diff --git a/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
index d6e7b4d9840..209dd64dad8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
       - name: Run Service Check Batch and Calculate Artifact Size Metrics
         id: svc-check-batch
         run: | 
@@ -210,6 +212,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
       - name: Calculate Artifact Size Metrics
         id: svc-check-batch
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index b8cb2e12035..6d7843b6763 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ jobs:
           path: 'aws-sdk-kotlin'
       - name: Setup Build
         uses: ./aws-sdk-kotlin/.github/actions/setup-build
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
       - name: Test
         working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
         shell: bash
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
           path: 'aws-sdk-kotlin'
       - name: Setup Build
         uses: ./aws-sdk-kotlin/.github/actions/setup-build
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
       - name: Build smithy-kotlin
         working-directory: ./smithy-kotlin
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml b/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
index 6608dfae8b4..57f9f57ca94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
 
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+
       - name: Setup kat
         uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/setup-kat@main
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index ae9d88579d7..9dd7f1d4e19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout sources
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Configure Gradle
+      run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
     - name: Lint ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
       run: |
         ./gradlew ktlint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
index cad24ac60ff..5d929198021 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        run: gradle wrapper --gradle-distribution-url ${{ secrets.CUSTOM_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL }}/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
       - name: Check merge base
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 28b1c9dfc52..38cd5b845e2 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https://d2pjps8lqszrgq.cloudfront.net/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://d2pjps8lqszrgq.cloudfront.net/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 221bb5c9b6c..05f8108d455 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https://d2pjps8lqszrgq.cloudfront.net/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://d2pjps8lqszrgq.cloudfront.net/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists