diff --git a/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/JavaModuleOptions.java b/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/JavaModuleOptions.java
index ec3c030723ce3..feab843804228 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/JavaModuleOptions.java
+++ b/launcher/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/launcher/JavaModuleOptions.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class JavaModuleOptions {
       "-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true",
       "-Dio.netty.allocator.type=pooled",
       "-Dio.netty.handler.ssl.defaultEndpointVerificationAlgorithm=NONE",
-      "-Dio.netty.noUnsafe=false",
+      "--sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow",
       "--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED"};
 
     /**
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dc75eb04eac00..45e44241103c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
       -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true
       -Dio.netty.allocator.type=pooled
       -Dio.netty.handler.ssl.defaultEndpointVerificationAlgorithm=NONE
-      -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=false
+      --sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow
       --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED
       -XX:+EnableDynamicAgentLoading
     </extraJavaTestArgs>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index 5d59e11413275..541960a1f5dfa 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ object TestSettings {
         "-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true",
         "-Dio.netty.allocator.type=pooled",
         "-Dio.netty.handler.ssl.defaultEndpointVerificationAlgorithm=NONE",
-        "-Dio.netty.noUnsafe=false",
+        "--sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow",
         "--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED",
         "-XX:+EnableDynamicAgentLoading").mkString(" ")
       s"-Xmx$heapSize -Xss4m -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=$metaspaceSize -XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=128m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 $extraTestJavaArgs"
diff --git a/sql/connect/bin/spark-connect-scala-client b/sql/connect/bin/spark-connect-scala-client
index 019a42a2ba473..5748a7ec125f0 100755
--- a/sql/connect/bin/spark-connect-scala-client
+++ b/sql/connect/bin/spark-connect-scala-client
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ JVM_ARGS="-XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions \
   -Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true \
   -Dio.netty.allocator.type=pooled \
   -Dio.netty.handler.ssl.defaultEndpointVerificationAlgorithm=NONE \
-  -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=false \
+  --sun-misc-unsafe-memory-access=allow \
   --enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED \
   $SCJVM_ARGS"