title: Configure Eclipse to use the latest version of Gradle
body: <p>I'm reacquainting myself with Gradle. One of the problems I remember finding when I last looked, using 2.x I think, was multiple versions not only of project implementation jars but also multiple versions of Gradle's own jars.</p>
  
  <p>In an attempt to keep things as clean as possible this time I'd like to get Eclipse to use the latest, greatest Gradle, which at the time of writing is 4.4.1.</p>
  
  <p>I think I understand where this is configured, if one is using the Gradle wrapper: </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;project name&gt;/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here I see the crucial last line: </p>
  
  <pre><code>distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-3.5-bin.zip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I presume what I should do is just change that manually to <code>... gradle-4.4.1-bin.zip</code> ... But the question is: where is the Buildship plugin actually getting that line from?  </p>
  
  <p>When I look under Help --> About Eclipse --> Installation Details --> Buildship there's no sign of anything about Gradle versions.</p>
  
  <p>When I go Window --> Prefs --> Gradle I find you <em>either</em> set the distribution to "Gradle wrapper" (yes, Gradle Goodness) <em>or</em> to a "Specific Gradle version", the highest one currently showing being 4.4.1.  </p>
  
  <p>It seems odd that Eclipse should be "aware" that the latest one is 4.4.1 but by default use 3.5!</p>