diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f640015..ac5f419 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     needs: compiler
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
-      GRADLE_VERSION: 7.5.1
+      GRADLE_VERSION: "7.6"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
       - name: Setup gradle
         run: |
           wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip
-          (echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -)
+          (echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -)
           unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip
           sudo mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle
           sudo ln -s /usr/local/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/build/docker/old/ubuntu-disco/Dockerfile b/build/docker/old/ubuntu-disco/Dockerfile
index 37377e3..78caf5d 100644
--- a/build/docker/old/ubuntu-disco/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/old/ubuntu-disco/Dockerfile
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       haxelib setup --always /usr/share/haxe/lib && \
       haxelib install --always hxcpp 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
-ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.5.1"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.6"
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       `# Java dependencies` \
       ant \
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
       openjdk-11-jdk-headless && \
       `# Gradle` \
       wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
-      (echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
       unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
       mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle && \
       ln -s /usr/local/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/build/docker/old/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile b/build/docker/old/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile
index add524d..63140ac 100644
--- a/build/docker/old/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/old/ubuntu-xenial/Dockerfile
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
       haxelib install --always hxcpp 3.4.64 2>&1 > /dev/null
 # note: hxcpp 3.4.185 (latest) no longer ships static libraries, and caused a build failure
 
-ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.5.1"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.6"
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       `# Java dependencies` \
       ant \
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
       unzip && \
       `# Gradle` \
       wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
-      (echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
       unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
       mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle && \
       ln -s /usr/local/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/build/docker/ubuntu-bionic/Dockerfile b/build/docker/ubuntu-bionic/Dockerfile
index f0dcb90..3330344 100644
--- a/build/docker/ubuntu-bionic/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/ubuntu-bionic/Dockerfile
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
       haxelib setup --always /usr/share/haxe/lib && \
       haxelib install --always hxcpp 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
-ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.5.1"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.6"
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       `# Java dependencies` \
       ant \
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       openjdk-17-jdk-headless && \
       `# Gradle` \
       wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
-      (echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
       unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
       mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle && \
       ln -s /usr/local/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/build/docker/ubuntu-focal/Dockerfile b/build/docker/ubuntu-focal/Dockerfile
index ad01f7e..36bd043 100644
--- a/build/docker/ubuntu-focal/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/ubuntu-focal/Dockerfile
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
       haxelib setup --always /usr/share/haxe/lib && \
       haxelib install --always hxcpp 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
-ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.5.1"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.6"
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       `# Java dependencies` \
       ant \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
       openjdk-17-jdk-headless && \
       `# Gradle` \
       wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
-      (echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
       unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
       mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle && \
       ln -s /usr/local/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/build/docker/ubuntu-jammy/Dockerfile b/build/docker/ubuntu-jammy/Dockerfile
index d2a5f64..7cbc4a0 100644
--- a/build/docker/ubuntu-jammy/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/docker/ubuntu-jammy/Dockerfile
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
   haxelib setup --always /usr/share/haxe/lib && \
   haxelib install --always hxcpp 2>&1 > /dev/null
 
-ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.5.1"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="7.6"
 RUN apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   `# Java dependencies` \
   ant \
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
   openjdk-11-jdk-headless && \
   `# Gradle` \
   wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
-  (echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+  (echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
   unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip && \
   mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle && \
   ln -s /usr/local/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/doc/install/README.md b/doc/install/README.md
index e349f0f..2a9446b 100644
--- a/doc/install/README.md
+++ b/doc/install/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     * Qt (optional)
 * Java
     * Java 17
-    * Gradle 7.5.1
+    * Gradle 7.6
 * C#: Mono 1.2.4 (and pkg-config to detect it) or Visual Studio 2005+
 * Python 2.6 (including header files for extension modules)
 * PHP 5.0 (optionally including header files for extension modules)
diff --git a/doc/install/debian.md b/doc/install/debian.md
index 4d5a446..281a6a8 100644
--- a/doc/install/debian.md
+++ b/doc/install/debian.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 If you would like to build Apache Thrift libraries for other programming languages you may need to install additional packages. The following languages require the specified additional packages:
 
  * Java
-	* packages: gradle (version 7.5.1)
+	* packages: gradle (version 7.6)
 	* You will also need Java JDK v1.8 or higher. Type **javac** to see a list of available packages, pick the one you prefer and **apt-get install** it (e.g. default-jdk).
  * Ruby
 	* ruby-full ruby-dev ruby-rspec rake rubygems bundler
diff --git a/lib/java/README.md b/lib/java/README.md
index 7005c60..956d043 100644
--- a/lib/java/README.md
+++ b/lib/java/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 the Gradle build system, which tends to be predominant amongst Java
 developers.
 
-Currently we use gradle 7.5.1 to build the Thrift Java source. The usual way to setup gradle
+Currently we use gradle 7.6 to build the Thrift Java source. The usual way to setup gradle
 project is to include the gradle-wrapper.jar in the project and then run the gradle wrapper to
 bootstrap setting up gradle binaries. However to avoid putting binary files into the source tree we
 have ignored the gradle wrapper files. You are expected to install it manually, as described in
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
 following this step (which is also done in the travis CI docker images):
 
 ```bash
-export GRADLE_VERSION="7.5.1"
+export GRADLE_VERSION="7.6"
 # install dependencies
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends openjdk-17-jdk-headless wget unzip
 # download gradle distribution
 wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip
 # check binary integrity
-echo "f6b8596b10cce501591e92f229816aa4046424f3b24d771751b06779d58c8ec4  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -
+echo "7ba68c54029790ab444b39d7e293d3236b2632631fb5f2e012bb28b4ff669e4b  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -
 # unzip and install
 unzip -d /tmp /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip
 mv /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION /usr/local/gradle