diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 30e6c3e..e8762db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ jobs:
 
     # Manually build the java bytecode
     - name: Execute Gradle build
-      run: ./gradlew assembleRelease
+      # disable build caching, otherwise CodeQL cannot properly pick output, it seems
+      run: ./gradlew assembleRelease --no-build-cache
 
     # Perform the analysis
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis