@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractModuleDescriptionTest {
 
     protected static final String FOO = "foo", BAR = "bar", QUX = "qux", BAZ = "baz";
 
+    private final boolean readAnnotations;
+
     protected File jar;
 
+    protected AbstractModuleDescriptionTest(boolean readAnnotations) {
+        this.readAnnotations = readAnnotations;
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         jar = File.createTempFile("sample", ".jar");
@@ -107,6 +113,8 @@ public void testModuleDescription() throws Exception {
         assertThat(moduleDescription.getRequires(), is(toModuleDescription().getRequires()));
         assertThat(moduleDescription, is(toModuleDescription()));
         assertThat(moduleDescription.toString(), is("module " + moduleDescription.getActualName()));
-        assertThat(moduleDescription.getDeclaredAnnotations().size(), is(0));
+        if (readAnnotations) {
+            assertThat(moduleDescription.getDeclaredAnnotations().size(), is(0));
+        }
     }
 }
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package net.bytebuddy.description.module;
 
+import net.bytebuddy.ClassFileVersion;
 import net.bytebuddy.test.utility.JavaVersionRule;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ public class ModuleDescriptionForLoadedModuleTest extends AbstractModuleDescript
     private ClassLoader classLoader;
     private Object module;
 
+    public ModuleDescriptionForLoadedModuleTest() {
+        super(ClassFileVersion.ofThisVm().isAtLeast(ClassFileVersion.JAVA_V15)); // bug on previous VMs.
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();
 
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ public class TypePoolModuleDescriptionTest extends AbstractModuleDescriptionTest
     private ClassFileLocator classFileLocator;
     private TypePool typePool;
 
+    public TypePoolModuleDescriptionTest() {
+        super(true);
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
         super.setUp();