diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index faeff873ceb..b6987700c46 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         maven {
-            url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
+            url = 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
         }
     }
 }
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ allprojects {
     testLogging {
       // set options for log level LIFECYCLE
       events "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut"
-      showExceptions true
-      exceptionFormat "full"
-      showCauses true
-      showStackTraces true
-      enableAssertions false
+      showExceptions = true
+      exceptionFormat = "full"
+      showCauses = true
+      showStackTraces = true
+      enableAssertions = false
 
       // set options for log level DEBUG and INFO
       debug {
         events "started", "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"
-        exceptionFormat "full"
+        exceptionFormat = "full"
       }
       info.events = debug.events
       info.exceptionFormat = debug.exceptionFormat
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ subprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         maven {
-            url 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
+            url = 'https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/'
         }
     }
 
@@ -165,8 +165,9 @@ tasks.register("configureArchitecture") {
 
 tasks.register("configureArtifactInfo") {
     dependsOn configureArchitecture
-    description "Set the url to download stack artifacts for select stack version"
+    description = "Set the url to download stack artifacts for select stack version"
 
+    def projectRef = project
     doLast {
         def splitVersion = version.split('\\.')
         int major = splitVersion[0].toInteger()
@@ -189,28 +190,28 @@ tasks.register("configureArtifactInfo") {
             }
         }
 
-        project.ext.set("artifactApiVersion", qualifiedVersion)
+        projectRef.ext.set("artifactApiVersion", qualifiedVersion)
     }
 }
 
 tasks.register("markAliasDefinitions", SignAliasDefinitions) {
-    description "Create an hashes aliases file from original aliases yml definition"
+    description = "Create an hashes aliases file from original aliases yml definition"
     hashedFile = project.file("${project.buildDir}/plugin_aliases_hashed.yml")
 }
 
 tasks.register("markTestAliasDefinitions", SignAliasDefinitions) {
-    description "Create an hashes aliases file for testing aliases yml definition"
+    description = "Create an hashes aliases file for testing aliases yml definition"
     stage SignAliasDefinitions.Stage.test
     hashedFile = project.file("${project.buildDir}/plugin_aliases_hashed_test.yml")
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyPluginAlias", Copy) {
-    description "Copy the marked plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
+    description = "Copy the marked plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
     dependsOn = [copyPluginAlias_ruby, copyPluginAlias_java]
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyPluginAlias_ruby", Copy) {
-    description "Copy the marked plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
+    description = "Copy the marked plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
     dependsOn "markAliasDefinitions"
 
     inputs.file("${buildDir}/plugin_aliases_hashed.yml")
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ tasks.register("copyPluginAlias_ruby", Copy) {
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyPluginAlias_java", Copy) {
-    description "Copy the marked plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
+    description = "Copy the marked plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
     dependsOn "markAliasDefinitions"
 
     inputs.file("${buildDir}/plugin_aliases_hashed.yml")
@@ -234,12 +235,12 @@ tasks.register("copyPluginAlias_java", Copy) {
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyPluginTestAlias") {
-    description "Copy the marked test plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
+    description = "Copy the marked test plugin_aliases.yml file to destination folders"
     dependsOn = [copyPluginTestAlias_ruby, copyPluginTestAlias_java]
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyPluginTestAlias_ruby", Copy) {
-    description "Copy the marked test plugin_aliases.yml file into Ruby's plugin_manager specs"
+    description = "Copy the marked test plugin_aliases.yml file into Ruby's plugin_manager specs"
     dependsOn "markTestAliasDefinitions"
 
     inputs.file(markTestAliasDefinitions.hashedFile)
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ tasks.register("copyPluginTestAlias_ruby", Copy) {
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyPluginTestAlias_java", Copy) {
-    description "Copy the marked test plugin_aliases.yml file into logstash-core's test resources"
+    description = "Copy the marked test plugin_aliases.yml file into logstash-core's test resources"
     dependsOn "markTestAliasDefinitions"
 
     inputs.file("${buildDir}/plugin_aliases_hashed_test.yml")
@@ -447,30 +448,39 @@ tasks.register("installIntegrationTestGems") {
   }
 }
 
-tasks.register("downloadFilebeat") {
-    dependsOn  configureArtifactInfo
-    description "Download Filebeat Snapshot for current branch version: ${version}"
+tasks.register("prepareFilebeatDownload") {
+    dependsOn configureArtifactInfo
+
+    def projectRef = project
+    doLast {
+        String beatsVersion = projectRef.ext.get("artifactApiVersion")
+        String downloadedFilebeatName = "filebeat-${beatsVersion}-${projectRef.ext.get("beatsArchitecture")}"
+        projectRef.ext.set("unpackedFilebeatName", downloadedFilebeatName)
+
+        def res = SnapshotArtifactURLs.packageUrls("beats", beatsVersion, downloadedFilebeatName)
+        projectRef.ext.set("filebeatSnapshotUrl", System.getenv("FILEBEAT_SNAPSHOT_URL") ?: res.packageUrl)
+        projectRef.ext.set("filebeatDownloadLocation", "${projectDir}/build/${downloadedFilebeatName}.tar.gz")
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.register("downloadFilebeat", Download) {
+    dependsOn prepareFilebeatDownload
+    description = "Download Filebeat Snapshot for current branch version: ${version}"
 
     project.ext.set("versionFound", true)
     inputs.file("${projectDir}/versions.yml")
 
-    doLast {
-        download {
-            String beatsVersion = project.ext.get("artifactApiVersion")
-            String downloadedFilebeatName = "filebeat-${beatsVersion}-${project.ext.get("beatsArchitecture")}"
-            project.ext.set("unpackedFilebeatName", downloadedFilebeatName)
+    def projectRef = project
 
-            def res = SnapshotArtifactURLs.packageUrls("beats", beatsVersion, downloadedFilebeatName)
-            project.ext.set("filebeatSnapshotUrl", System.getenv("FILEBEAT_SNAPSHOT_URL") ?: res.packageUrl)
-            project.ext.set("filebeatDownloadLocation", "${projectDir}/build/${downloadedFilebeatName}.tar.gz")
+    // Use lazy configuration to get values after prepareFilebeatDownload runs
+    src { projectRef.ext.filebeatSnapshotUrl }
+    dest { new File(projectRef.ext.filebeatDownloadLocation) }
 
-            src project.ext.filebeatSnapshotUrl
-            onlyIfNewer true
+    onlyIfNewer true
+    retries 3
 
-            dest new File(project.ext.filebeatDownloadLocation)
-            retries 3
-        }
-        System.out.println "Downloaded to ${project.ext.filebeatDownloadLocation}"
+    doLast {
+        System.out.println "Downloaded to ${projectRef.ext.filebeatDownloadLocation}"
     }
 }
 
@@ -495,11 +505,12 @@ tasks.register("copyFilebeat") {
 tasks.register("checkEsSHA") {
     dependsOn  configureArtifactInfo
 
-    description "Download ES version remote's fingerprint file"
+    description = "Download ES version remote's fingerprint file"
 
+    def projectRef = project
     doLast {
-        String esVersion = project.ext.get("artifactApiVersion")
-        String downloadedElasticsearchName = "elasticsearch-${esVersion}-${project.ext.get("esArchitecture")}"
+        String esVersion = projectRef.ext.get("artifactApiVersion")
+        String downloadedElasticsearchName = "elasticsearch-${esVersion}-${projectRef.ext.get("esArchitecture")}"
         String remoteSHA
 
         def res = SnapshotArtifactURLs.packageUrls("elasticsearch", esVersion, downloadedElasticsearchName)
@@ -529,30 +540,39 @@ tasks.register("checkEsSHA") {
     }
 }
 
-tasks.register("downloadEs") {
-    dependsOn  = [configureArtifactInfo, checkEsSHA]
-
-    description "Download ES Snapshot for current branch version: ${version}"
-    inputs.file("${projectDir}/versions.yml")
+tasks.register("prepareEsDownload") {
+    dependsOn configureArtifactInfo
 
+    def projectRef = project
     doLast {
-        download {
-            String esVersion = project.ext.get("artifactApiVersion")
-            String downloadedElasticsearchName = "elasticsearch-${esVersion}-${project.ext.get("esArchitecture")}"
+        String esVersion = projectRef.ext.get("artifactApiVersion")
+        String downloadedElasticsearchName = "elasticsearch-${esVersion}-${projectRef.ext.get("esArchitecture")}"
 
-            project.ext.set("unpackedElasticsearchName", "elasticsearch-${esVersion}")
+        projectRef.ext.set("unpackedElasticsearchName", "elasticsearch-${esVersion}")
 
-            def res = SnapshotArtifactURLs.packageUrls("elasticsearch", esVersion, downloadedElasticsearchName)
-            project.ext.set("elasticsearchSnapshotURL", System.getenv("ELASTICSEARCH_SNAPSHOT_URL") ?: res.packageUrl)
-            project.ext.set("elasticsearchDownloadLocation", "${projectDir}/build/${downloadedElasticsearchName}.tar.gz")
+        def res = SnapshotArtifactURLs.packageUrls("elasticsearch", esVersion, downloadedElasticsearchName)
+        projectRef.ext.set("elasticsearchSnapshotURL", System.getenv("ELASTICSEARCH_SNAPSHOT_URL") ?: res.packageUrl)
+        projectRef.ext.set("elasticsearchDownloadLocation", "${projectDir}/build/${downloadedElasticsearchName}.tar.gz")
+    }
+}
 
-            src project.ext.elasticsearchSnapshotURL
-            onlyIfNewer true
-            retries 3
-            dest new File(project.ext.elasticsearchDownloadLocation)
-        }
+tasks.register("downloadEs", Download) {
+    dependsOn  = [prepareEsDownload, checkEsSHA]
+
+    description = "Download ES Snapshot for current branch version: ${version}"
+    inputs.file("${projectDir}/versions.yml")
 
-        System.out.println "Downloaded to ${project.ext.elasticsearchDownloadLocation}"
+    def projectRef = project
+
+    src { projectRef.ext.elasticsearchSnapshotURL }
+    dest { new File(projectRef.ext.elasticsearchDownloadLocation) }
+
+    onlyIfNewer true
+    overwrite false
+    retries 3
+
+    doLast {
+        System.out.println "Downloaded to ${projectRef.ext.elasticsearchDownloadLocation}"
     }
 }
 
@@ -609,7 +629,7 @@ tasks.register("generateLicenseReport", JavaExec) {
     String noticePath = "NOTICE.txt"
 
     classpath = project.files([jarFile])
-    main = "org.logstash.dependencies.Main"
+    mainClass = "org.logstash.dependencies.Main"
     args licenseReportInputCSV,
       project.getBuildDir().toString() + "/licenseReportFolders.txt",
       licenseReportOutputCSV, noticePath
@@ -828,7 +848,7 @@ tasks.register("downloadJdk", Download) {
 
     def jdkDetails = new JDKDetails(gradle.ext.versions.bundled_jdk, osName, jdkArch)
 
-    description "Download JDK ${jdkDetails.major}, OS: ${osName}"
+    description = "Download JDK ${jdkDetails.major}, OS: ${osName}"
 
     // find url of build artifact
     String artifactApiUrl = jdkDetails.createDownloadUrl()
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index e6441136f3d..1b33c55baab 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b82aa23a4f0..d4081da476b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14.3-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 1aa94a42690..23d15a93670 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 #       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
 #
 #   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
-#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/platforms/jvm/plugins-application/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
 #       within the Gradle project.
 #
 #       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ done
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
 # Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
-APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+APP_HOME=$( cd -P "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && printf '%s\n' "$PWD" ) || exit
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD=maximum
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ case "$( uname )" in                #(
   NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
 esac
 
-CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+CLASSPATH="\\\"\\\""
 
 
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ fi
 DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command:
-#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
 #     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
 #   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
 #     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
@@ -211,7 +213,7 @@ DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 set -- \
         "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
         -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
-        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        -jar "$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar" \
         "$@"
 
 # Stop when "xargs" is not available.
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 7101f8e4676..5eed7ee8452 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 @rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 @rem limitations under the License.
 @rem
+@rem SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+@rem
 
 @if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
@@ -68,11 +70,11 @@ goto fail
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
-set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+set CLASSPATH=
 
 
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" -jar "%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar" %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
diff --git a/logstash-core/build.gradle b/logstash-core/build.gradle
index 14dd90e8199..5c0db0f5a3f 100644
--- a/logstash-core/build.gradle
+++ b/logstash-core/build.gradle
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ configurations.archives {
 
 tasks.register("javaTests", Test) {
     dependsOn ':bootstrap'
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
     exclude '/org/logstash/RSpecTests.class'
     exclude '/org/logstash/config/ir/ConfigCompilerTest.class'
     exclude '/org/logstash/config/ir/CompiledPipelineTest.class'
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ javaTests.finalizedBy(jacocoTestReport)
 
 tasks.register("rubyTests", Test) {
     dependsOn compileTestJava
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
     inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/lib")
     inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/spec")
     systemProperty 'logstash.root.dir', projectDir.parent
@@ -171,10 +175,10 @@ tasks {
 artifacts {
     sources(sourcesJar) {
         // Weird Gradle quirk where type will be used for the extension, but only for sources
-        type 'jar'
+        type = 'jar'
     }
     javadoc(javadocJar) {
-        type 'javadoc'
+        type = 'javadoc'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/qa/integration/build.gradle b/qa/integration/build.gradle
index f54d1abfaf4..8bd9e9a4950 100644
--- a/qa/integration/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/integration/build.gradle
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test {
 }
 
 tasks.register("copyProductionLog4jConfiguration", Copy) {
-  description "Copy the production log4j config to be tested in QA (qa/integration/fixtures/logs_rollover)"
+  description = "Copy the production log4j config to be tested in QA (qa/integration/fixtures/logs_rollover)"
 
   from "${projectDir}/../../config/log4j2.properties"
   into "${projectDir}/fixtures/logs_rollover/"
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ tasks.register("integrationTests", Test) {
   if ((JavaVersion.current().getMajorVersion() as int) >= 17) {
     jvmArgs = ['--add-opens', 'java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED', '--add-opens', 'java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED']
   }
+  testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+  classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
   dependsOn copyProductionLog4jConfiguration
   dependsOn preparePluginTestFixtures
 
diff --git a/rubyUtils.gradle b/rubyUtils.gradle
index aac0ba0e96d..4e2565f72a4 100644
--- a/rubyUtils.gradle
+++ b/rubyUtils.gradle
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ def customJRubyVersion = customJRubyDir == "" ? "" : Files.readAllLines(Paths.ge
 def customJRubyTar = customJRubyDir == "" ? "" : (customJRubyDir + "/maven/jruby-dist/target/jruby-dist-${customJRubyVersion}-bin.tar.gz")
 
 tasks.register("downloadJRuby", Download) {
-    description "Download JRuby artifact from this specific URL: ${jRubyURL}"
+    description = "Download JRuby artifact from this specific URL: ${jRubyURL}"
     src jRubyURL
     onlyIfNewer true
     inputs.file(versionsPath)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ downloadJRuby.onlyIf { customJRubyDir == "" }
 
 tasks.register("verifyFile", Verify) {
     dependsOn downloadJRuby
-    description "Verify the SHA256 of the download JRuby artifact"
+    description = "Verify the SHA256 of the download JRuby artifact"
     inputs.file(jrubyTarPath)
     outputs.file(jrubyTarPath)
     src new File(jrubyTarPath)
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ verifyFile.onlyIf { customJRubyDir == "" }
 verifyFile.onlyIf { doChecksum }
 
 tasks.register("buildCustomJRuby", Exec) {
-    description "Build tar.gz and .jar artifacts from JRuby source directory"
+    description = "Build tar.gz and .jar artifacts from JRuby source directory"
     workingDir (customJRubyDir == "" ? "./" : customJRubyDir)
     commandLine './mvnw', 'clean', 'install', '-Pdist', '-Pcomplete'
     standardOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ buildCustomJRuby.onlyIf { customJRubyDir != "" }
 
 tasks.register("installCustomJRuby", Copy) {
     dependsOn buildCustomJRuby
-    description "Install custom built JRuby in the vendor directory"
+    description = "Install custom built JRuby in the vendor directory"
     inputs.file(customJRubyTar)
     outputs.dir("${projectDir}/vendor/jruby")
     from tarTree(customJRubyTar == "" ? jrubyTarPath : customJRubyTar)
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ installCustomJRuby.onlyIf { customJRubyDir != "" }
 
 tasks.register("downloadAndInstallJRuby", Copy) {
     dependsOn=[verifyFile, installCustomJRuby]
-    description "Install JRuby in the vendor directory"
+    description = "Install JRuby in the vendor directory"
     inputs.file(jrubyTarPath)
     outputs.dir("${projectDir}/vendor/jruby")
     from tarTree(downloadJRuby.dest)
diff --git a/x-pack/build.gradle b/x-pack/build.gradle
index 68ce62f5a58..c25ea5e338c 100644
--- a/x-pack/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/build.gradle
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ tasks.register("unzipGeolite", Copy) {
 
 tasks.register("rubyTests", Test) {
   dependsOn unzipGeolite
+  testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+  classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
   inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/spec")
   inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/lib")
   inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/modules")
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ tasks.register("rubyIntegrationTests", Test) {
   if ((JavaVersion.current().getMajorVersion() as int) >= 17) {
     jvmArgs = ['--add-opens', 'java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED', '--add-opens', 'java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED']
   }
+  testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+  classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
   dependsOn (":copyEs")
   dependsOn ":assemble"
   dependsOn "buildFipsValidationGem"
@@ -78,7 +82,9 @@ tasks.register("buildFipsValidationGem") {
 
 tasks.register("observabilitySREsmokeTests", Test) {
     description = "Run ObservabilitySRE smoke tests using RSpec with docker-compose orchestration"
-    // Need to have set up the ruby environment for rspec
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
+    // Need to have set up the ruby environment for rspec even through we are running in container
     dependsOn(":bootstrap", ":logstash-core:assemble", ":installDevelopmentGems")
     inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/distributions/internal/observabilitySRE/qa/smoke")
     doFirst {
@@ -99,7 +105,9 @@ tasks.register("observabilitySREsmokeTests", Test) {
 
 tasks.register("observabilitySREacceptanceTests", Test) {
     description = "Run ObservabilitySRE acceptance tests using RSpec with docker-compose orchestration"
-    // Need to have set up the ruby environment for rspec
+    testClassesDirs = sourceSets.test.output.classesDirs
+    classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
+    // Need to have set up the ruby environment for rspec even through we are running in container
     dependsOn(":bootstrap", ":logstash-core:assemble", ":installDevelopmentGems")
     inputs.files fileTree("${projectDir}/distributions/internal/observabilitySRE/qa/acceptance")
     doFirst {