diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index a880597..64007ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run example [gradle java examples]
         working-directory: examples/java/gradle
-        if: matrix.java-version != '24'
         run: |
           ./gradlew run
           ./gradlew runExample
 
       - name: Run example [gradle kotlin examples]
         working-directory: examples/kotlin
-        if: matrix.java-version != '24'
         run: |
           ./gradlew run
           ./gradlew runExample
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 9bbc975..1b33c55 100644
Binary files a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 37f853b..ca025c8 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradlew b/examples/kotlin/gradlew
index faf9300..23d15a9 100755
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradlew
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradlew
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat b/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
index 9d21a21..db3a6ac 100644
--- a/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
+++ b/examples/kotlin/gradlew.bat
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%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" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell