diff --git a/e2e/gradle/project.json b/e2e/gradle/project.json
index 342f9d7837..91fb40684f 100644
--- a/e2e/gradle/project.json
+++ b/e2e/gradle/project.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "$schema": "../../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
   "sourceRoot": "e2e/gradle",
   "projectType": "application",
-  "implicitDependencies": ["eslint"],
+  "implicitDependencies": ["gradle"],
   "// targets": "to see all targets run: nx show project e2e-gradle --web",
   "targets": {}
 }
diff --git a/e2e/gradle/src/gradle.test.ts b/e2e/gradle/src/gradle.test.ts
index 7625873107..3fd43d3525 100644
--- a/e2e/gradle/src/gradle.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/gradle/src/gradle.test.ts
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ describe('Gradle', () => {
 
         const buildOutput = runCLI('build app', { verbose: true });
         // app depends on list and utilities
-        expect(buildOutput).toContain('nx run list:build');
-        expect(buildOutput).toContain('nx run utilities:build');
+        expect(buildOutput).toContain(':list:classes');
+        expect(buildOutput).toContain(':utilities:classes');
 
         checkFilesExist(
           `app/build/libs/app.jar`,
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ dependencies {
             return content;
           }
         );
-        const buildOutput = runCLI('build app2', { verbose: true });
-        // app2 depends on app
-        expect(buildOutput).toContain('nx run app:build');
+        expect(() => {
+          runCLI('build app2', { verbose: true });
+        }).not.toThrow();
       });
     }
   );
diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.spec.ts b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.spec.ts
index bd50d496a8..6b79e46163 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.spec.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,18 @@ describe('processGradleDependencies', () => {
       'app',
       {
         projects: {
-          'utilities/number-utils': {
+          'number-utils': {
+            root: 'utilities/number-utils',
             name: 'number-utils',
           },
-          'utilities/string-utils': {
+          'string-utils': {
+            root: 'utilities/string-utils',
             name: 'string-utils',
           },
+          utilities: {
+            root: 'utilities',
+            name: 'utilities',
+          },
         },
       } as any,
       dependencies
@@ -68,13 +74,16 @@ describe('processGradleDependencies', () => {
       'app',
       {
         projects: {
-          'utilities/number-utils': {
+          'number-utils': {
+            root: 'utilities/number-utils',
             name: 'number-utils',
           },
-          'utilities/string-utils': {
+          'string-utils': {
+            root: 'utilities/string-utils',
             name: 'string-utils',
           },
           utilities: {
+            root: 'utilities',
             name: 'utilities',
           },
         },
diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.ts b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.ts
index bfeb616e3b..ffbad26c72 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/plugin/dependencies.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ export const createDependencies: CreateDependencies = async (
 
   for (const gradleFile of gradleFiles) {
     const gradleProject = gradleFileToGradleProjectMap.get(gradleFile);
-    const projectName = context.projects[dirname(gradleFile)].name;
+    const projectName = Object.values(context.projects).find(
+      (project) => project.root === dirname(gradleFile)
+    )?.name;
     const depsFile = buildFileToDepsMap.get(gradleFile);
 
     if (projectName && depsFile) {
@@ -125,11 +127,13 @@ export function processGradleDependencies(
         const targetProjectRoot = gradleProjectNameToProjectRoot.get(
           gradleProjectName
         ) as string;
-        const target = context.projects[targetProjectRoot]?.name;
-        if (target) {
+        const targetProjectName = Object.values(context.projects).find(
+          (project) => project.root === targetProjectRoot
+        )?.name;
+        if (targetProjectName) {
           const dependency: RawProjectGraphDependency = {
             source: sourceProjectName,
-            target,
+            target: targetProjectName,
             type: DependencyType.static,
             sourceFile: gradleFile,
           };