diff --git a/Formula/detekt.rb b/Formula/detekt.rb
index b95ac1876466..f09a84cc25f4 100644
--- a/Formula/detekt.rb
+++ b/Formula/detekt.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ class Detekt < Formula
 
   def install
     libexec.install "detekt-cli-#{version}-all.jar"
-    bin.write_jar_script libexec/"detekt-cli-#{version}-all.jar", "detekt", java_version: "17"
+    # remove `--add-opens` after https://github.com/detekt/detekt/issues/5576
+    bin.write_jar_script libexec/"detekt-cli-#{version}-all.jar", "detekt", "--add-opens java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED", java_version: "17"
   end
 
   test do