diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts
index 87e28bde8084bd..47caeb5cc87695 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.spec.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
       );
       expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([
         {
-          cmd: './gradlew wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip',
+          cmd: './gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip',
           options: {
             cwd: '/tmp/github/some/repo',
             encoding: 'utf-8',
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
       expect(result).toBeEmptyArray();
       expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([
         {
-          cmd: './gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 5.6.4',
+          cmd: './gradlew :wrapper --gradle-version 5.6.4',
           options: { cwd: '/tmp/github/some/repo' },
         },
       ]);
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
             ' bash -l -c "' +
             'install-tool java 11.0.1' +
             ' && ' +
-            './gradlew wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip --gradle-distribution-sha256-sum 038794feef1f4745c6347107b6726279d1c824f3fc634b60f86ace1e9fbd1768' +
+            './gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip --gradle-distribution-sha256-sum 038794feef1f4745c6347107b6726279d1c824f3fc634b60f86ace1e9fbd1768' +
             '"',
           options: { cwd: '/tmp/github/some/repo' },
         },
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
       expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([
         { cmd: 'install-tool java 11.0.1' },
         {
-          cmd: './gradlew wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip --gradle-distribution-sha256-sum 038794feef1f4745c6347107b6726279d1c824f3fc634b60f86ace1e9fbd1768',
+          cmd: './gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip --gradle-distribution-sha256-sum 038794feef1f4745c6347107b6726279d1c824f3fc634b60f86ace1e9fbd1768',
           options: { cwd: '/tmp/github/some/repo' },
         },
       ]);
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
       );
       expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([
         {
-          cmd: './gradlew wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip',
+          cmd: './gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.3-bin.zip',
           options: {
             cwd: '/tmp/github/some/repo/sub',
             encoding: 'utf-8',
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts', () => {
       expect(res).toStrictEqual(updatedArtifacts);
       expect(execSnapshots).toMatchObject([
         {
-          cmd: './gradlew wrapper --gradle-version 8.2',
+          cmd: './gradlew :wrapper --gradle-version 8.2',
         },
       ]);
     });
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts
index 170940bf89545c..30958d005206b3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/artifacts.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export async function updateArtifacts({
       logger.info('No gradlew found - skipping Artifacts update');
       return null;
     }
-    cmd += ' wrapper';
+    cmd += ' :wrapper';
 
     let checksum: string | null = null;
     const distributionUrl = getDistributionUrl(newPackageFileContent);