diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/build.sh b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/build.sh
index af739f30a..013934555 100755
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ echo ${JOB_TYPE}
 
 # attempt to install 3 times with exponential backoff (starting with 10 seconds)
 retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
-  mvn install -B -V \
+  mvn install -B -V -ntp \
     -DskipTests=true \
     -Dclirr.skip=true \
     -Denforcer.skip=true \
diff --git a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
index c91e5a569..0fb8c8436 100755
--- a/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
+++ b/synthtool/gcp/templates/java_library/.kokoro/dependencies.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
 
 # this should run maven enforcer
 retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
-  mvn install -B -V \
+  mvn install -B -V -ntp \
     -DskipTests=true \
     -Dclirr.skip=true
 
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ then
 else
   msg "Errors found. See log statements above."
   exit 1
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi