diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java
index 881dc0c16a85..f36974ca720a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginAction.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider;
 import org.gradle.jvm.application.scripts.TemplateBasedScriptGenerator;
+import org.gradle.jvm.application.tasks.CreateStartScripts;
+import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.application.CreateBootStartScripts;
 
@@ -53,8 +55,8 @@ public void execute(Project project) {
 		DistributionContainer distributions = project.getExtensions().getByType(DistributionContainer.class);
 		Distribution distribution = distributions.create("boot");
 		configureBaseNameConvention(project, applicationConvention, distribution);
-		CreateBootStartScripts bootStartScripts = project.getTasks().create("bootStartScripts",
-				CreateBootStartScripts.class);
+		CreateStartScripts bootStartScripts = project.getTasks().create("bootStartScripts",
+				determineCreateStartScriptsClass());
 		bootStartScripts
 				.setDescription("Generates OS-specific start scripts to run the project as a Spring Boot application.");
 		((TemplateBasedScriptGenerator) bootStartScripts.getUnixStartScriptGenerator())
@@ -79,6 +81,14 @@ public void execute(Project project) {
 		distribution.getContents().with(binCopySpec);
 	}
 
+	private Class<? extends CreateStartScripts> determineCreateStartScriptsClass() {
+		return isGradle64OrLater() ? CreateStartScripts.class : CreateBootStartScripts.class;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isGradle64OrLater() {
+		return GradleVersion.current().getBaseVersion().compareTo(GradleVersion.version("6.4")) >= 0;
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private void configureBaseNameConvention(Project project, ApplicationPluginConvention applicationConvention,
 			Distribution distribution) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.java
index 4b5957d0f689..b7b3e872ef50 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.java
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ void createsBootStartScriptsTaskUsesApplicationPluginsDefaultJvmOpts() {
 
 	@TestTemplate
 	void zipDistributionForJarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
-		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.expectDeprecationWarningsWithAtLeastVersion("6.4").build("bootDistZip")
-				.task(":bootDistZip").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.build("bootDistZip").task(":bootDistZip").getOutcome())
+				.isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
 		String name = this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName();
 		File distribution = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/distributions/" + name + "-boot.zip");
 		assertThat(distribution).isFile();
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ void zipDistributionForJarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
 
 	@TestTemplate
 	void tarDistributionForJarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
-		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.expectDeprecationWarningsWithAtLeastVersion("6.4").build("bootDistTar")
-				.task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.build("bootDistTar").task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome())
+				.isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
 		String name = this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName();
 		File distribution = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/distributions/" + name + "-boot.tar");
 		assertThat(distribution).isFile();
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ void tarDistributionForJarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
 
 	@TestTemplate
 	void zipDistributionForWarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
-		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.expectDeprecationWarningsWithAtLeastVersion("6.4").build("bootDistZip")
-				.task(":bootDistZip").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.build("bootDistZip").task(":bootDistZip").getOutcome())
+				.isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
 		String name = this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName();
 		File distribution = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/distributions/" + name + "-boot.zip");
 		assertThat(distribution).isFile();
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ void zipDistributionForWarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
 
 	@TestTemplate
 	void tarDistributionForWarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
-		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.expectDeprecationWarningsWithAtLeastVersion("6.4").build("bootDistTar")
-				.task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.build("bootDistTar").task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome())
+				.isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
 		String name = this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName();
 		File distribution = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/distributions/" + name + "-boot.tar");
 		assertThat(distribution).isFile();
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ void tarDistributionForWarCanBeBuilt() throws IOException {
 
 	@TestTemplate
 	void applicationNameCanBeUsedToCustomizeDistributionName() throws IOException {
-		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.expectDeprecationWarningsWithAtLeastVersion("6.4").build("bootDistTar")
-				.task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.build("bootDistTar").task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome())
+				.isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
 		File distribution = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/distributions/custom-boot.tar");
 		assertThat(distribution).isFile();
 		String name = this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName();
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ void applicationNameCanBeUsedToCustomizeDistributionName() throws IOException {
 
 	@TestTemplate
 	void scriptsHaveCorrectPermissions() throws IOException {
-		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.expectDeprecationWarningsWithAtLeastVersion("6.4").build("bootDistTar")
-				.task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome()).isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
+		assertThat(this.gradleBuild.build("bootDistTar").task(":bootDistTar").getOutcome())
+				.isEqualTo(TaskOutcome.SUCCESS);
 		String name = this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir().getName();
 		File distribution = new File(this.gradleBuild.getProjectDir(), "build/distributions/" + name + "-boot.tar");
 		assertThat(distribution).isFile();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle
index 0d37ce075a73..8a6084325fbf 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/ApplicationPluginActionIntegrationTests.gradle
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ task('javaCompileEncoding') {
 
 task('startScriptsDefaultJvmOpts') {
 	doFirst {
-		tasks.withType(org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.application.CreateBootStartScripts) {
-			println "${name} defaultJvmOpts = ${defaultJvmOpts}"
+		tasks.getByName("bootStartScripts") {
+			println "$name defaultJvmOpts = $defaultJvmOpts"
 		}
 	}
 }