diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4a2894b02..7a90f3acb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '1.7'
+    gradleVersion = '1.8'
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 6ce491c4b..3ae9a9b94 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Sep 16 22:28:51 CDT 2013
+#Tue Sep 24 20:37:26 CDT 2013
 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