diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-common.yml b/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
index b23ff7e5ee35..1f7b0ca91242 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-common.yml
@@ -194,8 +194,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-read-only: ${{ inputs.cache-read-only }}
 
       - name: Build
-        # javadoc task fails sporadically fetching https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/
-        run: ./gradlew check spdxSbom -x javadoc -x spotlessCheck -PskipTests=true ${{ inputs.no-build-cache && '--no-build-cache' || '' }}
+        run: ./gradlew check javadoc spdxSbom -x spotlessCheck -PskipTests=true ${{ inputs.no-build-cache && '--no-build-cache' || '' }}
 
       - name: Check for jApiCmp diffs
         # The jApiCmp diff compares current to latest, which isn't appropriate for release branches
@@ -512,12 +511,10 @@ jobs:
           cache-read-only: ${{ inputs.cache-read-only }}
 
       - name: Local publish of artifacts
-        # javadoc task fails sporadically fetching https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -x javadoc
+        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
 
       - name: Local publish of gradle plugins
-        # javadoc task fails sporadically fetching https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -x javadoc
+        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
         working-directory: gradle-plugins
 
       - name: Build distro
diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts
index a52d6df1dc1b..5dca0354d0aa 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/quarkus/build.gradle.kts
@@ -65,4 +65,8 @@ tasks {
   sourcesJar {
     dependsOn(quarkusGenerateCode)
   }
+
+  javadoc {
+    dependsOn(compileQuarkusGeneratedSourcesJava)
+  }
 }