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diff --git a/benchmark-overhead/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/benchmark-overhead/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 78cb6e16a49f..3e781fbad9c7 100644
--- a/benchmark-overhead/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/benchmark-overhead/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=8fad3d78296ca518113f3d29016617c7f9367dc005f932bd9d93bf45ba46072b
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip
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diff --git a/benchmark-overhead/gradlew b/benchmark-overhead/gradlew
index 23d15a936707..ef07e0162b18 100755
--- a/benchmark-overhead/gradlew
+++ b/benchmark-overhead/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/examples/distro/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/distro/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 1b33c55baabb..8bdaf60c75ab 100644
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diff --git a/examples/distro/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/distro/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 78cb6e16a49f..3e781fbad9c7 100644
--- a/examples/distro/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/distro/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=8fad3d78296ca518113f3d29016617c7f9367dc005f932bd9d93bf45ba46072b
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diff --git a/examples/distro/gradlew b/examples/distro/gradlew
index 23d15a936707..ef07e0162b18 100755
--- a/examples/distro/gradlew
+++ b/examples/distro/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/examples/extension/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/examples/extension/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/examples/extension/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/examples/extension/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 78cb6e16a49f..3e781fbad9c7 100644
--- a/examples/extension/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/examples/extension/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
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-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=8fad3d78296ca518113f3d29016617c7f9367dc005f932bd9d93bf45ba46072b
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diff --git a/examples/extension/gradlew b/examples/extension/gradlew
index 23d15a936707..ef07e0162b18 100755
--- a/examples/extension/gradlew
+++ b/examples/extension/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/gradle-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 78cb6e16a49f..3e781fbad9c7 100644
--- a/gradle-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle-plugins/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
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+distributionSha256Sum=8fad3d78296ca518113f3d29016617c7f9367dc005f932bd9d93bf45ba46072b
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 78cb6e16a49f..3e781fbad9c7 100644
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-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
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diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 23d15a936707..ef07e0162b18 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #
-# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+# Copyright © 2015 the original authors.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/instrumentation-annotations/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation-annotations/build.gradle.kts
index 321ea11d7f85..7a0e2dac5de6 100644
--- a/instrumentation-annotations/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation-annotations/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ group = "io.opentelemetry.instrumentation"
 dependencies {
   api("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")
 }
+
+tasks.test {
+  // This module does not have tests, but has example classes in the test directory. Gradle 9 fails
+  // the build when there are source files in the test directory but no tests to run so we disable
+  // the test task.
+  enabled = false
+}
diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3.2/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3.2/build.gradle.kts
index 0f1ccf155b0a..97b27224095f 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3.2/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3.2/build.gradle.kts
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ tasks {
   checkstyleAotTest {
     isEnabled = false
   }
+  bootJar {
+    enabled = false
+  }
 }
 
 // To be able to execute the tests as GraalVM native executables
diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3/build.gradle.kts
index 1b7b865e7b7d..cd6918920285 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-3/build.gradle.kts
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ tasks {
   checkstyleAotTest {
     isEnabled = false
   }
+  bootJar {
+    enabled = false
+  }
 }
 
 // To be able to execute the tests as GraalVM native executables
diff --git a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-3/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-3/build.gradle.kts
index 64049fbe61fb..cbca31573e1b 100644
--- a/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-3/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests-otel-starter/spring-boot-reactive-3/build.gradle.kts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ tasks {
   checkstyleAotTest {
     isEnabled = false
   }
+  bootJar {
+    enabled = false
+  }
 }
 
 // To be able to execute the tests as GraalVM native executables