diff --git a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java
index 8a6091e2..0c5b5c8f 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java
+++ b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/AotSmokeTestPlugin.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2022-2024 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2022-2025 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import org.springframework.aot.gradle.tasks.StartApplication;
 import org.springframework.aot.gradle.tasks.StartJvmApplication;
 import org.springframework.aot.gradle.tasks.StartNativeApplication;
 import org.springframework.aot.gradle.tasks.StopApplication;
+import org.springframework.aot.gradle.tasks.WarmCaches;
 import org.springframework.boot.gradle.plugin.SpringBootPlugin;
 import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootJar;
 
@@ -181,6 +182,20 @@ public class AotSmokeTestPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 		DependencyHandler dependencies = project.getRootProject().getDependencies();
 		dependencies.add(smokeTests.getName(),
 				dependencies.project(Map.of("path", project.getPath(), "configuration", smokeTests.getName())));
+		project.getTasks().register("warmCaches", WarmCaches.class, (warmCaches) -> {
+			sourceSets
+				.matching((sourceSet) -> List
+					.of(SourceSet.MAIN_SOURCE_SET_NAME, SourceSet.TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME, APP_TEST_SOURCE_SET_NAME)
+					.contains(sourceSet.getName()))
+				.all((sourceSet) -> {
+					warmCaches.addDependencies(
+							project.getConfigurations().getByName(sourceSet.getAnnotationProcessorConfigurationName()));
+					warmCaches.addDependencies(
+							project.getConfigurations().getByName(sourceSet.getCompileClasspathConfigurationName()));
+					warmCaches.addDependencies(
+							project.getConfigurations().getByName(sourceSet.getRuntimeClasspathConfigurationName()));
+				});
+		});
 	}
 
 	private void enableJavaCompileLinting(Project project, SourceSetContainer sourceSets) {
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/tasks/WarmCaches.java b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/tasks/WarmCaches.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7849ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/plugins/aot-smoke-test-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/aot/gradle/tasks/WarmCaches.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2025 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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
+ *
+ *      https://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.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.aot.gradle.tasks;
+
+import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
+import org.gradle.api.file.ConfigurableFileCollection;
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.Classpath;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+
+/**
+ * Task to warm Gradle's caches by downloading the configured dependencies.
+ *
+ * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ */
+public class WarmCaches extends DefaultTask {
+
+	private final ConfigurableFileCollection dependencies;
+
+	public WarmCaches() {
+		this.dependencies = getProject().getObjects().fileCollection();
+	}
+
+	public void addDependencies(FileCollection dependencies) {
+		this.dependencies.from(dependencies);
+	}
+
+	@TaskAction
+	void execute() {
+		this.dependencies.getFiles();
+	}
+
+	@Classpath
+	FileCollection getDependencies() {
+		return this.dependencies;
+	}
+
+}