diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 02a50079bd31a8..862b60b5cd6426 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ tasks:
       exit 0
   - name: Java
     init: |
-      leeway exec --package components/supervisor-api/java:lib --package components/gitpod-protocol/java:lib -- ./gradlew build
-      leeway exec --package components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin:plugin -- ./gradlew buildPlugin
-      leeway exec --package components/ide/jetbrains/gateway-plugin:publish -- ./gradlew buildPlugin
+      leeway exec --package components/supervisor-api/java:lib --package components/gitpod-protocol/java:lib -- ./gradlew --build-cache build
+      leeway exec --package components/ide/jetbrains/backend-plugin:plugin --package components/ide/jetbrains/gateway-plugin:publish --parallel -- ./gradlew --build-cache buildPlugin
   - name: TypeScript
     before: scripts/branch-namespace.sh
     init: yarn --network-timeout 100000 && yarn build