diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c5a5884..cccbc9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## version 7.1.0-SNAPSHOT
 *Released*: TBD
-*
+* Gradle, Gradle plugins, commonsCodec, HttpClient, HttpCore version updates
 
 ## version 7.0.0
 *Released*: 18 July 2025
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 85bbf4e..f1e64d8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ buildscript {
             }
             content {
                 includeGroup "org.labkey.build"
-                includeGroup "org.labkey.versioning"
             }
         }
         if (gradlePluginsVersion.contains("SNAPSHOT"))
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ buildscript {
                 }
                 content {
                     includeGroup "org.labkey.build"
-                    includeGroup "org.labkey.versioning"
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d0ebd62..97696ff 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ artifactory_contextUrl=https://labkey.jfrog.io/artifactory
 sourceCompatibility=17
 targetCompatibility=17
 
-gradlePluginsVersion=6.2.0
+gradlePluginsVersion=7.2.0
 
-commonsCodecVersion=1.18.0
+commonsCodecVersion=1.20.0
 commonsLoggingVersion=1.3.5
 
-httpclient5Version=5.5
-httpcore5Version=5.3.4
+httpclient5Version=5.5.1
+httpcore5Version=5.3.6
 
 jsonObjectVersion=20250517
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index a4b76b9..8bdaf60 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 ff23a68..23449a2 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-8.14.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f3b75f3..ef07e01 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 9d21a21..db3a6ac 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @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%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell