diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3b024cecb146e1a43344328222bffdb118fe6165..56bbcd24fdf2fcd5e474d5c822c14975934d1b1a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ARG BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dso.mil
 ARG BASE_IMAGE=opensource/gradle/gradle-jre11
-ARG BASE_TAG=6.8.3
+ARG BASE_TAG=7.0.1
 
 FROM ${BASE_REGISTRY}/${BASE_IMAGE}:${BASE_TAG}
 USER 0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 147ea143f26325aee1126921aca2d2b17102e2a7..c9d36b45af647303c8b85b8da92b091a197ef5c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ code snippets that were submitted from students through the LEARN application.
 ## Requirements:
 - Redis CLI
 - Java 11
-- Gradle 6.8
+- Gradle 7.0
 
 ## Container Usage:
 
diff --git a/hardening_manifest.yaml b/hardening_manifest.yaml
index 72345ed1364ec1b62966d5641fd2f567e98a4445..3263d61bf270945338160539fdb160ef2173ac44 100644
--- a/hardening_manifest.yaml
+++ b/hardening_manifest.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags:
 # Build args passed to Dockerfile ARGs
 args:
   BASE_IMAGE: "opensource/gradle/gradle-jre11"
-  BASE_TAG: "6.8.3"
+  BASE_TAG: "7.0.1"
 
 # Docker image labels
 labels:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ resources:
     filename: redis-cli.tar.gz
     validation:
       type: sha256
-      value: af6c9ab5bb1c0b4999cac6f079e8094b84bd9565da8d56b012a3c7b7c60b8fef
+      value: 83794cbb0627b49227529a3487cc89d663d6145487207be8afe703b243eb7a46
   - auth:
       type: s3
       id: galvanize
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ resources:
     filename: libs.tar.gz
     validation:
       type: sha256
-      value: d57179d55593c3768c8d0f73c80a2c69fb77f061d9baece467ecc2f961caa458
+      value: 8cda068a495ec2fba4b9f79af5f886db9da9b11d697f6e76eb615f54f829dac9
 
 # List of project maintainers
 maintainers:
diff --git a/scripts/repackage.sh b/scripts/repackage.sh
index 2546057f4a475737cda9ca01db66f44532c2bb79..97e7e7111456050c11b0639f790adee77c2fba72 100755
--- a/scripts/repackage.sh
+++ b/scripts/repackage.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Image Params.
 BASE_REGISTRY=registry1.dso.mil
 BASE_IMAGE=ironbank/opensource/gradle/gradle-jre11
-BASE_TAG=6.8.3
+BASE_TAG=7.0.1
 
 # This is the profile name in your aws credentials file.
 DEPENDENCY_FOLDER=build_dependencies