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v9.5.1 Breaking

This release includes breaking changes for platform teams planning a safe upgrade.

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Gradle v9.5.1 now shows task provenance in build reports and failure messages, and adds type‑safe accessors for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins.

Why it matters: Review build logs to locate failing tasks quickly; update Kotlin plugin codebases to use the new type‑safe API before your next release cycle.

Summary

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Task provenance in reports/failure messages and type‑safe accessors for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins

Changes in this release

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature	Medium	Task provenance displays in build reports and failure messages. Task provenance displays in build reports and failure messages. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—
Feature	Medium	Type-safe accessors provided for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins. Type-safe accessors provided for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins. Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-21 Confidence: low	—

Full changelog

The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.5.1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

Task provenance in reports and failure messages
Type-safe accessors for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
atm1020,
mataha,
Adam,
Attila Kelemen,
Benedikt Ritter,
Björn Kautler,
Caro Silva Rode,
CHANHAN,
Dmitry Nezavitin,
Eng Zer Jun,
KugelLibelle,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Markus Gaisbauer,
Oliver Kopp,
Philip Wedemann,
ploober,
Roberto Perez Alcolea,
Rohit Anand,
Suvrat Acharya,
Ujwal Suresh Vanjare,
Victor Merkulov

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.5.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.5.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

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