diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1cf8f5d99f002e38b2f74e857e0c596e9f42d5f5..666c7fe7a07a00e381b44c7ea0c560b177f4d3b4 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 b979729db0ad460288cfe16f07072da7b1305e93..667288ad6c2b3b87c990ece1267e56f0bcbf3622 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 0a9abd7ba784faf7b60505bef90ae3e55955262a..e5123126972a6895378556fd691b125c6aa25f30 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