diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 252ff2b..3874868 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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -)
+          (echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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 2e802e5..da16397 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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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 7cb58e8..7f4958e 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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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 e8f8b24..7d128f1 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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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 035c964..80e3d33 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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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 f6b7d04..4ef7a54 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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+  (echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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/lib/java/README.md b/lib/java/README.md
index 7005c60..5d9b123 100644
--- a/lib/java/README.md
+++ b/lib/java/README.md
@@ -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-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -
+echo "03c0f018d043de73187fe87d1798f4c8f494aceed1c6158b0919367926a19e4d  /tmp/gradle-$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