diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-log-analytics-basic-grok-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-log-analytics-basic-grok-e2e-tests.yml
index 748eba4d57..64c535a4e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-log-analytics-basic-grok-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-log-analytics-basic-grok-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Run basic grok end-to-end tests with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew :e2e-test:log:basicLogEndToEndTest
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-performance-test-compile-check.yml b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-performance-test-compile-check.yml
index 113a02bb52..2373749b9d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-performance-test-compile-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-performance-test-compile-check.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Build performance tests with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew :performance-test:compileGatlingJava
diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-compatibility-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-compatibility-e2e-tests.yml
index 97c13c01ed..7707e2d61d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-compatibility-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-compatibility-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
     - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-      run: chmod +x gradlew
     - name: Run raw-span compatibility end-to-end tests with Gradle
       run: ./gradlew :e2e-test:trace:rawSpanCompatibilityEndToEndTest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-e2e-tests.yml
index c88f278541..61bf01de11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-raw-span-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Run raw-span end-to-end tests with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew :e2e-test:trace:rawSpanEndToEndTest
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-service-map-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-service-map-e2e-tests.yml
index 3c8c665ecc..5221cb2b07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-service-map-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/data-prepper-trace-analytics-service-map-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,5 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Run service-map end-to-end tests with Gradle
         run: ./gradlew :e2e-test:trace:serviceMapEndToEndTest
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index b35a8f9799..473a5167ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
     - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-      run: chmod +x gradlew
     - name: Build with Gradle
       run: ./gradlew build
     - name: Upload Coverage Report
diff --git a/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-odfe-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-odfe-integration-tests.yml
index 559c0f6c34..a93bc75f46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-odfe-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-odfe-integration-tests.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Run ODFE docker
         run: |
           docker pull amazon/opendistro-for-elasticsearch:${{ matrix.odfe }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-os-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-os-integration-tests.yml
index 5b51c95b4d..47667f4be9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-os-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/opensearch-sink-os-integration-tests.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
       - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Run OpenSearch docker
         run: |
           docker pull opensearchproject/opensearch:${{ matrix.opensearch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2c358403ae..0ac8b6bdb1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ jobs:
         java-version: 14
     - name: Checkout Data-Prepper
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-      run: chmod +x gradlew
     - name: Build
       run: ./gradlew build
     - name: Archives