diff --git a/axon/pom.xml b/axon/pom.xml
index 42e32758ea..5c8f1d7a6c 100644
--- a/axon/pom.xml
+++ b/axon/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
     <properties>
         <axon-bom.version>4.6.3</axon-bom.version>
         <de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.version>3.4.8</de.flapdoodle.embed.mongo.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 011442c5d1..24f100d1db 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -889,7 +889,8 @@
                 <module>asm</module>
                 <module>atomikos</module>
                 <module>atomix</module>
-                <!--            <module>axon</module>--><!-- JAVA-18408 -->
+
+                <module>axon</module>
 
                 <module>bazel</module>
                 <module>code-generation</module>
@@ -1159,7 +1160,8 @@
                 <module>asm</module>
                 <module>atomikos</module>
                 <module>atomix</module>
-                <!--            <module>axon</module>--><!-- JAVA-18408 -->
+
+                <module>axon</module>
 
                 <module>bazel</module>
                 <module>code-generation</module>