diff --git a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
index 026237cec8..6b6ca9089f 100644
--- a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -135,7 +135,10 @@ pipeline {
 								// update changelog from JIRA
 								// tags the version
 								// changes the version to the provided development version
-								withEnv(["BRANCH=${env.GIT_BRANCH}"]) {
+								withEnv([
+										"BRANCH=${env.GIT_BRANCH}",
+										"DISABLE_REMOTE_GRADLE_CACHE=true"
+								]) {
 									sh ".release/scripts/prepare-release.sh ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION} ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION}"
 								}
 							}
@@ -161,7 +164,11 @@ pipeline {
 							sshagent(['ed25519.Hibernate-CI.github.com', 'hibernate.filemgmt.jboss.org', 'hibernate-ci.frs.sourceforge.net']) {
 								// performs documentation upload and Sonatype release
 								// push to github
-								sh ".release/scripts/publish.sh ${env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION} ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} ${env.GIT_BRANCH}"
+								withEnv([
+										"DISABLE_REMOTE_GRADLE_CACHE=true"
+								]) {
+									sh ".release/scripts/publish.sh ${env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION} ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} ${env.GIT_BRANCH}"
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					}
diff --git a/gradle/gradle-enterprise.gradle b/gradle/gradle-enterprise.gradle
index 700b0618af..107b4d22fd 100644
--- a/gradle/gradle-enterprise.gradle
+++ b/gradle/gradle-enterprise.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 
 ext {
     isCiEnvironment = isJenkins() || isGitHubActions() || isGenericCi()
-    populateRemoteBuildCache = getSetting( "POPULATE_REMOTE" ).isPresent()
+    populateRemoteBuildCache = isEnabled( "POPULATE_REMOTE" )
+    useRemoteCache = !isEnabled( "DISABLE_REMOTE_GRADLE_CACHE" )
 }
 
 private static boolean isJenkins() {
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ static java.util.Optional<String> getSetting(String name) {
     return java.util.Optional.ofNullable(sysProp);
 }
 
+static boolean isEnabled(String setting) {
+    if ( System.getenv().hasProperty( setting ) ) {
+        return true
+    }
+
+    return System.hasProperty( setting )
+}
+
 gradleEnterprise {
     server = 'https://ge.hibernate.org'
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 4675fded28..0028111bb1 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ buildCache {
         enabled = !settings.ext.isCiEnvironment
     }
     remote(HttpBuildCache) {
-        enabled = true
+        enabled = settings.ext.useRemoteCache
         push = settings.ext.populateRemoteBuildCache
         url = 'https://ge.hibernate.org/cache/'
     }