diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.java
index 06f19fb7d..c74d805cd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/fragments/NearbyParentFragment.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.text.Html;
 import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
-import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuInflater;
@@ -320,7 +319,6 @@ public class NearbyParentFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment
             @Override
             public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
                 try {
-                    Timber.d("Reload: menuItem");
                     // REFRESH BUTTON FUNCTIONALITY HERE
                     emptyCache();
                     reloadMap();
@@ -1132,11 +1130,22 @@ public class NearbyParentFragment extends CommonsDaggerSupportFragment
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reloads the Nearby map.
-     * This method clears the existing markers, resets the map state, and repopulates the map with the latest data.
+     *  Reloads the Nearby map
+     *  Clears all location markers, refreshes them, reinserts them into the map.
+     * @author Marcus Barta - marcusbarta@icloud.com
      */
-    private void reloadMap(){
-
+    private void reloadMap() {
+        // TODO: Marcus's section
+        clearAllMarkers(); // clear the list of markers
+        binding.map.getController().setZoom(ZOOM_LEVEL); // reset the zoom level
+        binding.map.getController().setCenter(lastMapFocus); // recentre the focus
+        if (locationPermissionsHelper.checkLocationPermission(getActivity())) {
+            locationPermissionGranted(); // reload map with user's location
+        } else {
+            startMapWithoutPermission(); // reload map without user's location
+        }
+        binding.map.invalidate(); // invalidate the map
+        presenter.updateMapAndList(LOCATION_SIGNIFICANTLY_CHANGED); // restart the map
     }
 
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 003163cb8..b0bad89a5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ buildscript {
         maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.7.0'
         classpath 'com.getkeepsafe.dexcount:dexcount-gradle-plugin:0.8.2'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$KOTLIN_VERSION"
         classpath 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.15'
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index fb6a72053..fd53d45f9 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #Sun Apr 23 18:22:54 IST 2023
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
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