diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2e817cf0..cde403d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       run: go install github.com/sigstore/fulcio@main
 
     - name: Setup Gradle
-      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@d9c87d481d55275bb5441eef3fe0e46805f9ef70 # v3.5.0
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@af1da67850ed9a4cedd57bfd976089dd991e2582 # v4.0.0
 
     # tests that hit staging are current disabled due to flakiness (-PskipStaging)
     - name: Test sigstore-java
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
index baf3da0e..dc71f94b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Build sigstore-java cli
         run: ./gradlew :sigstore-cli:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yaml b/.github/workflows/examples.yaml
index de91e44c..af7f3caa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         distribution: 'temurin'
 
     - name: Setup Gradle
-      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@d9c87d481d55275bb5441eef3fe0e46805f9ef70 # v3.5.0
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@af1da67850ed9a4cedd57bfd976089dd991e2582 # v4.0.0
 
     - name: run examples against released sigstore
       working-directory: examples/hello-world
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-gradle-plugin-from-tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-gradle-plugin-from-tag.yaml
index 0eb82f11..f55a3235 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-gradle-plugin-from-tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-gradle-plugin-from-tag.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@d9c87d481d55275bb5441eef3fe0e46805f9ef70 # v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@af1da67850ed9a4cedd57bfd976089dd991e2582 # v4.0.0
 
       - name: Build, Sign and Release to Gradle Plugin Portal
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-java-from-tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-java-from-tag.yaml
index 2d0da39b..a37a1f19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-java-from-tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-sigstore-java-from-tag.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@d9c87d481d55275bb5441eef3fe0e46805f9ef70 # v3.5.0
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@af1da67850ed9a4cedd57bfd976089dd991e2582 # v4.0.0
 
       - name: Build, Sign and Release to Maven Central
         run: |