diff --git a/initializr/src/main/resources/project/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/initializr/src/main/resources/project/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 4c997c40..72123f55 100644
--- a/initializr/src/main/resources/project/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/initializr/src/main/resources/project/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.9-bin.zip
diff --git a/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle b/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle
index 12d48d9f..6ee54a52 100644
--- a/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle
+++ b/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ eclipse {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '2.7'
+    gradleVersion = '2.9'
 }