diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-develop-app.yml b/.github/workflows/build-develop-app.yml
index 20f0899fcce..3c8c00814d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-develop-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-develop-app.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
           TMP_KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH="${RUNNER_TEMP}"/keystore
           mkdir "${TMP_KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH}"
           echo $ENCODED_STRING | base64 -di > "${TMP_KEYSTORE_FILE_PATH}"/key.keystore
+      - name: Make gradlew executable
+        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
       - name: build dev flavour
         run:
           ./gradlew app:assembleDevDebug -p ./ --no-daemon