diff --git a/ci/common.jsonnet b/ci/common.jsonnet
index d2ef2c435725..7ffa08c93e5f 100644
--- a/ci/common.jsonnet
+++ b/ci/common.jsonnet
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@ local common_json = import "../common.json";
       },
     },
 
+    gradle:: {
+      downloads+: {
+        GRADLE_JAVA_HOME: jdks_data["oraclejdk21"],
+      }
+    },
+
     local code_tools = {
       downloads+: if 'jdk_version' in self && self.jdk_version > 21 then {
         TOOLS_JAVA_HOME: jdks_data['oraclejdk21'],
@@ -251,7 +257,7 @@ local common_json = import "../common.json";
       } else {},
     },
 
-    graalpy:: {
+    graalpy:: self.gradle + {
       packages+: if (self.os == "linux") then {
         libffi: '>=3.2.1',
         bzip2: '>=1.0.6',
diff --git a/vm/mx.vm/suite.py b/vm/mx.vm/suite.py
index f513a0d9c82d..ab58b331f1f4 100644
--- a/vm/mx.vm/suite.py
+++ b/vm/mx.vm/suite.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
             },
             {
                 "name": "graalpython",
-                "version": "cc992337891dc6f2dfe88ebb26691917eb8c09a4",
+                "version": "efde0fb6e3807d5bb001baa73c840dce3d292e29",
                 "dynamic": True,
                 "urls": [
                     {"url": "https://github.com/graalvm/graalpython.git", "kind": "git"},