diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ab3021778e..fa3aeb99c0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ group=org.apache.kafka
 #  - tests/kafkatest/__init__.py
 #  - tests/kafkatest/version.py (variable DEV_VERSION)
 #  - kafka-merge-pr.py
-version=1.0.0
+version=3.4.0
 scalaVersion=2.13.10
 task=build
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -Xss4m -XX:+UseParallelGC
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/__init__.py b/tests/kafkatest/__init__.py
index d9b4b1c0f8..56ee45dcc6 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@
 # Instead, in development branches, the version should have a suffix of the form ".devN"
 #
 # For example, when Kafka is at version 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT, this should be something like "1.0.0.dev0"
-__version__ = '1.0.0'
+__version__ = '3.4.0'
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_application_upgrade_test.py b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_application_upgrade_test.py
index 8144b31229..204a4d358b 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_application_upgrade_test.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_application_upgrade_test.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import random
-from ducktape.mark import matrix
+from ducktape.mark import matrix, ignore
 from ducktape.mark.resource import cluster
 from ducktape.tests.test import Test
 from ducktape.utils.util import wait_until
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def perform_broker_upgrade(self, to_version):
             node.version = KafkaVersion(to_version)
             self.kafka.start_node(node)
 
+    @ignore # Directly upgrade from local mode to AutoMQ is unsupported
     @cluster(num_nodes=6)
     @matrix(from_version=smoke_test_versions, to_version=dev_version, bounce_type=["full"])
     def test_app_upgrade(self, from_version, to_version, bounce_type):
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_broker_bounce_test.py b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_broker_bounce_test.py
index c5fdfcf874..9a8d3b13e4 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_broker_bounce_test.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_broker_bounce_test.py
@@ -212,16 +212,16 @@ def collect_results(self, sleep_time_secs):
         return data
 
     @cluster(num_nodes=7)
-    @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_shutdown", "hard_shutdown", "clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
+    @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_shutdown", "clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
             broker_type=["leader"],
             num_threads=[1, 3],
             sleep_time_secs=[120],
             metadata_quorum=[quorum.remote_kraft])
-    @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_shutdown", "hard_shutdown", "clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
-            broker_type=["leader", "controller"],
-            num_threads=[1, 3],
-            sleep_time_secs=[120],
-            metadata_quorum=[quorum.zk])
+    # @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_shutdown", "hard_shutdown", "clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
+    #         broker_type=["leader", "controller"],
+    #         num_threads=[1, 3],
+    #         sleep_time_secs=[120],
+    #         metadata_quorum=[quorum.zk])
     def test_broker_type_bounce(self, failure_mode, broker_type, sleep_time_secs, num_threads, metadata_quorum):
         """
         Start a smoke test client, then kill one particular broker and ensure data is still received
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ def test_broker_type_bounce_at_start(self, failure_mode, broker_type, sleep_time
 
         return self.collect_results(sleep_time_secs)
 
+    # AutoMQ E2E need clean shutdown, the test case is duplicated to test_all_brokers_bounce
+    @ignore
     @cluster(num_nodes=7)
     @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_shutdown", "hard_shutdown", "clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
             num_failures=[2],
@@ -282,9 +284,13 @@ def test_many_brokers_bounce(self, failure_mode, num_failures, metadata_quorum=q
         return self.collect_results(120)
 
     @cluster(num_nodes=7)
-    @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
-            num_failures=[3],
+    @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_shutdown"],
+            num_failures=[1],
             metadata_quorum=quorum.all_non_upgrade)
+    # AutoMQ E2E need clean shutdown
+    # @matrix(failure_mode=["clean_bounce", "hard_bounce"],
+    #         num_failures=[3],
+    #         metadata_quorum=quorum.all_non_upgrade)
     def test_all_brokers_bounce(self, failure_mode, num_failures, metadata_quorum=quorum.zk):
         """
         Start a smoke test client, then kill a few brokers and ensure data is still received
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py
index ec47f61c62..2b63214134 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/tests/streams/streams_upgrade_test.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ def test_upgrade_downgrade_brokers(self, from_version, to_version):
         processor.stop()
         processor.node.account.ssh_capture("grep SMOKE-TEST-CLIENT-CLOSED %s" % processor.STDOUT_FILE, allow_fail=False)
 
+    @ignore # Directly upgrade from local mode to AutoMQ is unsupported
     @cluster(num_nodes=6)
     @matrix(from_version=metadata_1_versions, to_version=[str(DEV_VERSION)])
     @matrix(from_version=metadata_2_versions, to_version=[str(DEV_VERSION)])
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/version.py b/tests/kafkatest/version.py
index 83d5755556..692b75b50f 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/version.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/version.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def get_version(node=None):
         return DEV_BRANCH
 
 DEV_BRANCH = KafkaVersion("dev")
-DEV_VERSION = KafkaVersion("1.0.0-SNAPSHOT")
+DEV_VERSION = KafkaVersion("3.4.0")
 
 LATEST_METADATA_VERSION = "3.3"