diff --git a/teku/build.sh b/teku/build.sh
index 19bda08..370435e 100755
--- a/teku/build.sh
+++ b/teku/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 cd ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../source
-./gradlew -g ../.gradle distDocker
+export GRADLE_USER_HOME="$(pwd)/../.gradle"
+./gradlew distDocker
 docker tag consensys/teku:develop "${target_repository}:${target_tag}"
 docker push "${target_repository}:${target_tag}"
 docker tag consensys/teku:develop "${target_repository}:${target_tag}-${source_git_commit_hash}"
diff --git a/teku/xatu-sidecar.sh b/teku/xatu-sidecar.sh
index 3d32909..29a3fac 100755
--- a/teku/xatu-sidecar.sh
+++ b/teku/xatu-sidecar.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ echo "temu commit hash: $(git rev-parse HEAD)"
 cd ../source
 
 # Build using teku's gradle build process
-./gradlew -g ../.gradle distDocker
+export GRADLE_USER_HOME="$(pwd)/../.gradle"
+./gradlew distDocker
 docker tag consensys/teku:develop "${target_repository}:${target_tag}"
 docker push "${target_repository}:${target_tag}"
 docker tag consensys/teku:develop "${target_repository}:${target_tag}-${source_git_commit_hash}"