diff --git a/java/memory/memory-unsafe/src/main/java/module-info.java b/java/memory/memory-unsafe/src/main/java/module-info.java
index b8701311b36f0..aa340d21716bd 100644
--- a/java/memory/memory-unsafe/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/java/memory/memory-unsafe/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 module org.apache.arrow.memory.unsafe {
+  exports org.apache.arrow.memory.unsafe to org.apache.arrow.memory.core;
+  
   requires org.apache.arrow.memory.core;
 }