diff --git a/tooling/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle b/tooling/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle
index 7ae39a1e1f..26203ce6a2 100644
--- a/tooling/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle
+++ b/tooling/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle
@@ -106,4 +106,6 @@ processResources.doLast {
 }
 
 processResources.dependsOn processPluginXml
-
+// Use the "old" junit platform for this module as the JUnit platform will do nested class loading
+// which is interfering with the enhancement test, as classes are loaded before enhancement
+test.useJUnit()
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