diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ac5e0d86be2..922fa654441 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ variables:
   GRADLE_VERSION: "8.5" # must match gradle-wrapper.properties
   MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PROXY: "http://artifactual.artifactual.all-clusters.local-dc.fabric.dog:8081/repository/maven-central/"
   GRADLE_PLUGIN_PROXY: "http://artifactual.artifactual.all-clusters.local-dc.fabric.dog:8081/repository/gradle-plugin-portal-proxy/"
-  BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION_PREFIX: "v25.06-" # use either an empty string (e.g. "") for latest images or a version followed by a hyphen (e.g. "v25.05-")
+  BUILDER_IMAGE_VERSION_PREFIX: "113_merge-" # use either an empty string (e.g. "") for latest images or a version followed by a hyphen (e.g. "v25.05-")
   REPO_NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL: "#apm-java-escalations"
   DEFAULT_TEST_JVMS: /^(8|11|17|21|stable)$/
   PROFILE_TESTS:
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/RuntimeCallSiteTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/RuntimeCallSiteTest.groovy
index 7683bd644f7..775246eea66 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/RuntimeCallSiteTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/RuntimeCallSiteTest.groovy
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class RuntimeCallSiteTest extends AgentTestRunner {
 
   def 'test exec with command string'() {
     setup:
+    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.version"))
     final runtime = Mock(Runtime)
     CommandInjectionModule iastModule = Mock(CommandInjectionModule)
     final command = 'ls'
diff --git a/gradle/java_no_deps.gradle b/gradle/java_no_deps.gradle
index 895ff430627..d82cf079c94 100644
--- a/gradle/java_no_deps.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java_no_deps.gradle
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ project.afterEvaluate {
     def javaVersions = System.getenv()
       .findAll { it.key =~ /^JAVA_[0-9]+_HOME$/ }
       .collect { (it.key =~ /^JAVA_(\d+)_HOME$/)[0][1] as Integer }
+      .findAll { it != 25 }  // Exclude LTS JDK v25 (early access)
 
     if (javaVersions.isEmpty()) {
       throw new GradleException("No valid JAVA_X_HOME environment variables found.")