diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 15ca073f14..bbdbb1827a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
 configure(allprojects) { project ->
 	group = "org.springframework"
 	version = qualifyVersionIfNecessary(version)
-
+	
 	// The following is a work-around until the Gradle build uses
 	// Ant 1.9.x by default. This is necessary to avoid the
 	// "Class not found: javac1.8" issue with Ant versions prior to 1.9.x
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ project("spring-build-src") {
 
 	dependencies {
 		compile gradleApi()
-		groovy localGroovy()
+		compile localGroovy()
 	}
 
 	configurations.archives.artifacts.clear()
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ configure(rootProject) {
 
 	task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
 		description = "Generates gradlew[.bat] scripts"
-		gradleVersion = "1.3"
+		gradleVersion = "1.6"
 
 		doLast() {
 			def gradleOpts = "-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m -Xmx1024m"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index b6b646b0c0..42d9b0e9c5 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 8281bd16ba..7f7475155b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Wed Nov 28 09:14:59 PST 2012
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+#Mon May 13 17:38:05 CDT 2013
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.3-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.6-bin.zip
diff --git a/spring-aspects/aspects.gradle b/spring-aspects/aspects.gradle
index 9288f1bbc9..faea8f2855 100644
--- a/spring-aspects/aspects.gradle
+++ b/spring-aspects/aspects.gradle
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ configurations {
 tasks.getByName("idea").onlyIf { false }
 tasks.getByName("ideaModule").onlyIf { false }
 
-task compileJava(overwrite: true)  {
-	dependsOn JavaPlugin.PROCESS_RESOURCES_TASK_NAME
+compileJava  {
+	actions = []
 	dependsOn configurations.ajc.getTaskDependencyFromProjectDependency(true, "compileJava")
 
 	def outputDir = project.sourceSets.main.output.classesDir
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ task compileJava(overwrite: true)  {
 	}
 }
 
-task compileTestJava(overwrite: true)  {
-	dependsOn JavaPlugin.PROCESS_TEST_RESOURCES_TASK_NAME
+compileTestJava  {
+	actions = []
 	dependsOn configurations.ajc.getTaskDependencyFromProjectDependency(true, "compileTestJava")
 	dependsOn jar