diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fcab18..17f87fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Unreleased
+- Fix: update to Gradle 7 [#145](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/145)
+
 ## 3.4.2
  - Docs: added `v8` as an acceptable value for `ecs_compatibility` [#142](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-http/pull/142)
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3de23f9..3e47eb3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
-    testCompile 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3'
-    testCompile 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.11.1'
+    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-library:1.3'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.11.1'
 
-    compile 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.65.Final'
-    compile 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.11.1'
+    implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.65.Final'
+    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.11.1'
 }
 
 test {
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ test {
     }
 }
 
-task run (type: JavaExec, dependsOn: classes){
+task run (type: JavaExec, dependsOn: classes) {
     // turn on or off ssl
-    if(project.hasProperty('providedargs')){
+    if (project.hasProperty('providedargs')) {
         args(providedargs.split(','))
     }
     description = "Plugin testing"
-    main = "org.logstash.plugins.input.http.Runner"
+    mainClass = "org.logstash.plugins.input.http.Runner"
     classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ task generateGemJarRequiresFile {
             jars_file.newWriter().withWriter { w ->
                 w << "# AUTOGENERATED BY THE GRADLE SCRIPT. DO NOT EDIT.\n\n"
                     w << "require \'jar_dependencies\'\n"
-                    configurations.runtime.allDependencies.each {
+                    configurations.runtimeClasspath.allDependencies.each {
                         w << "require_jar(\'${it.group}\', \'${it.name}\', \'${it.version}\')\n"
                     }
                 w << "require_jar(\'${project.group}\', \'${project.name}\', \'${project.version}\')\n"
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ task generateGemJarRequiresFile {
 task vendor {
     doLast {
         String vendorPathPrefix = "vendor/jar-dependencies"
-            configurations.runtime.allDependencies.each { dep ->
-                File f = configurations.runtime.filter { it.absolutePath.contains("${dep.group}/${dep.name}/${dep.version}") }.singleFile
+            configurations.runtimeClasspath.allDependencies.each { dep ->
+                File f = configurations.runtimeClasspath.filter { it.absolutePath.contains("${dep.group}/${dep.name}/${dep.version}") }.singleFile
                     String groupPath = dep.group.replaceAll('\\.', '/')
                     File newJarFile = file("${vendorPathPrefix}/${groupPath}/${dep.name}/${dep.version}/${dep.name}-${dep.version}.jar")
                     newJarFile.mkdirs()
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 5028f28..ffed3a2 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.6.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists