diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
index 31d3355426d211..e0a76398b747fa 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/extract.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { REGISTRY_URLS } from './parser/common';
 import type {
   GradleManagerData,
   PackageRegistry,
-  PackageVariables,
   VariableRegistry,
 } from './types';
 import {
@@ -24,10 +23,25 @@ import {
   isTOMLFile,
   reorderFiles,
   toAbsolutePath,
+  updateVars,
 } from './utils';
 
 const mavenDatasource = MavenDatasource.id;
 
+function updatePackageRegistries(
+  packageRegistries: PackageRegistry[],
+  urls: PackageRegistry[]
+): void {
+  for (const url of urls) {
+    const registryAlreadyKnown = packageRegistries.some(
+      (item) => item.registryUrl === url.registryUrl && item.scope === url.scope
+    );
+    if (!registryAlreadyKnown) {
+      packageRegistries.push(url);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function getRegistryUrlsForDep(
   packageRegistries: PackageRegistry[],
   dep: PackageDependency<GradleManagerData>
@@ -45,18 +59,17 @@ function getRegistryUrlsForDep(
   return [...new Set(registryUrls)];
 }
 
-export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
+async function parsePackageFiles(
   config: ExtractConfig,
-  packageFiles: string[]
-): Promise<PackageFile[] | null> {
-  const extractedDeps: PackageDependency<GradleManagerData>[] = [];
+  packageFiles: string[],
+  extractedDeps: PackageDependency<GradleManagerData>[],
+  packageFilesByName: Record<string, PackageFile>,
+  packageRegistries: PackageRegistry[]
+): Promise<PackageDependency<GradleManagerData>[]> {
   const varRegistry: VariableRegistry = {};
-  const packageFilesByName: Record<string, PackageFile> = {};
-  const packageRegistries: PackageRegistry[] = [];
-  const reorderedFiles = reorderFiles(packageFiles);
   const fileContents = await getLocalFiles(packageFiles);
 
-  for (const packageFile of reorderedFiles) {
+  for (const packageFile of packageFiles) {
     packageFilesByName[packageFile] = {
       packageFile,
       datasource: mavenDatasource,
@@ -68,24 +81,19 @@ export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
       const content = fileContents[packageFile]!;
       const packageFileDir = upath.dirname(toAbsolutePath(packageFile));
 
-      const updateVars = (newVars: PackageVariables): void => {
-        const oldVars = varRegistry[packageFileDir] || {};
-        varRegistry[packageFileDir] = { ...oldVars, ...newVars };
-      };
-
       if (isPropsFile(packageFile)) {
         const { vars, deps } = parseProps(content, packageFile);
-        updateVars(vars);
+        updateVars(varRegistry, packageFileDir, vars);
         extractedDeps.push(...deps);
       } else if (isTOMLFile(packageFile)) {
-        const updatesFromCatalog = parseCatalog(packageFile, content);
-        extractedDeps.push(...updatesFromCatalog);
+        const deps = parseCatalog(packageFile, content);
+        extractedDeps.push(...deps);
       } else if (
         isGcvPropsFile(packageFile) &&
         usesGcv(packageFile, fileContents)
       ) {
-        const updatesFromGcv = parseGcv(packageFile, fileContents);
-        extractedDeps.push(...updatesFromGcv);
+        const deps = parseGcv(packageFile, fileContents);
+        extractedDeps.push(...deps);
       } else if (isGradleScriptFile(packageFile)) {
         const vars = getVars(varRegistry, packageFileDir);
         const {
@@ -93,20 +101,8 @@ export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
           urls,
           vars: gradleVars,
         } = parseGradle(content, vars, packageFile, fileContents);
-        for (const url of urls) {
-          const registryAlreadyKnown = packageRegistries.some(
-            (item) =>
-              item.registryUrl === url.registryUrl && item.scope === url.scope
-          );
-          if (!registryAlreadyKnown) {
-            packageRegistries.push(url);
-          }
-        }
-        varRegistry[packageFileDir] = {
-          ...varRegistry[packageFileDir],
-          ...gradleVars,
-        };
-        updateVars(gradleVars);
+        updatePackageRegistries(packageRegistries, urls);
+        updateVars(varRegistry, packageFileDir, gradleVars);
         extractedDeps.push(...deps);
       }
     } catch (err) {
@@ -117,6 +113,26 @@ export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
     }
   }
 
