If we add support for Gradle 9 (https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/43573) we should also consider raising the minimum supported version of Gradle to 8.x, dropping support for 7.6.x.
Comment From: wilkinsona
Pushing back as it doesn't look like Gradle 9 is going to be released in time for 3.5.0-RC1.
Comment From: cpoissonnier
It has been released since