diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java
index 3d27386246c..5667053d914 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/client/SearchIT.java
@@ -440,8 +440,10 @@ public class SearchIT extends ESRestHighLevelClientTestCase {
         } finally {
             ClearScrollRequest clearScrollRequest = new ClearScrollRequest();
             clearScrollRequest.addScrollId(searchResponse.getScrollId());
-            ClearScrollResponse clearScrollResponse = execute(clearScrollRequest, highLevelClient()::clearScroll,
-                    highLevelClient()::clearScrollAsync);
+            ClearScrollResponse clearScrollResponse = execute(clearScrollRequest,
+                    // Not using a method reference to work around https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=517951
+                    (request, headers) -> highLevelClient().clearScroll(request, headers),
+                    (request, listener, headers) -> highLevelClient().clearScrollAsync(request, listener, headers));
             assertThat(clearScrollResponse.getNumFreed(), greaterThan(0));
             assertTrue(clearScrollResponse.isSucceeded());