diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 70cff51c..16151168 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare CI Environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_env
       - name: Swift Build
-        run: swift build
+        run: swift build --disable-experimental-prebuilts  # FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
       - name: Run documentation check
         run: ./.github/scripts/validate_docs.sh
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install jemalloc
         run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y libjemalloc-dev
       - name: Swift Benchmarks
-        run: swift package --package-path Benchmarks/ benchmark
+        run: swift package --package-path Benchmarks/ --disable-experimental-prebuilts benchmark  # FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
 
   test-swift:
     name: Test (Swift) (${{ matrix.os_version }} swift:${{ matrix.swift_version }} jdk:${{matrix.jdk_vendor}})
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare CI Environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_env
       - name: Swift Build
-        run: "swift build --build-tests --disable-sandbox"
+        run: swift build --build-tests --disable-sandbox --disable-experimental-prebuilts  # FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
       - name: Swift Test
-        run: "swift test"
+        run: swift test --disable-experimental-prebuilts  # FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
 
   test-swift-macos:
     name: Test (Swift) (${{ matrix.os_version }} swift:${{ matrix.swift_version }} jdk:${{matrix.jdk_vendor}})
diff --git a/Samples/JavaDependencySampleApp/ci-validate.sh b/Samples/JavaDependencySampleApp/ci-validate.sh
index 2758e6aa..b6162fdc 100755
--- a/Samples/JavaDependencySampleApp/ci-validate.sh
+++ b/Samples/JavaDependencySampleApp/ci-validate.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ swift run --disable-sandbox
 
 # explicitly invoke resolve without explicit path or dependency
 # the dependencies should be uses from the --swift-module
-swift run swift-java resolve \
+
+# FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418 
+swift run \
+  --disable-experimental-prebuilts \
+  swift-java resolve \
   Sources/JavaCommonsCSV/swift-java.config \
   --swift-module JavaCommonsCSV \
   --output-directory .build/plugins/outputs/javadependencysampleapp/JavaCommonsCSV/destination/SwiftJavaPlugin/
diff --git a/Samples/JavaProbablyPrime/ci-validate.sh b/Samples/JavaProbablyPrime/ci-validate.sh
index 0bdd86d1..dc624996 100755
--- a/Samples/JavaProbablyPrime/ci-validate.sh
+++ b/Samples/JavaProbablyPrime/ci-validate.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
-swift run JavaProbablyPrime 1337
\ No newline at end of file
+# FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418 
+swift run \
+    --disable-experimental-prebuilts \
+    JavaProbablyPrime 1337
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Samples/SwiftAndJavaJarSampleLib/build.gradle b/Samples/SwiftAndJavaJarSampleLib/build.gradle
index 3ad59fe5..e6404adb 100644
--- a/Samples/SwiftAndJavaJarSampleLib/build.gradle
+++ b/Samples/SwiftAndJavaJarSampleLib/build.gradle
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def jextract = tasks.register("jextract", Exec) {
 
     workingDir = layout.projectDirectory
     commandLine "swift"
-    args("build") // since Swift targets which need to be jextract-ed have the jextract build plugin, we just need to build
+    // FIXME: disable prebuilts until swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
+    args("build", "--disable-experimental-prebuilts") // since Swift targets which need to be jextract-ed have the jextract build plugin, we just need to build
     // If we wanted to execute a specific subcommand, we can like this:
     //     args("run",/*
     //             "swift-java", "jextract",
diff --git a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/build.gradle b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/build.gradle
index 0200f234..dcfacdd3 100644
--- a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/build.gradle
+++ b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/build.gradle
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ def jextract = tasks.register("jextract", Exec) {
 
     workingDir = layout.projectDirectory
     commandLine "swift"
-    args("build") // since Swift targets which need to be jextract-ed have the jextract build plugin, we just need to build
+    // FIXME: disable prebuilts until swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
+    args("build", "--disable-experimental-prebuilts") // since Swift targets which need to be jextract-ed have the jextract build plugin, we just need to build
     // If we wanted to execute a specific subcommand, we can like this:
     //     args("run",/*
     //             "swift-java", "jextract",
diff --git a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/ci-validate.sh b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/ci-validate.sh
index 8758bbee..ff5c32c8 100755
--- a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/ci-validate.sh
+++ b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractFFMSampleApp/ci-validate.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-swift build # as a workaround for building swift build from within gradle having issues on CI sometimes
+swift build --disable-experimental-prebuilts  # FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
 
 ./gradlew run
 ./gradlew test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/build.gradle b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/build.gradle
index b1aa8490..7f30ee42 100644
--- a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/build.gradle
+++ b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/build.gradle
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ def jextract = tasks.register("jextract", Exec) {
 
     workingDir = layout.projectDirectory
     commandLine "swift"
-    args("build") // since Swift targets which need to be jextract-ed have the jextract build plugin, we just need to build
+    // FIXME: disable prebuilts until swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
+    args("build", "--disable-experimental-prebuilts") // since Swift targets which need to be jextract-ed have the jextract build plugin, we just need to build
     // If we wanted to execute a specific subcommand, we can like this:
     //     args("run",/*
     //             "swift-java", "jextract",
diff --git a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/ci-validate.sh b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/ci-validate.sh
index 8758bbee..ff5c32c8 100755
--- a/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/ci-validate.sh
+++ b/Samples/SwiftJavaExtractJNISampleApp/ci-validate.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -x
 set -e
 
-swift build # as a workaround for building swift build from within gradle having issues on CI sometimes
+swift build --disable-experimental-prebuilts  # FIXME: until prebuilt swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
 
 ./gradlew run
 ./gradlew test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/SwiftKitCore/build.gradle b/SwiftKitCore/build.gradle
index f4376e94..bc6bd279 100644
--- a/SwiftKitCore/build.gradle
+++ b/SwiftKitCore/build.gradle
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def compileSwift = tasks.register("compileSwift", Exec) {
 
     workingDir = rootDir
     commandLine "swift"
-    args("build", "--target", "SwiftRuntimeFunctions")
+    // FIXME: disable prebuilts until swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
+    args("build", "--disable-experimental-prebuilts", "--target", "SwiftRuntimeFunctions")
 }
 tasks.build {
     dependsOn("compileSwift")
diff --git a/SwiftKitFFM/build.gradle b/SwiftKitFFM/build.gradle
index dcbbe8df..08a36a3e 100644
--- a/SwiftKitFFM/build.gradle
+++ b/SwiftKitFFM/build.gradle
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ def compileSwift = tasks.register("compileSwift", Exec) {
 
     workingDir = rootDir
     commandLine "swift"
-    args("build", "--target", "SwiftRuntimeFunctions")
+    // FIXME: disable prebuilts until swift-syntax isn't broken on 6.2 anymore: https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-java/issues/418
+    args("build", "--disable-experimental-prebuilts", "--target", "SwiftRuntimeFunctions")
 }
 tasks.build {
     dependsOn("compileSwift")