diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 0dee92979d..04895afd01 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ tasks.named<RatTask>("rat").configure {
 
   excludes.add("logs/**")
   excludes.add("service/common/src/**/banner.txt")
-  excludes.add("quarkus/service/logs")
 
   excludes.add("site/node_modules/**")
   excludes.add("site/layouts/robots.txt")
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisSparkIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisSparkIntegrationTest.java
index dc7c45ac05..2a76f118e0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisSparkIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/it/test/PolarisSparkIntegrationTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.Entity;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 @ExtendWith(PolarisIntegrationTestExtension.class)
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ public class PolarisSparkIntegrationTest {
   private String catalogName;
   private String externalCatalogName;
 
+  @TempDir public Path warehouseDir;
+
   @BeforeAll
   public static void setup() throws IOException {
     s3Container.start();
@@ -183,6 +187,7 @@ private SparkSession.Builder withCatalog(SparkSession.Builder builder, String ca
         .config(
             String.format("spark.sql.catalog.%s", catalogName),
             "org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkCatalog")
+        .config("spark.sql.warehouse.dir", warehouseDir.toString())
         .config(String.format("spark.sql.catalog.%s.type", catalogName), "rest")
         .config(
             String.format("spark.sql.catalog.%s.uri", catalogName),
diff --git a/quarkus/service/build.gradle.kts b/quarkus/service/build.gradle.kts
index 669e54c570..7b9b177ec9 100644
--- a/quarkus/service/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/quarkus/service/build.gradle.kts
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ dependencies {
 
 tasks.withType(Test::class.java).configureEach {
   systemProperty("java.util.logging.manager", "org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager")
-  addSparkJvmOptions()
   if (System.getenv("AWS_REGION") == null) {
     environment("AWS_REGION", "us-west-2")
   }
@@ -160,7 +159,22 @@ tasks.withType(Test::class.java).configureEach {
 
 tasks.named<Test>("test").configure { maxParallelForks = 4 }
 
-tasks.named<Test>("intTest").configure { maxParallelForks = 1 }
+tasks.named<Test>("intTest").configure {
+  maxParallelForks = 1
+  val logsDir = project.layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile.resolve("logs")
+  // delete files from previous runs
+  doFirst {
+    // delete log files written by Polaris
+    logsDir.deleteRecursively()
+    // delete quarkus.log file (captured Polaris stdout/stderr)
+    project.layout.buildDirectory.get().asFile.resolve("quarkus.log").delete()
+  }
+  // This property is not honored in a per-profile application.properties file,
+  // so we need to set it here.
+  systemProperty("quarkus.log.file.path", logsDir.resolve("polaris.log").absolutePath)
+  // For Spark integration tests
+  addSparkJvmOptions()
+}
 
 /**
  * Adds the JPMS options required for Spark to run on Java 17, taken from the