diff --git a/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
index 71c54146f91..609c81b0340 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codebuild-ci.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Run Service Check Batch and Calculate Artifact Size Metrics
         id: svc-check-batch
         run: | 
@@ -212,6 +214,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Calculate Artifact Size Metrics
         id: svc-check-batch
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 4000a61f4f2..6c8840e8467 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ jobs:
           path: 'aws-sdk-kotlin'
       - name: Setup Build
         uses: ./aws-sdk-kotlin/.github/actions/setup-build
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
       - name: Test
         working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
         shell: bash
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ jobs:
           path: 'aws-sdk-kotlin'
       - name: Setup Build
         uses: ./aws-sdk-kotlin/.github/actions/setup-build
+      - name: Configure Gradle - smithy-kotlin
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./smithy-kotlin
       - name: Build smithy-kotlin
         working-directory: ./smithy-kotlin
         shell: bash
@@ -68,6 +76,10 @@ jobs:
           pwd
           ./gradlew --parallel assemble 
           ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
+      - name: Configure Gradle aws-sdk-kotlin
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
       - name: Test
         working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml b/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
index c83ebde2690..ccdeddaf55b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
 
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
+
       - name: Setup kat
         uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/setup-kat@main
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index ba949fdd347..27addf43769 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout sources
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Configure Gradle
+      uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
     - name: Lint ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
       run: |
         ./gradlew ktlint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
index cad24ac60ff..a357e4d3d16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-release-branch.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Check merge base
         shell: bash
         run: |
diff --git a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 9355b415575..c9deddd3bae 100644
--- a/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
+# Keep gradle version in sync with aws-sdk-kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3499ded5c11..dace2bff9b8 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ffed3a254e9..156b7037866 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/ecs-credentials/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
+# Keep gradle version in sync with aws-sdk-kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists