diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/KafkaAssertjConfiguration.java b/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/KafkaAssertjConfiguration.java
index 5c4577498..26d080484 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/KafkaAssertjConfiguration.java
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/KafkaAssertjConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 /** Configuration for AssertJ that shows full stack traces for unmatched exceptions. */
 public class KafkaAssertjConfiguration extends Configuration {
     public KafkaAssertjConfiguration() {
+        // in case of an assertion error, show the full stack trace
+        // for green builds, this is not changing anything
         setMaxStackTraceElementsDisplayed(10000);
     }
 }
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/table/KafkaTableITCase.java b/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/table/KafkaTableITCase.java
index 7fc0bba85..acd0550e4 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/table/KafkaTableITCase.java
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/table/KafkaTableITCase.java
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 import org.apache.flink.configuration.CoreOptions;
 import org.apache.flink.core.execution.JobClient;
 import org.apache.flink.core.execution.SavepointFormatType;
-import org.apache.flink.core.testutils.FlinkAssertions;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.jobgraph.SavepointConfigOptions;
+import org.apache.flink.runtime.messages.FlinkJobTerminatedWithoutCancellationException;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.datastream.DataStream;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.environment.StreamExecutionEnvironment;
 import org.apache.flink.streaming.api.functions.sink.SinkFunction;
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.NoOffsetForPartitionException;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.OffsetAndMetadata;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.UnknownTopicOrPartitionException;
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
+import org.assertj.core.api.ThrowingConsumer;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
 import static org.apache.flink.core.testutils.CommonTestUtils.waitUtil;
+import static org.apache.flink.core.testutils.FlinkAssertions.anyCauseMatches;
 import static org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.table.KafkaTableTestUtils.collectAllRows;
 import static org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.table.KafkaTableTestUtils.collectRows;
 import static org.apache.flink.streaming.connectors.kafka.table.KafkaTableTestUtils.readLines;
@@ -1318,7 +1321,7 @@ public void testStartFromGroupOffsetsEarliest() throws Exception {
     @Test
     public void testStartFromGroupOffsetsNone() {
         Assertions.assertThatThrownBy(() -> testStartFromGroupOffsetsWithNoneResetStrategy())
-                .satisfies(FlinkAssertions.anyCauseMatches(NoOffsetForPartitionException.class));
+                .satisfies(anyCauseMatches(NoOffsetForPartitionException.class));
     }
 
     private List<String> appendNewData(
@@ -1513,20 +1516,31 @@ private static boolean isCausedByJobFinished(Throwable e) {
     }
 
     private void cleanupTopic(String topic) {
-        ignoreExceptions(() -> deleteTestTopic(topic));
+        ignoreExceptions(
+                () -> deleteTestTopic(topic),
+                anyCauseMatches(UnknownTopicOrPartitionException.class));
     }
 
-    private static void ignoreExceptions(RunnableWithException e) {
-        try {
-            e.run();
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            // ignore
+    private static void cancelJob(TableResult tableResult) {
+        if (tableResult != null && tableResult.getJobClient().isPresent()) {
+            ignoreExceptions(
+                    () -> tableResult.getJobClient().get().cancel().get(),
+                    anyCauseMatches(FlinkJobTerminatedWithoutCancellationException.class),
+                    anyCauseMatches(
+                            "MiniCluster is not yet running or has already been shut down."));
         }
     }
 
-    private static void cancelJob(TableResult tableResult) {
-        if (tableResult != null) {
-            ignoreExceptions(() -> tableResult.getJobClient().ifPresent(JobClient::cancel));
+    @SafeVarargs
+    private static void ignoreExceptions(
+            RunnableWithException runnable, ThrowingConsumer<? super Throwable>... ignoreIf) {
+        try {
+            runnable.run();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+            // check if the exception is one of the ignored ones
+            assertThat(ex).satisfiesAnyOf(ignoreIf);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/testutils/TypeSerializerMatchers.java b/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/testutils/TypeSerializerMatchers.java
index 08eef897b..0815e2990 100644
--- a/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/testutils/TypeSerializerMatchers.java
+++ b/flink-connector-kafka/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/streaming/connectors/kafka/testutils/TypeSerializerMatchers.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * A Collection of useful {@link Matcher}s for {@link TypeSerializer} and {@link
  * TypeSerializerSchemaCompatibility}.
  *
- * <p>Note copied from Flink 1.18. Remove when we drop 1.18 support.
+ * <p>Note copied from Flink 1.19. Remove when we drop 1.19 support.
  */
 public final class TypeSerializerMatchers {