You are correct. Sorry, I misread that on the second look. I’m not sure why GA isn’t picking up the changes. You might need to remove and readd it in Google Home, but I’m just guessing.
I don’t believe you’ll be able to do this due to Bintray shutting down, because you won’t be able to access the repositories that are no longer there. There’s a solution posted for 2.5, which may also work for 2.4.
Worth a shot since you can do it on a snapshot. Admittedly, I’m out of my depth, and the fact that you’re using VMWare means you probably know more about this stuff than I do. I suspect that if you search the community, you’ll find others who also needed to upgrade from 2.4.