diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b8ef7c6e28c..3459aed4c16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1342,6 +1342,16 @@
                          to accept the overhead of forking each test run. -->
                     <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                     <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+                    <!-- Make Powermock compatible with JDK 17 -->
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.time=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.time.format=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.util.stream=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>