diff --git a/example/gradle.properties b/example/gradle.properties
index f355922a1..015d8be77 100644
--- a/example/gradle.properties
+++ b/example/gradle.properties
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 
 # Gradle
 # make sure this stays harmonized with other kaluga projects for daemon reuse
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx5g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx5g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=800m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+# not possible yet for kaluga
+# org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 
 #MPP
 kotlin.mpp.enableCInteropCommonization=true
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e586f25a1..9a9d15dff 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 
 # Gradle
 # make sure this stays harmonized with other kaluga projects for daemon reuse
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx5g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=512m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx5g -Xms256m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=800m -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.parallel=true
-org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+# not possible yet for kaluga
+# org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 
 #MPP
 kotlin.mpp.enableCInteropCommonization=true