diff --git a/jjb/verify/osam.yaml b/jjb/verify/osam.yaml
index ffa1a02..9f9bf46 100644
--- a/jjb/verify/osam.yaml
+++ b/jjb/verify/osam.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@
     concurrent: true
 
     builders:
+      # NOTE: this env var is only required to fix a bug in the "surefire" dependency:
+      #  https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SUREFIRE-1588
+      #  https://github.com/apache/maven-surefire/pull/197
+      #  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=911925
+      # should be removed as soon as this problem is resolved
+      - inject:
+          properties-content: |
+            _JAVA_OPTIONS=-Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true
+
       - shell: |
           #!/usr/bin/env bash
           set -eux -o pipefail
@@ -90,11 +99,6 @@
       - maven-target:
           goals: "test"
           pom: "pom.xml"
-          # java-opts option is a workaround for:
-          #    Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.maven.surefire.booter.ForkedBooter
-          # solutionfound here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53085816
-          java-opts:
-              - "-Djdk.net.URLClassPath.disableClassPathURLCheck=true"
 
     publishers:
       - postbuildscript: