diff --git a/test/framework/build.gradle b/test/framework/build.gradle
index af9e5363fa98e..f8b3f54e60a0a 100644
--- a/test/framework/build.gradle
+++ b/test/framework/build.gradle
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ dependencies {
   api "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:${versions.commons_lang3}"
 }
 
-tasks.named("compileJava").configure { options.compilerArgs << '-Xlint:-cast,-unchecked' }
-
 // the main files are actually test files, so use the appropriate forbidden api sigs
 tasks.named('forbiddenApisMain').configure {
   replaceSignatureFiles 'jdk-signatures', 'es-all-signatures', 'es-test-signatures'
@@ -113,6 +111,6 @@ tasks.register("verifyVersions") {
 }
 
 tasks.named('splitPackagesAudit').configure {
-  // for now we always run tests with the classpath, so we are ok with split packages for tests 
+  // for now we always run tests with the classpath, so we are ok with split packages for tests
   onlyIf { false }
 }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
index 6cec26d9e5b14..91922081919d9 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/replication/ESIndexLevelReplicationTestCase.java
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ public synchronized void close() throws Exception {
         }
 
         @Override
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public Iterator<IndexShard> iterator() {
             return Iterators.concat(replicas.iterator(), Collections.singleton(primary).iterator());
         }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/TestTemplateService.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/TestTemplateService.java
index 5a07ad57e82c6..5093828384a54 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/TestTemplateService.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/TestTemplateService.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ private TestTemplateService(boolean compilationException) {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public <FactoryType> FactoryType compile(Script script, ScriptContext<FactoryType> context) {
         if (this.compilationException) {
             throw new RuntimeException("could not compile script");
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorTestCase.java
index b720953ae2476..d9d4543ca8d3c 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/AggregatorTestCase.java
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ protected <A extends InternalAggregation, C extends Aggregator> A searchAndReduc
      *          for each leaf as though it were a separate index. If false this aggregates
      *          all leaves together, like we do in production.
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     protected <A extends InternalAggregation, C extends Aggregator> A searchAndReduce(IndexSettings indexSettings,
                                                                                       IndexSearcher searcher,
                                                                                       Query query,
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase.java
index 6faf54e64f940..6a5c3f1da2dc1 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase.java
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ protected RepositoryData getRepositoryData(String repoName, Version version) {
         }
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("cast")
     protected RepositoryData getRepositoryData(String repository) {
         return getRepositoryData((Repository) getRepositoryOnMaster(repository));
     }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java
index 227e0daf14110..32695f9184578 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ESTestCase.java
@@ -1163,6 +1163,8 @@ public static Settings.Builder settings(Version version) {
     /**
      * Returns size random values
      */
+    @SafeVarargs
+    @SuppressWarnings("varargs")
     public static <T> List<T> randomSubsetOf(int size, T... values) {
         List<T> list = arrayAsArrayList(values);
         return randomSubsetOf(size, list);
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalAggregationTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalAggregationTestCase.java
index c0a6643aa7443..078131bc8504a 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalAggregationTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/InternalAggregationTestCase.java
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ protected T createUnmappedInstance(String name, Map<String, Object> metadata) {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     protected final Class<T> categoryClass() {
         return (Class<T>) InternalAggregation.class;
     }
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/disruption/NetworkDisruption.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/disruption/NetworkDisruption.java
index a13470115516f..570c1a51ecd8d 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/disruption/NetworkDisruption.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/disruption/NetworkDisruption.java
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public String toString() {
     public abstract static class DisruptedLinks {
         private final Set<String> nodes;
 
