diff --git a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
index b608646d..0f836598 100644
--- a/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
+++ b/bin/templates/cordova/lib/builders/GradleBuilder.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ GradleBuilder.prototype.prepEnv = function(opts) {
         // For some reason, using ^ and $ don't work.  This does the job, though.
         var distributionUrlRegex = /distributionUrl.*zip/;
         /*jshint -W069 */
-        var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-all.zip';
+        var distributionUrl = process.env['CORDOVA_ANDROID_GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_URL'] || 'http\\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-all.zip';
         /*jshint +W069 */
         var gradleWrapperPropertiesPath = path.join(self.root, 'gradle', 'wrapper', 'gradle-wrapper.properties');
         shell.chmod('u+w', gradleWrapperPropertiesPath);
diff --git a/bin/templates/project/build.gradle b/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
index fa46e363..16a735dc 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
+++ b/bin/templates/project/build.gradle
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '2.8'
+    gradleVersion = '2.13'
 }
 
 // Configuration properties. Set these via environment variables, build-extras.gradle, or gradle.properties.