diff --git a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/fpm.rb b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/fpm.rb
index 8df454c7..653fb6d9 100755
--- a/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/fpm.rb
+++ b/resources/puppetlabs/lein-ezbake/template/global/ext/fpm.rb
@@ -182,16 +182,20 @@
     options.systemd_el = 1
   elsif options.operating_system == :el && options.os_version >= 7 # systemd el
     if ! options.is_pe
+      # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2224427
       fpm_opts << "--depends tzdata-java"
       case options.platform_version
       when 8
         # rpm on Redhat 7 may not support OR dependencies
         if options.os_version == 7
-          options.java = 'java-11-openjdk-headless'
+          options.java = 'jre-11-headless'
+          options.java_bin = '/usr/lib/jvm/jre-11/bin/java'
         elsif options.os_version == 8
-          options.java = '(java-17-openjdk-headless or java-11-openjdk-headless)'
+          options.java = '(jre-17-headless or jre-11-headless)'
+          # TODO: which bin to use? /usr/bin/java may be anything
         elsif options.os_version == 9
-          options.java = 'java-17-openjdk-headless'
+          options.java = 'jre-17-headless'
+          options.java_bin = '/usr/lib/jvm/jre-17/bin/java'
         else
           fail "Unrecognized el os version #{options.os_version}"
         end