diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f4765f28..2cc13805 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id 'nebula.netflixoss' version '3.6.4'
+    id 'nebula.netflixoss' version '5.0.0'
 }
 
 // Establish version and status
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'eclipse'
     apply plugin: 'nebula.compile-api'
 
+    sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
+    targetCompatibility = '1.8'
+
     repositories {
         jcenter()
     }
@@ -33,11 +36,15 @@ subprojects {
         testCompile "io.netty:netty-all:4.1.14.Final"
     }
 
-    project.tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
-        if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
-            options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
-        }
-    }
+    //project.tasks.withType(Javadoc) {
+    //    if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
+    //        //options.addStringOption('Xdoclint:none', '-quiet')
+    //        options.addBooleanOption('Xdoclint:none', true)
+    //        failOnError=false
+    //   }
+    //}
+    
+    tasks.withType(Javadoc).all { enabled = false }
 
 }
 project(':dyno-core') {
diff --git a/dyno-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/connectionpool/Host.java b/dyno-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/connectionpool/Host.java
index 36fd1201..3d98b77f 100644
--- a/dyno-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/connectionpool/Host.java
+++ b/dyno-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/connectionpool/Host.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class Host implements Comparable<Host> {
     private final String datacenter;
     private String hashtag;
     private Status status = Status.Down;
+    private String password = null;
 
     public enum Status {
         Up, Down;
@@ -106,6 +107,14 @@ public String getHostAddress() {
         return hostname;
     }
 
+    public String getPassword() {
+        return password;
+    }
+
+    public void setPassword(String password) {
+        this.password = password;
+    }
+
     public String getHostName() {
         return hostname;
     }
diff --git a/dyno-jedis/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java b/dyno-jedis/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java
index 650285c0..597849dc 100644
--- a/dyno-jedis/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/dyno-jedis/src/main/java/com/netflix/dyno/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ public JedisConnection(HostConnectionPool<Jedis> hostPool) {
 				jedisClient = new Jedis(host.getHostAddress(), host.getPort(), hostPool.getConnectionTimeout(),
 						hostPool.getSocketTimeout(), true, sslSocketFactory,  new SSLParameters(), null);
 			}
+
+			String redisPassword = host.getPassword();
+			if(null != jedisClient && null != redisPassword) {
+				if(!jedisClient.auth(redisPassword).equals("OK")) {
+					Logger.warn("Failed to set REDIS auth Password");
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 736fb7d3..6b6ea3ab 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 52dd1f04..933b6473 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4-bin.zip