diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6840723..14b8334 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
         <configuration>
-          <argLine>-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dhazelcast.logging.type=slf4j</argLine>
+          <!-- FIXME -XX:-UseSplitVerifier added as workaround for JDK 1.7.0u65 + PowerMock issue
+                 https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JASSIST-228 -->
+          <argLine>-XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Dhazelcast.logging.type=slf4j -XX:-UseSplitVerifier</argLine>
           <redirectTestOutputToFile>false</redirectTestOutputToFile>
           <excludedGroups>net.onrc.onos.core.util.IntegrationTest</excludedGroups>
         </configuration>