Gradle tasks - java.io.IOException: Permission denied when not running as root user

org.gradle.internal.service.ServiceCreationException: Could not create service of type FileSystem using FileSystemServices.createFileSystem().
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$FactoryMethodService.invokeMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:807)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$FactoryService.create(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:761)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$ManagedObjectProvider.getInstance(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:598)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$SingletonService.get(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:643)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.doGet(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:429)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.get(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:410)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.services.FileSystems.getDefault(FileSystems.java:22)
at org.gradle.api.internal.file.IdentityFileResolver.(IdentityFileResolver.java:32)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory.createActionFactories(CommandLineActionFactory.java:82)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:229)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$ParseAndBuildAction.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:217)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:33)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.JavaRuntimeValidationAction.execute(JavaRuntimeValidationAction.java:24)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:33)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.ExceptionReportingAction.execute(ExceptionReportingAction.java:22)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:210)
at org.gradle.launcher.cli.CommandLineActionFactory$WithLogging.execute(CommandLineActionFactory.java:174)
at org.gradle.launcher.Main.doAction(Main.java:33)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.EntryPoint.run(EntryPoint.java:45)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.runNoExit(ProcessBootstrap.java:60)
at org.gradle.launcher.bootstrap.ProcessBootstrap.run(ProcessBootstrap.java:37)
at org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain.main(GradleMain.java:23)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.io.IOException: Permission denied
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.services.GenericFileSystem.(GenericFileSystem.java:106)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.services.FileSystemServices.createFileSystem(FileSystemServices.java:53)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at org.gradle.internal.reflect.JavaMethod.invoke(JavaMethod.java:73)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.invoke(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:462)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry.access$1200(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:84)
at org.gradle.internal.service.DefaultServiceRegistry$FactoryMethodService.invokeMethod(DefaultServiceRegistry.java:805)
… 25 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Permission denied
at java.io.UnixFileSystem.createFileExclusively(Native Method)
at java.io.File.createTempFile(File.java:2024)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.services.GenericFileSystem.createFile(GenericFileSystem.java:117)
at org.gradle.internal.nativeintegration.filesystem.services.GenericFileSystem.(GenericFileSystem.java:103)
… 34 more