+  return extractedDeps;
+}
+
+export async function extractAllPackageFiles(
+  config: ExtractConfig,
+  packageFiles: string[]
+): Promise<PackageFile[] | null> {
+  const packageFilesByName: Record<string, PackageFile> = {};
+  const packageRegistries: PackageRegistry[] = [];
+  const extractedDeps: PackageDependency<GradleManagerData>[] = [];
+  const gradleFiles = reorderFiles(packageFiles);
+
+  await parsePackageFiles(
+    config,
+    gradleFiles,
+    extractedDeps,
+    packageFilesByName,
+    packageRegistries
+  );
+
   if (!extractedDeps.length) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/parser.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/parser.ts
index edc00409118741..1d4d3914b989eb 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/parser.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/parser.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,20 @@ import type {
 import { isDependencyString, parseDependencyString } from './utils';
 
 const groovy = lang.createLang('groovy');
+const ctx: Ctx = {
+  packageFile: '',
+  fileContents: {},
+  recursionDepth: 0,
+
+  globalVars: {},
+  deps: [],
+  registryUrls: [],
+
+  varTokens: [],
+  tmpNestingDepth: [],
+  tmpTokenStore: {},
+  tokenMap: {},
+};
 
 setParseGradleFunc(parseGradle);
 
@@ -47,18 +61,11 @@ export function parseGradle(
   });
 
   const parsedResult = groovy.query(input, query, {
+    ...ctx,
     packageFile,
     fileContents,
     recursionDepth,
-
-    globalVars: initVars,
-    deps: [],
-    registryUrls: [],
-
-    varTokens: [],
-    tmpNestingDepth: [],
-    tmpTokenStore: {},
-    tokenMap: {},
+    globalVars: vars,
   });
 
   if (parsedResult) {
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.spec.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.spec.ts
index dde376e318fb25..0a3ee6c05ef0d3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   parseDependencyString,
   reorderFiles,
   toAbsolutePath,
+  updateVars,
   versionLikeSubstring,
 } from './utils';
 
@@ -176,4 +177,21 @@ describe('modules/manager/gradle/utils', () => {
       qux: { key: 'qux', value: 'QUX' },
     });
   });
+
+  it('updateVars', () => {
+    const registry: VariableRegistry = {
+      [toAbsolutePath('/foo/bar/baz')]: {
+        bar: { key: 'bar', value: 'bar' } as never,
+        baz: { key: 'baz', value: 'baz' } as never,
+      },
+    };
+
+    updateVars(registry, '/foo/bar/baz', { qux: { key: 'qux', value: 'qux' } });
+    const res = getVars(registry, '/foo/bar/baz/build.gradle');
+    expect(res).toStrictEqual({
+      bar: { key: 'bar', value: 'bar' },
+      baz: { key: 'baz', value: 'baz' },
+      qux: { key: 'qux', value: 'qux' },
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts
index 13f9a3557bf987..c2c898b3806455 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/gradle/utils.ts
@@ -172,3 +172,12 @@ export function getVars(
   const parentVars = registry[parentDir] || {};
   return getVars(registry, parentDir, { ...parentVars, ...vars });
 }
+
+export function updateVars(
+  registry: VariableRegistry,
+  dir: string,
+  newVars: PackageVariables
+): void {
+  const oldVars = registry[dir] ?? {};
+  registry[dir] = { ...oldVars, ...newVars };
+}