diff --git a/dev/e2e_app/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/dev/e2e_app/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2aaed3a1f..cb046be63 100644
--- a/dev/e2e_app/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/dev/e2e_app/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.2-all.zip
diff --git a/packages/patrol_cli/lib/src/test_finder.dart b/packages/patrol_cli/lib/src/test_finder.dart
index 1f5a8dd18..e896dc47a 100644
--- a/packages/patrol_cli/lib/src/test_finder.dart
+++ b/packages/patrol_cli/lib/src/test_finder.dart
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ class TestFinder {
       throwToolExit("Directory ${directory.path} doesn't exist");
     }
 
+    final absoluteExcludes =
+        excludes.map((e) => _fs.file(e).absolute.path).toSet();
+
     return directory
         .listSync(recursive: true, followLinks: false)
         .sorted((a, b) => a.path.compareTo(b.path))
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ class TestFinder {
         // Filter out excluded files
         .where((fileSystemEntity) {
           // TODO: Doesn't handle excluded passes as absolute paths
-          final isExcluded = excludes.contains(fileSystemEntity.path);
+          final isExcluded = absoluteExcludes.contains(fileSystemEntity.path);
           return !isExcluded;
         })
         .map((entity) => entity.absolute.path)