diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6acd88b952..e9b91047d7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -190,9 +190,8 @@ task build(dependsOn: [check, assemble]) {
   description = 'Assemble and test the C++ part of Machine Learning'
 }
 
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    distributionType = DistributionType.ALL
-
+wrapper {
+    distributionType = 'ALL'
     doLast {
         final DistributionLocator locator = new DistributionLocator()
         final GradleVersion version = GradleVersion.version(wrapper.gradleVersion)
@@ -200,6 +199,6 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
         final URI sha256Uri = new URI(distributionUri.toString() + ".sha256")
         final String sha256Sum = new String(sha256Uri.toURL().bytes)
         wrapper.getPropertiesFile() << "distributionSha256Sum=${sha256Sum}\n"
+        println "Added checksum to wrapper properties"
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 27768f1bba..457aad0d98 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 76d8f343e7..5333afa71b 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-4.10-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.0-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=fc049dcbcb245d5892bebae143bd515a78f6a5a93cec99d489b312dc0ce4aad9
+distributionSha256Sum=17847c8e12b2bcfce26a79f425f082c31d4ded822f99a66127eee2d96bf18216
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index cccdd3d517..af6708ff22 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m"'
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index e95643d6a2..0f8d5937c4 100755
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m"
 
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
diff --git a/upload.gradle b/upload.gradle
index 3e1761e65b..c7ad932ed0 100644
--- a/upload.gradle
+++ b/upload.gradle
@@ -95,16 +95,3 @@ task uberUpload(type: UploadS3Task, dependsOn: buildUberZip) {
   description = 'Upload C++ uber zip to S3 Bucket'
 }
 
-task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    distributionType = DistributionType.ALL
-
-    doLast {
-        final DistributionLocator locator = new DistributionLocator()
-        final GradleVersion version = GradleVersion.version(wrapper.gradleVersion)
-        final URI distributionUri = locator.getDistributionFor(version, wrapper.distributionType.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH))
-        final URI sha256Uri = new URI(distributionUri.toString() + ".sha256")
-        final String sha256Sum = new String(sha256Uri.toURL().bytes)
-        wrapper.getPropertiesFile() << "distributionSha256Sum=${sha256Sum}\n"
-    }
-}
-