diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/multi_node/EsqlSpecIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/multi_node/EsqlSpecIT.java
index 427f6460005fd..5ac5e06fc38f1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/multi_node/EsqlSpecIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/multi-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/multi_node/EsqlSpecIT.java
@@ -13,15 +13,11 @@
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 public class EsqlSpecIT extends EsqlSpecTestCase {
     @ClassRule
     public static ElasticsearchCluster cluster = Clusters.testCluster(spec -> {
-        spec.plugin("inference-service-test");
-        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : LOGGING_CLUSTER_SETTINGS.entrySet()) {
-            spec.setting(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
-        }
+        spec.plugin("inference-service-test").settings(nodeSpec -> LOGGING_CLUSTER_SETTINGS);
     });
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/Clusters.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/Clusters.java
index 9a476d23fccdc..cca5138c8d403 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/Clusters.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/Clusters.java
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.ElasticsearchCluster;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.local.LocalClusterConfigProvider;
-import org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.local.LocalClusterSpecBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.cluster.local.distribution.DistributionType;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.qa.rest.EsqlSpecTestCase;
-
-import java.util.Map;
 
 public class Clusters {
 
@@ -30,10 +26,4 @@ public static ElasticsearchCluster testCluster(LocalClusterConfigProvider config
             .apply(() -> configProvider)
             .build();
     }
-
-    public static void addAdditionalLoggingSettings(LocalClusterSpecBuilder<?> spec) {
-        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : EsqlSpecTestCase.LOGGING_CLUSTER_SETTINGS.entrySet()) {
-            spec.setting(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlSpecIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlSpecIT.java
index 0bf8e4583a02e..c0f413317e9ae 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlSpecIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/EsqlSpecIT.java
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
 public class EsqlSpecIT extends EsqlSpecTestCase {
     @ClassRule
     public static ElasticsearchCluster cluster = Clusters.testCluster(spec -> {
-        spec.plugin("inference-service-test").setting("logger." + ComputeService.class.getName(), "DEBUG"); // So we log a profile
-        Clusters.addAdditionalLoggingSettings(spec);
+        spec.plugin("inference-service-test")
+            .setting("logger." + ComputeService.class.getName(), "DEBUG") // So we log a profile
+            .settings(nodeSpec -> LOGGING_CLUSTER_SETTINGS);
     });
 
     public EsqlSpecIT(String fileName, String groupName, String testName, Integer lineNumber, CsvTestCase testCase, String instructions) {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/GenerativeForkIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/GenerativeForkIT.java
index 83c6ab2aea877..b84636aeac4ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/GenerativeForkIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/qa/server/single-node/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/qa/single_node/GenerativeForkIT.java
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 public class GenerativeForkIT extends GenerativeForkRestTest {
     @ClassRule
     public static ElasticsearchCluster cluster = Clusters.testCluster(spec -> {
-        spec.plugin("inference-service-test");
-        Clusters.addAdditionalLoggingSettings(spec);
+        spec.plugin("inference-service-test").settings(nodeSpec -> LOGGING_CLUSTER_SETTINGS);
     });
 
     @Override