diff --git a/test-app/app/build.gradle b/test-app/app/build.gradle
index ca078adb9..b35f451b9 100644
--- a/test-app/app/build.gradle
+++ b/test-app/app/build.gradle
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ tasks.whenTaskAdded({ org.gradle.api.DefaultTask currentTask ->
         ensureMetadataOutDir.finalizedBy(buildMetadata)
     }
     if (currentTask =~ /merge.*Assets/) {
-        currentTask.dependsOn(buildMetadata);
+        currentTask.shouldRunAfter(buildMetadata);
     }
     if (currentTask =~ /assemble.*Debug/ || currentTask =~ /assemble.*Release/) {
         currentTask.finalizedBy("validateAppIdMatch")