9.4.1

The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.4.1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Java 26 support
• Non-class-based JVM tests
• Enhanced console progress bar

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle: akankshaa-00, Attila Kelemen, Björn Kautler, dblood, Dennis Rieks, duvvuvenkataramana, John Burns, Julian, kevinstembridge, Niels Doucet, Philip Wedemann, ploober, Richard Hernandez, Roberto Perez Alcolea, Sebastian Lövdahl, stephan2405, Stephane Landelle, Ujwal Suresh Vanjare, Victor Merkulov, Vincent Potuček, Vladimir Sitnikov.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.4.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.4.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines. If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.