diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a8f64e219bcd..a7e789158511 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -53,4 +53,3 @@
 *.war           binary
 *.ear           binary
 *.rar           binary
-**/gradle-8.10-bin.zip filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/UpdateGradleWrapper.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/UpdateGradleWrapper.java
index aae50cac6fc4..2d6289e83ca8 100755
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/UpdateGradleWrapper.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/UpdateGradleWrapper.java
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ private GradleWrapper getGradleWrapper(ExecutionContext ctx) {
                         return gradleWrapper = new GradleWrapper(version, new DistributionInfos(null, null, null));
                     } else {
                         throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                                "Could not reach services.gradle.org and no alternative wrapper URI is provided. " +
-                                "To use this recipe in environments where services.gradle.org is unavailable specify a wrapperUri.", e);
+                                "Could not reach services.gradle.org, no alternative wrapper URI is provided and no exact version is provided. " +
+                                "To use this recipe in environments where services.gradle.org is unavailable specify a wrapperUri or exact version.", e);
                     }
                 }
                 if (wrapperUri.contains("${version})")) {
diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/resources/gradle-8.10-bin.zip b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/resources/gradle-8.10-bin.zip
index e8ac15c530f0..b16e42111b8f 100644
Binary files a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/resources/gradle-8.10-bin.zip and b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/resources/gradle-8.10-bin.zip differ