diff --git a/ci/release/publish.sh b/ci/release/publish.sh
index d04b05ad6..7d9cb64e2 100755
--- a/ci/release/publish.sh
+++ b/ci/release/publish.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 gradle wrapper
-./gradlew clean :core:publishToSonatype :isthmus:publishToSonatype closeSonatypeStagingRepository
+./gradlew clean :core:publishToSonatype :isthmus:publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ae04661ee..aa991fcea 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-7.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists