diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 56bf5783f..6f837e3a8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 group=com.fastasyncworldedit
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1512M
+org.gradle.daemon=true
+org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
+org.gradle.vfs.watch=true
 
 loom.version=0.5.43
 mixin.version=0.8.1+build.21
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index f8e40def9..80f475e31 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ griefprevention = "16.17.1"
 griefdefender = "920a610"
 mcore = "7.0.1"
 residence = "4.5._13.1"
-towny = "0.97.2.4"
+towny = "0.97.2.7"
 protocollib = "4.7.0"
 plotsquaredV6 = "6.1.2"
 plotsquaredV4 = "4.514"