diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts
index cdc8dbe7734f6..60092eb041c11 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/nodes.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import {
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { calculateHashForCreateNodes } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/calculate-hash-for-create-nodes';
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { dirname, join, relative } from 'node:path';
+import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 import { projectGraphCacheDirectory } from 'nx/src/utils/cache-directory';
 
-import { getGradleBinaryPath } from '../utils/exec-gradle';
+import { getGradleRelativePath } from '../utils/exec-gradle';
 import { getGradleReport } from '../utils/get-gradle-report';
 
 const cacheableTaskType = new Set(['Build', 'Verification']);
@@ -171,12 +171,10 @@ function createGradleTargets(
     const targetName = options?.[`${task.name}TargetName`] ?? task.name;
 
     const outputs = outputDirs.get(task.name);
-    const path = relative(
-      join(context.workspaceRoot, projectRoot),
-      getGradleBinaryPath()
-    );
     targets[targetName] = {
-      command: `${path} ${task.name}`,
+      command: `${getGradleRelativePath(
+        join(context.workspaceRoot, projectRoot)
+      )} ${task.name}`,
       options: {
         cwd: projectRoot,
       },
diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/utils/exec-gradle.ts b/packages/gradle/src/utils/exec-gradle.ts
index 572e4dd3990a7..1ba0bddf43882 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/utils/exec-gradle.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/utils/exec-gradle.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   execFileSync,
 } from 'node:child_process';
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { join, relative } from 'node:path';
 
 export function execGradle(
   args: string[],
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ export function getGradleBinaryPath(): string {
   return gradleBinaryPath;
 }
 
+export function getGradleRelativePath(path: string): string {
+  const gradleBinaryPath = getGradleBinaryPath();
+  let relativePath = relative(path, gradleBinaryPath);
+  if (relativePath.startsWith('gradlew')) {
+    relativePath = process.platform.startsWith('win')
+      ? `.\\${relativePath}`
+      : `./${relativePath}`;
+  }
+  return relativePath;
+}
+
 export function execGradleAsync(
   args: ReadonlyArray<string>,
   execOptions?: ExecFileOptions