diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 2ac659d4e..7689d630e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         - language: actions
           build-mode: none
         - language: java-kotlin
-          build-mode: autobuild
+          build-mode: manual
         # CodeQL supports the following values keywords for 'language': 'actions', 'c-cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java-kotlin', 'javascript-typescript', 'python', 'ruby', 'swift'
         # Use `c-cpp` to analyze code written in C, C++ or both
         # Use 'java-kotlin' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both