diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java b/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java
index 8f2923e043..d35d7dbf88 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen-gradle/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/gradle/CodegenTask.java
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ public class CodegenTask extends DefaultTask {
         this.providers = providers;
         this.codegenClasspath = codegenClasspath;
         this.named = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        // [#16275] [#16316] This default produces unnecessary re-generations of code. We currently don't know our inputs.
+        getOutputs().upToDateWhen(task -> false);
     }
 
     @TaskAction