diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 50ba04e81c..4e9887e7d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: 8
-      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
         name: spotless (license header)
         if: always()
         with:
           arguments: spotlessCheck -PspotlessFrom=origin/${{ github.base_ref }}
-      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
         name: api compatibility
         if: always()
         with:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: 8
-    - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+    - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
       name: gradle
       with:
         arguments: :reactor-core:test --no-daemon -Pjunit-tags=!slow
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: 8
-    - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+    - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
       name: gradle
       with:
         arguments: :reactor-core:test --no-daemon -Pjunit-tags=slow
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: 8
-    - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+    - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
       name: other tests
       with:
         arguments: check -x :reactor-core:test -x spotlessCheck --no-daemon
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 1326f4ddec..993deec4a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./gradlew qualifyVersionGha
     - name: run checks
       id: checks
-      uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+      uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
       with:
         arguments: check -Pjunit-tags=!slow -x jcstress
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 8
       - name: run slower tests
         id: slowerTests
-        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@67421db6bd0bf253fb4bd25b31ebb98943c375e1 # tag=v2
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@cd3cedc781988c804f626f4cd2dc51d0bdf02a12 # tag=v2
         with:
           arguments: reactor-core:test -Pjunit-tags=slow jcstress
 
diff --git a/codequality/nohttp/checkstyle.xml b/codequality/nohttp/checkstyle.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f98f91919b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codequality/nohttp/checkstyle.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2022 VMware Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "https://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+<module name="Checker">
+
+    <!-- Configure checker to use UTF-8 encoding -->
+    <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+    <!-- Configure checker to run on files with these extensions -->
+    <property name="fileExtensions" value=""/>
+
+    <module name="io.spring.nohttp.checkstyle.check.NoHttpCheck">
+        <!-- WORKAROUND FOR https://github.com/spring-io/nohttp/issues/55 -->
+        <property name="allowlistFileName" value="${config_loc}/allowlist.lines" default=""/>
+    </module>
+
+    <module name="SuppressionFilter">
+        <property name="file" value="${config_loc}/suppressions.xml" default=""/>
+        <property name="optional" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+
+    <!-- Allow suppression with comments
+       // CHECKSTYLE:OFF
+       ... ignored content ...
+       // CHECKSTYLE:ON
+    -->
+    <module name="SuppressWithPlainTextCommentFilter"/>
+</module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 41d9927a4d..249e5832f0 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 aa991fceae..8049c684f0 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1b6c787337..a69d9cb6c2 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index ac1b06f938..53a6b238d4 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal