diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e2dee50ef..1fa7cfcb4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ LITHO_VERSION=0.20.0
 GRADLE_BINTRAY_PLUGIN_VERSION=1.8.0
 GRADLE_VERSIONS_PLUGIN_VERSION=0.15.0
 ANDROID_MAVEN_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION=2.1
+
+# Gradle internals
+org.gradle.internal.repository.max.retries=10
+org.gradle.internal.repository.initial.backoff=1250
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 372a58071..0b911712b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.7-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.0-rc-1-all.zip