diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 25b1d9c1e..efb605ca9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath "com.gradle.publish:plugin-publish-plugin:0.9.2"
+    classpath "com.gradle.publish:plugin-publish-plugin:0.9.5"
   }
 }
 
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ pluginBundle {
       displayName = 'ml-gradle for MarkLogic'
       description = 'Gradle plugin for configuring and deploying applications to MarkLogic'
       tags = ['marklogic']
-      version = "2.3.0"
+      version = "2.3.1"
     }
   }
 
   mavenCoordinates {
-    version = "2.3.0"
+    version = "2.3.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cbcb95a66..b4c24b036 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 group=com.marklogic
-version=2.3.0
+version=2.3.1
 mlAppDeployerDependency=com.marklogic:ml-app-deployer:2.3.0
 
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/marklogic/gradle/MarkLogicPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/marklogic/gradle/MarkLogicPlugin.groovy
index a50cf6a4f..3c9ba4add 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/marklogic/gradle/MarkLogicPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/marklogic/gradle/MarkLogicPlugin.groovy
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.marklogic.gradle
 
 import com.marklogic.appdeployer.command.forests.DeployCustomForestsCommand
 import com.marklogic.gradle.task.forests.DeployCustomForestsTask
+import com.sun.jersey.core.spi.component.ProviderServices
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ import com.marklogic.mgmt.admin.AdminConfig
 import com.marklogic.mgmt.admin.AdminManager
 import com.marklogic.mgmt.admin.DefaultAdminConfigFactory
 
+import java.util.logging.Level
+import java.util.logging.Logger
+
 class MarkLogicPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
     org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass())
@@ -121,6 +125,8 @@ class MarkLogicPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     void apply(Project project) {
         logger.info("\nInitializing ml-gradle")
 
+		quietDownJerseyLogging()
+
         // Initialize groovysh support first so it doesn't pick up all the properties added when the AppDeployer is initialized
         initializeGroovyShellSupport(project)
         initializeAppDeployerObjects(project)
@@ -421,4 +427,16 @@ class MarkLogicPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         deployer.setCommands(commands)
         return deployer
     }
+
+	/**
+	 * When the MarkLogic DatabaseClient class is used in Gradle, the Jersey ProviderServices class spits out
+	 * a lot of not helpful logging at the INFO level. So we bump it down to WARNING to avoid that.
+	 */
+	void quietDownJerseyLogging() {
+		try {
+			Logger.getLogger(ProviderServices.class.getName()).setLevel(Level.WARNING)
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			// Ignore, not important
+		}
+	}
 }