diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8e861f3c81f6c4d9f702b789fba035976e042089..d1f152bad8ac388b732964a44b542d5000309cb3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,39 +15,38 @@
  */
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-  gradleVersion = '1.7'
+  gradleVersion = '1.8'
 }
 
 buildscript {
-    def rosMavenPath = "$System.env.ROS_MAVEN_PATH".split(':').collect { 'file://' + it }
-    repositories {
-        rosMavenPath.each { p ->
-            maven {
-                url p
-            }
-        }
-        mavenLocal()
-        maven {
-            url 'https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_mvn_repo/raw/master'
-        }
+  def rosMavenPath = "$System.env.ROS_MAVEN_PATH".split(':').collect { 'file://' + it }
+  repositories {
+    rosMavenPath.each { p ->
+      maven {
+        url p
+      }
     }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath group: 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap', name: 'gradle_plugins', version: '0.1.+'
+    mavenLocal()
+    maven {
+      url 'https://github.com/rosjava/rosjava_mvn_repo/raw/master'
     }
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath group: 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap', name: 'gradle_plugins', version: '0.1.+'
+  }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'catkin'
 
 allprojects {
-    group 'org.ros.rosjava_core'
-    version = project.catkin.pkg.version
+  group 'org.ros.rosjava_core'
+  version = project.catkin.pkg.version
 }
 
 subprojects {
-    if (name != 'docs') {
-        apply plugin: 'ros-java'
-    }
+  if (name != 'docs') {
+    apply plugin: 'ros-java'
+  }
 }
 
 defaultTasks 'publishMavenJavaPublicationToMavenRepository'
-
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index faa569a9a0eedc9ff37450fed24a7efd77a86729..b979729db0ad460288cfe16f07072da7b1305e93 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 a4a11f780b4feac5c5e767423782a4d3a72274bf..51678041070c14df3b19d1739e6a7e48759212af 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Mon Sep 16 09:49:12 KST 2013
+#Fri Oct 18 13:01:06 CEST 2013
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=http\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-1.8-bin.zip