diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt b/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt
index 8a1b9a8e37b34..33d80ca9fe382 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/gradle-inspector/src/main/kotlin/GradleInspector.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.kotlin.logger
 import org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnector
 import org.gradle.tooling.events.ProgressListener
 import org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultGradleConnector
+import org.gradle.tooling.model.build.BuildEnvironment
 
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.analyzer.AbstractPackageManagerFactory
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.analyzer.PackageManager
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.ort.okHttpClient
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.ort.ortToolsDirectory
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.spdx.SpdxOperator
 
+import org.semver4j.Semver
+
 /**
  * The names of Gradle (Groovy, Kotlin script) build files for a Gradle project.
  */
@@ -156,15 +159,25 @@ class GradleInspector(
                 .splitOnWhitespace()
                 .map { it.unquote() }
 
+            val environment = connection.model(BuildEnvironment::class.java).get()
+            val buildGradleVersion = Semver.coerce(environment.gradle.gradleVersion)
+
+            logger.info { "The project at '$projectDir' uses Gradle version $buildGradleVersion." }
+
             // In order to debug the plugin, pass the "-Dorg.gradle.debug=true" option to the JVM running ORT. This will
             // then block execution of the plugin until a remote debug session is attached to port 5005 (by default),
             // also see https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/troubleshooting.html#sec:troubleshooting_build_logic.
             val model = connection.model(OrtDependencyTreeModel::class.java)
-                .addProgressListener(ProgressListener { logger.debug { it.displayName } })
+                .apply {
+                    // Work around https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/28464.
+                    if (logger.delegate.isDebugEnabled && buildGradleVersion?.isEqualTo("8.5.0") != true) {
+                        addProgressListener(ProgressListener { logger.debug(it.displayName) })
+                    }
+                }
                 .setJvmArguments(jvmArgs)
                 .setStandardOutput(stdout)
                 .setStandardError(stderr)
-                .withArguments("--init-script", initScriptFile.path)
+                .withArguments("-Duser.home=${Os.userHomeDirectory}", "--init-script", initScriptFile.path)
                 .get()
 
             if (stdout.size() > 0) {
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/gradle/src/main/kotlin/Gradle.kt b/plugins/package-managers/gradle/src/main/kotlin/Gradle.kt
index 12db8fefe9dea..26b3e378f4b81 100644
--- a/plugins/package-managers/gradle/src/main/kotlin/Gradle.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/gradle/src/main/kotlin/Gradle.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import org.eclipse.aether.repository.WorkspaceRepository
 import org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnector
 import org.gradle.tooling.events.ProgressListener
 import org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultGradleConnector
+import org.gradle.tooling.model.build.BuildEnvironment
 
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.analyzer.AbstractPackageManagerFactory
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.analyzer.PackageManager
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.temporaryProperties
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.unquote
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.ort.createOrtTempFile
 
+import org.semver4j.Semver
+
 private val GRADLE_USER_HOME = Os.env["GRADLE_USER_HOME"]?.let { File(it) } ?: Os.userHomeDirectory.resolve(".gradle")
 
 private val GRADLE_BUILD_FILES = listOf("build.gradle", "build.gradle.kts")
@@ -212,10 +215,19 @@ class Gradle(
                 val stdout = ByteArrayOutputStream()
                 val stderr = ByteArrayOutputStream()
 
-                val dependencyTreeModel = connection
-                    .model(OrtDependencyTreeModel::class.java)
+                val environment = connection.model(BuildEnvironment::class.java).get()
+                val buildGradleVersion = Semver.coerce(environment.gradle.gradleVersion)
+
+                logger.info { "The project at '$projectDir' uses Gradle version $buildGradleVersion." }
+
+                val dependencyTreeModel = connection.model(OrtDependencyTreeModel::class.java)
+                    .apply {
+                        // Work around https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/28464.
+                        if (logger.delegate.isDebugEnabled && buildGradleVersion?.isEqualTo("8.5.0") != true) {
+                            addProgressListener(ProgressListener { logger.debug(it.displayName) })
+                        }
+                    }
                     .addJvmArguments(jvmArgs)
-                    .addProgressListener(ProgressListener { logger.debug { it.displayName } })
                     .setStandardOutput(stdout)
                     .setStandardError(stderr)
                     .withArguments("-Duser.home=${Os.userHomeDirectory}", "--init-script", initScriptFile.path)