diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/BaseProjectConfig.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/BaseProjectConfig.kt
index 22f91ba9..3f92e215 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/BaseProjectConfig.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/BaseProjectConfig.kt
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ internal fun Project.configureForRootProject() {
     delete(rootProject.buildDir)
   }
   tasks.withType<Wrapper> {
-    gradleVersion = "6.7.1"
+    gradleVersion = "6.8-rc-1"
     distributionType = Wrapper.DistributionType.ALL
-    distributionSha256Sum = "22449f5231796abd892c98b2a07c9ceebe4688d192cd2d6763f8e3bf8acbedeb"
+    distributionSha256Sum = "89714fb5db6bd66fa5a2302f58d26dc33ecd3db36b24a42d84ff6ba99551eeda"
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index cdc95ef6..08fa2b9e 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=22449f5231796abd892c98b2a07c9ceebe4688d192cd2d6763f8e3bf8acbedeb
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-all.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=89714fb5db6bd66fa5a2302f58d26dc33ecd3db36b24a42d84ff6ba99551eeda
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8-rc-1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists