diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 25f8a3b..9423761 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: 2
 jobs:
   build:
     docker:
-      - image: cimg/android:2022.08.1-node # gcloud is baked into this image
+      - image: cimg/android:2024.11.1-node # gcloud is baked into this image
         auth:
           username: tdrhq
           password: $DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD  # context / project UI env-var reference
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 442d913..19cfad9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.8.3-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists