diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/BuildInfo.kt b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/BuildInfo.kt
index 7231f7475..7425d4f7d 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/BuildInfo.kt
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/BuildInfo.kt
@@ -304,7 +304,15 @@ open class BuildInfo(private val project: Project) {
           classpath = template.classpath
           testClassesDirs = template.testClassesDirs
           jvmArgs.addAll(template.jvmArgs)
-          jvmArgumentProviders.addAll(template.jvmArgumentProviders)
+          jvmArgumentProviders.addAll(
+            template.jvmArgumentProviders.map { provider ->
+              // Gradle injects this arg, which is not compatible across JDK versions
+              // other JDK versions (see https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/39442)
+              CommandLineArgumentProvider {
+                provider.asArguments().filter { !it.startsWith("--sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access") }
+              }
+            }
+          )
           forkEvery = template.forkEvery
           maxParallelForks = template.maxParallelForks
           minHeapSize = template.minHeapSize
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index b1b8ef56b..9fa7f2882 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 dbe66e1d6..a78c88e53 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=9c0f7faeeb306cb14e4279a3e084ca6b596894089a0638e68a07c945a32c9e14
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.6.1-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=dce76f55f8e251a3a1f130eb120f30b3d271de2b76c9b0729d316b5a1b6dc01f
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 retries=0
 retryBackOffMs=500
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index a51ec4f58..3185a43f7 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -26,6 +26,33 @@
 @rem Set local scope for the variables, and ensure extensions are enabled
 setlocal EnableExtensions
 
+@rem Catch executions from older scripts and ensure they exit cleanly.
+@rem This can be removed once we can be reasonably confident that few people
+@rem will be migrating directly to this new wrapper.
+goto afterSafetyNet
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
+goto exitWithErrorLevel
+:afterSafetyNet
+
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
 @rem This is normally unused
@@ -45,13 +72,14 @@ set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
 if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
-echo. 1>&2
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH. 1>&2
-echo. 1>&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
-echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
+1>&2 echo.
+1>&2 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+1>&2 echo.
+1>&2 echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+1>&2 echo location of your Java installation.
 
 "%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
+goto exitWithErrorLevel
 
 :findJavaFromJavaHome
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
@@ -59,13 +87,14 @@ set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
 if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
-echo. 1>&2
-echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME% 1>&2
-echo. 1>&2
-echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the 1>&2
-echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
+1>&2 echo.
+1>&2 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+1>&2 echo.
+1>&2 echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+1>&2 echo location of your Java installation.
 
 "%COMSPEC%" /c exit 1
+goto exitWithErrorLevel
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
@@ -75,8 +104,9 @@ echo location of your Java installation. 1>&2
 @rem Execute gradlew
 @rem endlocal doesn't take effect until after the line is parsed and variables are expanded
 @rem which allows us to clear the local environment before executing the java command
-endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel
+endlocal & "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %* & call :exitWithErrorLevel & goto exitWithErrorLevel
 
+@rem This label must not be changed. We rely on old scripts being able to jump to this point.
 :exitWithErrorLevel
 @rem Use "%COMSPEC%" /c exit to allow operators to work properly in scripts
 "%COMSPEC%" /c exit %ERRORLEVEL%