diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 392673c..7e63d07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -474,9 +474,10 @@ prints the three environment variables to export (`ANDROID_HOME`, `NDK_HOME`,
 > Android's system libsqlite3 either — the card schema needs FTS5 with the
 > `trigram` tokenizer, which platform SQLite often lacks.
 
-> **Why `JAVA_HOME`?** Gradle/AGP reject very new JDKs. The script prefers
-> Android Studio's bundled JetBrains Runtime (JDK 21), which needs no extra
-> install.
+> **Why `JAVA_HOME`?** Gradle/AGP reject very new JDKs. The script uses
+> Android Studio's bundled JetBrains Runtime when it's JDK 21 or 17, but recent
+> Studio releases bundle JDK 25 and Fedora 44 no longer packages 21, so you may
+> need `sudo dnf install temurin-21-jdk` (from the Adoptium repo).
 
 ### Build and run
 
diff --git a/scripts/android-env.sh b/scripts/android-env.sh
index 6ff078d..9f67a12 100755
--- a/scripts/android-env.sh
+++ b/scripts/android-env.sh
@@ -36,19 +36,24 @@ _mtgc_android_env() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    # --- JDK: Gradle/AGP reject very new JDKs; prefer Studio's bundled JBR 21 ---
+    # --- JDK: Gradle/AGP reject very new JDKs. Studio's bundled JBR is preferred,
+    # but newer Studio releases bundle JBR 25, so check each candidate's version.
     for d in \
         "$HOME/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/android-studio/jbr" \
         "$HOME/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/android-studio"/*/jbr \
         "$HOME/android-studio/jbr" \
         /opt/android-studio/jbr \
-        /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-* \
-        /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-*
+        /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-* /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-21-jdk* \
+        /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-* /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk*
     do
-        if [ -x "$d/bin/javac" ]; then jdk="$d"; break; fi
+        [ -x "$d/bin/javac" ] || continue
+        case "$(sed -n 's/^JAVA_VERSION="\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$d/release" 2>/dev/null)" in
+            21 | 17) jdk="$d"; break ;;
+        esac
     done
     if [ -z "$jdk" ]; then
-        echo "android-env: no JDK 21/17 found (Gradle rejects the system default)" >&2
+        echo "android-env: no JDK 21/17 found (Gradle rejects newer ones, incl. Studio's JBR 25)" >&2
+        echo "android-env: sudo dnf install temurin-21-jdk" >&2
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -67,4 +72,7 @@ _mtgc_android_env() {
 }
 
 _mtgc_android_env
+_mtgc_rc=$?
 unset -f _mtgc_android_env
+# Pass the failure on so `set -e` scripts that source this stop here.
+return "$_mtgc_rc" 2>/dev/null || exit "$_mtgc_rc"
diff --git a/scripts/android-setup.sh b/scripts/android-setup.sh
index 4440fb3..6ee279d 100755
--- a/scripts/android-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/android-setup.sh
@@ -69,30 +69,37 @@ fi
 # Fedora's default JDK is newer than AGP/Gradle supports (a JDK 25 default fails
 # the Gradle build outright), so pin JAVA_HOME to 21 (or 17) for Android work.
 #
-# Android Studio's bundled JetBrains Runtime is preferred: it's the same JDK
-# Studio itself runs Gradle with, so it's guaranteed AGP-compatible, and it
-# needs no system package install. Note we test for bin/javac specifically —
-# a JRE-only or leftover-empty /usr/lib/jvm directory must not count.
+# Android Studio's bundled JetBrains Runtime is preferred when it's 21 or 17,
+# but newer Studio releases bundle JBR 25, so every candidate's major version is
+# checked (from its `release` file) rather than assumed. Note we test for
+# bin/javac specifically — a JRE-only or leftover-empty /usr/lib/jvm directory
+# must not count.
+
+# Major version of the JDK at $1 if it's one Gradle accepts (21 or 17), else fail.
+jdk_ok() {
+    [ -x "$1/bin/javac" ] || return 1
+    case "$(sed -n 's/^JAVA_VERSION="\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p' "$1/release" 2>/dev/null)" in
+        21 | 17) return 0 ;;
+        *) return 1 ;;
+    esac
+}
 
 find_jdk() {
     # Explicit override wins.
     if [ -n "${ANDROID_JAVA_HOME:-}" ] && [ -x "${ANDROID_JAVA_HOME}/bin/javac" ]; then
         echo "$ANDROID_JAVA_HOME"; return 0
     fi
-    # Android Studio's bundled JBR (Toolbox or standalone install locations).
+    # Android Studio's bundled JBR (Toolbox or standalone install locations),
+    # then a system JDK (Fedora or Adoptium packages) of an accepted version.
     for d in \
         "$HOME/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/android-studio/jbr" \
         "$HOME/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/apps/android-studio"/*/jbr \
         "$HOME/android-studio/jbr" \
-        /opt/android-studio/jbr
+        /opt/android-studio/jbr \
+        /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk-* /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-21-jdk* \
+        /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-* /usr/lib/jvm/temurin-17-jdk*
     do
-        [ -x "$d/bin/javac" ] && { echo "$d"; return 0; }
-    done
-    # Fall back to a system JDK of an accepted major version.
-    for v in 21 17; do
-        for d in "/usr/lib/jvm/java-${v}-openjdk" /usr/lib/jvm/java-${v}-openjdk-*; do
-            [ -x "$d/bin/javac" ] && { echo "$d"; return 0; }
-        done
+        jdk_ok "$d" && { echo "$d"; return 0; }
     done
     return 1
 }
@@ -101,9 +108,8 @@ if JDK_PATH="$(find_jdk)"; then
     export JAVA_HOME="$JDK_PATH"
     info "Android JDK: $JAVA_HOME ($("$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" -version 2>&1 | head -1))"
 else
-    err "No JDK 21 or 17 found (Gradle rejects the newer system default)."
-    err "Easiest fix: install Android Studio (its bundled JBR is used automatically),"
-    err "or: sudo dnf install java-21-openjdk-devel"
+    err "No JDK 21 or 17 found (Gradle rejects newer ones, including recent Android Studio's JBR 25)."
+    err "Fix: sudo dnf install temurin-21-jdk   (Adoptium repo; Fedora 44 dropped java-21-openjdk)"
     err "or: ANDROID_JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk ./scripts/android-setup.sh"
     exit 1
 fi