diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0989db87c1673..7b796b19cafe0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Remove LegacyESVersion.V_7_6_ and V_7_7_ Constants ([#4837](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4837))
 - Remove LegacyESVersion.V_7_10_ Constants ([#5018](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5018))
 - Remove Version.V_1_ Constants ([#5021](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/5021))
+- Remove deprecated org.gradle.util.DistributionLocator usage ([#6212](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/6212))
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fix 'org.apache.hc.core5.http.ParseException: Invalid protocol version' under JDK 16+ ([#4827](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4827))
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 10b243bdb31a2..359ce8bd24ab1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ import org.gradle.plugins.ide.eclipse.model.SourceFolder
 import org.gradle.api.Project;
 import org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.testing.junit.JUnitTestFramework
 import org.gradle.process.ExecResult;
-import org.gradle.util.DistributionLocator
-import org.gradle.util.GradleVersion
 
 import static org.opensearch.gradle.util.GradleUtils.maybeConfigure
 
@@ -547,16 +545,12 @@ allprojects {
 wrapper {
   distributionType = 'ALL'
   doLast {
-    final DistributionLocator locator = new DistributionLocator()
-    final GradleVersion version = GradleVersion.version(wrapper.gradleVersion)
-    final URI distributionUri = locator.getDistributionFor(version, wrapper.distributionType.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH))
-    final URI sha256Uri = new URI(distributionUri.toString() + ".sha256")
-    final String sha256Sum = new String(sha256Uri.toURL().bytes)
-    wrapper.getPropertiesFile() << "distributionSha256Sum=${sha256Sum}\n"
+    def sha256Sum = new String(new URL(getDistributionUrl() + ".sha256").bytes)
+    propertiesFile << "distributionSha256Sum=${sha256Sum}\n"
     println "Added checksum to wrapper properties"
     // Update build-tools to reflect the Gradle upgrade
     // TODO: we can remove this once we have tests to make sure older versions work.
-    project(':build-tools').file('src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion').text = gradleVersion
+    project(':build-tools').file('src/main/resources/minimumGradleVersion').text = gradleVersion + "\n"
     println "Updated minimum Gradle Version"
   }
 }