diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49b765..d64cd4917707c1 100644
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8838ba97ba0914..e6aba2515d5428 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-8.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 7f93135c49b765..d64cd4917707c1 100644
Binary files a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8838ba97ba0914..e6aba2515d5428 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.4-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d64cd4917707c1
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diff --git a/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e6aba2515d5428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/template/android/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-all.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists