diff --git a/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/AbstractSmokeTest.groovy b/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/AbstractSmokeTest.groovy
index 931059f21aef..0c0497acef13 100644
--- a/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/AbstractSmokeTest.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/AbstractSmokeTest.groovy
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ abstract class AbstractSmokeTest extends Specification {
         static gradleVersions = "0.38.0"
 
         // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/org.gradle.playframework
-        static playframework = "0.11"
+        static playframework = "0.12"
 
         // https://plugins.gradle.org/plugin/net.ltgt.errorprone
         static errorProne = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/PlayPluginSmokeTest.groovy b/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/PlayPluginSmokeTest.groovy
index 1f6642aa9648..8268a5364429 100644
--- a/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/PlayPluginSmokeTest.groovy
+++ b/subprojects/smoke-test/src/smokeTest/groovy/org/gradle/smoketests/PlayPluginSmokeTest.groovy
@@ -52,18 +52,7 @@ class PlayPluginSmokeTest extends AbstractPluginValidatingSmokeTest {
         """
 
         when:
-        def result = runner('build')
-            .expectDeprecationWarning(
-                "The CreateStartScripts.mainClassName property has been deprecated. " +
-                    "This is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 8.0. Please use the mainClass property instead. " +
-                    "See https://docs.gradle.org/${GradleVersion.current().version}/dsl/org.gradle.jvm.application.tasks.CreateStartScripts.html#org.gradle.jvm.application.tasks.CreateStartScripts:mainClassName for more details.",
-                "https://github.com/gradle/playframework/pull/168")
-            .expectDeprecationWarning(
-                "The WorkerExecutor.submit() method has been deprecated. " +
-                    "This is scheduled to be removed in Gradle 8.0. Please use the noIsolation(), classLoaderIsolation() or processIsolation() method instead. " +
-                    "See https://docs.gradle.org/${GradleVersion.current().version}/userguide/upgrading_version_5.html#method_workerexecutor_submit_is_deprecated for more details.",
-                "https://github.com/gradle/playframework/pull/167")
-            .build()
+        def result = runner('build').build()
 
         then:
         result.task(':build').outcome == SUCCESS