diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/project/gradle4/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/project/gradle4/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 44d9d03d..448cc64e 100644
--- a/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/project/gradle4/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/main/resources/project/gradle4/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.8.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.java b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.java
index d1abe48e..ce7838d3 100755
--- a/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.java
+++ b/initializr-generator/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/generator/ProjectGeneratorTests.java
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ public class ProjectGeneratorTests extends AbstractProjectGeneratorTests {
 		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest("web");
 		request.setType("gradle-project");
 		request.setBootVersion("2.0.0.M4");
-		generateProject(request).isGradleProject("4.5.1");
+		generateProject(request).isGradleProject("4.8.1");
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ public class ProjectGeneratorTests extends AbstractProjectGeneratorTests {
 		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest("web");
 		request.setType("gradle-project");
 		request.setBootVersion("2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT");
-		generateProject(request).isGradleProject("4.5.1");
+		generateProject(request).isGradleProject("4.8.1");
 	}
 
 	@Test