diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 6c714fa5..d78752d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ order.
 
 === Release 1.0.0 (In progress)
 
+* https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/80[#80]: upgrade to Gradle 2.3.
 * https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/62[#62]: add version range support.
 * https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/75[#75]: migrate smoke tests to Geb.
 * https://github.com/spring-io/initializr/issues/74[#74]: remove support for meta-data V1.
diff --git a/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle b/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle
index 54a17566..0d9990c8 100644
--- a/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle
+++ b/initializr/src/main/resources/templates/starter-build.gradle
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ eclipse {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '1.12'
+    gradleVersion = '2.3'
 }