9.0.0 rc1

The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.0.0 RC1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

  • Configuration Cache is the recommended execution mode
  • Gradle now requires JVM 17 or higher to run
  • Build scripts use Kotlin 2.1 and Groovy 4.0
  • Improved Kotlin DSL build script compilation avoidance
Read the Release Notes
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/releases/tag/v9.0.0-RC1
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