diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleaner.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleaner.java
index 6debbfb8449..5bc32c2b926 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleaner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleaner.java
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.commons.io.input;
 
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.Buffers;
 
@@ -91,14 +93,19 @@ static void clean(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
         try {
             if (buffer.isDirect()) {
                 Buffers.clearWritable(buffer);
-                INSTANCE.clean(buffer);
+                if (INSTANCE != null) {
+                    INSTANCE.clean(buffer);
+                }
             }
         } catch (final Exception e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to clean direct buffer.", e);
         }
     }
 
-    private static Cleaner getCleaner() {
+    static Cleaner getCleaner() {
+        if (unsafeMemoryAccessDeprecated()) {
+            return null;
+        }
         try {
             return new Java8Cleaner();
         } catch (final Exception e) {
@@ -110,6 +117,17 @@ private static Cleaner getCleaner() {
         }
     }
 
+    private static boolean unsafeMemoryAccessDeprecated() {
+        final int version;
+        try {
+            version = Integer.parseInt(System.getProperty("java.specification.version"));
+        } catch (final RuntimeException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        // see https://openjdk.org/jeps/471
+        return version >= 23;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Tests if were able to load a suitable cleaner for the current JVM. Attempting to call {@code ByteBufferCleaner#clean(ByteBuffer)} when this method
      * returns false will result in an exception.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/BufferedFileChannelInputStreamTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/BufferedFileChannelInputStreamTest.java
index c03e0fb14a5..d4237047f0a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/BufferedFileChannelInputStreamTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/BufferedFileChannelInputStreamTest.java
@@ -17,15 +17,19 @@
 
 package org.apache.commons.io.input;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.JavaVersion;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -74,12 +78,13 @@ void testBuilderGet() {
      */
     @Test
     void testCleanCalledOnlyOnce() throws Exception {
+        final boolean expectedCleanOnClose = !SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(JavaVersion.JAVA_23);
         try (BufferedFileChannelInputStream stream = BufferedFileChannelInputStream.builder().setPath(InputPath).get()) {
             assertFalse(stream.isClean());
             stream.close();
-            assertTrue(stream.isClean());
+            assertEquals(stream.isClean(), expectedCleanOnClose);
             stream.close();
-            assertTrue(stream.isClean());
+            assertEquals(stream.isClean(), expectedCleanOnClose);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleanerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleanerTest.java
index 4675cd72b10..07f23332a86 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleanerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/input/ByteBufferCleanerTest.java
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@
  */
 package org.apache.commons.io.input;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE.JAVA_23;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledForJreRange;
 
 /**
  * Tests {@code ByteBufferCleaner}.
@@ -30,24 +36,55 @@ class ByteBufferCleanerTest {
 
     @Test
     void testCleanEmpty() {
-        final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(10);
+        final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(8);
         // There is no way verify that the buffer has been cleaned up, we are just verifying that
         // clean() doesn't blow up
         ByteBufferCleaner.clean(buffer);
+        verifyCleared(buffer);
     }
 
     @Test
     void testCleanFull() {
-        final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(10);
-        buffer.put(RandomUtils.insecure().randomBytes(10), 0, 10);
+        final ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(8);
+        buffer.putLong(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+        verifyUncleared(buffer);
         // There is no way verify that the buffer has been cleaned up, we are just verifying that
         // clean() doesn't blow up
         ByteBufferCleaner.clean(buffer);
+        verifyCleared(buffer);
     }
 
     @Test
+    void testCleanNonDirectBuffer() {
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> ByteBufferCleaner.clean(ByteBuffer.allocate(10)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @EnabledForJreRange(max = JAVA_23)
+    void testCleanNullBuffer() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> ByteBufferCleaner.clean(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @EnabledForJreRange(max = JAVA_23)
     void testSupported() {
         assertTrue(ByteBufferCleaner.isSupported(), "ByteBufferCleaner does not work on this platform, please investigate and fix");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @EnabledForJreRange(min = JAVA_23)
+    void testUnsupportedByDefaultOnJava23() {
+        assertNull(ByteBufferCleaner.getCleaner());
+        assertFalse(ByteBufferCleaner.isSupported(), "ByteBufferCleaner does not work on this platform, please investigate and fix");
+    }
+
+    private void verifyUncleared(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
+        buffer.flip();
+        assertEquals(Long.MAX_VALUE, buffer.getLong());
+        buffer.flip();
+    }
+
+    private void verifyCleared(final ByteBuffer buffer) {
+        assertEquals(0, buffer.getLong());
+    }
 }