diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index acec1f8502..c0ad9c30e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Validate Gradle Wrapper
-      uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v3
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+    - name: Set up Gradle
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
     - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         java-version: 17
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        cache: 'gradle'
     - name: Build with Gradle
       run: ./gradlew build
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e6441136f3..a4b76b9530 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 b82aa23a4f..e2847c8200 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a4269..5bdb31f8b0 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -200,7 +203,7 @@ fi
 
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
 #   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
@@ -246,4 +249,4 @@ eval "set -- $(
         tr '\n' ' '
     )" '"$@"'
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 7101f8e467..6042cb3eb2 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
 
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 "-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
@@ -89,4 +91,4 @@ exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
 
-:omega
+:omega
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 594ed9ff1b..403844654a 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pluginManagement {
 }
 
 plugins {
-    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.8.0"
+    id("org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention") version "0.9.0"
 }
 
 rootProject.name = "velocity"