+        @SafeVarargs
         protected DisruptedLinks(Set<String>... nodeSets) {
             Set<String> allNodes = new HashSet<>();
             for (Set<String> nodeSet : nodeSets) {
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java
index 9b7bd00a228dc..f4c53bd378c0b 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/ESRestTestCase.java
@@ -33,15 +33,10 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.RestClientBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.WarningsHandler;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.CharArrays;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.CheckedRunnable;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.PathUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SecureString;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.ssl.PemUtils;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.DeprecationHandler;
@@ -52,6 +47,11 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.json.JsonXContent;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.XContentMapValues;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.CharArrays;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.CheckedRunnable;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.PathUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.internal.io.IOUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.seqno.ReplicationTracker;
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
-import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -99,6 +98,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.sort;
 import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ private static void deleteAllSLMPolicies() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private static void deleteAllAutoFollowPatterns() throws IOException {
         final List<Map<?, ?>> patterns;
 
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/ClientYamlTestExecutionContext.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/ClientYamlTestExecutionContext.java
index f37ebc5ee9df2..397dbf0ec5a7c 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/ClientYamlTestExecutionContext.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/ClientYamlTestExecutionContext.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ public ClientYamlTestResponse callApi(String apiName, Map<String, String> params
      * This functionality is supported in 7.x, but is not supported in 6.x (or is not the default
      * behavior). Here we modify the request so that it will work against a 6.x node.
      */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private void adaptRequestForOlderVersion(String apiName,
                                              List<Map<String, Object>> bodies,
                                              Map<String, String> requestParams) {
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/ContainsAssertion.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/ContainsAssertion.java
index 3d3b463f5cfce..9cbda4707b242 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/ContainsAssertion.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/ContainsAssertion.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public ContainsAssertion(XContentLocation location, String field, Object expecte
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     protected void doAssert(Object actualValue, Object expectedValue) {
         // add support for matching objects ({a:b}) against list of objects ([ {a:b, c:d} ])
         if(expectedValue instanceof Map && actualValue instanceof List) {
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanAssertion.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanAssertion.java
index d2eed66244c8b..5f2b6647ba995 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanAssertion.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanAssertion.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public GreaterThanAssertion(XContentLocation location, String field, Object expe
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
     protected void doAssert(Object actualValue, Object expectedValue) {
         logger.trace("assert that [{}] is greater than [{}] (field: [{}])", actualValue, expectedValue, getField());
         assertThat("value of [" + getField() + "] is not comparable (got [" + safeClass(actualValue) + "])",
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanEqualToAssertion.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanEqualToAssertion.java
index 85265737abeac..2402b224bb17e 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanEqualToAssertion.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/GreaterThanEqualToAssertion.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public GreaterThanEqualToAssertion(XContentLocation location, String field, Obje
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
     protected void doAssert(Object actualValue, Object expectedValue) {
         logger.trace("assert that [{}] is greater than or equal to [{}] (field: [{}])", actualValue, expectedValue, getField());
         assertThat("value of [" + getField() + "] is not comparable (got [" + safeClass(actualValue) + "])",
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanAssertion.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanAssertion.java
index 1653ca4806ed0..0e0f792aa8331 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanAssertion.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanAssertion.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public LessThanAssertion(XContentLocation location, String field, Object expecte
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
     protected void doAssert(Object actualValue, Object expectedValue) {
         logger.trace("assert that [{}] is less than [{}] (field: [{}])", actualValue, expectedValue, getField());
         assertThat("value of [" + getField() + "] is not comparable (got [" + safeClass(actualValue) + "])",
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanOrEqualToAssertion.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanOrEqualToAssertion.java
index b4e7cf67d40de..83ba784d9e08e 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanOrEqualToAssertion.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/test/rest/yaml/section/LessThanOrEqualToAssertion.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public LessThanOrEqualToAssertion(XContentLocation location, String field, Objec
     }
 
     @Override
+    @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
     protected void doAssert(Object actualValue, Object expectedValue) {
         logger.trace("assert that [{}] is less than or equal to [{}] (field: [{}])", actualValue, expectedValue, getField());
         assertThat("value of [" + getField() + "] is not comparable (got [" + safeClass(actualValue) + "])",