diff --git a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/AndroidCompose.kt b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/AndroidCompose.kt
index 7696c6b53..3022112ce 100644
--- a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/AndroidCompose.kt
+++ b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/AndroidCompose.kt
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ private fun Project.buildComposeMetricsParameters(): List<String> {
     val metricParameters = mutableListOf<String>()
     val enableMetricsProvider = project.providers.gradleProperty("enableComposeCompilerMetrics")
     val relativePath = projectDir.relativeTo(rootDir)
-
+    val buildDir = layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile
     val enableMetrics = (enableMetricsProvider.orNull == "true")
     if (enableMetrics) {
-        val metricsFolder = rootProject.buildDir.resolve("compose-metrics").resolve(relativePath)
+        val metricsFolder = buildDir.resolve("compose-metrics").resolve(relativePath)
         metricParameters.add("-P")
         metricParameters.add(
             "plugin:androidx.compose.compiler.plugins.kotlin:metricsDestination=" + metricsFolder.absolutePath
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private fun Project.buildComposeMetricsParameters(): List<String> {
     val enableReportsProvider = project.providers.gradleProperty("enableComposeCompilerReports")
     val enableReports = (enableReportsProvider.orNull == "true")
     if (enableReports) {
-        val reportsFolder = rootProject.buildDir.resolve("compose-reports").resolve(relativePath)
+        val reportsFolder = buildDir.resolve("compose-reports").resolve(relativePath)
         metricParameters.add("-P")
         metricParameters.add(
             "plugin:androidx.compose.compiler.plugins.kotlin:reportsDestination=" + reportsFolder.absolutePath
diff --git a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Jacoco.kt b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Jacoco.kt
index 70eef1a2d..596c4f579 100644
--- a/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Jacoco.kt
+++ b/build-logic/convention/src/main/kotlin/com/google/samples/apps/nowinandroid/Jacoco.kt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ internal fun Project.configureJacoco(
 
     androidComponentsExtension.onVariants { variant ->
         val testTaskName = "test${variant.name.capitalize()}UnitTest"
-
+        val buildDir = layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile
         val reportTask = tasks.register("jacoco${testTaskName.capitalize()}Report", JacocoReport::class) {
             dependsOn(testTaskName)
 
diff --git a/core/datastore/build.gradle.kts b/core/datastore/build.gradle.kts
index d6ca7ebcd..b13741b60 100644
--- a/core/datastore/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/datastore/build.gradle.kts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ protobuf {
 
 androidComponents.beforeVariants {
     android.sourceSets.register(it.name) {
+        val buildDir = layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile
         java.srcDir(buildDir.resolve("generated/source/proto/${it.name}/java"))
         kotlin.srcDir(buildDir.resolve("generated/source/proto/${it.name}/kotlin"))
     }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 62f495dfe..ac72c34e8 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index fcb6fca14..0adc8e1a5 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ done
 # This is normally unused
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" && pwd -P ) || exit
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum