diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7b9108af5b0..542ba72709a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: Build
         # executing ITs requires installing artifacts to the local repository
+        env:
+          DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
         run: mvn -B ${{ env.MVN_GOAL }} ${{ env.MVN_ADDITIONAL_OPTS }} -Pcoverage,integrationTesting,javadoc -Dorg.ops4j.pax.url.mvn.repositories="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2@id=central"
       - name: Upload build result
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2c4fc09ca5..db30395b301 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ target
 *.ipr
 *.iws
 .idea
+.mvn/.develocity/
diff --git a/.mvn/develocity.xml b/.mvn/develocity.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0763375aed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/develocity.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<develocity
+    xmlns="https://www.gradle.com/develocity-maven" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.gradle.com/develocity-maven https://www.gradle.com/schema/develocity-maven.xsd">
+  <projectId>jackrabbit</projectId>
+  <server>
+    <url>https://develocity.apache.org</url>
+  </server>
+  <buildScan>
+    <backgroundBuildScanUpload>#{env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'] == null}</backgroundBuildScanUpload>
+    <publishing>
+      <onlyIf>authenticated</onlyIf>
+    </publishing>
+    <obfuscation>
+      <ipAddresses>#{{'0.0.0.0'}}</ipAddresses>
+    </obfuscation>
+  </buildScan>
+  <buildCache>
+    <local>
+      <enabled>#{env['GITHUB_ACTIONS'] == null}</enabled>
+    </local>
+    <remote>
+      <enabled>false</enabled>
+    </remote>
+  </buildCache>
+</develocity>
diff --git a/.mvn/extensions.xml b/.mvn/extensions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d2f22b7965b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/extensions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<extensions xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/EXTENSIONS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/EXTENSIONS/1.1.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/core-extensions-1.1.0.xsd">
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>develocity-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>2.6.0</version>
+  </extension>
+  <extension>
+    <groupId>com.gradle</groupId>
+    <artifactId>common-custom-user-data-maven-extension</artifactId>
+    <version>2.4.0</version>
+  </extension>
+</extensions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c16aa21d5d7..db88bf539d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
             <exclude>test/performance/base/src/main/resources/deepTree.xml</exclude>
             <exclude>.git/**</exclude>
             <exclude>.gitignore</exclude>
+            <exclude>.mvn/.develocity/**</exclude>
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>