diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8770084..50154176 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -120,4 +120,7 @@ gradle-app.setting
 .vscode/
 
 # Dependency directories
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/
+
+# gradle properties, due to Github token
+./gradle.properties
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 92f06b50..608bd943 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists