diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/google/protobuf/gradle/ProtobufPluginTestHelper.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/google/protobuf/gradle/ProtobufPluginTestHelper.groovy
index 82d79ba2..4e5f6ba5 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/google/protobuf/gradle/ProtobufPluginTestHelper.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/google/protobuf/gradle/ProtobufPluginTestHelper.groovy
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ final class ProtobufPluginTestHelper {
     //
     // Set memory limit for all gradle build, not only for dexing
     args.add("-Porg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m")
+    // Disable daemon to safe memory
+    // Each gradle version run daemon, which use a bit of ram.
+    // After running 4 different versions of Gradle ram will run out.
+    args.add("--no-daemon")
     return GradleRunner.create()
        .withProjectDir(mainProjectDir)
        .withArguments(args)