diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1cf8f5d99..666c7fe7a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ task clean(type: Delete) {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '1.7'
+    gradleVersion = '1.8'
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index b979729db..667288ad6 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 0a9abd7ba..e51231269 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=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.8-bin.zip