diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d9156cf959c..c574380a5f3 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cloverVersion=4.5.2
 commonsValidatorVersion=1.9.0
 hibernateVersion=5.6.15.Final
 jakartaElVersion=4.0.0
+jakartaElGlassfishImplVersion=4.0.2
 gradleNexusPluginVersion=2.3.1
 gradleNexusPublishPluginVersion=1.3.0
 grailsAsyncVersion=6.0.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/grails-datastore-gorm/build.gradle b/grails-datastore-gorm/build.gradle
index d36d10e32e2..2f111fb5cea 100644
--- a/grails-datastore-gorm/build.gradle
+++ b/grails-datastore-gorm/build.gradle
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ dependencies {
     api project(":grails-datastore-gorm-validation")
 
     implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:$slf4jVersion"
+    
     // :grails-datastore-gorm:compileGroovy requires jakarta.el.ExpressionFactory
     // required by gorm-hibernate5 test compilation 
     compileOnlyApi("jakarta.el:jakarta.el-api:$jakartaElVersion")
+    runtimeOnly "org.glassfish:jakarta.el:$jakartaElGlassfishImplVersion"
 
     compileOnly("org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:$hibernateValidatorVersion")
     compileOnly("org.springframework:spring-jdbc:$springVersion")