diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d14f7eec517c..1541bc59631a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2376,7 +2376,7 @@
             <reportsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/surefire-reports</reportsDirectory>
             <junitxml>.</junitxml>
             <filereports>SparkTestSuite.txt</filereports>
-            <argLine>-ea -Xmx4g -Xss4m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=${CodeCacheSize}</argLine>
+            <argLine>-ea -Xmx4g -Xss4m -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=${CodeCacheSize} -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true</argLine>
             <stderr/>
             <environmentVariables>
               <!--