diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8cb2881a55..0d07e8a81c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ project.ext.dependencyStrings = [
   GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client:1.42.2',
   GOOGLE_HTTP_CLIENT_APACHE_V2: 'com.google.http-client:google-http-client-apache-v2:1.42.2',
   GOOGLE_AUTH_LIBRARY_OAUTH2_HTTP: 'com.google.auth:google-auth-library-oauth2-http:1.10.0',
-  GUAVA: 'com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre',
+  GUAVA: 'com.google.guava:guava:32.1.2-jre',
   JSR305: 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.2', // transitively pulled in by GUAVA
 
   // for Build Plan and Jib Plugins Extension API
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ subprojects {
   apply plugin: 'net.ltgt.errorprone'
   apply plugin: 'jacoco'
 
+  // Guava update breaks unit tests. Workaround mentioned in https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6612#issuecomment-1614992368.
+  sourceSets.all {
+    configurations.getByName(runtimeClasspathConfigurationName) {
+      attributes.attribute(Attribute.of("org.gradle.jvm.environment", String), "standard-jvm")
+    }
+    configurations.getByName(compileClasspathConfigurationName) {
+      attributes.attribute(Attribute.of("org.gradle.jvm.environment", String), "standard-jvm")
+    }
+  }
+
   sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
   targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
   compileJava.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'