diff --git a/java/gradle/README.md b/java/gradle/README.md
index a67bb7ce..56aaf733 100644
--- a/java/gradle/README.md
+++ b/java/gradle/README.md
@@ -5,22 +5,30 @@ See [prerequisites](https://paketo.io/docs/howto/java/#prerequisites) of this sa
 ## Building
 
 ```bash
-pack build applications/gradle --env BP_JVM_VERSION=17
+pack build applications/gradle
 ```
 
-Alternatively, if you want to attach a `gradle.properties` file to pass additional configuration to Gradle.
+Alternatively, if you want to attach a `gradle.properties` and/or a `gradle-wrapper.properties` file to pass additional configuration to Gradle (Wrapper).
 
 ```bash
-pack build applications/gradle --volume $(pwd)/bindings:/platform/bindings --env BP_JVM_VERSION=17
+pack build applications/gradle --volume $(pwd)/bindings:/platform/bindings
 ```
 
-The command above will use the sample `gradle.properties` file from this repo. It may be more useful to copy your local `gradle.properties` file first.
+The command above will use: 
+
+* the sample `gradle.properties` file from this repo. It may be more useful to copy your local `gradle.properties` file first.
 
 ```bash
 cp ~/.gradle/gradle.properties java/gradle/bindings/gradle/gradle.properties
-pack build applications/gradle --volume $(pwd)/bindings:/platform/bindings  --env BP_JVM_VERSION=17
+pack build applications/gradle --volume $(pwd)/bindings:/platform/bindings
 ```
 
+* the sample `gradle-wrapper.properties` file from this repo. It may be more useful to copy your local `gradle-wrapper.properties` file first.
+
+```bash
+cp ~/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+pack build applications/gradle --volume $(pwd)/bindings:/platform/bindings
+
 ## Running
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7f216f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=60000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/type b/java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/type
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9033942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/gradle/bindings/gradle-wrapper/type
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gradle-wrapper
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f398c33c..7c825554 100644
--- a/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
-networkTimeout=10000
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=1
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists