diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e0e8268..4fa5e61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,21 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
 
+      - name: Read Gradle version
+        id: gradle-version
+        run: |
+          distribution_url="$(sed -n 's/^distributionUrl=//p' gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties)"
+          gradle_version="$(printf '%s\n' "$distribution_url" | sed -E 's#.*gradle-([0-9][^-]*)-(bin|all)\.zip#\1#')"
+          if [[ -z "$gradle_version" || "$gradle_version" == "$distribution_url" ]]; then
+            echo "::error file=gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties::Unable to parse Gradle version from distributionUrl='$distribution_url'."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "version=$gradle_version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
+          gradle-version: ${{ steps.gradle-version.outputs.version }}
           validate-wrappers: false
 
       - name: Configure Git identity
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY_ASC }}" > "$SIGNING_KEY_FILE"
           fi
 
-          ./gradlew release \
+          gradle release \
             -Prelease.useAutomaticVersion=true
 
       - name: Upload plugin distribution