diff --git a/.github/actions/init-integ-test/action.yml b/.github/actions/init-integ-test/action.yml
index 4beb7cb5..28e3bb51 100644
--- a/.github/actions/init-integ-test/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/init-integ-test/action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ inputs:
   java-version:
     description: 'Java version to use'
     required: false
-    default: '11'
+    default: '17'
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integ-test-provision-gradle-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/integ-test-provision-gradle-versions.yml
index 8e5687c4..b8116e84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integ-test-provision-gradle-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integ-test-provision-gradle-versions.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
     - name: Initialize integ-test
       uses: ./.github/actions/init-integ-test
+      with:
+        java-version: '17' # Gradle 9 requires Java 17+ to run
 
     - name: Setup Gradle with v6.9
       uses: ./setup-gradle
@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./setup-gradle
       with:
         gradle-version: release-candidate
-        java-version: '17' # Gradle 9 requires Java 17+ to run
     - name: Test use release-candidate
       working-directory: .github/workflow-samples/no-wrapper
       run: gradle help