diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index e2b0c074e7..8a1e97d27c 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ elif [ "$RDBMS" == "postgresql" ] || [ "$RDBMS" == "postgresql_11" ]; then
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == "edb" ] || [ "$RDBMS" == "edb_11" ]; then
   goal="-Pdb=edb_ci -DdbHost=localhost:5444"
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == "oracle" ]; then
-  # I have no idea why, but these tests don't seem to work on CI...
   goal="-Pdb=oracle_ci"
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == "oracle_11_2" ]; then
-  # I have no idea why, but these tests don't seem to work on CI...
-  goal="-Pdb=oracle_legacy_ci -PexcludeTests=**.LockTest.testQueryTimeout*"
+  goal="-Pdb=oracle_legacy_ci
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == "db2" ]; then
   goal="-Pdb=db2_ci"
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == "db2_10_5" ]; then
diff --git a/gradle/java-module.gradle b/gradle/java-module.gradle
index ee7d348385..6ef0534677 100644
--- a/gradle/java-module.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java-module.gradle
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ dependencies {
 	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.mssql
 	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.informix
 	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.cockroachdb
-	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracle
-	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleXml
-	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleXmlParser
 	testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.sybase
 	testRuntimeOnly rootProject.fileTree(dir: 'drivers', include: '*.jar')
 
@@ -124,6 +121,18 @@ dependencies {
 	else if ( db.startsWith( 'firebird' ) ) {
 		testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.firebird
 	}
+	else if ( db.startsWith( 'oracle' ) ) {
+		if ( db.startsWith( 'oracle_legacy' ) ) {
+			testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleLegacy
+			testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleLegacyXml
+			testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleLegacyXmlParser
+		}
+		else {
+			testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracle
+			testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleXml
+			testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracleXmlParser
+		}
+	}
 
 	annotationProcessor libs.loggingProcessor
 	annotationProcessor libs.logging
diff --git a/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle b/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle
index 9e68c8a25b..b5bce3e188 100644
--- a/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-c3p0/hibernate-c3p0.gradle
@@ -16,9 +16,5 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project( ':hibernate-testing' )
     testImplementation libs.validator
     testRuntimeOnly jakartaLibs.el
-
-    if ( db.equalsIgnoreCase( 'oracle' ) ) {
-        testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.oracle
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 17ba4128f6..b36767829f 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             def mssqlVersion = version "mssql", "12.2.0.jre11"
             def mysqlVersion = version "mysql", "8.0.33"
             def oracleVersion = version "oracle", "23.2.0.0"
+            def oracleLegacyVersion = version "oracleLegacy", "11.2.0.4"
             def pgsqlVersion = version "pgsql", "42.6.0"
             def sybaseVersion = version "sybase", "1.3.1"
             def tidbVersion = version "tidb", mysqlVersion
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library( "oracle", "com.oracle.database.jdbc", "ojdbc11" ).versionRef( oracleVersion )
             library( "oracleXml", "com.oracle.database.xml", "xdb" ).versionRef( oracleVersion )
             library( "oracleXmlParser", "com.oracle.database.xml", "xmlparserv2" ).versionRef( oracleVersion )
+            library( "oracleLegacy", "com.oracle.database.jdbc", "ojdbc6" ).versionRef( oracleLegacyVersion )
+            library( "oracleLegacyXml", "com.oracle.database.xml", "xdb6" ).versionRef( oracleLegacyVersion )
+            library( "oracleLegacyXmlParser", "com.oracle.database.xml", "xmlparserv2" ).versionRef( oracleLegacyVersion )
             library( "mssql", "com.microsoft.sqlserver", "mssql-jdbc" ).versionRef( mssqlVersion )
             library( "db2", "com.ibm.db2", "jcc" ).versionRef( db2Version )
             library( "hana", "com.sap.cloud.db.jdbc", "ngdbc" ).versionRef( hanaVersion )