diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 439e158cc..c96c6a86c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ project(':agrona') {
         repositories {
             maven {
                 name = 'MavenCentral'
-                url = !isReleaseVersion ? ossrhSnapshotsRepoUrl : ossrhReleasesRepoUrl
+                url(!isReleaseVersion ? ossrhSnapshotsRepoUrl : ossrhReleasesRepoUrl)
                 credentials {
                     username = ossrhUsername
                     password = ossrhPassword
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ project(':agrona-agent') {
         repositories {
             maven {
                 name = 'MavenCentral'
-                url = !isReleaseVersion ? ossrhSnapshotsRepoUrl : ossrhReleasesRepoUrl
+                url(!isReleaseVersion ? ossrhSnapshotsRepoUrl : ossrhReleasesRepoUrl)
                 credentials {
                     username = ossrhUsername
                     password = ossrhPassword
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ project(':agrona-concurrency-tests') {
 
     tasks.register('parseResultsFile', JavaExec) {
         dependsOn shadowJar
-        group = 'verification'
+        group 'verification'
         classpath = files(tasks.shadowJar)
         workingDir = layout.buildDirectory.get()
         args = ['-p', jcstressResults, '-r', 'reports/jcstress']
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 98efaa7c4..74fef2442 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ byteBuddy = "1.15.11"
 checkstyle = "10.21.1"
 junit5 = "5.11.4"
 jmh = "1.37"
-gradle = "8.12"
+gradle = "8.11.1"
 
 [libraries]
 junit4 = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version = "4.13.2" }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e0fd02028..c1d5e0185 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-8.12-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11.1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index f3b75f3b0..f5feea6d6 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum