diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
index 1d6b9f25ddac..af1b7dcb6848 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/gradle/default.nix
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ let
 
       # Put the update script in passthru. Should only be on a single attrpath
       # so that nixpkgs-update doesn't create duplicate PRs.
-      enableUpdateScript ? false,
+      updateScriptMajorVersion ? null,
     }@genArgs:
 
     {
@@ -305,14 +305,15 @@ let
         gradle-unwrapped = mkGradle genArgs;
       };
       passthru.updateScript =
-        if enableUpdateScript then
+        if updateScriptMajorVersion != null then
           nix-update-script {
             extraArgs = [
               "--url=https://github.com/gradle/gradle"
+              "--use-github-releases"
               # Gradle’s .0 releases are tagged as `vX.Y.0`, but the actual
               # release version omits the `.0`, so we’ll wanto to only capture
               # the version up but not including the the trailing `.0`.
-              "--version-regex=^v(\\d+\\.\\d+(?:\\.[1-9]\\d?)?)(\\.0)?$"
+              "--version-regex=^v(${updateScriptMajorVersion}\\.\\d+(?:\\.[1-9]\\d?)?)(\\.0)?$"
             ];
           }
         else
@@ -367,13 +368,13 @@ rec {
     version = "9.4.0";
     hash = "sha256-YOpyM1bYEmPoAC/sD8+eKw7uDAhQx6PXqwpj8szGAfM=";
     defaultJava = jdk21;
+    updateScriptMajorVersion = "9";
   };
   gradle_8 = mkGradle {
     version = "8.14.4";
     hash = "sha256-8XcSmKcPbbWina9iN4xOGKF/wzybprFDYuDN9AYQOA0=";
     defaultJava = jdk21;
-    # Only enable this on *one* version to avoid duplicate PRs.
-    enableUpdateScript = true;
+    updateScriptMajorVersion = "8";
   };
   gradle_7 = mkGradle {
     version = "7.6.6";