diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
index 12a7e0b935..c54b421bf7 100644
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ contracts {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-	gradleVersion = '4.4.1'
+	gradleVersion = '4.9'
 }
 
 task cleanOutput(type: Delete) {
diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2c2bbe5f9a..949819d28a 100644
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip