diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
index 9ea2cfabf539..764b9111f69a 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc</site.installationModule>
     <skipShade>false</skipShade>
+    <preferIpv4.test.argLine>-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true</preferIpv4.test.argLine>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.5.2</version>
         <configuration>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} ${preferIpv4.test.argLine}</argLine>
           <skip>${skipSurefire}</skip>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <JDBC_TESTS>true</JDBC_TESTS>
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
+          <argLine>@{argLine} ${preferIpv4.test.argLine}</argLine>
           <systemPropertyVariables>
             <JDBC_TESTS>true</JDBC_TESTS>
           </systemPropertyVariables>
@@ -477,14 +480,14 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=org.apache.arrow.memory.core,ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
+              <argLine>@{argLine} ${preferIpv4.test.argLine} --add-opens=java.base/java.nio=org.apache.arrow.memory.core,ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
             <configuration>
-              <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=org.apache.arrow.memory.core,ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
+              <argLine>@{argLine} ${preferIpv4.test.argLine} --add-opens=java.base/java.nio=org.apache.arrow.memory.core,ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>