diff --git a/compiler/test-infrastructure-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/util/KtTestUtil.java b/compiler/test-infrastructure-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/util/KtTestUtil.java
index a38c603329d..eb922fbd489 100644
--- a/compiler/test-infrastructure-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/util/KtTestUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/test-infrastructure-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/util/KtTestUtil.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KtAssert;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TargetBackend;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestMetadata;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -94,16 +95,16 @@ public class KtTestUtil {
              * This clarifies the exception by showing the full path.
              */
             String messageWithFullPath = file.getAbsolutePath() + " (No such file or directory)";
-            throw new RuntimeException(
-                    new IOException(
-                        "Ensure you have your 'Working Directory' configured correctly as the root " +
-                        "Kotlin project directory in your test configuration\n\t" +
-                        messageWithFullPath,
-                        fileNotFoundException
-                    )
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(
+                new IOException(
+                    "Ensure you have your 'Working Directory' configured correctly as the root " +
+                    "Kotlin project directory in your test configuration\n\t" +
+                    messageWithFullPath,
+                    fileNotFoundException
+                )
             );
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/AbstractPseudocodeTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/AbstractPseudocodeTest.java
index c63c8276588..ea2aea771d1 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/AbstractPseudocodeTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/AbstractPseudocodeTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestWithEnvironmentManagement;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPseudocodeTest extends KotlinTestWithEnvironmentMa
         try {
             doTestWithEnvironment(fileName, createEnvironmentWithMockJdk(ConfigurationKind.NO_KOTLIN_REFLECT));
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPseudocodeTest extends KotlinTestWithEnvironmentMa
         try {
             doTestWithEnvironment(fileName, createEnvironmentWithMockJdk(ConfigurationKind.JDK_ONLY));
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
index 9f6e4f125ce..0986eb624e8 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestCase.java
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ public abstract class CodegenTestCase extends KotlinBaseTest<KotlinBaseTest.Test
         try {
             doMultiFileTest(file, testFiles);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/defaultConstructor/AbstractDefaultArgumentsReflectionTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/defaultConstructor/AbstractDefaultArgumentsReflectionTest.java
index ce234f86552..2f6320b39f9 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/defaultConstructor/AbstractDefaultArgumentsReflectionTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/defaultConstructor/AbstractDefaultArgumentsReflectionTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.CodegenTestCase;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDefaultArgumentsReflectionTest extends CodegenTest
             doTestImpl(path);
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/KotlinIntegrationTestBase.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/KotlinIntegrationTestBase.java
index 90c4fca643b..9d69d63282f 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/KotlinIntegrationTestBase.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/integration/KotlinIntegrationTestBase.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.TestCaseWithTmpdir;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.WithMutedInDatabaseRunTest;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.KtTestUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.KotlinPaths;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.PathUtil;
 
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public abstract class KotlinIntegrationTestBase extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         try {
             exitCode = runProcess(commandLine, executionLog);
         } catch (ExecutionException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
 
         if (logName == null) {
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/AbstractLoadJavaTest.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/AbstractLoadJavaTest.java
index 5cfa3aba34e..50162e700ce 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/AbstractLoadJavaTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/compiler/AbstractLoadJavaTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.DescriptorValidator;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.JUnit4Assertions;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.KtTestUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.RecursiveDescriptorComparator.Configuration;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         try {
             doTestCompiledJava(javaFileName, COMPARATOR_CONFIGURATION);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         try {
             doTestCompiledKotlin(ktFileName, ConfigurationKind.ALL, false);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         try {
             doTestCompiledKotlinImpl(ktFileName, configurationKind, useTypeTableInSerializer);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
             doTestJavaAgainstKotlinImpl(expectedFileName);
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         try {
             doTestKotlinAgainstCompiledJavaWithKotlinImpl(expectedFileName);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
             );
         }
         catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
         try {
             fileContent = FileUtil.loadFile(new File(javaFileName));
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
 
         List<File> srcFiles = TestFiles.createTestFiles(
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractLoadJavaTest extends TestCaseWithTmpdir {
                                                                 usePsiClassFilesReading(), useJavacWrapper(), withForeignAnnotations(), explicitLanguageVersionSettings,
                                                                 getExtraClasspath(), this::configureEnvironment);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
index 82be53d66c6..a94e807178c 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/KotlinTestUtils.java
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ public class KotlinTestUtils {
                         try {
                             FileUtil.writeToFile(testDataFile, newText);
                         } catch (IOException ioException) {
-                            throw new RuntimeException(ioException);
+                            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ public class KotlinTestUtils {
                             try {
                                 FileUtil.writeToFile(testDataFile, newText);
                             } catch (IOException e) {
-                                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                                throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
                             }
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/xml/AbstractModuleXmlParserTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/xml/AbstractModuleXmlParserTest.java
index a7f8daddc13..e080ef0802d 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/xml/AbstractModuleXmlParserTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/modules/xml/AbstractModuleXmlParserTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.modules.ModuleChunk;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.modules.ModuleXmlParser;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.modules.Module;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.KotlinTestUtils;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractModuleXmlParserTest extends TestCase {
                 FileUtil.writeToFile(txtFile, actual);
             }
             catch (IOException e) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+                throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
             }
             fail("Expected data file does not exist. A new file created: " + txtFile);
         }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/AbstractParsingTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/AbstractParsingTest.java
index c032ea1f773..cdcf2316dba 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/AbstractParsingTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/parsing/AbstractParsingTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.TestsCompilerError;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.testFramework.KtParsingTestCase;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.util.KtTestUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.ExceptionUtilsKt;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractParsingTest extends KtParsingTestCase {
         try {
             doBaseTestImpl(filePath, fileType, contentFilter);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            throw ExceptionUtilsKt.rethrow(e);
         }
     }