diff --git a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-devtools/build.gradle b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-devtools/build.gradle
index 900277aaced..a433e76799a 100644
--- a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-devtools/build.gradle
+++ b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-devtools/build.gradle
@@ -33,3 +33,7 @@ dependencies {
 	testImplementation(project(":starter:spring-boot-starter-webmvc-test"))
 	testImplementation(project(":starter:spring-boot-starter-test"))
 }
+
+tasks.named("compileTestJava") {
+	options.nullability.checking = "tests"
+}