diff --git a/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts b/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
index cf9e27b0bc..c0448c3f12 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/monitor/index.ts
@@ -280,11 +280,7 @@ export default async function monitor(...args0: MethodArgs): Promise<any> {
           const res: MonitorResult = await promiseOrCleanup(
             snykMonitor(
               path,
-              generateMonitorMeta(
-                options,
-                extractedPackageManager,
-                projectName,
-              ),
+              generateMonitorMeta(options, extractedPackageManager),
               projectDeps,
               options,
               projectDeps.plugin as PluginMetadata,
@@ -350,17 +346,12 @@ export default async function monitor(...args0: MethodArgs): Promise<any> {
   throw new Error(output);
 }
 
-function generateMonitorMeta(
-  options,
-  packageManager?,
-  projectName?,
-): MonitorMeta {
+function generateMonitorMeta(options, packageManager?): MonitorMeta {
   return {
     method: 'cli',
     packageManager,
     'policy-path': options['policy-path'],
-    'project-name':
-      options['project-name'] || projectName || config.PROJECT_NAME,
+    'project-name': options['project-name'] || config.PROJECT_NAME,
     isDocker: !!options.docker,
     prune: !!options.pruneRepeatedSubdependencies,
     'remote-repo-url': options['remote-repo-url'],
diff --git a/src/lib/monitor/utils.ts b/src/lib/monitor/utils.ts
index f680d31729..a7e73464e0 100644
--- a/src/lib/monitor/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/monitor/utils.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export function getProjectName(
     return scannedProject.meta.projectName;
   }
 
+  if (scannedProject.meta?.gradleProjectName) {
+    return scannedProject.meta.gradleProjectName;
+  }
+
   return meta['project-name'];
 }
 
diff --git a/test/jest/unit/cli-monitor-utils.spec.ts b/test/jest/unit/cli-monitor-utils.spec.ts
index 648a64c5c7..ccc55a8c0b 100644
--- a/test/jest/unit/cli-monitor-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/unit/cli-monitor-utils.spec.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,47 @@ describe('cli-monitor-utils test', () => {
     expect(res).toEqual('project-name-override');
   });
 
+  it('getProjectName returns gradle project name from scanned project meta', () => {
+    const scannedProject: ScannedProject = {
+      depGraph: {} as any,
+      meta: {
+        gradleProjectName: 'my-gradle-project',
+      },
+      targetFile: '/tmp/build.gradle',
+    };
+
+    const res = utils.getProjectName(scannedProject, {
+      method: 'cli',
+      packageManager: 'gradle',
+      'policy-path': '',
+      'project-name': '',
+      isDocker: false,
+      prune: false,
+    });
+    expect(res).toEqual('my-gradle-project');
+  });
+
+  it('getProjectName returns project name from scanned project meta when project-name is provided via option', () => {
+    const scannedProject: ScannedProject = {
+      depGraph: {} as any,
+      meta: {
+        gradleProjectName: 'my-gradle-project',
+        projectName: 'meta-gradle-project',
+      },
+      targetFile: '/tmp/build.gradle',
+    };
+
+    const res = utils.getProjectName(scannedProject, {
+      method: 'cli',
+      packageManager: 'gradle',
+      'policy-path': '',
+      'project-name': 'project-name-from-option',
+      isDocker: false,
+      prune: false,
+    });
+    expect(res).toEqual('meta-gradle-project');
+  });
+
   it('getTargetFile returns name from scanned project if container', () => {
     const scannedProject: ScannedProject = stubScannedProjectContainer();
     const res = utils.getTargetFile(scannedProject, getStubPluginMeta());