diff --git a/.github/ci-gradle.properties b/.github/ci-gradle.properties
index a9abe496a..aefebf0c3 100644
--- a/.github/ci-gradle.properties
+++ b/.github/ci-gradle.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-org.gradle.daemon=false
+org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.workers.max=2
 org.gradle.configuration-cache=true