diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 50caebfee7..6a09be92d8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ant.taskdef(name: "junit",
         classpath: configurations.antLibs.asPath)
 
 wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = '6.5'
+    gradleVersion = '6.8'
 }
 
 task adjustWrapperPropertiesFile {
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e708b1c023..62d4c05355 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 622ab64a3c..da9702f9e7 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-6.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 4f906e0c81..fbd7c51583 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
-
+    
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index ac1b06f938..a9f778a7a9 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ goto fail
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -64,6 +64,21 @@ echo location of your Java installation.
 
 goto fail
 
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
@@ -71,7 +86,7 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell