diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3af2f1cb3..c361467ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1040,6 +1040,32 @@
             </properties>
         </profile>
 
+        <profile>
+            <id>linux-native-transports</id>
+            <activation>
+                <os>
+                    <name>linux</name>
+                </os>
+            </activation>
+            <dependencies>
+                <!-- Native transport implementations for testing on Linux -->
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>netty-transport-native-epoll</artifactId>
+                    <version>${netty.version}</version>
+                    <classifier>${os.detected.classifier}</classifier>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>netty-transport-native-io_uring</artifactId>
+                    <version>${netty.version}</version>
+                    <classifier>${os.detected.classifier}</classifier>
+                    <scope>test</scope>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+        </profile>
+
         <profile>
             <id>ci</id>
         </profile>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/resource/Transports.java b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/resource/Transports.java
index d221e1040..fc2557787 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/resource/Transports.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/lettuce/core/resource/Transports.java
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ public static class NativeTransports {
 
         private static final InternalLogger transportsLogger = InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(Transports.class);
 
-        static EventLoopResources RESOURCES = KqueueProvider.isAvailable() ? KqueueProvider.getResources()
-                : IOUringProvider.isAvailable() ? IOUringProvider.getResources() : EpollProvider.getResources();
+        // Priority order must match DefaultEventLoopGroupProvider: Epoll > Kqueue > IOUring
+        static EventLoopResources RESOURCES = EpollProvider.isAvailable() ? EpollProvider.getResources()
+                : KqueueProvider.isAvailable() ? KqueueProvider.getResources() : IOUringProvider.getResources();
 
         /**
          * @return {@code true} if a native transport is available.