diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 52523fc8f..f02019df5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ uploaderCredentialsFile=
 uploaderMultithreadedUpload=
 flowDocsFile=
 enableDependencyLocking=true
+# TODO(b/138857168): Swtich back to Google JDK8 when the fix is released.
+org.gradle.java.home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64