diff --git a/vcx/wrappers/java/ci/buildAar.sh b/vcx/wrappers/java/ci/buildAar.sh
index 73b612d6..12e584f5 100755
--- a/vcx/wrappers/java/ci/buildAar.sh
+++ b/vcx/wrappers/java/ci/buildAar.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${SCRIPT_PATH:-$PWD}")" 2>/dev/null 1>&2 && pwd)"
 
 pushd ${SCRIPT_DIR} # we will work on relative paths from the script directory
     pushd ..
-    ./gradlew clean build --project-dir=android -x test #skipping tests because not all of them pass
+    ./gradlew --no-daemon clean build --project-dir=android -x test #skipping tests because not all of them pass
     mkdir -p artifacts/aar
     pushd android/build/outputs/aar
         cp $(ls -t1 |  head -n 1) ${SCRIPT_DIR}/../artifacts/aar