diff --git a/src/mongo/embedded/mongo_embedded/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/src/mongo/embedded/mongo_embedded/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index d2c45a4b26036a..ffed3a254e91df 100644
--- a/src/mongo/embedded/mongo_embedded/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/src/mongo/embedded/mongo_embedded/java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists