diff --git a/.circleci/config.pkl b/.circleci/config.pkl
index f35042a5e..cb892d73b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.pkl
+++ b/.circleci/config.pkl
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ local buildNativeJobs: Mapping<String, BuildNativeJob> = new {
 
 local gradleCheckJobs: Mapping<String, GradleCheckJob> = new {
   ["gradle-check-jdk11"] {
-    javaVersion = "11.0"
+    javaVersion = "11"
     isRelease = false
   }
   ["gradle-check-jdk17"] {
-    javaVersion = "17.0"
+    javaVersion = "17"
     isRelease = false
   }
 }
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4c8a6c4df..7ccbb9218 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ jobs:
     environment:
       LANG: en_US.UTF-8
     docker:
-    - image: cimg/openjdk:17.0
+    - image: cimg/openjdk:11.0
   bench:
     steps:
     - checkout
diff --git a/.circleci/jobs/GradleCheckJob.pkl b/.circleci/jobs/GradleCheckJob.pkl
index fcbfb3a54..64a2b5880 100644
--- a/.circleci/jobs/GradleCheckJob.pkl
+++ b/.circleci/jobs/GradleCheckJob.pkl
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ extends "GradleJob.pkl"
 
 import "package://pkg.pkl-lang.org/pkl-pantry/com.circleci.v2@1.1.0#/Config.pkl"
 
-javaVersion: "11.0"|"17.0"
+javaVersion: "11"|"17"
 
 steps {
   new Config.RunStep {
     name = "gradle check"
-    command = "./gradlew \(module.gradleArgs) check -DPKL_JVM_VERSION=\(javaVersion.dropLast(2))"
+    command = "./gradlew \(module.gradleArgs) check -DPKL_JVM_VERSION=\(javaVersion)"
   }
 }
 
 job {
   docker {
     new {
-      image = "cimg/openjdk:\(javaVersion)"
+      image = "cimg/openjdk:11.0"
     }
   }
 }