diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index b47ad4ad8..bf6dca8d3 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>--enable-preview @{argLine}</argLine>
                     <forkCount>1</forkCount>
                     <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
                     <includes>
@@ -910,6 +911,7 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
+                            <additionalJOptions>--enable-preview</additionalJOptions>
                             <release>21</release>
                             <doctitle>${javadoc.name}</doctitle>
                             <windowtitle>${javadoc.name}</windowtitle>
@@ -918,6 +920,7 @@
                             <detectOfflineLinks>false</detectOfflineLinks>
                             <!--                    <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>-->
                             <additionalOptions>
+
                                 <additionalOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOption>
                             </additionalOptions>
                             <!--                    <additionalJOption>-Xdoclint:none</additionalJOption>-->
diff --git a/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/pom.xml b/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/pom.xml
index 1db09de7b..4e18f7527 100644
--- a/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-engine/nb-engine-core/pom.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                         <configuration>
+                            <argLine>--enable-preview @{argLine}</argLine>
                             <groups>perf</groups>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
diff --git a/nb-virtdata/pom.xml b/nb-virtdata/pom.xml
index 4dfc1e347..f4e201222 100644
--- a/nb-virtdata/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-virtdata/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>--enable-preview @{argLine}</argLine>
                     <additionalClasspathElements>
                         <additionalClasspathElement>${project.basedir}/target/virtdata-userlibs-${project.version}.jar
                         </additionalClasspathElement>
diff --git a/nb5-proof/pom.xml b/nb5-proof/pom.xml
index 101f582e2..f22f81ff6 100644
--- a/nb5-proof/pom.xml
+++ b/nb5-proof/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
             <configuration>
+                <argLine>--enable-preview @{argLine}</argLine>
               <forkCount>1</forkCount>
               <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
               <includes>
diff --git a/nbr-demos/pom.xml b/nbr-demos/pom.xml
index 272924414..26168d8b3 100644
--- a/nbr-demos/pom.xml
+++ b/nbr-demos/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
+                    <argLine>--enable-preview @{argLine}</argLine>
                     <parallel>methods</parallel>
                     <!--                    <additionalClasspathElements>-->
                     <!--                        <additionalClasspathElement>${project.basedir}/target/virtdata-userlibs-${project.version}.jar-->
diff --git a/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java b/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java
index 334b6ef06..58bb0a002 100644
--- a/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/nbr/src/test/java/io/nosqlbench/cli/testing/ExitStatusIntegrationTests.java
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ class ExitStatusIntegrationTests {
 
     private final static String JARNAME = "target/nbr.jar";
 
+
     @Test
     void testExitStatusOnBadParam() {
         ProcessInvoker invoker = new ProcessInvoker();
         invoker.setLogDir("logs/test");
         ProcessResult result = invoker.run("exitstatus_badparam", 15,
-                java, "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/badparam/",
+                java, "--enable-preview", "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/badparam/",
                 "badparam"
         );
         assertThat(result.exception).isNull();
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ class ExitStatusIntegrationTests {
         ProcessInvoker invoker = new ProcessInvoker();
         invoker.setLogDir("logs/test");
         ProcessResult result = invoker.run("exitstatus_initexception", 15,
-                java, "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/initerror", "run",
+                java, "--enable-preview", "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/initerror", "run",
                 "driver=diag", "op=initdelay:initdelay=notanumber"
         );
         assertThat(result.exception).isNull();
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ class ExitStatusIntegrationTests {
 
         // Forcing a thread exception via basic command issue.
         ProcessResult result = invoker.run("exitstatus_threadexception", 30,
-                "java", "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/threadexcep", "--logs-level", "debug", "run",
+                "java", "--enable-preview", "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/threadexcep", "--logs-level",
+            "debug", "run",
                 "driver=diag", "cyclerate=10", "not_a_thing", "cycles=100", "-vvv"
         );
         String stdout = String.join("\n", result.getStdoutData());
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ class ExitStatusIntegrationTests {
         ProcessInvoker invoker = new ProcessInvoker();
         invoker.setLogDir("logs/test");
         ProcessResult result = invoker.run("exitstatus_asyncstoprequest", 60,
-                "java", "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/asyncstop", "--logs-level", "debug", "run",
+                "java", "--enable-preview", "-jar", JARNAME, "--logs-dir", "logs/test/asyncstop", "--logs-level", "debug", "run",
                 "driver=diag", "threads=2", "cyclerate=10", "op=erroroncycle:erroroncycle=10", "cycles=50", "-vvv"
         );
         assertThat(result.exception).isNull();