diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d52488c180f..0ef565575f4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ org.gradle.configureondmand=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs='-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8'
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=true
-smithyGradleVersion=1.3.0
+smithyGradleVersion=1.4.0