diff --git a/java/memory/memory-netty/src/main/java/module-info.java b/java/memory/memory-netty/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 33649b6a9f3c7..95d1cdbd11f50 100644
--- a/java/memory/memory-netty/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/java/memory/memory-netty/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
  */
 
 module org.apache.arrow.memory.netty {
+  exports org.apache.arrow.memory.netty to org.apache.arrow.memory.core;
+  
   requires org.apache.arrow.memory.core;
   requires io.netty.buffer;
   requires io.netty.common;