diff --git a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/build.gradle b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/build.gradle
index 6bb5fa1c22c..6ee43578681 100644
--- a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/build.gradle
+++ b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/build.gradle
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 	testImplementation(project(":starter:spring-boot-starter-test"))
 }
+
+tasks.named("compileTestJava") {
+	options.nullability.checking = "tests"
+}