diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1271c273..36a4b3c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ target
 *.iml
 *.ipr
 *.iws
+
 /target
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
diff --git a/jr-record-test/pom.xml b/jr-record-test/pom.xml
index 6758cf5a..7e2fde36 100644
--- a/jr-record-test/pom.xml
+++ b/jr-record-test/pom.xml
@@ -69,4 +69,58 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <!-- 13-Jun-2024, tatu: To support JDK 17 tests only when built using 17 or later,
+        need to define Profile... copied from jackson-databind
+      -->
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>java17</id>
+      <activation>
+        <jdk>17</jdk>
+      </activation>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>add-test-source</id>
+                <phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>add-test-source</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <sources>
+                    <source>src/test-jdk17/java</source>
+                  </sources>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            <inherited>true</inherited>
+            <configuration>
+              <!-- Enable Java 17 for all sources so that Intellij picks the right language level -->
+              <source>17</source>
+              <release>17</release>
+              <compilerArgs>
+                <arg>-parameters</arg>
+              </compilerArgs>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/jr-record-test/src/test-jdk17/java/jr/Java17RecordTest.java b/jr-record-test/src/test-jdk17/java/jr/Java17RecordTest.java
index 7ff96171..40d1b9dc 100644
--- a/jr-record-test/src/test-jdk17/java/jr/Java17RecordTest.java
+++ b/jr-record-test/src/test-jdk17/java/jr/Java17RecordTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package jr;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.ob.JSON;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.jr.ob.JSON.Feature;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -13,13 +11,14 @@
  */
 public class Java17RecordTest extends TestCase
 {
-    record Cow(String message, Map<String, String> object) {
+    public record Cow(String message, Map<String, String> object) {
     }
 
     // [jackson-jr#94]
     public void testJava14RecordSerialization() throws Exception {
-        //JSON json = JSON.builder().enable(Feature.USE_FIELD_MATCHING_GETTERS).build();
-        JSON json = JSON.std();
+        // 13-Jun-2024, tatu: why is this explicitly needed?
+        JSON json = JSON.builder().enable(JSON.Feature.USE_FIELD_MATCHING_GETTERS).build();
+        //JSON json = JSON.std;
         var expectedDoc = "{\"message\":\"MOO\",\"object\":{\"Foo\":\"Bar\"}}";
         Cow input = new Cow("MOO", Map.of("Foo", "Bar"));
 
@@ -28,8 +27,9 @@ public void testJava14RecordSerialization() throws Exception {
 
     // [jackson-jr#148]
     public void testJava14RecordDeserialization() throws Exception {
-        //JSON json = JSON.builder().enable(Feature.USE_FIELD_MATCHING_GETTERS).build();
-        JSON json = JSON.std();
+        // 13-Jun-2024, tatu: why is this explicitly needed?
+        JSON json = JSON.builder().enable(JSON.Feature.USE_FIELD_MATCHING_GETTERS).build();
+        //JSON json = JSON.std;
         String inputDoc = "{\"message\":\"MOO\",\"object\":{\"Foo\":\"Bar\"}}";
 
         Cow expected = new Cow("MOO", Map.of("Foo", "Bar"));