diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/TsdbDocValueBwcTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/TsdbDocValueBwcTests.java
index 28282b4c4e038..32b2a90322911 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/TsdbDocValueBwcTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/codec/tsdb/TsdbDocValueBwcTests.java
@@ -235,8 +235,15 @@ private IndexWriterConfig getTimeSeriesIndexWriterConfig(String hostnameField, S
 
     // A hacky way to figure out whether doc values format is written in what version. Need to use reflection, because
     // PerFieldDocValuesFormat hides the doc values formats it wraps.
-    private static void assertOldDocValuesFormatVersion(DirectoryReader reader) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException,
-        IOException {
+    private void assertOldDocValuesFormatVersion(DirectoryReader reader) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException, IOException {
+        if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+            // With jvm version 24 entitlements are used and security manager is nog longer used.
+            // Making this assertion work with security manager requires granting the entire test codebase privileges to use
+            // suppressAccessChecks and accessDeclaredMembers. This is undesired from a security manager perspective.
+            logger.info("not asserting doc values format version, because security manager is used");
+            return;
+        }
+
         for (var leafReaderContext : reader.leaves()) {
             var leaf = (SegmentReader) leafReaderContext.reader();
             var dvReader = leaf.getDocValuesReader();
@@ -248,8 +255,16 @@ private static void assertOldDocValuesFormatVersion(DirectoryReader reader) thro
         }
     }
 
-    private static void assertNewDocValuesFormatVersion(DirectoryReader reader) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException,
-        IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+    private void assertNewDocValuesFormatVersion(DirectoryReader reader) throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException, IOException,
+        ClassNotFoundException {
+        if (System.getSecurityManager() != null) {
+            // With jvm version 24 entitlements are used and security manager is nog longer used.
+            // Making this assertion work with security manager requires granting the entire test codebase privileges to use
+            // suppressAccessChecks and suppressAccessChecks. This is undesired from a security manager perspective.
+            logger.info("not asserting doc values format version, because security manager is used");
+            return;
+        }
+
         for (var leafReaderContext : reader.leaves()) {
             var leaf = (SegmentReader) leafReaderContext.reader();
             var dvReader = leaf.getDocValuesReader();