diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java
index 574089eeaaa1b8..20f4d7d2ceea37 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-application-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/gradle/QuarkusPlugin.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -151,24 +150,9 @@ private void registerTasks(Project project, QuarkusPluginExtension quarkusExt) {
 
         configureBuildNativeTask(project);
 
-        final Consumer<Test> configureTestTask = t -> {
-            // Quarkus test configuration action which should be executed before any Quarkus test
-            // Use anonymous classes in order to leverage task avoidance.
-            t.doFirst(new Action<Task>() {
-                @Override
-                public void execute(Task test) {
-                    quarkusExt.beforeTest(t);
-                }
-            });
-            // also make each task use the JUnit platform since it's the only supported test environment
-            t.useJUnitPlatform();
-            // quarkusBuild is expected to run after the project has passed the tests
-            quarkusBuild.configure(task -> task.shouldRunAfter(t));
-        };
-
         project.getPlugins().withType(
                 BasePlugin.class,
-                basePlugin -> tasks.getByName(BasePlugin.ASSEMBLE_TASK_NAME).dependsOn(quarkusBuild));
+                basePlugin -> tasks.named(BasePlugin.ASSEMBLE_TASK_NAME, task -> task.dependsOn(quarkusBuild)));
         project.getPlugins().withType(
                 JavaPlugin.class,
                 javaPlugin -> {
@@ -287,8 +271,20 @@ public void execute(Task test) {
                         testNative.setClasspath(nativeTestSourceSet.getRuntimeClasspath());
                     });
 
-                    tasks.withType(Test.class).forEach(configureTestTask);
-                    tasks.withType(Test.class).whenTaskAdded(configureTestTask::accept);
+                    tasks.withType(Test.class).configureEach(t -> {
+                        // Quarkus test configuration action which should be executed before any Quarkus test
+                        // Use anonymous classes in order to leverage task avoidance.
+                        t.doFirst(new Action<Task>() {
+                            @Override
+                            public void execute(Task task) {
+                                quarkusExt.beforeTest(t);
+                            }
+                        });
+                        // also make each task use the JUnit platform since it's the only supported test environment
+                        t.useJUnitPlatform();
+                    });
+                    // quarkusBuild is expected to run after the project has passed the tests
+                    quarkusBuild.configure(task -> task.shouldRunAfter(tasks.withType(Test.class)));
 
                     SourceSet generatedSourceSet = sourceSets.create(QuarkusGenerateCode.QUARKUS_GENERATED_SOURCES);
                     SourceSet generatedTestSourceSet = sourceSets.create(QuarkusGenerateCode.QUARKUS_TEST_GENERATED_SOURCES);
diff --git a/devtools/gradle/gradle-extension-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extension/gradle/QuarkusExtensionPlugin.java b/devtools/gradle/gradle-extension-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extension/gradle/QuarkusExtensionPlugin.java
index 6aba9d1f65eca7..f131af8caa1136 100644
--- a/devtools/gradle/gradle-extension-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extension/gradle/QuarkusExtensionPlugin.java
+++ b/devtools/gradle/gradle-extension-plugin/src/main/java/io/quarkus/extension/gradle/QuarkusExtensionPlugin.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private void registerTasks(Project project, QuarkusExtensionConfiguration quarku
                 javaPlugin -> {
                     tasks.named(JavaPlugin.PROCESS_RESOURCES_TASK_NAME, task -> task.finalizedBy(extensionDescriptorTask));
                     tasks.named(JavaPlugin.COMPILE_JAVA_TASK_NAME, task -> task.dependsOn(extensionDescriptorTask));
-                    tasks.withType(Test.class, test -> test.useJUnitPlatform());
+                    tasks.withType(Test.class).configureEach(Test::useJUnitPlatform);
                     addAnnotationProcessorDependency(project);
                 });
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ private void registerTasks(Project project, QuarkusExtensionConfiguration quarku
                     task.setDeploymentModuleClasspath(deploymentModuleClasspath);
                 });
 
-                deploymentProject.getTasks().withType(Test.class, test -> {
+                deploymentProject.getTasks().withType(Test.class).configureEach(test -> {
                     test.useJUnitPlatform();
                     test.doFirst(task -> {
                         final Map<String, Object> props = test.getSystemProperties();