diff --git a/commons-vfs2-hdfs/pom.xml b/commons-vfs2-hdfs/pom.xml
index 8de814faf8..160276bc1c 100644
--- a/commons-vfs2-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/commons-vfs2-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -270,9 +270,17 @@
       <activation>
         <jdk>[23,)</jdk>
       </activation>
-      <properties>
-        <java.security.manager>allow</java.security.manager>
-      </properties>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <argLine>-Djava.security.manager=allow</argLine>
+             </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <activation>