diff --git a/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android b/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android
index fd0bf3fe147959..685daa8f699ce0 100644
--- a/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android
+++ b/.circleci/Dockerfiles/Dockerfile.android
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ LABEL Description="React Native Android Test Image"
 LABEL maintainer="Héctor Ramos <hector@fb.com>"
 
 # set default environment variables
-ENV GRADLE_OPTS="-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=\"-Xmx512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError\""
+ENV GRADLE_OPTS="-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=\"-Xmx512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError\""
 ENV KOTLIN_HOME="third-party/kotlin"
 
 ADD .buckconfig /app/.buckconfig
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index e8b1d799f7c1f4..30ff5d47c6f860 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ executors:
     environment:
       - TERM: "dumb"
       - ADB_INSTALL_TIMEOUT: 10
-      - GRADLE_OPTS: '-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"'
+      - GRADLE_OPTS: '-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError"'
       - BUILD_THREADS: 2
       # Repeated here, as the environment key in this executor will overwrite the one in defaults
       - PUBLIC_ANALYSISBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN_A: *github_analysisbot_token_a
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index 99ca6704863b66..96ce2fb9a1a4cb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ task downloadBoost(dependsOn: createNativeDepsDirectories, type: Download) {
 
 final def prepareBoost = tasks.register("prepareBoost", PrepareBoostTask) {
     it.dependsOn(boostPath ? [] : [downloadBoost])
-    it.boostPath.setFrom(boostPath ?: tarTree(resources.gzip(downloadBoost.dest)))
+    it.boostPath.setFrom(boostPath ?: tarTree(downloadBoost.dest))
     it.boostVersion.set(BOOST_VERSION)
     it.outputDir.set(new File(thirdPartyNdkDir, "boost"))
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 249e5832f090a2..943f0cbfa75457 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 070cb702f09eda..6ec1567a0f8831 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index a69d9cb6c20655..65dcd68d65c82f 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
@@ -143,12 +143,16 @@ fi
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 53a6b238d414d9..6689b85beecde6 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 41d9927a4d4fb3..249e5832f090a2 100644
Binary files a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8fad3f5a98bf4a..608bd94305f244 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew
index 1b6c787337ffb7..a69d9cb6c20655 100755
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew
@@ -205,6 +205,12 @@ set -- \
         org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
         "$@"
 
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
 # Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
 #
 # With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
index ac1b06f93825db..53a6b238d414d9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
+++ b/packages/react-native-gradle-plugin/gradlew.bat
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
 
-@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
 @rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
-if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@ set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
 
 :fail
 rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
 rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
-if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
-exit /b 1
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
 
 :mainEnd
 if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
diff --git a/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index 249e5832f090a2..943f0cbfa75457 100644
Binary files a/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 070cb702f09eda..6ec1567a0f8831 100644
--- a/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/template/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.1-all.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/template/android/gradlew b/template/android/gradlew
index a69d9cb6c20655..65dcd68d65c82f 100755
--- a/template/android/gradlew
+++ b/template/android/gradlew
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ do
     esac
 done
 
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
-
-APP_NAME="Gradle"
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
@@ -143,12 +143,16 @@ fi
 if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
     case $MAX_FD in  #(
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac
diff --git a/template/android/gradlew.bat b/template/android/gradlew.bat
index 53a6b238d414d9..6689b85beecde6 100644
--- a/template/android/gradlew.bat
+++ b/template/android/gradlew.bat
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
 
 set DIRNAME=%~dp0
 if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%