diff --git a/.github/workflows/artifact-size-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/artifact-size-metrics.yml
index 0591b2b6aa..d1216099ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/artifact-size-metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/artifact-size-metrics.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Generate Artifact Size Metrics
         run: ./gradlew artifactSizeMetrics
       - name: Save Artifact Size Metrics
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Generate Artifact Size Metrics
         run: ./gradlew artifactSizeMetrics
       - name: Analyze Artifact Size Metrics
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 599293cc06..fd5b09e696 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Test
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Test
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -84,6 +88,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'corretto'
           java-version: 17
           cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
       - name: Test
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -111,6 +117,14 @@ jobs:
         # smithy-kotlin is checked out as a sibling dir which will automatically make it an included build
         path: 'aws-sdk-kotlin'
         repository: 'awslabs/aws-sdk-kotlin'
+    - name: Configure Gradle - smithy-kotlin
+      uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+      with:
+        working-directory: ./smithy-kotlin
+    - name: Configure Gradle - aws-sdk-kotlin
+      uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+      with:
+        working-directory: ./aws-sdk-kotlin
     - name: Configure JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml b/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
index 938e936ef9..bcf6c933c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kat-transform.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.CI_AWS_ROLE_ARN }}
           aws-region: us-west-2
 
+      - name: Configure Gradle
+        uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./smithy-kotlin
+
       - name: Setup kat
         uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/setup-kat@main
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index e95b98aded..809b2bc451 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout sources
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Configure Gradle
+      uses: awslabs/aws-kotlin-repo-tools/.github/actions/configure-gradle@main
     - name: Lint ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
       run: |
         ./gradlew ktlint
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 3499ded5c1..dace2bff9b 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-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists