diff --git a/qa/sql/build.gradle b/qa/sql/build.gradle
index d1c64477458..5619df3e65c 100644
--- a/qa/sql/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/sql/build.gradle
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ subprojects {
       finalizedBy cliFixture.stopTask
     }
 
-    task run(type: RunTask) {
+    task runqa(type: RunTask) {
       distribution = 'zip'
       plugin project(':x-pack-elasticsearch:plugin').path
       setting 'xpack.monitoring.enabled', 'false'
@@ -170,6 +170,6 @@ subprojects {
       setting 'script.max_compilations_rate', '1000/1m'
       dependsOn cliFixture
     }
-    run.finalizedBy cliFixture.stopTask
+    runqa.finalizedBy cliFixture.stopTask
   }
 }
diff --git a/qa/sql/no-security/build.gradle b/qa/sql/no-security/build.gradle
index e1351ae803b..36afcaab226 100644
--- a/qa/sql/no-security/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/sql/no-security/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ integTestCluster {
   setting 'xpack.security.enabled', 'false'
 }
 
-run {
+runqa {
   setting 'xpack.security.enabled', 'false'
 }
diff --git a/qa/sql/security/build.gradle b/qa/sql/security/build.gradle
index 7cc6b3f6d7e..c3c842b61d2 100644
--- a/qa/sql/security/build.gradle
+++ b/qa/sql/security/build.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ subprojects {
         "${ -> integTest.nodes[0].homeDir}/logs/${ -> integTest.nodes[0].clusterName }_access.log"
   }
 
-  run {
+  runqa {
     // Setup auditing so we can use it in some tests
     setting 'xpack.security.audit.enabled', 'true'
     setting 'xpack.security.audit.outputs', 'logfile'
diff --git a/sql/cli/build.gradle b/sql/cli/build.gradle
index 497bd9bf534..e3e7d62228a 100644
--- a/sql/cli/build.gradle
+++ b/sql/cli/build.gradle
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ thirdPartyAudit.excludes = [
   'org.mozilla.universalchardet.UniversalDetector'
 ]
 
-task run {
+task runcli {
   description = 'Run the CLI and connect to elasticsearch running on 9200'
   dependsOn 'assemble'
   doLast {
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ test {
   classpath -= configurations.runtime
   classpath += jar.outputs.files
   dependsOn jar
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}