diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PreCommit_Java_IOs_Direct.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PreCommit_Java_IOs_Direct.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5abe02fc09c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PreCommit_Java_IOs_Direct.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run.",
+  "modification": 1
+}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
index d699f9efab94..cf5979dd176b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/org/apache/beam/gradle/BeamModulePlugin.groovy
@@ -1021,7 +1021,9 @@ class BeamModulePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
       }
       options.fork = true
       options.forkOptions.javaHome = javaVerHome as File
-      if (ver == '17') {
+      if (ver == '11') {
+        // No additional options needed. Error Prone module exports are only required on JDK 16+.
+      } else if (ver == '17') {
         options.forkOptions.jvmArgs += errorProneAddModuleOpts.collect { '-J' + it }
       } else if (ver == '21' || ver == '25') {
         options.compilerArgs += ['-Xlint:-this-escape']