diff --git a/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml
index 70816e5f093d13..97a0da8546ed17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/airflow-plugin.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index dab64cf2dca5e6..6daf1904ba3ae3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml b/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml
index 46d97ffec88618..556cd87f12df04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-datahub-jars.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml
index 7cef38b1cd47ce..454e7661402459 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-unified.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - name: Pre-build artifacts for docker image
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - name: Pre-build artifacts for docker image
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - name: Pre-build artifacts for docker image
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - name: Pre-build artifacts for docker image
@@ -328,6 +332,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - name: Pre-build artifacts for docker image
@@ -567,6 +572,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
@@ -653,6 +659,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: hsheth2/sane-checkout-action@v1
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
@@ -731,12 +738,13 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        test_strategy: [
-          "no_cypress_suite0",
-          "no_cypress_suite1",
-          "cypress_suite1", 
-          "cypress_rest"
-        ]
+        test_strategy:
+          [
+            "no_cypress_suite0",
+            "no_cypress_suite1",
+            "cypress_suite1",
+            "cypress_rest",
+          ]
     needs:
       [
         setup,
@@ -760,6 +768,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
@@ -904,11 +913,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy_datahub_head:
     name: Deploy to Datahub HEAD
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      [
-        setup,
-        smoke_test
-      ]
+    needs: [setup, smoke_test]
     steps:
       - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
         if: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.publish != 'false' && github.repository_owner == 'datahub-project' && needs.setup.outputs.repository_name == 'datahub' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 29953b8b70d911..e1671cc0219198 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml b/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml
index 4e04fef3b3980b..af73db483f9aeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata-ingestion.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml b/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml
index 2188fcb07c77a6..96229642244b67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata-io.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
+          cache: "pip"
       - name: Gradle build (and test)
         # there is some race condition in gradle build, which makes gradle never terminate in ~30% of the runs
         # running build first without datahub-web-react:yarnBuild and then with it is 100% stable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/metadata-model.yml b/.github/workflows/metadata-model.yml
index d0112f1b14e7af..265a66aa236ae9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/metadata-model.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/metadata-model.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
+          cache: "pip"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: ./metadata-ingestion/scripts/install_deps.sh
       - name: Run model generation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-datahub-jars.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-datahub-jars.yml
index 24d1c5436b3156..0a311be33cd30a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-datahub-jars.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-datahub-jars.yml
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
+          cache: "pip"
       - name: checkout upstream repo
         run: |
           git remote add upstream https://github.com/datahub-project/datahub.git
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml
index 60e183cce5179c..94692bd3c2336a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark-smoke-test.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: "zulu"
           java-version: 17
+      - uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
+          cache: "pip"
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: ./metadata-ingestion/scripts/install_deps.sh
       - name: Remove images
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1cd349344b432d..f410ff01bf397d 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 org.gradle.daemon=false
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.caching=false
+org.gradle.caching=true
 
 # Increase gradle JVM memory to 3GB to allow tests to run locally
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3000m
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index afba109285af78..ccebba7710deaf 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 65dcd68d65c82f..79a61d421cc4e2 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
     case $MAX_FD in #(
       max*)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
             warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
     esac
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
       '' | soft) :;; #(
       *)
         # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
-        # shellcheck disable=SC3045 
+        # shellcheck disable=SC3045
         ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
             warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
     esac