diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.dynamodb/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.dynamodb/pom.xml
index 9c6d756186e2c..ab871c6973bab 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
     <dep.noembedding>netty-common,netty-transport,netty-transport-native-epoll,netty-transport-native-unix-common,netty-buffer,netty-resolver,netty-codec,netty-codec-http,netty-codec-http2,netty-handler</dep.noembedding>
     <!-- slf4j version matching the version specified in openhab-core/pom.xml -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
-    <!-- TODO, tests are currently disabled due to compatibility issue of DynamoDBLocal and Jetty upgrade #16493 -->
-    <maven.test.skip>true</maven.test.skip>
+    <jetty.version>9.4.53.v20231009</jetty.version>
   </properties>
 
   <!--Custom repository for DynamoDBLocal -->
@@ -190,6 +189,12 @@
       <version>[1.0, 2.0)</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-http</artifactId>
+      <version>${jetty.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
 
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