diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/build-example-java-app-gradle.sh b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/build-example-java-app-gradle.sh
index c7c266051..345542c93 100755
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/build-example-java-app-gradle.sh
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/java-builds/build-example-java-app-gradle.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -uxe
 # note: this can be easily done in a 1-liner, however circle CI does NOT allow volume mounts from the host in docker executors (since they are on remote hosts, where the host files are inaccessible)
 
 PKGSDIR=$1
-CTRID=$(docker create -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v /example-java-app -w /example-java-app gradle:jdk gradle build)
+CTRID=$(docker create -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v /example-java-app -w /example-java-app gradle:6.8.3-jdk gradle build)
 
 function cleanup() {
   docker rm "${CTRID}"
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ set +e
 docker cp "$(pwd)/example-java-app" "${CTRID}:/"
 docker start -a "${CTRID}"
 mkdir -p "$PKGSDIR"
-docker cp "${CTRID}:/example-java-app/build/libs/example-java-app-gradle-0.1.0.jar" "$PKGSDIR"
\ No newline at end of file
+docker cp "${CTRID}:/example-java-app/build/libs/example-java-app-gradle-0.1.0.jar" "$PKGSDIR"