diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e3d0e347a5..95f564b1bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           S3_BUILD_CACHE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.S3_BUILD_CACHE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           S3_BUILD_CACHE_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.S3_BUILD_CACHE_SECRET_KEY }}
-        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+        # using --no-daemon because windows builds have been sporadically running out of virtual memory
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-daemon
 
   setup-muzzle-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml
index 55cfb387bf..b81f6edcb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-no-cache.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-wrapper-cache-${{ hashFiles('gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
 
       - name: Test
-        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-build-cache
+        # using --no-daemon because windows builds have been sporadically running out of virtual memory
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-build-cache --no-daemon
 
   # muzzle is intentionally not included in the nightly-no-cache build because
   # it doesn't use gradle cache anyways and so is already covered by the normal nightly build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 9884b1e0a7..b798519f9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           S3_BUILD_CACHE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.S3_BUILD_CACHE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
           S3_BUILD_CACHE_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.S3_BUILD_CACHE_SECRET_KEY }}
-        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+        # using --no-daemon because windows builds have been sporadically running out of virtual memory
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-daemon
 
   setup-muzzle-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml
index da74332fe9..0442a11f6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/patch-release-build.yml
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ jobs:
           git cherry-pick ${{ github.event.inputs.commits }}
 
       - name: Test
-        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+        # using --no-daemon because windows builds have been sporadically running out of virtual memory
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-daemon
 
   # muzzle is intentionally not included in the release workflows
   # because any time a new library version is released to maven central it can fail,
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index ef5a5e0401..75c60289f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-wrapper-cache-${{ hashFiles('gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
 
       - name: Test
-        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+        # using --no-daemon because windows builds have been sporadically running out of virtual memory
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-daemon
 
   setup-muzzle-matrix:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 064d8f8268..8795a6c046 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-wrapper-cache-${{ hashFiles('gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
 
       - name: Test
-        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }}
+        # using --no-daemon because windows builds have been sporadically running out of virtual memory
+        run: ./gradlew :smoke-tests:test -PsmokeTestSuite=${{ matrix.smoke-test-suite }} --no-daemon
 
   # muzzle is intentionally not included in the release workflows
   # because any time a new library version is released to maven central it can fail,