diff --git a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e6441136..2c352119 100644
Binary files a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 381baa9c..68e8816d 100644
--- a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=544c35d6bd849ae8a5ed0bcea39ba677dc40f49df7d1835561582da2009b961d
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=d725d707bfabd4dfdc958c624003b3c80accc03f7037b5122c4b1d0ef15cecab
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew
index 1aa94a42..f5feea6d 100755
--- a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew
+++ b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +86,8 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s
+' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
diff --git a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew.bat b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew.bat
index 7101f8e4..9b42019c 100644
--- a/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew.bat
+++ b/.github/workflow-samples/java-toolchain/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################