diff --git a/grails-shell/build.gradle b/grails-shell/build.gradle
index 070b3df0822..ff407f84825 100644
--- a/grails-shell/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-shell/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
 //    gradleToolingApiVersion = gradle.gradleVersion
-    gradleToolingApiVersion = '6.9'
+    gradleToolingApiVersion = '7.1.1'
 }
 
 dependencies {