diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala.yml b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
index 9287751bdee0..f45a7631448e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scala.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ jobs:
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso --run test/Database_Tests
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso --run test/Geo_Tests
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso --run test/Visualization_Tests
+          $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso --run test/Image_Tests
 
       - name: Test Engine Distribution (Windows)
         shell: bash
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ jobs:
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso.bat --run test/Database_Tests
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso.bat --run test/Geo_Tests
           $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso.bat --run test/Visualization_Tests
+          $ENGINE_DIST_DIR/bin/enso.bat --run test/Image_Tests
 
       # Publish
       - name: Publish the Engine Distribution Artifact
diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index d2d812f783cc..407fa8102c44 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
   conform to a standard format and have been tested to work.
 - Made some miscellaneous fixes to the `HTTP` portion of the `Base` library that
   fix a few bugs ([#1722](https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/1722)).
+- Removed reflective access when loading the OpenCV library
+  ([#1727](https://github.com/enso-org/enso/pull/1727)). Illegal reflective
+  access operations were deprecated and will be denied in future JVM releases.
 
 ## Miscellaneous
 
diff --git a/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/Codecs.java b/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/Codecs.java
index 4164b78a890f..0a2d7df31a0e 100644
--- a/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/Codecs.java
+++ b/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/Codecs.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.enso.image;
 
 import org.enso.image.opencv.OpenCV;
-import org.opencv.core.Core;
 import org.opencv.core.Mat;
 import org.opencv.core.MatOfInt;
 import org.opencv.imgcodecs.Imgcodecs;
@@ -12,8 +11,7 @@ public class Codecs {
   public static final int READ_FLAG_EMPTY = -127;
 
   static {
-    OpenCV.loadShared();
-    System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
+    OpenCV.loadLocally();
   }
 
   /** An error occurred when reading a file. */
diff --git a/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Image.java b/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Image.java
index b05b1f3d914d..738f56286c36 100644
--- a/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Image.java
+++ b/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Image.java
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 public class Image {
 
   static {
-    OpenCV.loadShared();
-    System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
+    OpenCV.loadLocally();
   }
 
   private static final byte MAX_SIGNED_BYTE = -1;
diff --git a/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Matrix.java b/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Matrix.java
index c294c02001e8..8da5bb6e8b7a 100644
--- a/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Matrix.java
+++ b/std-bits/src/main/java/org/enso/image/data/Matrix.java
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 public class Matrix {
 
   static {
-    OpenCV.loadShared();
-    System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
+    OpenCV.loadLocally();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/Image_Tests/src/Codecs_Spec.enso b/test/Image_Tests/src/Codecs_Spec.enso
index 78060fd77c8f..9af1ca9ae1a5 100644
--- a/test/Image_Tests/src/Codecs_Spec.enso
+++ b/test/Image_Tests/src/Codecs_Spec.enso
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import Standard.Test
 polyglot java import java.lang.System as Java_System
 
 fetch addr file =
-    Process.run_command "curl" [addr, "--silent", "--output", file.path]
+    Process.run "curl" [addr, "--silent", "--output", file.path]
 
 spec =
     is_ci = Java_System.getenv "CI" == "true"