diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion
index 815da58b7a9ed..c9dc0490835bb 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.4.1
+8.4
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 7c359ed2b652c..39799895cb4c5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ systemProp.jdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1.2
 
 # jvm args for faster test execution by default
 systemProp.tests.jvm.argline=-XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=64m
+
+systemProp.repos.mavenLocal='~/.m2'