diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index 3843958f0f3e..8298eacff4d2 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     def httpclient_version = "4.5.13"
     def httpcore_version = "4.4.14"
     def iceberg_bqms_catalog_version = "1.6.1-1.0.1"
-    def jackson_version = "2.18.6"
+    def jackson_version = "2.18.8"
     def jaxb_api_version = "2.3.3"
     def jsr305_version = "3.0.2"
     def everit_json_version = "1.14.2"
diff --git a/sdks/java/container/license_scripts/dep_urls_java.yaml b/sdks/java/container/license_scripts/dep_urls_java.yaml
index ec43ccf130c2..25e438f78541 100644
--- a/sdks/java/container/license_scripts/dep_urls_java.yaml
+++ b/sdks/java/container/license_scripts/dep_urls_java.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ xz:
   '1.5': # The original repo is down. This license is taken from https://tukaani.org/xz/java.html.
     license: "file://{}/xz/COPYING"
 jackson-bom:
-  '2.18.6':
+  '2.18.8':
     license: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FasterXML/jackson-bom/master/LICENSE"
     type: "Apache License 2.0"
 org.eclipse.jgit:
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/hadoop-format/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/hadoop-format/build.gradle
index 73fc44a0f311..83dfcf22d86d 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/hadoop-format/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/hadoop-format/build.gradle
@@ -202,3 +202,24 @@ static def createTaskNames(Map<String, String> hadoopVersions, String suffix) {
       .map{num -> "runHadoopFormatIO$num$suffix"}
       .collect(Collectors.toList())
 }
+
+def testJavaVer = project.findProperty('testJavaVersion') ?: JavaVersion.current().getMajorVersion()
+def isJava17OrHigher = testJavaVer.toInteger() >= 17
+
+tasks.withType(Test).configureEach {
+  if (isJava17OrHigher) {
+    systemProperty 'java.security.manager', 'allow'
+  }
+  // Open and export modules for embedded Cassandra and Elasticsearch under Java 17+
+  jvmArgs '--add-exports=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-exports=java.rmi/sun.rmi.registry=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-exports=java.base/jdk.internal.misc=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED',
+          '--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED'
+}