diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapterTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapterTest.java
index 98707a3226..c8134f567d 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapterTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapterTest.java
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ public class AsynchronousMediaCodecAdapterTest {
     Constructor<MediaCodec.CodecException> constructor =
         MediaCodec.CodecException.class.getDeclaredConstructor(
             Integer.TYPE, Integer.TYPE, String.class);
+    constructor.setAccessible(true);
     return constructor.newInstance(
         /* errorCode= */ 0, /* actionCode= */ 0, /* detailMessage= */ "error from codec");
   }