diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5d769c0b1d..62b5e0a3aa 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ run_save_node_bin: &run_save_node_bin
 build_machine_environment: &build_machine_environment
   # Specify that we want an actual machine (ala Circle 1.0), not a Docker image.
   docker:
-    - image: meteor/circleci:2024.09.2-android-34-node-20
+    - image: meteor/circleci:2024.09.11-android-34-node-20
   resource_class: large
   environment:
     # This multiplier scales the waitSecs for selftests.
@@ -345,6 +345,9 @@ jobs:
             if [ -f ./tmp/test-groups/2.txt ]; then TEST_GROUP=$(<./tmp/test-groups/2.txt); elif [ -f ./tmp/test-groups/0.txt ]; then TEST_GROUP=XXXXX; else TEST_GROUP='^co[n-z]'; fi
             echo $TEST_GROUP;
             eval $PRE_TEST_COMMANDS;
+            export PATH="/home/circleci/.sdkman/candidates/gradle/8.7/bin:${PATH}"
+            java --version
+            gradle --version
             ./meteor self-test \
               "$TEST_GROUP" \
               --retries ${METEOR_SELF_TEST_RETRIES} \
@@ -750,7 +753,7 @@ jobs:
   Docs:
     docker:
       # This Node version should match that in the meteor/docs CircleCI config.
-      - image: meteor/circleci:2024.09.2-android-34-node-20
+      - image: meteor/circleci:2024.09.11-android-34-node-20
     resource_class: large
     environment:
       CHECKOUT_METEOR_DOCS: /home/circleci/test_docs