diff --git a/moberg.spec.template b/moberg.spec.template
index 730e7dbd5514e73f7aa54e90d16b67e7f76a28d9..5691bfc07b207c967f4ae86a85567c0172852188 100644
--- a/moberg.spec.template
+++ b/moberg.spec.template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  comedilib-devel
 BuildRequires:  valgrind
 BuildRequires:  libxdg-basedir-devel
-BuildRequires:  java-devel
+BuildRequires:  java-1.8.0-devel
 BuildRequires:  python2-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  julia