diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/utils/ProcessHierarchyUtils.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/utils/ProcessHierarchyUtils.java
index d26215474b0..54a1eac1afa 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/utils/ProcessHierarchyUtils.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-ci-visibility/src/main/java/datadog/trace/civisibility/utils/ProcessHierarchyUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ private static boolean isMavenParent() {
   }
 
   private static boolean isGradleDaemon() {
-    return ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().getResource("org/gradle/launcher/daemon/") != null;
+    return ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader()
+                .getResource("org/gradle/launcher/daemon/bootstrap/GradleDaemon.class")
+            != null
+        // double-check this is not a Gradle Worker
+        && System.getProperties().getProperty("org.gradle.internal.worker.tmpdir") == null;
   }
 
   public static long getParentSessionId() {