diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index 991e799a80..b55994df85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ jobs:
         !surefire-its/target/ConsoleOutputIT_*/target/surefire-reports/*-jvmRun*-events.bin
       timeout-minutes: 600
       os-matrix: '[ "ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest", "macos-latest" ]'
+      maven4-enabled: true
+      matrix-exclude: '[
+        { "jdk": "11", "maven": "4" },
+        { "jdk": "8", "maven": "4" }
+      ]'