diff --git a/kotlin-native/performance/gradle.properties b/kotlin-native/performance/gradle.properties
index ed1877a4ab1..20bdd0e6050 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/performance/gradle.properties
+++ b/kotlin-native/performance/gradle.properties
@@ -18,5 +18,9 @@ artifactoryRepo = kotlin-native-benchmarks
 externalReports = coroutinesReport.txt
 externalBenchmarksReport = externalReport.json
 
+# This can be reverted once bootstrap is updated to 2.0.0:
+kotlin.experimental.tryK2=true
+# See commit message for more details.
+
 # Avoid building platform libraries by the MPP plugin.
 kotlin.native.distribution.type=prebuilt
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