diff --git a/.buildkite-bazelrc b/.buildkite-bazelrc
index c7cea906c..149781319 100644
--- a/.buildkite-bazelrc
+++ b/.buildkite-bazelrc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #build:remote-cache --disk_cache=
 build:remote-cache --remote_download_minimal
 build:remote-cache --remote_cache=grpc://bazel-remote-cache:9092
+build:remote-cache --experimental_remote_downloader=grpc://bazel-remote-cache:9092
 build:remote-cache --remote_local_fallback
 # Enforce stricter environment rules, which eliminates some non-hermetic
 # behavior and therefore improves both the remote cache hit rate and the