginProject.map { project.dependencies.project(path: it) })
+}
+def aggregateGroovydocClasspath = configurations.resolvable('aggregateGroovydocClasspath') {
+    description = 'Classpath of the aggregated Groovy API documentation'
+    extendsFrom(aggregateGroovydoc.get())
+    attributes {
+        attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Usage, Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME))
+        attribute(Category.CATEGORY_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Category, Category.LIBRARY))
+        attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(LibraryElements, LibraryElements.JAR))
+        attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Bundling, Bundling.EXTERNAL))
+    }
+}
+
 tasks.register('cleanDocs', Delete) {
     description = 'Deletes the documentation output'
     group = 'documentation'
@@ -23,12 +54,12 @@ tasks.register('aggregateGroovyApiDoc', Groovydoc) {
     description = 'Generates Groovy API Documentation for the plugin project under build/docs/gapi'
     group = 'documentation'
 
+    // Only the sources are taken from the plugin project's Groovydoc task; the plugin jar is built through classpath
     def upstream = pluginProject.flatMap {
         it.tasks.named('groovydoc', Groovydoc)
     } as Provider<Groovydoc>
 
     dependsOn(tasks.named('cleanDocs'))
-    dependsOn(upstream)
 
     access = GroovydocAccess.PROTECTED
     includeAuthor = false
@@ -39,8 +70,8 @@ tasks.register('aggregateGroovyApiDoc', Groovydoc) {
 
     source = { upstream.get().source }
     destinationDir = rootProject.layout.buildDirectory.dir('docs/gapi').get().asFile
-    classpath = files({ upstream.get().classpath })
-    groovyClasspath = files({ upstream.get().groovyClasspath })
+    classpath = aggregateGroovydocClasspath.get()
+    groovyClasspath = groovyRuntime.inferGroovyClasspath(aggregateGroovydocClasspath.get())
 }
 
 tasks.register('docs') {
diff --git a/conventions/src/test/groovy/grails/plugins/conventions/PluginDocsSpec.groovy b/conventions/src/test/groovy/grails/plugins/conventions/PluginDocsSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..decfa91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conventions/src/test/groovy/grails/plugins/conventions/PluginDocsSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package grails.plugins.conventions
+
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+import org.gradle.testkit.runner.GradleRunner
+import org.gradle.testkit.runner.TaskOutcome
+import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
+import spock.lang.Requires
+import spock.lang.Specification
+import spock.lang.TempDir
+
+/**
+ * config.docs runs Groovydoc in the root project over the sources of the plugin project. Gradle 9 does not let a task
+ * resolve another project's configurations, so the aggregation must only resolve configurations of its own project.
+ */
+class PluginDocsSpec extends Specification {
+
+    @TempDir
+    Path projectDir
+
+    private void write(String path, String text) {
+        def file = projectDir.resolve(path).toFile()
+        file.parentFile.mkdirs()
+        file.text = text
+    }
+
+    @Requires({ Runtime.version().feature() >= data.javaVersion })
+    def 'config.docs aggregates the Groovydoc of a Grails #grailsVersion plugin project on Gradle #gradleVersion'() {
+        given: 'a root project with config.docs and a plugin project laid out like the template'
+        write('settings.gradle', '''
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositories { mavenCentral() }
+}
+rootProject.name = 'sample-root'
+include 'sample'
+''')
+        write('gradle.properties', "grailsVersion=${grailsVersion}\n")
+        write('build.gradle', "plugins { id 'config.docs' }\n")
+        write('sample/build.gradle', """
+plugins { id 'groovy' }
+dependencies {
+    implementation platform('org.apache.grails:grails-bom:${grailsVersion}')
+    implementation 'org.apache.groovy:groovy'
+}
+""")
+        write('sample/src/main/groovy/sample/Greeter.groovy', '''
+package sample
+
+/** Greets people. */
+class Greeter {
+    String greet(String name) { "Hello ${name}" }
+}
+''')
+
+        when:
+        def result = GradleRunner.create()
+                .withProjectDir(projectDir.toFile())
+                .withPluginClasspath()
+                .withGradleVersion(gradleVersion)
+                // consumers build in parallel (org.gradle.parallel=true), where a task only holds the lock of its own project
+                .withArguments('aggregateGroovyApiDoc', '--parallel', '--stacktrace')
+                .forwardOutput()
+                .build()
+
+        then:
+        result.task(':aggregateGroovyApiDoc').outcome == TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        projectDir.resolve('build/docs/gapi/sample/Greeter.html').toFile().file
+
+        and: 'only the sources are taken from the plugin project, its own Groovydoc is not generated'
+        result.task(':sample:groovydoc') == null
+
+        where:
+        gradleVersion                         | grailsVersion                          | javaVersion
+        GradleVersion.current().version       | System.getProperty('grailsVersion')    | 17
+        System.getProperty('grails8Gradle')   | System.getProperty('grails8Version')   | 21
+    }
+}