diff --git a/Java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/Java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 622ab64a..ffed3a25 100644
--- a/Java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/Java/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/Java/src/main/java/com/gildedrose/GildedRose.java b/Java/src/main/java/com/gildedrose/GildedRose.java
index 2ce8efa0..c014262f 100644
--- a/Java/src/main/java/com/gildedrose/GildedRose.java
+++ b/Java/src/main/java/com/gildedrose/GildedRose.java
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ class GildedRose {
 
     private static void increaseQuality(Item item) {
         if (item.quality < 50) {
-            item.quality = item.quality + 1;
+            item.quality += 1;
         }
     }
 
     private static void decreaseQuality(Item item) {
         if (item.quality > 0) {
-            item.quality = item.quality - 1;
+            item.quality -= 1;
         }
     }
 }