diff --git a/vertx-core/src/test/java/module-info.java b/vertx-core/src/test/java/module-info.java
index 302313f20c0..cb110ce3d13 100644
--- a/vertx-core/src/test/java/module-info.java
+++ b/vertx-core/src/test/java/module-info.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   requires io.netty.codec;
   requires io.netty.codec.compression;
   requires io.netty.codec.http;
-  requires io.netty.codec.haproxy;
+  requires static io.netty.codec.haproxy;
   requires io.netty.codec.http2;
   requires io.netty.resolver.dns;