diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 68074e679..2039de4fa 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ project.ext {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = "4.2"
+    gradleVersion = "4.4.1"
 }
 
 // free build hack: common functions
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 736fb7d3f..99340b4ad 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 52dd1f044..2c2bbe5f9 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=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4.1-bin.zip