diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2af546e01..ffde0c875 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
   description = "Generates gradlew[.bat] scripts"
-  gradleVersion = "1.6"
+  gradleVersion = "1.8"
 
   doLast() {
     def gradleOpts = "-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -Xmx1024m"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index fc6ed04ae..9f82a2054 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Jun 10 13:47:53 CEST 2013
+#Tue Nov 12 18:38:36 CET 2013
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.8-bin.zip