diff --git a/.mise/lib/jmx_exporter_compat.py b/.mise/lib/jmx_exporter_compat.py
index 600c9578c7..8a7b54a033 100755
--- a/.mise/lib/jmx_exporter_compat.py
+++ b/.mise/lib/jmx_exporter_compat.py
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ def run_maven_test(
         prom_version = get_prom_version()
     # Build the full reactor (including the integration_test_suite) the same way
     # run-quick-test.sh does, but against our locally installed io.prometheus
-    # artifacts. The pinned distribution env vars keep this to the quick (single
-    # cell) matrix rather than the full smoke-test matrix.
+    # artifacts. This PR check intentionally runs only one representative smoke
+    # test; the pinned distribution env vars also keep it to a single matrix cell.
     env = {**os.environ, **quick_test_images(jmx_exporter_dir)}
     cmd = [
         "./mvnw",
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ def run_maven_test(
         "clean",
         "install",
         f"-Dprometheus.metrics.version={prom_version}",
+        "-Dparamixel.match.class.regex=io.prometheus.jmx.test.core.BasicTest",
         f"-Dparamixel.parallelism={os.cpu_count() or 1}",
         "-Djacoco.skip=true",
     ]
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 3df59dc0af..ad8ee00f63 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ run = "./mvnw install -DskipTests -Dcoverage.skip=true"
 
 [tasks.native-test]
 description = "Run GraalVM native tests"
-depends = "build"
 tools.java = "oracle-graalvm-25"
 # Native Test uses Surefire, so explicitly select the Failsafe-named test class.
 run = '''
+./mvnw -pl integration-tests/it-spring-boot-smoke-test -am install -DskipTests -Dcoverage.skip=true
 cd "$MISE_CONFIG_ROOT/integration-tests/it-spring-boot-smoke-test"
 "$MISE_CONFIG_ROOT/mvnw" test -PnativeTest -Dtest=ApplicationIT
 '''