diff --git a/cliv2/cmd/cliv2/main.go b/cliv2/cmd/cliv2/main.go
index 12028bcc67..ba3e3d0a23 100644
--- a/cliv2/cmd/cliv2/main.go
+++ b/cliv2/cmd/cliv2/main.go
@@ -310,6 +310,10 @@ func runCodeTestCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// ensure legacy behavior, where sarif and json can be used interchangeably
 	globalConfiguration.AddAlternativeKeys(output_workflow.OUTPUT_CONFIG_KEY_SARIF, []string{output_workflow.OUTPUT_CONFIG_KEY_JSON})
 	globalConfiguration.AddAlternativeKeys(output_workflow.OUTPUT_CONFIG_KEY_SARIF_FILE, []string{output_workflow.OUTPUT_CONFIG_KEY_JSON_FILE})
+
+	// ensure legacy behavior, where sarif files with no findings are not written
+	globalConfiguration.Set(output_workflow.OUTPUT_CONFIG_WRITE_EMPTY_FILE, false)
+
 	return runCommand(cmd, args)
 }
 
diff --git a/cliv2/go.mod b/cliv2/go.mod
index 5822024e73..6761a78157 100644
--- a/cliv2/go.mod
+++ b/cliv2/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/snyk/cli-extension-sbom v0.0.0-20241016065306-0df2be5b3b8f
 	github.com/snyk/container-cli v0.0.0-20240821111304-7ca1c415a5d7
 	github.com/snyk/error-catalog-golang-public v0.0.0-20250121101159-e6a61b2bfae6
-	github.com/snyk/go-application-framework v0.0.0-20250205081247-7a253efc2b0c
+	github.com/snyk/go-application-framework v0.0.0-20250210203133-5b0f3252d77d
 	github.com/snyk/go-httpauth v0.0.0-20240307114523-1f5ea3f55c65
 	github.com/snyk/snyk-iac-capture v0.6.5
 	github.com/snyk/snyk-ls v0.0.0-20250211120001-7122ee6defea
diff --git a/cliv2/go.sum b/cliv2/go.sum
index dad771f7ec..9b7dbff460 100644
--- a/cliv2/go.sum
+++ b/cliv2/go.sum
@@ -778,8 +778,8 @@ github.com/snyk/container-cli v0.0.0-20240821111304-7ca1c415a5d7 h1:Zn5BcV76oFAb
 github.com/snyk/container-cli v0.0.0-20240821111304-7ca1c415a5d7/go.mod h1:38w+dcAQp9eG3P5t2eNS9eG0reut10AeJjLv5lJ5lpM=
 github.com/snyk/error-catalog-golang-public v0.0.0-20250121101159-e6a61b2bfae6 h1:qY954YMn/7TaapgatD1bn4hfGQSmu56W6EgS2m8c++I=
 github.com/snyk/error-catalog-golang-public v0.0.0-20250121101159-e6a61b2bfae6/go.mod h1:Ytttq7Pw4vOCu9NtRQaOeDU2dhBYUyNBe6kX4+nIIQ4=
-github.com/snyk/go-application-framework v0.0.0-20250205081247-7a253efc2b0c h1:FAZ18Wx6iqz0w5N1CfEFq4sjL5MiMbjaCQX7ogFwDfw=
-github.com/snyk/go-application-framework v0.0.0-20250205081247-7a253efc2b0c/go.mod h1:ag3sCoHGCn534oDAnAXLcjZEZljW3oMOfKCzpmFX060=
+github.com/snyk/go-application-framework v0.0.0-20250210203133-5b0f3252d77d h1:Qhe0N1em8naODCCTXU12UHC4Te9FgwYAS32pzyRIAi8=
+github.com/snyk/go-application-framework v0.0.0-20250210203133-5b0f3252d77d/go.mod h1:ag3sCoHGCn534oDAnAXLcjZEZljW3oMOfKCzpmFX060=
 github.com/snyk/go-httpauth v0.0.0-20240307114523-1f5ea3f55c65 h1:CEQuYv0Go6MEyRCD3YjLYM2u3Oxkx8GpCpFBd4rUTUk=
 github.com/snyk/go-httpauth v0.0.0-20240307114523-1f5ea3f55c65/go.mod h1:88KbbvGYlmLgee4OcQ19yr0bNpXpOr2kciOthaSzCAg=
 github.com/snyk/policy-engine v0.33.0 h1:nXH4LEVrYbEuSEq4RJBObRY2fduaXiovAJt3Kni1baY=
diff --git a/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts b/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
index aa708962b1..4bdd783a29 100644
--- a/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/acceptance/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
@@ -107,12 +107,6 @@ describe('test --json-file-output', () => {
 
     const { code } = await runSnykCLI(
       `code test --json-file-output=${outputFilename} ${project.path()}`,
-      {
-        env: {
-          ...process.env,
-          INTERNAL_SNYK_CODE_IGNORES_ENABLED: 'false', // remove when CLI-711 is implemented
-        },
-      },
     );
 
     const fileExists = fs.existsSync(outputFilename);