diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f8ba8a8a06f29..43a954b016488 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ subprojects {
 
   test {
     maxParallelForks = userMaxForks ?: Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors()
+    ignoreFailures = userIgnoreFailures
 
     minHeapSize = "256m"
     maxHeapSize = "2048m"
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManagerTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManagerTest.scala
index 225628177512e..c38c7778fe365 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManagerTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/coordinator/group/GroupMetadataManagerTest.scala
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.kafka.common.requests.ProduceResponse.PartitionResponse
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils
 import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException
 import org.easymock.{Capture, EasyMock, IAnswer}
-import org.junit.Assert.{assertEquals, assertFalse, assertNull, assertTrue, assertThrows}
+import org.junit.Assert.{assertEquals, assertFalse, assertNull, assertTrue}
 import org.junit.{Before, Test}
 import org.scalatest.Assertions.fail
 
@@ -912,9 +912,13 @@ class GroupMetadataManagerTest {
     // reset the position to the starting position 0 so that it can read the data in correct order
     groupMetadataRecordValue.position(0)
 
-    val e = assertThrows(classOf[KafkaException],
-      () => GroupMetadataManager.readGroupMessageValue(groupId, groupMetadataRecordValue, time))
-    assertEquals(s"Unknown group metadata version ${unsupportedVersion}", e.getMessage)
+    try {
+      GroupMetadataManager.readGroupMessageValue(groupId, groupMetadataRecordValue, time)
+      fail("Expected KafkaException here")
+    } catch {
+      case e: KafkaException => assertEquals(s"Unknown group metadata version ${unsupportedVersion}", e.getMessage)
+      case _ => fail("Expected KafkaException here")
+    }
   }
 
   @Test