diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a0d85d1b25..465e2bf9e2 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ 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
             echo $PATH
@@ -726,7 +727,6 @@ jobs:
             if [ -f ./tmp/test-groups/11.txt ]; then TEST_GROUP=$(<./tmp/test-groups/11.txt); elif [ -f ./tmp/test-groups/0.txt ]; then TEST_GROUP=XXXXX; else TEST_GROUP='^[d-g]'; fi
             echo $TEST_GROUP;
             eval $PRE_TEST_COMMANDS;
-            export PATH="/home/circleci/.sdkman/candidates/gradle/8.7/bin:${PATH}"
             ./meteor self-test \
               "$TEST_GROUP" \
               --retries ${METEOR_SELF_TEST_RETRIES} \