diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle b/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle
index 660a09c6b94..82c7b138ec9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/build.gradle
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ configurations {
                 substitute module("org.elasticsearch.ml:ml-cpp") with project(":ml-cpp")
             }
         }
+        resolutionStrategy.cacheChangingModulesFor 2, 'hours'
     }
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ dependencies {
     compile project(':libs:elasticsearch-grok')
     compile "com.ibm.icu:icu4j:${versions.icu4j}"
     compile "net.sf.supercsv:super-csv:${versions.supercsv}"
-    nativeBundle "org.elasticsearch.ml:ml-cpp:${project.version}@zip"
+    nativeBundle("org.elasticsearch.ml:ml-cpp:${project.version}@zip") {
+      changing = true
+    }
     testCompile 'org.ini4j:ini4j:0.5.2'
 }