diff --git a/cli/pom.xml b/cli/pom.xml
index 9d1975900b..af1c6435c6 100644
--- a/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cli/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 - Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                     <configurationDirectory>plugins/*</configurationDirectory>
                     <includeConfigurationDirectoryInClasspath>true</includeConfigurationDirectoryInClasspath>
                     <unixScriptTemplate>${project.basedir}/src/main/conf/unixBinTemplate</unixScriptTemplate>
+                    <!--
+                       enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED
+                            Java 21+: Needed by Lucene indexes unless we do -Dorg.apache.lucene.store.MMapDirectory.enableMemorySegments=false
+                                      to go back to regular ByteBuffer (non-native) usage.
+                       -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions
+                            Java <21: Allow use of enable-native-access on Java 11 JVMs without errors
+                    -->
+                    <extraJvmArguments>--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions</extraJvmArguments>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>