diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1416f8a62..6b2180cf8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ POM_DESCRIPTION=Gradle plugin to create fat/uber JARs, apply file transforms, an
 POM_INCEPTION_YEAR=2024
 POM_URL=https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow
 
-POM_LICENSE_NAME=The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
+POM_LICENSE_NAME=Apache-2.0
 POM_LICENSE_URL=https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 POM_LICENSE_DIST=repo
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ POM_SCM_DEV_CONNECTION=scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/GradleUp/shadow.git
 
 POM_DEVELOPER_ID=gradleup
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=GradleUp developers
-POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/GradleUp
\ No newline at end of file
+POM_DEVELOPER_URL=https://github.com/GradleUp
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPluginSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPluginSpec.groovy
index 7cec61db8..6099b7dd4 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPluginSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPluginSpec.groovy
@@ -1217,6 +1217,41 @@ class ShadowPluginSpec extends PluginSpecification {
         assert result.output.contains('TestApp: Hello World! (foo)')
     }
 
+    @Issue("https://github.com/GradleUp/shadow/pull/459")
+    def 'exclude gradleApi() by default'() {
+        given:
+        buildFile.text = getDefaultBuildScript('java-gradle-plugin')
+        buildFile << """
+            dependencies {
+                compileOnly gradleApi()
+            }
+        """.stripIndent()
+
+        file('src/main/java/my/plugin/MyPlugin.java') << """
+            package my.plugin;
+            import org.gradle.api.Plugin;
+            import org.gradle.api.Project;
+            public class MyPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
+                public void apply(Project project) {
+                    System.out.println("MyPlugin: Hello World!");
+                }
+            }
+        """.stripIndent()
+        file('src/main/resources/META-INF/gradle-plugins/my.plugin.properties') << """
+            implementation-class=my.plugin.MyPlugin
+        """.stripIndent()
+
+        when:
+        run('shadowJar')
+
+        then:
+        assert output.exists()
+
+        and:
+        JarFile jar = new JarFile(output)
+        assert jar.entries().collect().findAll { it.name.endsWith('.class') }.size() == 1
+    }
+
     private String escapedPath(File file) {
         file.path.replaceAll('\\\\', '\\\\\\\\')
     }