diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b11741a1ada..ffc9416beb1 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionSha256Sum=16f2b95838c1ddcf7242b1c39e7bbbb43c842f1f1a1a0dc4959b6d4d68abcac3
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.2.0-all.zip
+distributionSha256Sum=708d2c6ecc97ca9a11838ef64a6c2301151b8dd10387e22dc1a12c30557cab5b
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.1-all.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/integ-test/build.gradle b/integ-test/build.gradle
index b914cb0cbe0..4bd9a9847ca 100644
--- a/integ-test/build.gradle
+++ b/integ-test/build.gradle
@@ -546,6 +546,35 @@ integTest {
     // Exclude this IT, because they executed in another task (:integTestWithSecurity)
     exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/security/**'
 
+    // Workaround for Gradle 9.4.1 bug: TestEventReporterAsListener crashes with ClassCastException
+    // when encountering class-level @Ignore annotations. These classes were already skipped by JUnit;
+    // this moves the skip to the Gradle layer to avoid the buggy bridge.
+    // Remove once Gradle ships a fix (not fixed as of 9.5.0).
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalciteInformationSchemaCommandIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalciteJsonFunctionsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalcitePrometheusDataSourceCommandsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalciteShowDataSourcesCommandIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/AggregationIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/DateFormatIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/DateFunctionsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/HashJoinIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/HavingIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/JoinIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/JSONRequestIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/MathFunctionsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/MetricsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/MultiQueryIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/NestedFieldQueryIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/PreparedStatementIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/QueryFunctionsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/QueryIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/ShowIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/SourceFieldIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/SQLFunctionsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/legacy/SubqueryIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/ppl/JsonFunctionsIT.class'
+    exclude 'org/opensearch/sql/sql/ExpressionIT.class'
+
     finalizedBy 'printIntegTestPaths'
 }
 
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteNoPushdownIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteNoPushdownIT.java
index 29c2ffd582f..206ee52fcae 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteNoPushdownIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteNoPushdownIT.java
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@
   CalciteGeoIpFunctionsIT.class,
   CalciteGeoPointFormatsIT.class,
   CalciteHeadCommandIT.class,
-  CalciteInformationSchemaCommandIT.class,
   CalciteIPComparisonIT.class,
   CalciteIPFunctionsIT.class,
-  CalciteJsonFunctionsIT.class,
   CalciteLegacyAPICompatibilityIT.class,
   CalciteLikeQueryIT.class,
   CalciteMathematicalFunctionIT.class,
@@ -90,7 +88,6 @@
   CalcitePPLSortIT.class,
   CalcitePPLStringBuiltinFunctionIT.class,
   CalcitePPLTrendlineIT.class,
-  CalcitePrometheusDataSourceCommandsIT.class,
   CalciteQueryAnalysisIT.class,
   CalciteRareCommandIT.class,
   CalciteRegexCommandIT.class,
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@
   CalciteResourceMonitorIT.class,
   CalciteSearchCommandIT.class,
   CalciteSettingsIT.class,
-  CalciteShowDataSourcesCommandIT.class,
   CalciteSortCommandIT.class,
   CalciteStatsCommandIT.class,
   CalciteSystemFunctionIT.class,