diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 958a308..c5d66f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     needs: compiler
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     env:
-      GRADLE_VERSION: "8.0.2"
+      GRADLE_VERSION: "8.4"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
       - name: Setup gradle
         run: |
           wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip -q -O /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip
-          (echo "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -)
+          (echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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 55dc853..43f4a00 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="8.0.2"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="8.4"
 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 "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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 d954e7f..7351085 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="8.0.2"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="8.4"
 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 "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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 d6d2bda..57a8aee 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="8.0.2"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="8.4"
 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 "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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 1f30573..a6121fa 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="8.0.2"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="8.4"
 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 "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+      (echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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 c7724e7..bbb46d7 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="8.0.2"
+ENV GRADLE_VERSION="8.4"
 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 "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -) && \
+  (echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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 b90e5c6..d073e91 100644
--- a/doc/install/README.md
+++ b/doc/install/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     * Qt (optional)
 * Java
     * Java 17 (latest LTS)
-    * Gradle 8.0.2
+    * Gradle 8.4
 * 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 4718017..3d80531 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 8.0.2)
+	* packages: gradle (version 8.4)
 	* 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 aa07495..c65f97c 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="8.0.2"
+export GRADLE_VERSION="8.4"
 # 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 "ff7bf6a86f09b9b2c40bb8f48b25fc19cf2b2664fd1d220cd7ab833ec758d0d7  /tmp/gradle-$GRADLE_VERSION-bin.zip" | sha256sum -c -
+echo "3e1af3ae886920c3ac87f7a91f816c0c7c436f276a6eefdb3da152100fef72ae  /tmp/gradle-$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