diff --git a/quarkus/tests/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/it/cli/dist/QuarkusPropertiesDistTest.java b/quarkus/tests/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/it/cli/dist/QuarkusPropertiesDistTest.java
index 536b73808f9..2733a1b63c3 100644
--- a/quarkus/tests/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/it/cli/dist/QuarkusPropertiesDistTest.java
+++ b/quarkus/tests/integration/src/test/java/org/keycloak/it/cli/dist/QuarkusPropertiesDistTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.keycloak.it.junit5.extension.DistributionTest;
 import org.keycloak.it.junit5.extension.DryRun;
 import org.keycloak.it.junit5.extension.KeepServerAlive;
 import org.keycloak.it.junit5.extension.RawDistOnly;
+import org.keycloak.it.junit5.extension.WithEnvVars;
 import org.keycloak.it.utils.KeycloakDistribution;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.when;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-import static org.keycloak.quarkus.runtime.cli.command.AbstractStartCommand.OPTIMIZED_BUILD_OPTION_LONG;
 
 @DistributionTest(reInstall = DistributionTest.ReInstall.NEVER, defaultOptions = "--db=dev-file")
+@WithEnvVars({"KC_CACHE", "local"}) // avoid flakey port conflicts
 @RawDistOnly(reason = "Containers are immutable")
 @Tag(DistributionTest.WIN)
 @TestMethodOrder(OrderAnnotation.class)