diff --git a/java/app_test.go b/java/app_test.go
index 0c6da7a..fa18e9d 100644
--- a/java/app_test.go
+++ b/java/app_test.go
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@
 		cc_library {
 			name: "libjni",
 			system_shared_libs: [],
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			stl: "none",
 		}
 
@@ -928,26 +929,26 @@
 
 		android_test {
 			name: "test",
-			sdk_version: "core_platform",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
 		}
 
 		android_test {
 			name: "test_noembed",
-			sdk_version: "core_platform",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
 			use_embedded_native_libs: false,
 		}
 
 		android_test_helper_app {
 			name: "test_helper",
-			sdk_version: "core_platform",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
 		}
 
 		android_test_helper_app {
 			name: "test_helper_noembed",
-			sdk_version: "core_platform",
+			sdk_version: "current",
 			jni_libs: ["libjni"],
 			use_embedded_native_libs: false,
 		}
@@ -979,6 +980,10 @@
 				if g, w := !strings.Contains(jniLibZip.Args["jarArgs"], "-L 0"), test.compressed; g != w {
 					t.Errorf("expected jni compressed %v, got %v", w, g)
 				}
+
+				if !strings.Contains(jniLibZip.Implicits[0].String(), "_sdk_") {
+					t.Errorf("expected input %q to use sdk variant", jniLibZip.Implicits[0].String())
+				}
 			}
 		})
 	}