diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0c068c6f..9b4afa12 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ jobs:
     executor: << parameters.jdk >>
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run:
+          # when jdk other than jdk8 is specified, sleep for a random time between 0 and 30 seconds
+          name: Sleep to avoid resource name conflict
+          command: |
+            if [[ $CIRCLE_JOB != "build-jdk8" ]]; then
+              sleep $((RANDOM % 30))
+            fi
       - maven/with_cache:
           steps:
             - run: