diff --git a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-kafka/build.gradle b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-kafka/build.gradle
index 70b0f7cd4e5..285e960dbfd 100644
--- a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-kafka/build.gradle
+++ b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-kafka/build.gradle
@@ -46,3 +46,11 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation("org.awaitility:awaitility")
 	testImplementation("org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka-test")
 }
+
+tasks.named("compileTestJava") {
+	options.nullability.checking = "tests"
+}
+
+tasks.named("compileDockerTestJava") {
+	options.nullability.checking = "tests"
+}