diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df67b8c48b..40785577ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1383,6 +1383,40 @@
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java17</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>[17,)</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <argLine>--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <phase>generate-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>add-source</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <sources>
+                    <source>src/main/java-17</source>
+                  </sources>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
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