diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts
index 0a0eda6764d..d9ac9c0b303 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ tasks.register<Test>("testsFromJps") {
 }
 
 tasks.register<Test>("testAdvanceGradleVersion") {
-    val gradleVersionForTests = "5.2"
+    val gradleVersionForTests = "5.3-rc-2"
     systemProperty("kotlin.gradle.version.for.tests", gradleVersionForTests)
     dependsOn(tasks.getByName("test").dependsOn)
     exclude(jpsIncrementalTestsClass)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BaseGradleIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BaseGradleIT.kt
index a17020c5567..788b1500f2d 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BaseGradleIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/BaseGradleIT.kt
@@ -144,7 +144,14 @@ abstract class BaseGradleIT {
                 .apply {
                     File(BaseGradleIT.resourcesRootFile, "GradleWrapper").copyRecursively(this)
                     val wrapperProperties = File(this, "gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties")
-                    wrapperProperties.modify { it.replace("<GRADLE_WRAPPER_VERSION>", version) }
+                    val isGradleVerisonSnapshot = version.endsWith("+0000")
+                    if (!isGradleVerisonSnapshot) {
+                        wrapperProperties.modify { it.replace("<GRADLE_WRAPPER_VERSION>", version) }
+                    } else {
+                        wrapperProperties.modify {
+                            it.replace("distributions/gradle-<GRADLE_WRAPPER_VERSION>", "distributions-snapshots/gradle-$version")
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
 
         private val runnerGradleVersion = System.getProperty("runnerGradleVersion")