diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 28fa8d68ac8..0428db02cf3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ variables:
   BUILD_JOB_NAME: "build"
   DEPENDENCY_CACHE_POLICY: pull
   BUILD_CACHE_POLICY: pull
-  GRADLE_VERSION: "9.8.0" # must match gradle-wrapper.properties
+  GRADLE_VERSION: "9.8.1" # must match gradle-wrapper.properties
   MASS_READ_URL: "https://mass-read.us1.ddbuild.io"
   MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PROXY: "https://depot-read-api-java.us1.ddbuild.io/magicmirror/magicmirror/@current/"
   GRADLE_PLUGIN_PROXY: "https://depot-read-api-java.us1.ddbuild.io/magicmirror/magicmirror/@current/"
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 5097068a8d3..9fa7f288283 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 1eca32e7b4b..a78c88e5392 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=bafd5ce9cfaea0fbccfdc8439a1ac42fbd4cd9c89dc9a988228d8a2639a58e6c
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.0-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=dce76f55f8e251a3a1f130eb120f30b3d271de2b76c9b0729d316b5a1b6dc01f
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500