diff --git a/src/job-summary.ts b/src/job-summary.ts
index dbed552..4948c89 100644
--- a/src/job-summary.ts
+++ b/src/job-summary.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ export interface BuildResult {
     get buildScanUri(): string
 }
 
-export function writeJobSummary(cacheListener: CacheListener): void {
+export function writeJobSummary(buildResults: BuildResult[], cacheListener: CacheListener): void {
     core.info('Writing job summary')
 
-    const buildResults = loadBuildResults()
     if (buildResults.length === 0) {
         core.debug('No Gradle build results found. Summary table will not be generated.')
     } else {
diff --git a/src/setup-gradle.ts b/src/setup-gradle.ts
index 993dd65..1170015 100644
--- a/src/setup-gradle.ts
+++ b/src/setup-gradle.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import * as core from '@actions/core'
+import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
+import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as os from 'os'
 import * as caches from './caches'
+
 import {CacheListener} from './cache-reporting'
-import {writeJobSummary} from './job-summary'
+import {BuildResult, loadBuildResults, writeJobSummary} from './job-summary'
 
 const GRADLE_SETUP_VAR = 'GRADLE_BUILD_ACTION_SETUP_COMPLETED'
 const GRADLE_USER_HOME = 'GRADLE_USER_HOME'
@@ -38,13 +41,18 @@ export async function complete(): Promise<void> {
         return
     }
 
+    const buildResults = loadBuildResults()
+
+    core.info('Stopping all Gradle daemons')
+    await stopAllDaemons(getUniqueGradleHomes(buildResults))
+
     core.info('In final post-action step, saving state and writing summary')
     const cacheListener: CacheListener = CacheListener.rehydrate(core.getState(CACHE_LISTENER))
 
     const gradleUserHome = core.getState(GRADLE_USER_HOME)
     await caches.save(gradleUserHome, cacheListener)
 
-    writeJobSummary(cacheListener)
+    writeJobSummary(buildResults, cacheListener)
 }
 
 function determineGradleUserHome(rootDir: string): string {
@@ -55,3 +63,28 @@ function determineGradleUserHome(rootDir: string): string {
 
     return path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.gradle')
 }
+
+function getUniqueGradleHomes(buildResults: BuildResult[]): string[] {
+    const gradleHomes = buildResults.map(buildResult => buildResult.gradleHomeDir)
+    return Array.from(new Set(gradleHomes))
+}
+
+async function stopAllDaemons(gradleHomes: string[]): Promise<void> {
+    const executions: Promise<number>[] = []
+    const args = ['--stop']
+
+    for (const gradleHome of gradleHomes) {
+        const executable = path.resolve(gradleHome, 'bin', 'gradle')
+        if (!fs.existsSync(executable)) {
+            core.warning(`Gradle executable not found at ${executable}. Could not stop Gradle daemons.`)
+            continue
+        }
+        core.info(`Stopping Gradle daemons in ${gradleHome}`)
+        executions.push(
+            exec.exec(executable, args, {
+                ignoreReturnCode: true
+            })
+        )
+    }
+    await Promise.all(executions)
+}