diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6e873730e0bc..963ef33e6ec6 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ systemProp.org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.precompiled.accessors.strict=true
 
 # Workaround https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-34862
 kotlin.incremental=false
+
+# Try to reduce CI failures due to maven central flakiness
+# in particular this has been a problem for maven-metadata.xml files, which are TTL'd quickly out of
+# the gradle cache since they contain the latest versions available in maven central
+systemProp.org.gradle.internal.http.connectionTimeout=120000
+systemProp.org.gradle.internal.http.socketTimeout=120000
+systemProp.org.gradle.internal.repository.max.retries=10
+systemProp.org.gradle.internal.repository.initial.backoff=500