diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 3a2744b6ae952..d623308cfd181 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ maven.install(
         "org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:2.0.17",
         "org.tomlj:tomlj:1.1.1",
         "org.zeromq:jeromq:0.6.0",
+        "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter:2.1.8",
+        "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core:2.1.8",
     ],
     boms = [
         "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:1.50.0",
diff --git a/java/maven_install.json b/java/maven_install.json
index 4637eabe2ad65..2339401e18213 100644
--- a/java/maven_install.json
+++ b/java/maven_install.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "__AUTOGENERATED_FILE_DO_NOT_MODIFY_THIS_FILE_MANUALLY": "THERE_IS_NO_DATA_ONLY_ZUUL",
-  "__INPUT_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -952221507,
-  "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -405645956,
+  "__INPUT_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -1882913193,
+  "__RESOLVED_ARTIFACTS_HASH": -76667375,
   "artifacts": {
     "com.beust:jcommander": {
       "shasums": {
@@ -793,11 +793,26 @@
         "sources": "f04df788868c471833d4aff0c9fdced4042069efe392c768f4373c04b559f5e3"
       },
       "version": "0.1.1-beta2"
+    },
+    "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core": {
+      "shasums": {
+        "jar": "9c27322cfc7043c75384ad444007b0880ca18fe7231d69bfa69616bc773cafe1",
+        "sources": "6e6c4adf9094e0200400a5d9f8086c8a1c4a0940919fe0b30d30543b483d5687"
+      },
+      "version": "2.1.8"
+    },
+    "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter": {
+      "shasums": {
+        "jar": "9a24867a51f5d22db67d9052a06bc5dd2e9a3e273bc2ee9814620f2d9f25d0a8",
+        "sources": "208bfe2907ab022fe206402f2ef6b1ea445f8240f072a14a49e338c1448fb2b6"
+      },
+      "version": "2.1.8"
     }
   },
   "conflict_resolution": {
     "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.36.0": "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations:2.38.0",
     "io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.6.2": "io.projectreactor:reactor-core:3.6.6",
+    "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.17.4": "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.17.5",
     "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.14.0": "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.17.0",
     "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.4": "org.objenesis:objenesis:3.3",
     "org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:1.0.4": "org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:1.0.3"
@@ -1133,6 +1148,13 @@
     ],
     "redis.clients.authentication:redis-authx-core": [
       "org.slf4j:slf4j-api"
+    ],
+    "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core": [
+      "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy",
+      "net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent"
+    ],
+    "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter": [
+      "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core"
     ]
   },
   "packages": {
@@ -2901,6 +2923,20 @@
     ],
     "redis.clients.authentication:redis-authx-core": [
       "redis.clients.authentication.core"
+    ],
+    "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core": [
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.environment",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.exception",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.properties",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.resource",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.security",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.stream",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.stream.input",
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.stream.output"
+    ],
+    "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter": [
+      "uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.jupiter"
     ]
   },
   "repositories": {
@@ -3130,7 +3166,11 @@
       "org.zeromq:jeromq",
       "org.zeromq:jeromq:jar:sources",
       "redis.clients.authentication:redis-authx-core",
-      "redis.clients.authentication:redis-authx-core:jar:sources"
+      "redis.clients.authentication:redis-authx-core:jar:sources",
+      "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core",
+      "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core:jar:sources",
+      "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter",
+      "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter:jar:sources"
     ]
   },
   "services": {
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java
index 3b1d61446df8f..700faaf90652c 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/chrome/ChromeDriverService.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public class ChromeDriverService extends DriverService {
    */
   public static final String CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY = "webdriver.chrome.driver";
 
+  public static final String CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "SE_CHROMEDRIVER";
+
   /** System property that toggles the formatting of the timestamps of the logs */
   public static final String CHROME_DRIVER_READABLE_TIMESTAMP =
       "webdriver.chrome.readableTimestamp";
@@ -122,6 +124,10 @@ public String getDriverProperty() {
     return CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY;
   }
 
+  public String getDriverEnvironmentVariable() {
+    return CHROME_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Capabilities getDefaultDriverOptions() {
     return new ChromeOptions();
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/edge/EdgeDriverService.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/edge/EdgeDriverService.java
index 799e3c3759d95..4564ec8846d1e 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/edge/EdgeDriverService.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/edge/EdgeDriverService.java
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public class EdgeDriverService extends DriverService {
    */
   public static final String EDGE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY = "webdriver.edge.driver";
 
+  public static final String EDGE_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "SE_EDGEDRIVER";
+
   /** System property that toggles the formatting of the timestamps of the logs */
   public static final String EDGE_DRIVER_READABLE_TIMESTAMP = "webdriver.edge.readableTimestamp";
 
@@ -111,6 +113,10 @@ public String getDriverProperty() {
     return EDGE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY;
   }
 
+  public String getDriverEnvironmentVariable() {
+    return EDGE_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Capabilities getDefaultDriverOptions() {
     return new EdgeOptions();
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/GeckoDriverService.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/GeckoDriverService.java
index 7602085d506f6..c2085408b8162 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/GeckoDriverService.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/firefox/GeckoDriverService.java
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public class GeckoDriverService extends FirefoxDriverService {
    */
   public static final String GECKO_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY = "webdriver.gecko.driver";
 
+  public static final String GECKO_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "SE_GECKODRIVER";
+
   /**
    * System property that defines the location of the file where GeckoDriver should write log
    * messages to.
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ public String getDriverProperty() {
     return GECKO_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY;
   }
 
+  public String getDriverEnvironmentVariable() {
+    return GECKO_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Capabilities getDefaultDriverOptions() {
     return new FirefoxOptions();
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverService.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverService.java
index e66f0eab35a81..5164702bbbaa9 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverService.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/ie/InternetExplorerDriverService.java
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ public class InternetExplorerDriverService extends DriverService {
    */
   public static final String IE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY = "webdriver.ie.driver";
 
+  public static final String IE_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "SE_IEDRIVER";
+
   /**
    * System property that defines the location of the file where IEDriverServer should write log
    * messages to.
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ public String getDriverProperty() {
     return IE_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY;
   }
 
+  public String getDriverEnvironmentVariable() {
+    return IE_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Capabilities getDefaultDriverOptions() {
     return new InternetExplorerOptions();
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java
index 436878fbbb48f..6972b837c08f4 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinder.java
@@ -96,17 +96,20 @@ private Result getBinaryPaths() {
         String driverName = service.getDriverName();
         result = new Result(service.getExecutable());
         if (result.getDriverPath() == null) {
-          result = new Result(System.getProperty(service.getDriverProperty()));
+          result = new Result(System.getenv(service.getDriverEnvironmentVariable()));
           if (result.getDriverPath() == null) {
-            List<String> arguments = toArguments();
-            result = seleniumManager.getBinaryPaths(arguments);
-            Require.state(options.getBrowserName(), Path.of(result.getBrowserPath()))
-                .isExecutable();
-          } else {
-            LOG.fine(
-                String.format(
-                    "Skipping Selenium Manager, path to %s found in system property: %s",
-                    driverName, result.getDriverPath()));
+            result = new Result(System.getProperty(service.getDriverProperty()));
+            if (result.getDriverPath() == null) {
+              List<String> arguments = toArguments();
+              result = seleniumManager.getBinaryPaths(arguments);
+              Require.state(options.getBrowserName(), Path.of(result.getBrowserPath()))
+                  .isExecutable();
+            } else {
+              LOG.fine(
+                  String.format(
+                      "Skipping Selenium Manager, path to %s found in system property: %s",
+                      driverName, result.getDriverPath()));
+            }
           }
         } else {
           LOG.fine(
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverService.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverService.java
index cc16bcb96acca..c62e9d08f998f 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverService.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverService.java
@@ -154,6 +154,10 @@ protected Capabilities getDefaultDriverOptions() {
     return null;
   }
 
+  public String getDriverEnvironmentVariable() {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   protected @Nullable File getDriverExecutable() {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/safari/SafariDriverService.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/safari/SafariDriverService.java
index 7e49e5ed841a5..e2ee960ffecda 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/safari/SafariDriverService.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/safari/SafariDriverService.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public class SafariDriverService extends DriverService {
    */
   public static final String SAFARI_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY = "webdriver.safari.driver";
 
+  public static final String SAFARI_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "SE_SAFARIDRIVER";
+
   public static final String SAFARI_DRIVER_LOGGING = "webdriver.safari.logging";
 
   private static final File SAFARI_DRIVER_EXECUTABLE = new File("/usr/bin/safaridriver");
@@ -84,6 +86,10 @@ public String getDriverProperty() {
     return SAFARI_DRIVER_EXE_PROPERTY;
   }
 
+  public String getDriverEnvironmentVariable() {
+    return SAFARI_DRIVER_EXE_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE;
+  }
+
   public File getDriverExecutable() {
     return SAFARI_DRIVER_EXECUTABLE;
   }
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/BUILD.bazel b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/BUILD.bazel
index 876a43067a485..14e881761b48b 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/BUILD.bazel
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ java_test_suite(
         artifact("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api"),
         artifact("org.assertj:assertj-core"),
         artifact("org.mockito:mockito-core"),
+        artifact("uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter"),
+        artifact("uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-core"),
     ] + JUNIT5_DEPS,
 )
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinderTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinderTest.java
index 53644da24c115..d1a6c8b572be1 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinderTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/service/DriverFinderTest.java
@@ -35,19 +35,26 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.ImmutableCapabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Proxy;
 import org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManager;
 import org.openqa.selenium.manager.SeleniumManagerOutput.Result;
+import uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.environment.EnvironmentVariables;
+import uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.jupiter.SystemStub;
+import uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.jupiter.SystemStubsExtension;
 
 @Tag("UnitTests")
+@ExtendWith(SystemStubsExtension.class)
 class DriverFinderTest {
   private final DriverService service = mock(DriverService.class);
   private final SeleniumManager seleniumManager = mock(SeleniumManager.class);
   Path driverFile;
   Path browserFile;
 
+  @SystemStub private EnvironmentVariables environment;
+
   @BeforeEach
   void createMocks() {
     driverFile = createExecutableFile("testDriver");
@@ -73,6 +80,63 @@ void serviceValueIgnoresSeleniumManager() {
   void systemPropertyIgnoresSeleniumManager() throws IOException {
     when(service.getExecutable()).thenReturn(null);
     when(service.getDriverProperty()).thenReturn("property.ignores.selenium.manager");
+    when(service.getDriverEnvironmentVariable())
+        .thenReturn("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_IGNORES_SELENIUM_MANAGER");
+    System.setProperty("property.ignores.selenium.manager", driverFile.toString());
+
+    Capabilities capabilities = new ImmutableCapabilities("browserName", "chrome");
+    DriverFinder finder = new DriverFinder(service, capabilities);
+
+    assertThat(finder.getDriverPath()).isEqualTo(driverFile.toString());
+    assertThat(finder.getBrowserPath()).isNull();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getExecutable();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverName();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverProperty();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void environmentVariableIgnoresSeleniumManager() throws IOException {
+    environment.set("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_DRIVER_PATH", driverFile.toString());
+    when(service.getExecutable()).thenReturn(null);
+    when(service.getDriverProperty()).thenReturn("property.ignores.selenium.manager");
+    when(service.getDriverEnvironmentVariable()).thenReturn("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_DRIVER_PATH");
+
+    Capabilities capabilities = new ImmutableCapabilities("browserName", "chrome");
+    DriverFinder finder = new DriverFinder(service, capabilities);
+
+    assertThat(finder.getDriverPath()).isEqualTo(driverFile.toString());
+    assertThat(finder.getBrowserPath()).isNull();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getExecutable();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverName();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverEnvironmentVariable();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void environmentVariableTakePriorityOverSystemProperty() throws IOException {
+    environment.set("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_DRIVER_PATH", driverFile.toString());
+    when(service.getExecutable()).thenReturn(null);
+    when(service.getDriverProperty()).thenReturn("property.ignores.selenium.manager");
+    when(service.getDriverEnvironmentVariable()).thenReturn("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_DRIVER_PATH");
+
+    System.setProperty("property.ignores.selenium.manager", "path");
+
+    Capabilities capabilities = new ImmutableCapabilities("browserName", "chrome");
+    DriverFinder finder = new DriverFinder(service, capabilities);
+
+    assertThat(finder.getDriverPath()).isEqualTo(driverFile.toString());
+    assertThat(finder.getBrowserPath()).isNull();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getExecutable();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverName();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverEnvironmentVariable();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void systemPropertyIsUsedIfEnvironmentVariableIsNotSet() throws IOException {
+    when(service.getExecutable()).thenReturn(null);
+    when(service.getDriverProperty()).thenReturn("property.ignores.selenium.manager");
+    when(service.getDriverEnvironmentVariable())
+        .thenReturn("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_IGNORES_SELENIUM_MANAGER");
+
     System.setProperty("property.ignores.selenium.manager", driverFile.toString());
 
     Capabilities capabilities = new ImmutableCapabilities("browserName", "chrome");
@@ -82,6 +146,7 @@ void systemPropertyIgnoresSeleniumManager() throws IOException {
     assertThat(finder.getBrowserPath()).isNull();
     verify(service, times(1)).getExecutable();
     verify(service, times(1)).getDriverName();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverEnvironmentVariable();
     verify(service, times(1)).getDriverProperty();
   }
 
@@ -89,6 +154,8 @@ void systemPropertyIgnoresSeleniumManager() throws IOException {
   void createsArgumentsForSeleniumManager() throws IOException {
     when(service.getExecutable()).thenReturn(null);
     when(service.getDriverProperty()).thenReturn("property.selenium.manager.empty");
+    when(service.getDriverEnvironmentVariable())
+        .thenReturn("ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE_IGNORES_SELENIUM_MANAGER");
 
     Proxy proxy = new Proxy().setHttpProxy("https://localhost:1234");
     Capabilities capabilities =
@@ -120,6 +187,7 @@ void createsArgumentsForSeleniumManager() throws IOException {
     verify(service, times(1)).getExecutable();
     verify(service, times(1)).getDriverName();
     verify(service, times(1)).getDriverProperty();
+    verify(service, times(1)).getDriverEnvironmentVariable();
     verifyNoMoreInteractions(service);
     verify(seleniumManager, times(1)).getBinaryPaths(arguments);
     verifyNoMoreInteractions(seleniumManager);
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock b/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock
index 98cc3ec434b57..230114aaf7d55 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.Bazel.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "checksum": "4328866a2bfa2153f8c6f066f65ab94f1b037dcd4f169a6f4c6b4e7d243bf750",
+  "checksum": "0c040d68206ee0e1cb8f4b9750fc838ec1c150da4a76a9c387387684712e8168",
   "crates": {
     "addr2line 0.21.0": {
       "name": "addr2line",
@@ -2031,79 +2031,16 @@
               "id": "jobserver 0.1.31",
               "target": "jobserver"
             },
+            {
+              "id": "libc 0.2.168",
+              "target": "libc"
+            },
             {
               "id": "shlex 1.3.0",
               "target": "shlex"
             }
           ],
-          "selects": {
-            "aarch64-apple-darwin": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "aarch64-unknown-nixos-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "i686-unknown-linux-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "s390x-unknown-linux-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "x86_64-apple-darwin": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "x86_64-unknown-freebsd": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ],
-            "x86_64-unknown-nixos-gnu": [
-              {
-                "id": "libc 0.2.168",
-                "target": "libc"
-              }
-            ]
-          }
+          "selects": {}
         },
         "edition": "2018",
         "version": "1.1.30"