diff --git a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
index a8c094c71e23..3ac634fc32e5 100644
--- a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ pipeline {
             HADOOP_PROFILE = '3.0'
             // ErrorProne is broken on JDK11, see HBASE-23894
             SKIP_ERROR_PRONE = 'true'
+            // vote -0 on JDK11 unit failures until HBASE-22972
+            TESTS_FILTER = "${TESTS_FILTER},unit"
           }
           steps {
             // Must do prior to anything else, since if one of them timesout we'll stash the commentfile
diff --git a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile_GitHub b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile_GitHub
index fdd6c6081862..d2405e0b7518 100644
--- a/dev-support/Jenkinsfile_GitHub
+++ b/dev-support/Jenkinsfile_GitHub
@@ -261,6 +261,8 @@ pipeline {
                         SET_JAVA_HOME = '/usr/lib/jvm/java-11'
                         HADOOP_PROFILE = '3.0'
                         WORKDIR_REL = "${WORKDIR_REL_JDK11_HADOOP3_CHECK}"
+                        // vote -0 on JDK11 unit failures until HBASE-22972
+                        TESTS_FILTER = "${TESTS_FILTER},unit"
                         // identical for all parallel stages
                         WORKDIR = "${WORKSPACE}/${WORKDIR_REL}"
                         YETUSDIR = "${WORKDIR}/${YETUS_REL}"