diff --git a/test/smoke/alpine/Dockerfile b/test/smoke/alpine/Dockerfile
index 871b4b6da0..050c88f25f 100644
--- a/test/smoke/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/smoke/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ COPY ./fixtures/ /snyk/fixtures/
 RUN shellspec --version
 RUN apk add curl jq libgcc libstdc++
 
+# Install Gradle
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add openjdk11 && \
+    wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip && \
+    unzip gradle-7.2-bin.zip && \
+    mv gradle-7.2 /opt/gradle && \
+    ln -s /opt/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/bin/gradle && \
+    gradle -v
+
 WORKDIR /snyk/smoke/
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "./alpine/entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/test/smoke/docker-root/Dockerfile b/test/smoke/docker-root/Dockerfile
index f8e2e85b4b..67c03ad898 100644
--- a/test/smoke/docker-root/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/smoke/docker-root/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ COPY ./smoke/ /snyk/smoke/
 COPY ./fixtures/ /snyk/fixtures/
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl jq
+
+# Install Gradle
+RUN apt-get install -y wget unzip \
+    && wget https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.2-bin.zip -P /tmp \
+    && unzip -d /opt/gradle /tmp/gradle-7.2-bin.zip \
+    && ln -s /opt/gradle/gradle-7.2/bin/gradle /usr/bin/gradle
+
 RUN /snyk/smoke/install-shellspec.sh --yes
 ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:${PATH}"