How to only perform a subset of gradle tasks during test. Spring Boot

building a Spring Boot API with a javascript frontend.

I have a task that builds my javascript so that it can deploy alongside the API, but it takes a minute or two and I don't want to do it under test.

Wondering if there are any best practices for how to do this before I start rolling my own or digging into the nuts and bolts of gradle and the tasks that depend on gradle test