diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 8bdaf60c75ab80..61285a659d1729 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 2a84e188b85a31..37f78a6af8379e 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-9.0.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.3.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index ef07e0162b183e..adff685a0348c6 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
         -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 11bf1829284c14..e509b2dd8fe557 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-@REM Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-@REM
-@REM This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-@REM LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
 @rem
 @rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
 @rem
@@ -75,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 8bdaf60c75ab80..61285a659d1729 100644
Binary files a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2a84e188b85a31..37f78a6af8379e 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/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-9.0.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.3.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew
index ef07e0162b183e..adff685a0348c6 100755
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
         -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
diff --git a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
index 11bf1829284c14..e509b2dd8fe557 100644
--- a/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
+++ b/packages/gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-@REM Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-@REM
-@REM This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-@REM LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
 @rem
 @rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
 @rem
@@ -75,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
index cd84f67a0559c9..7aedb25fa1b288 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ val downloadBoost by
 val prepareBoost by
     tasks.registering(PrepareBoostTask::class) {
       dependsOn(if (boostPathOverride != null) emptyList() else listOf(downloadBoost))
-      boostPath.setFrom(if (boostPathOverride != null) boostPath else tarTree(downloadBoostDest))
+      boostPath.setFrom(if (boostPathOverride != null) boostPath else tarTree(resources.gzip(downloadBoostDest)))
       boostThirdPartyJniPath.set(project.file("src/main/jni/third-party/boost"))
       boostVersion.set(BOOST_VERSION)
       outputDir.set(File(thirdPartyNdkDir, "boost"))
diff --git a/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 8bdaf60c75ab80..61285a659d1729 100644
Binary files a/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2a84e188b85a31..37f78a6af8379e 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/private/helloworld/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.3.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/private/helloworld/android/gradlew b/private/helloworld/android/gradlew
index ef07e0162b183e..adff685a0348c6 100755
--- a/private/helloworld/android/gradlew
+++ b/private/helloworld/android/gradlew
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ fi
 # For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
 if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
     APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
-    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
 
     JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
 
@@ -212,7 +210,6 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
-        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
         -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
diff --git a/private/helloworld/android/gradlew.bat b/private/helloworld/android/gradlew.bat
index 11bf1829284c14..e509b2dd8fe557 100644
--- a/private/helloworld/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/private/helloworld/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-@REM Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
-@REM
-@REM This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
-@REM LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
-
 @rem
 @rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
 @rem
@@ -75,11 +70,10 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell