diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
index add3d03a0..5c70bc77f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.java-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ tasks {
       if (name.contains("Test")) {
         // serialVersionUI is basically guaranteed to be useless in tests
         compilerArgs.add("-Xlint:-serial")
-        compilerArgs.add("-Xlint:-this-escape")
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/inferred-spans/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/inferredspans/internal/util/AutoConfigTestProperties.java b/inferred-spans/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/inferredspans/internal/util/AutoConfigTestProperties.java
index a9005efdf..bda71cd73 100644
--- a/inferred-spans/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/inferredspans/internal/util/AutoConfigTestProperties.java
+++ b/inferred-spans/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/inferredspans/internal/util/AutoConfigTestProperties.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 public class AutoConfigTestProperties extends TemporaryProperties {
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("this-escape")
   public AutoConfigTestProperties() {
     put("otel.java.global-autoconfigure.enabled", "true");
     put("otel.traces.exporter", "logging");
diff --git a/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/JmxScraperContainer.java b/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/JmxScraperContainer.java
index d1148fc89..c456e401b 100644
--- a/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/JmxScraperContainer.java
+++ b/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/JmxScraperContainer.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public enum ConfigSource {
     ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES;
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("this-escape")
   public JmxScraperContainer(String otlpEndpoint, String baseImage) {
     super(baseImage);
 
diff --git a/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/TestAppContainer.java b/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/TestAppContainer.java
index 7a8655a51..299c6de57 100644
--- a/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/TestAppContainer.java
+++ b/jmx-scraper/src/integrationTest/java/io/opentelemetry/contrib/jmxscraper/TestAppContainer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class TestAppContainer extends GenericContainer<TestAppContainer> {
   private int jmxRmiPort;
   private boolean clientCertificate;
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("this-escape")
   public TestAppContainer() {
     super("openjdk:8u272-jre-slim");