diff --git a/gradle/java.gradle b/gradle/java.gradle
index 2e4e7e87a9..4516f5714f 100644
--- a/gradle/java.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java.gradle
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ if (applyCodeCoverage) {
   apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/jacoco.gradle"
 }
 
-if (project.hasProperty("minJavaVersionForTests")) {
-  project.ext.release = project.getProperty("minJavaVersionForTests")
+if (project.hasProperty("minJavaVersionSupported")) {
+  project.ext.release = project.getProperty("minJavaVersionSupported")
 } else {
   project.ext.release = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 }
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
 }
 
 def isJavaVersionAllowed(JavaVersion version) {
-  if (project.hasProperty('minJavaVersionForTests') && project.getProperty('minJavaVersionForTests').compareTo(version) > 0) {
+  if (project.hasProperty('minJavaVersionSupported') && project.getProperty('minJavaVersionSupported').compareTo(version) > 0) {
     return false
   }
   if (project.hasProperty('maxJavaVersionForTests') && project.getProperty('maxJavaVersionForTests').compareTo(version) < 0) {
diff --git a/instrumentation/java-http-client/javaagent/java-http-client-javaagent.gradle b/instrumentation/java-http-client/javaagent/java-http-client-javaagent.gradle
index 0465275b3e..2fe8269a67 100644
--- a/instrumentation/java-http-client/javaagent/java-http-client-javaagent.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/java-http-client/javaagent/java-http-client-javaagent.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ext {
-  minJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+  minJavaVersionSupported = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/instrumentation.gradle"
diff --git a/instrumentation/jetty/jetty-11.0/javaagent/jetty-11.0-javaagent.gradle b/instrumentation/jetty/jetty-11.0/javaagent/jetty-11.0-javaagent.gradle
index 1b7700f1c5..b6947b95d5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/jetty/jetty-11.0/javaagent/jetty-11.0-javaagent.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/jetty/jetty-11.0/javaagent/jetty-11.0-javaagent.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ext {
-  minJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+  minJavaVersionSupported = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/instrumentation.gradle"
diff --git a/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle b/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle
index 1175a4f206..369aa2a67e 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle
+++ b/smoke-tests/smoke-tests.gradle
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ext {
   // we only need to run the Spock test itself under a single Java version, and the Spock test in
   // turn is parameterized and runs the test using different docker containers that run different
   // Java versions
-  minJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+  minJavaVersionSupported = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
   maxJavaVersionForTests = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
 }