diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java
index de967e41762f..82642af49b05 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/architecture/ArchitectureCheck.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import com.tngtech.archunit.lang.ArchRule;
 import com.tngtech.archunit.lang.EvaluationResult;
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
-import org.gradle.api.GradleException;
 import org.gradle.api.Task;
 import org.gradle.api.Transformer;
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty;
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SkipWhenEmpty;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.VerificationException;
 
 /**
  * {@link Task} that checks for architecture problems.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void checkArchitecture() throws IOException {
 		File outputFile = getOutputDirectory().file("failure-report.txt").get().getAsFile();
 		writeViolationReport(violations, outputFile);
 		if (!violations.isEmpty()) {
-			throw new GradleException("Architecture check failed. See '" + outputFile + "' for details.");
+			throw new VerificationException("Architecture check failed. See '" + outputFile + "' for details.");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/CheckBom.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/CheckBom.java
index 585fd149fb05..2f635e985079 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/CheckBom.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/bom/CheckBom.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.Restriction;
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.versioning.VersionRange;
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
-import org.gradle.api.GradleException;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ConfigurationContainer;
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler;
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFile;
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitive;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.VerificationException;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.build.bom.Library.Group;
 import org.springframework.boot.build.bom.Library.ImportedBom;
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void checkBom() {
 			System.out.println();
 			errors.forEach(System.out::println);
 			System.out.println();
-			throw new GradleException("Bom check failed. See previous output for details.");
+			throw new VerificationException("Bom check failed. See previous output for details.");
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckAdditionalSpringConfigurationMetadata.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckAdditionalSpringConfigurationMetadata.java
index 8405dc445f08..68aa2c07823c 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckAdditionalSpringConfigurationMetadata.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckAdditionalSpringConfigurationMetadata.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.gradle.api.GradleException;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileTree;
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceTask;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.VerificationException;
 
 /**
  * {@link SourceTask} that checks additional Spring configuration metadata files.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void check() throws JsonParseException, IOException {
 		File reportFile = getReportLocation().get().getAsFile();
 		Files.write(reportFile.toPath(), report, StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING);
 		if (report.hasProblems()) {
-			throw new GradleException(
+			throw new VerificationException(
 					"Problems found in additional Spring configuration metadata. See " + reportFile + " for details.");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckSpringConfigurationMetadata.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckSpringConfigurationMetadata.java
index f1bff685cd86..0415267ee332 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckSpringConfigurationMetadata.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/context/properties/CheckSpringConfigurationMetadata.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
-import org.gradle.api.GradleException;
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceTask;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.VerificationException;
 
 /**
  * {@link SourceTask} that checks {@code spring-configuration-metadata.json} files.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void check() throws JsonParseException, IOException {
 		File reportFile = getReportLocation().get().getAsFile();
 		Files.write(reportFile.toPath(), report, StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING);
 		if (report.hasProblems()) {
-			throw new GradleException(
+			throw new VerificationException(
 					"Problems found in Spring configuration metadata. See " + reportFile + " for details.");
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/springframework/CheckFactoriesFile.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/springframework/CheckFactoriesFile.java
index 9c4227fd1b5c..770c89534c40 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/springframework/CheckFactoriesFile.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/springframework/CheckFactoriesFile.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
-import org.gradle.api.GradleException;
 import org.gradle.api.Task;
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection;
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.PathSensitivity;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SkipWhenEmpty;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.VerificationException;
 import org.gradle.language.base.plugins.LifecycleBasePlugin;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ private void check(File factoriesFile) {
 		File outputFile = getOutputDirectory().file("failure-report.txt").get().getAsFile();
 		writeReport(factoriesFile, problems, outputFile);
 		if (!problems.isEmpty()) {
-			throw new GradleException("%s check failed. See '%s' for details".formatted(this.path, outputFile));
+			throw new VerificationException("%s check failed. See '%s' for details".formatted(this.path, outputFile));
 		}
 	}