diff --git a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-data-rest/build.gradle b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-data-rest/build.gradle
index f88a0f99e87..aac1e221903 100644
--- a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-data-rest/build.gradle
+++ b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-data-rest/build.gradle
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 	testRuntimeOnly("com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path")
 }
+
+tasks.named("compileTestJava") {
+	options.nullability.checking = "tests"
+}