diff --git a/.ci/java-versions.properties b/.ci/java-versions.properties
index bb6d31684fc..cf0dd234e51 100644
--- a/.ci/java-versions.properties
+++ b/.ci/java-versions.properties
@@ -8,6 +8,3 @@ ES_BUILD_JAVA=openjdk13
 ES_RUNTIME_JAVA=java8
 GRADLE_TASK=build
 GRADLE_EXTRA_ARGS=
-
-# Workaround for https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/11426
-OPENSHIFT_IP=0.0.0.0
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion
index 6d54bbd7751..e8f1734af0f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+6.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distribution/bwc/build.gradle b/distribution/bwc/build.gradle
index a165336022f..e8ad7121c4a 100644
--- a/distribution/bwc/build.gradle
+++ b/distribution/bwc/build.gradle
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ bwcVersions.forPreviousUnreleased { BwcVersions.UnreleasedVersionInfo unreleased
         spoolOutput = true
         workingDir = checkoutDir
         doFirst {
-          // TODO: Remove this once we've updated to Gradle 6.1
-          // Workaround for https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/11426
-          if (GradleVersion.version(file("${ checkoutDir}/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion").text.trim()) != GradleVersion.current()) {
-            environment = environment.findAll { key, val -> key != 'OPENSHIFT_IP' }
-          }
-
           // Execution time so that the checkouts are available
           List<String> lines = file("${checkoutDir}/.ci/java-versions.properties").readLines()
           environment(
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index cc4fdc293d0..f3d88b1c2fa 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 ba9078ad2ad..22ff086ed7d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=6f6cfdbb12a577c3845522a1c7fbfe1295ea05d87edabedd4e23fd2bf02b88b1
+distributionSha256Sum=634f972af958e3c753aeb42d7a688fab6820b527a0aef9eed03d7f3f6f9c7c06