diff --git a/java_tools/build.gradle b/java_tools/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6454c6c9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+apply from: 'dependencies.gradle'
+
+allprojects {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+
+    plugins.withType(JavaPlugin) {
+        dependencies {
+            implementation global_libs.annotations
+            testImplementation global_libs.junit
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java_tools/dependencies.gradle b/java_tools/dependencies.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28f287654a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/dependencies.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ext {
+  global_libs = [
+          junit          : "junit:junit:4.13",
+          annotations    : "org.jetbrains:annotations:16.0.1",
+  ]
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java_tools/gradle.properties b/java_tools/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7eb71e235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_tools/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.gradle.unsafe.configuration-cache=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java_tools/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/java_tools/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2ec77e51a9..8fad3f5a98 100644
--- a/java_tools/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/java_tools/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-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists