diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index dbaab726876..46dd49ab634 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ versions += [
   checkstyle: "8.36.2",
   commonsCli: "1.4",
   dropwizardMetrics: "4.1.12.1",
-  gradle: "7.5.1",
+  gradle: "7.6",
   grgit: "4.1.1",
   httpclient: "4.5.13",
   easymock: "4.3",
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 593bdcca0f3..e9ee3c54406 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha=db9c8211ed63f61f60292c69e80d89196f9eb36665e369e7f00ac4cc841c2219
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-all.zip
+distributionSha=312eb12875e1747e05c2f81a4789902d7e4ec5defbd1eefeaccc08acf096505d
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 3c53cb3fbb8..a2e85319111 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ esac
 # Loop in case we encounter an error.
 for attempt in 1 2 3; do
   if [ ! -e "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" ]; then
-    if ! curl -s -S --retry 3 -L -o "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gradle/gradle/v7.5.1/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar"; then
+    if ! curl -s -S --retry 3 -L -o "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gradle/gradle/v7.6.0/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar"; then
       rm -f "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar"
       # Pause for a bit before looping in case the server throttled us.
       sleep 5
diff --git a/retry_zinc b/retry_zinc
index 381b698ccff..959b44d7bea 100755
--- a/retry_zinc
+++ b/retry_zinc
@@ -28,17 +28,16 @@
 # [2021-10-19T17:25:07.234Z]   Lock file: /home/jenkins/.gradle/caches/7.0.2/zinc-1.3.5_2.13.6_8/zinc-1.3.5_2.13.6_8.lock
 
 set -uf -o pipefail
-mkdir -p ./build
+mkdir -p logs
 retryable=1
 while [[ "$retryable" != 0 ]]; do
 	retryable=0
-	rm -f ./build/buildoutput.log
 
-	"$@" 2>&1 | tee ./build/buildoutput.log
+	"$@" 2>&1 | tee logs/buildoutput.log
 	commandReturnCode=$?
 
 	if [ $commandReturnCode -ne 0 ]; then
-		if grep "Timeout waiting to lock zinc" ./build/buildoutput.log; then
+		if grep "Timeout waiting to lock zinc" logs/buildoutput.log; then
 			retryable=1
 			echo 'Retrying due to zinc lock timeout'
 			continue