diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts
index 06bb6b64ad86be..91da44903745e9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ import type { RepoGlobalConfig } from '../../../config/types';
 import { resetPrefetchedImages } from '../../../util/exec/docker';
 import type { StatusResult } from '../../../util/git/types';
 import { getPkgReleases } from '../../datasource';
-import type { UpdateArtifactsConfig } from '../types';
-import { updateBuildFile } from './artifacts';
+import { updateArtifacts as gradleUpdateArtifacts } from '../gradle';
+import type { UpdateArtifactsConfig, UpdateArtifactsResult } from '../types';
+import { updateBuildFile, updateLockFiles } from './artifacts';
 import { updateArtifacts } from '.';
 
 jest.mock('../../../util/fs');
 jest.mock('../../../util/git');
 jest.mock('../../../util/exec/env');
 jest.mock('../../datasource');
+jest.mock('../gradle');
 
 process.env.CONTAINERBASE = 'true';
 
@@ -411,4 +413,50 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
       expect(res).toBe('build.gradle.kts');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('updateLockFiles()', () => {
+    it('returns early if build script file not found', async () => {
+      fs.readLocalFile.mockResolvedValueOnce(null);
+
+      const res = await updateLockFiles('', {});
+      expect(logger.logger.debug).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        'build.gradle or build.gradle.kts not found'
+      );
+      expect(res).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('includes gradle lockfile in result', async () => {
+      const execSnapshots = mockExecAll();
+      const updatedArtifacts: UpdateArtifactsResult[] = [
+        {
+          file: {
+            type: 'addition',
+            path: 'gradle.lockfile',
+            contents: 'test',
+          },
+        },
+      ];
+      mockedFunction(gradleUpdateArtifacts).mockResolvedValue(updatedArtifacts);
+
+      git.getRepoStatus.mockResolvedValue(
+        partial<StatusResult>({
+          modified: ['gradle.lockfile'],
+        })
+      );
+
+      const res = await updateArtifacts({
+        packageFileName: 'gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties',
+        updatedDeps: [],
+        newPackageFileContent: '',
+        config: { ...config, newValue: '8.2' },
+      });
+
+      expect(res).toStrictEqual(updatedArtifacts);
+      expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([
+        {
+          cmd: './gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 8.2',
+        },
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts
index 0bd4e4e591f4e4..02798bf6f1bdf9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ import type { StatusResult } from '../../../util/git/types';
 import { Http } from '../../../util/http';
 import { newlineRegex } from '../../../util/regex';
 import { replaceAt } from '../../../util/string';
-import type { UpdateArtifact, UpdateArtifactsResult } from '../types';
+import { updateArtifacts as gradleUpdateArtifacts } from '../gradle';
+import type {
+  UpdateArtifact,
+  UpdateArtifactsConfig,
+  UpdateArtifactsResult,
+} from '../types';
 import {
   extraEnv,
   getJavaConstraint,
@@ -107,6 +112,24 @@ export async function updateBuildFile(
   return buildFileName;
 }
 
+export async function updateLockFiles(
+  buildFileName: string,
+  config: UpdateArtifactsConfig
+): Promise<UpdateArtifactsResult[] | null> {
+  const buildFileContent = await readLocalFile(buildFileName, 'utf8');
+  if (!buildFileContent) {
+    logger.debug('build.gradle or build.gradle.kts not found');
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return await gradleUpdateArtifacts({
+    packageFileName: buildFileName,
+    updatedDeps: [],
+    newPackageFileContent: buildFileContent,
+    config,
+  });
+}
+
 export async function updateArtifacts({
   packageFileName,
   newPackageFileContent,
@@ -175,6 +198,7 @@ export async function updateArtifacts({
       distributionSha256Sum: checksum,
       distributionUrl,
     });
+    const lockFiles = await updateLockFiles(buildFileName, config);
 
     const status = await getRepoStatus();
     const artifactFileNames = [
@@ -191,6 +215,10 @@ export async function updateArtifacts({
         )
       )
     ).filter(is.truthy);
+    if (lockFiles) {
+      updateArtifactsResult.push(...lockFiles);
+    }
+
     logger.debug(
       { files: updateArtifactsResult.map((r) => r.file?.path) },
       `Returning updated gradle-wrapper files`
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/artifacts.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/artifacts.ts
index 68efbcb4206c86..a0c52b9439799f 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/artifacts.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/artifacts.ts
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ export async function updateArtifacts({
       .map(quote)
       .join(' ')}`;
 
-    if (config.isLockFileMaintenance || isGcvPropsFile(packageFileName)) {
+    if (
+      config.isLockFileMaintenance ||
+      !updatedDeps.length ||
+      isGcvPropsFile(packageFileName)
+    ) {
       cmd += ' --write-locks';
     } else {
       const updatedDepNames = updatedDeps