diff --git a/test/java/lang/invoke/BigArityTest.java b/test/java/lang/invoke/BigArityTest.java
index fa4d5975fc4ba084d3a881702d86ca7ecf719907..d9584dd6196af7ff09904c0cffd9548baa0e7fcc 100644
--- a/test/java/lang/invoke/BigArityTest.java
+++ b/test/java/lang/invoke/BigArityTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* @test
  * @summary High arity invocations, up to the maximum of 255 arguments
  * @compile BigArityTest.java
- * @run junit/othervm -DBigArityTest.ITERATION_COUNT=1 test.java.lang.invoke.BigArityTest
+ * @run junit/othervm/timeout=2500 -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:-VerifyDependencies -esa -DBigArityTest.ITERATION_COUNT=1 test.java.lang.invoke.BigArityTest
  */
 
 package test.java.lang.invoke;
diff --git a/test/java/lang/invoke/CallSiteTest.java b/test/java/lang/invoke/CallSiteTest.java
index 3e9d7d7b89a54ce7ccb22fe8a5f4a9c22751a2cf..fe2702c8219ee28a687073bae5c38344f763120f 100644
--- a/test/java/lang/invoke/CallSiteTest.java
+++ b/test/java/lang/invoke/CallSiteTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  *
  * @build indify.Indify
  * @compile CallSiteTest.java
- * @run main/othervm
+ * @run main/othervm/timeout=3600 -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:-VerifyDependencies
  *      indify.Indify
  *      --expand-properties --classpath ${test.classes}
  *      --java test.java.lang.invoke.CallSiteTest
diff --git a/test/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandlesTest.java b/test/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandlesTest.java
index 770cdc6ca32f18ffe40b4fbfde594773cb004312..d7e3626d55ca619834f611985bbca36c343ec7a7 100644
--- a/test/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandlesTest.java
+++ b/test/java/lang/invoke/MethodHandlesTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* @test
  * @summary unit tests for java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles
  * @compile MethodHandlesTest.java remote/RemoteExample.java
- * @run junit/othervm test.java.lang.invoke.MethodHandlesTest
+ * @run junit/othervm/timeout=2500 -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:-VerifyDependencies -esa test.java.lang.invoke.MethodHandlesTest
  */
 
 package test.java.lang.invoke;
diff --git a/test/java/lang/invoke/RicochetTest.java b/test/java/lang/invoke/RicochetTest.java
index 6451fb48cd8b8d02f13fc2b7b111556642c98476..8f9ed66a7af23e59972af7f7935d7ea89b74d718 100644
--- a/test/java/lang/invoke/RicochetTest.java
+++ b/test/java/lang/invoke/RicochetTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 /* @test
  * @summary unit tests for recursive method handles
- * @run junit/othervm -DRicochetTest.MAX_ARITY=50 test.java.lang.invoke.RicochetTest
+ * @run junit/othervm/timeout=3600 -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions -XX:-VerifyDependencies -DRicochetTest.MAX_ARITY=10 test.java.lang.invoke.RicochetTest
  */
 /*
  * @ignore The following test creates an unreasonable number of adapters in -Xcomp mode (7049122)